"I am forever grateful that they care, I really am. I'm the luckiest man that our audience stays with us and they care at all. I mean that for sure." In today's episode, our host, Heather Osgood speaks to True Native Media's own Jimmy Pardo of Never Not Funny about:…
That’s one of the challenges with this space is that we do have a level of disorganization that we are working to try and unify, but we also have to remember the value of the podcast industry is the individual contributor. It is beautiful that we can all get together…
“The beauty of podcasting is that you can actually help people get to conversion faster through a quality ad read...” In today’s episode, our host, Heather Osgood, is joined by Audrey Renken, Account Executive at True Native Media, sales expert and podcast connoisseur. Tune in to hear the two discuss:…
“AI is a bit of a buzzword…if you look at what AI does, its fast moving and smart rules that make data or create data to come up with something helpful. There really isn’t that much magic in it.” In today’s episode, our host, Heather Osgood, is joined by Tony…
Welcome to the final episode of our Podcast Advertising Mini Masterclass! Over the past four weeks, we’ve released four new episodes that act as a mini masterclass on different aspects of podcast advertising. If you haven’t listened to the other episodes, make sure you listen to episode one first. Today’s…
Welcome to Episode 3 of our Podcast Advertising Mini Masterclass! Make sure to catch up on our Mini Masterclass by listening to the last two episodes. Next week, we’ll release our final episode to round out this series. Today’s episode is all about talking points and CTAs. - What should…
Welcome to Episode 2 of our Podcast Advertising Mini Masterclass! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be releasing new episodes that serve as masterclasses on different aspects of podcast advertising. If you haven’t yet, make sure you listen to last week’s episode. Today’s episode is all about targeting. - Why…
Welcome to Episode 1 of our Podcast Advertising Mini Masterclass! Over the next four weeks we’ll be releasing four new episodes that act as a masterclass to different aspects of podcast advertising. Today’s episode is all about what to do before you start your campaign. - What are your goals?…
“But, I think when you talk about programmatic, it really comes down to everything that is not hot read or sponsorship through the show.” In today’s episode, our host, Heather Osgood, is joined by Paul Lajoie, a seasoned professional and the Director of Brand and Agency Partnerships at Triton Digital,…
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 advertiser receives measured against the total impressions within a specific ad position or an…
“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 first got into it, still felt like the silent movie days. Like…
“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.” In today’s episode, host Heather Osgood is joined…
“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 whiplash, last week you said this product was great, and now you’re saying something else…
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 space: How much did we bring in? Did we hit our goals?…
“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 evolving — the podcasts we have today are incredibly different from the podcasts…
“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 between audio and video is a constant conversation we have on…
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 scale - The importance of transparency - Advancements in technology…
“Because obviously, a 30, 60, or 90-second ad could be effective, but [branded podcasts] are more longer-term strategy of building a community around that like specific program.” In the third installment of our Live at SXSW series, Heather is joined by Camille Laurente from Hueman Group Media and Michael Kropko…
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 as important as listenership The importance of making your ads fun Choosing…
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 conversations filmed at SXSW. This episode features Rob Peterson, the Director of Marketing at…
“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 best campaign possible.” On this week’s episode of The Podcast Advertising Playbook, Heather…
“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 to target your audience. How there are various demographics…
“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 to target your audience. How there are various demographics…
"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, you know the shows. We trust you.” Content is changing…