News & Updates

Field notes on getting booked: the right shows, the pitch a host answers, and what happens after the recording.

Building authority so the room knows you before you speak

Authority is not a feeling. It is what a stranger finds about you in ninety seconds. What to build, in what order, and how to know it is working.

Authority

How to run podcast booking for a roster of clients

Eight stages, a roster, and no single place to see where anything stands. How to price, approve, follow up and report on guest booking without losing track.

Agency operations

How to write a podcast pitch that gets a reply

The structure behind pitches hosts answer, why most are deleted in four seconds, and the exact follow-up cadence that turns a silent inbox into a booking.

Pitching

How to find the right podcasts to pitch

A repeatable way to build a shortlist of shows worth an evening: where to look, the six qualification checks that matter, and why audience size is the worst filter.

Finding shows

How to get booked as a podcast guest

The whole path from nobody-knows-you to a standing run of bookings: what to be known for, which shows to start with, and the work that happens after you record.

Podcast guesting

Why your outreach email never reached the host

Most podcast pitches are not rejected, they are filtered. What SPF, DKIM and DMARC actually do, and the setup order that keeps you out of the spam folder.

Deliverability

The podcast guest one-sheet producers actually use

What belongs on a guest one-sheet, what to cut, and why sending it with the first email is the fastest way to have your pitch ignored.

Media kits

How to get accepted as a TEDx speaker

How TEDx selection actually works, why most applications fail on the idea rather than the speaker, and how to build one that a curator can picture on stage.

TEDx and speaking