How to Get Podcast Sponsors: Data From the Top 200 Shows
We read 1,898 recent episodes of Apple's US top 200 podcasts: who sponsors them, which ad networks they use, and how to pitch the same brands.
Guides to finding, pricing and pitching sponsorships. Newsletter prices come from 321 rate cards and reply data from 13,429 pitches to brands, both from Book a Sponsor.
We read 1,898 recent episodes of Apple's US top 200 podcasts: who sponsors them, which ad networks they use, and how to pitch the same brands.
Tiers priced from 321 newsletters' rate cards: a classified lists at 40% of the main slot and a dedicated send at 2.31 times. With a package builder.
A media sponsor gives coverage instead of cash. Value it at what the coverage costs to buy, using real newsletter list prices.
92% of brand replies to 13,429 pitches came within 7 days. When to follow up, how many times, and five short templates.
15 platforms for newsletters, YouTube and podcasts, ranked on how much selling each does for you, published fees and who can use it.
What 321 newsletters list for one sponsor slot, by list size, plus sourced podcast, YouTube and social rates and how to set your own price.
About 395 first pitches per yes in 13,429 real pitches to brands, the funnel stage by stage, and the arithmetic for your own goal.
Brands with a newsletter ad on record replied twice as often (2.6% vs 1.3%). Where to find brands that already pay creators.
Marketplaces, outreach and the channel-by-channel routes for YouTube, podcasts, newsletters, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and events.
The seven sections brands check, a copyable template, examples for a podcast, a streamer and a newsletter, and a rate card priced from real data.
Four short templates, subject lines, who to send them to and how fast brands reply, from 13,429 pitches to brands.
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