Episodes

“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,...

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 l...

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...

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...

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 abo...

“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 prof...

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 ...

“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...

“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....

“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...

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...

“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...

“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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

“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...

“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...

“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,...

“[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...

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...

“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...

“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 ...