Episodes

June 19, 2024

Share Of Voice, Episodic Separation, & Ad Load

This solo episode features our host, Heather Osgood, and she answers questions about a hot topic in advertising: Share of Voice. According to Sounds Profitable, Share of Voice refers to the percentage of impressions that one ...

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June 12, 2024

Don’t Judge a Podcast By Its Cover

“But the thing that I love about podcasting, even still today, is that the film industry is so gigantic, and there are so many stakeholders and different voices involved in making any kind of decision. Podcasting, when I firs...

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May 29, 2024

It’s All Content Driven

“If we’re truly going to hit our goals, it’s going to be essential for us to offer, all in unison if possible, the same opportunities to invest in podcasting that advertisers have in the video and the rest of the audio space....

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May 22, 2024

Exclusivity & Good Ad Reads

“When we’re talking about that host read endorsement piece, it is really important that you have exclusivity because it feels inauthentic as the listener is being recommended products, right? Like maybe a little bit of whipla...

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May 15, 2024

IAB’s Podcast Advertising Revenue Report

It’s our favorite time of the year at The Podcast Advertising Playbook - time for the IAB’s Podcast Advertising Revenue Report! We love this report because it has everything to do with revenue in the podcast and advertising s...

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May 8, 2024

What Even Is A Podcast Anymore?

“I do worry about that. We don’t want podcasting to turn into other mediums where it’s just cluttered and kind of white noise. The ads work because we’re respectful of the listener.” Podcasts are constantly changing and evolv...

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April 24, 2024

The Power of Simulcasting

“If you talk to a lot of younger folks, they say, ‘Yeah, I’ve been watching that podcast.’ They don’t say listening. If you notice, ‘Oh yeah, I watched that the other day.” They don’t say listened.” The increasing overlap bet...

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April 17, 2024

A Discussion of Programmatic Ads at SXSW

This final episode of our live at SXSW series isn’t one you’ll want to miss. First, Heather is joined by Mattia Verzella from Spreaker, where the two discuss: Concerns with programmatic ads Why programmatic ads allow you to s...

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April 10, 2024

Branded Podcasts & Simulcasting

“Because obviously, a 30, 60, or 90-second ad could be effective, but [branded podcasts] are more of a longer-term strategy of building a community around that like specific program.” In the third installment of our Live at S...

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March 27, 2024

YouTube Viewership & Pixel-Based Attribution

Welcome to our second live interview from SXSW! In today’s episode, Heather is joined by A.J. Feliciano from The Roost and Cameron Hendrix from Magellan AI. First, tune in to hear Heather and A.J. discuss: Why viewership is a...

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March 20, 2024

Bottom of Funnel Podcast Advertising

We’re doing things a bit differently in the upcoming weeks. Our host, Heather Osgood, spent last week at SXSW with some of the best industry professionals in the podcasting space. Our next few episodes will feature conversati...

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March 13, 2024

YouTube & The Future of Podcasting

“I think if you marry the right buying tactics to hit the client’s objectives, [podcast advertising] could really work for everyone. I think it’s just a matter of being very considerate and looking at putting together the bes...

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Feb. 28, 2024

Targeting A Broad Audience

“I think as people’s attention spans are getting smaller and smaller, you have to get more and more, and more and more, hits in their brain.” We spend a lot of time here at The Podcast Advertising Playbook talking about how t...

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Feb. 21, 2024

Fostering Successful Partnerships

“We like to say we choose people over programming. We have really great vendors, like True Native, and partners that we’ve worked with over the years, and there are new ones coming into the space, but you know your inventory,...

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Feb. 14, 2024

You Should Be Gifting Your Hosts Samples

“[Podcast ads are] a way to get them to the site, which then allows us to initiate all other communication.” In today’s episode of The Podcast Advertising Playbook, Heather Osgood is joined by David Dahle, the Chief Operating...

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Jan. 31, 2024

An Introduction to Buying Podcast Ads

Podcasts have been around for 20 years, and in those 20 years, podcast ad buying has been evolving and evolving. It can be so daunting for new buyers in the space to start their first campaign because oftentimes, no one tells...

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Jan. 24, 2024

The Ins and Outs of Programmatic Advertising

“What’s interesting about programmatic is that it has a life cycle.” Our first guest of the year is Tomas Rodriguez, Senior Director of Audio Partnerships at The Trade Desk - and he answers ALL of our questions regarding prog...

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Jan. 17, 2024

How To Succeed With Podcast Advertising

“The other thing to consider is that you have a lot of competitors in your space - that are advertising on podcasts. And you’re all going to the same podcasts to advertise. Then really, what you’re doing is cutting into your ...

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Dec. 27, 2023

A 2023 Podcasting Recap

“Certainly, we started the year very hopeful, but there was a lot of uncertainty about where the economy was headed. I will say that it has not been as rocky a year as it certainly could have been. So I’m very thankful for th...

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Dec. 20, 2023

Podcast Ads Need A Human Touch

“When you’re getting a host read ad - there are a variety of different hosts. Not everyone is a professional radio announcer and podcaster, which is what makes it beautiful but also makes it hard.” In the world of AI, it can ...

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Dec. 13, 2023

It’s Time To Be Transparent

“It’s amazing how many layman people out there who aren’t in the marketing and advertising world don’t realize that there’s actually a connection between, “of, if I go buy this product, it helps the host’... That authentic re...

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Nov. 29, 2023

Let’s Talk About Frequency Capping

“My recommendation to buyers is to take any predictions from a frequency-capped campaign with a grain of salt.” Frequency capping is the ability to define the maximum number of times an ad can be delivered to a listener withi...

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Nov. 22, 2023

Podcasts & PR 101

PR isn’t about hosting parties and drinking cosmos in the Hamptons - even if that’s what Samantha Jones and Sex and the City led us to believe. This week, Heather is joined by Molly DeMellier, PR Lead at Acast, and she sets t...

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Nov. 15, 2023

How To Build A Better Campaign

“But it’s interesting just to see how social media is important, but it doesn’t always convert. Just because I’ve got a million followers doesn’t mean I’m going to get a million listeners, right?” On today’s episode of The Po...

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