Episodes

“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...

“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 ...

“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...

“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...

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...

“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...

“Think of our NFL network, it’s 38 podcasts. To source 38 podcasts, you don’t want eight different publishers and 38 different onboarding calls and invoices - it can be a nightmare. So for us, we like to just make it as easy ...

If you’re an avid listener of The Podcast Advertising Playbook, you know that at the end of each episode, Heather asks her guests what their predictions for the podcast industry are. And in today’s episode, we revisit these p...

“Speaking as myself, as a consumer, if I’m hearing the ad multiple times, but it’s not the same every time, that goes a long way in enhancing the overall experience.” In today’s episode of The Podcast Advertising Playbook, ou...

“So this definition that we’ve had for many years, that a podcast is only media distributed via an RSS feed, is being broken apart now and being expanded. And a lot of folks in the industry don’t like that.” In today’s episod...

The biggest myth in podcast advertising is that bigger audiences produce bigger results. That’s just not true. Yes, a bigger audience can produce bigger results, but smaller podcasts often have more engaged audiences and can ...

“Some of the ad loads on some podcasts now are like six and a half minutes, and bam, you’re into another ad. And it drives me insane. I unsubscribe from those shows. I think as a content creator, you have to really think abou...

Who better to describe the buyer’s perception of podcast advertising than Tom Webster? Tom is a partner at Sounds Profitable, a collection of media properties that cover both strategic and tactical changes to the business of ...

A few times a year, professionals from the industry get to see each other in person for an event fully dedicated to podcasting. Our team just got back from Podcast Movement, and True Native Media CEO Heather Osgood can’t wait...

Michael Jenson, CEO of Rhapsody Voices, joins Heather Osgood on this week’s episode of The Podcast Advertising Playbook. The two delve into the dynamic landscape of podcast advertising, including the things you need to know t...

“[Podcasting] continues to grow. It’s the fastest-growing medium. In fact, compared to any other medium out there, it is surpassing the growth of influencer [marketing] as well.” It’s easy to compare podcasting to other mediu...

“[The audience] has intentionally gone to this podcast. They’re choosing to listen. They’re choosing to engage. They’re choosing to be a part of that community. And the reason they’re doing that is because that host or that c...

“You know, as much as we all love podcasting, and we’re here talking about it, it can be difficult to navigate, and it can be difficult to know exactly where to go.” We love podcasting. We (probably) love podcasting more than...

“Things like Facebook, CTV, etc. Like basically any other digital sort of channel, the ad tech ecosystem, the tools that advertisers use and that publishers use to get ads out there, is a lot more mature and a lot more bullet...

“We always try to say, no matter how much data we have, no matter how strong of a relationship we have with our hosts, things can still happen.” The threat of controversy is always in the back of an advertiser’s mind. What if...

“I think that’s how a lot of really good podcasts are made. When you’ve got that passion, and you have a message that you really want to share and get out into the world - and there’s no trepidation of, like, I have to have e...

“So, there is something here. This medium works - it builds trust. It’s more authentic, and it just creates that craved for human connection that people really want. And especially when they’re thinking about brands. I think ...

“Australians are used to hearing a US accent deliver a Blue Apron ad. And because of that, when Australians hear a US accent in an ad space on a podcast, they tend to now switch off because they know that product’s not for th...

“I think we kind of owe it to ourselves as publishers to remember what made podcast ads so effective in the first place - they actually sounded authentic.” NPR is one of America’s largest media companies - so they must be doi...