The podcast industry’s best-kept secret? The ad reads that sound effortless take a ton of work behind the scenes. After running nearly a billion host-read impressions through RedCircle’s platform, we kept facing one particular challenge: airchecks. Reviewing every ad read for accuracy, tone, freshness, and compliance meant someone had to listen to the ad, compare […]
Spooky season is here! With Halloween approaching, many advertisers are starting to get into the holiday-selling grind, and little do many know, it’s one of the best times of the year to advertise on podcasts. Not only does Halloween evade the traditional “holiday download slump” that comes with others like Thanksgiving and Christmas, but many […]
By now, you’ve seen it. Taylor Swift announced her new album The Life of a Showgirl on New Heights, the podcast co-hosted by Travis and Jason Kelce. The memes, the Easter eggs, the orange Empire State Building. We lived through it all. But here’s the part everyone’s missing: Taylor’s move is another huge validation that […]
You might know her as the host of Call Her Daddy. Or as the powerhouse behind a multi-million dollar Spotify deal. Or as the first podcast host whose documentary, “Call Her Alex”, premiered at the Tribeca Festival. But what you might not know is that Alex Cooper has dropped some seriously valuable wisdom about podcast […]
It’s been a little over a year since we first introduced our OpenRAP product – which offers a unique way to deliver fully-automated host-read advertising across hosting platforms. Our mission at RedCircle has remained the same over the years: to get podcasters paid. Our OpenRAP product has allowed us to generate thousands of dollars in […]
Podcast advertising seems to still be in its ‘wild west days’, where brands and companies are taking different approaches to the medium. It’s not uncommon for brands to stick with one platform, but doing so may result in reaching a very limited audience. Listener demographics show a wide variety of listening platforms, from titans like […]
Monetizing your podcast can be equally complicated as it is exciting. One issue not nearly talked about enough is the possibility of underdelivering a campaign. It’s a fairly atypical issue, which is why you may not have heard of it or encountered it before, but it’s an important one to keep in mind if you’re […]
From community boards to our own inboxes, we’ve seen podcasters ask time and time again what’s the best way to monetize their shows. We give them the same advice we give all of our podcasters – a strong foundation is absolutely essential in setting yourself up for success when monetizing your podcast. It all starts […]
Almost everyone with a podcast dreams of monetizing their content through either their audience or advertisements. It’s no secret that podcast advertising can be lucrative, but the revenue earned is directly related to the amount of care and effort the podcaster pours into the campaign. When you craft an ad with authenticity and effort, the […]
It’s not even Halloween yet and we’re already preparing for something big in the next few months – the jolly Holiday season! This time of year is busy for brands and podcasters alike. New opportunities are being sent out, brands are collaborating with some podcast hosts for the first time, and there’s plenty of revenue […]