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Make Viral Podcasts With NotebookLM

In quite the resurgence, 2023ā€™s online research assistant NotebookLM has made a big wide splash on the internet. This time for its audio feature which makes podcasters spiral with viral displays of the AI tool at work, creating ā€œdeep divesā€ of puzzling topics.

Raiza Martin, who leads the NotebookLM team inside of Google Labs, mentions inputting a 100-slide deck on commercialisation into the tool and watching it transform into a succinct 8-minute podcast summary. 

NotebookLMā€™s recital is hardly robotic. Thereā€™s genuine banter between ā€˜show hostsā€™ not to forget the lingering ā€œumsā€™ and ā€œahs,ā€ much like eavesdropping on two intriguing people wrapped in conversation at a coffee shop you frequent.

Not convinced? Give this a listen ā¬‡ļø 

The podcasting world is buckling up for a major upgrade. In other wild scenarios, NotebookLM is becoming the financial advisor that only a few can afford. 

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Creators should strive to strike a soft balance between enhancing workflows through AI and holding a grip over their authenticity as podcast hosts. Be in the driverā€™s seat for originality. Let AI work on the periphery.

šŸ§  AI for Brainstorming: A great way to help you fill any crucial gaps in your content. 

šŸ¤–AI PROMPT: This is what I want to talk about in my podcast episode about [insert topic]. Is there anything that Iā€™m missing that would intrigue my target audience? [insert TA description]. 

PASTE CONTENT BRAINSTORM

šŸ’”Pro tip: Always include your name, follower count, or significant achievement. This helps draw the attention of visitors who are new to your podcast creation journey.

šŸ“ Leading By Example: YouTuber Shanee Moret was humbled by NotebookLM when she fed into it a transcript of one of her recent videos about what LinkedIn's strategy can look like in 2025. 

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It sounds so real. It's organized. I didn't tell it [NotebookLM] to mention me, but I guess it got that this video is from Shanee Moret 

Shanne Moret

Your Next Door Financial Advisor 

Life is hectic for individuals investing in stocks who spend many weary hours conducting stock analysis. With NotebookLM at your disposal, you can let it do the grind. Upload annual reports of 50 stocks and ask for a deep study, suggesting the best 5 stocks that could grow in the next 10 years. 

If you plan on turning the document into a podcast summary, know that the format will lend itself to positive bias for competing companies, dodging major negative spins.

Save Time Through Book Summaries

Spend more time implementing the advice rather than reading it. An author on Medium recently uploaded the complete PDF of Alex Hormoziā€™s book ā€œ$100M Leads.ā€ Nitin Sharma asked the Chatbot to identify the best strategies for lead generation mentioned in the book. 

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