PodBites

We just wrapped season 1 of PodBites! Listen to learn more about what we loved about hosting this live show. We also took some calls from Livecasters. Season 2 is coming soon! We discuss our plans for the next season and when to expect it in your feeds. A big thank you to everyone who participated in Season 1 and helped us along the way. We are grateful for our guests, our engineers, our listeners, the Castbox community, and more! THANK YOU! See you soon for SEASON 2!

Today we are joined by Brian Scordato, the founder of Tacklebox Accelerator and the author of the Idea To Startup podcast. Brian founded the Tacklebox Accelerator in 2015 following years of starting companies and working in venture capital. He writes popular posts for Fast Company, runs innovation seminars internally at companies like GE and Indeed, and teaches at General Assembly. In this episode, we are talking about how to invite guests to the podcast, what are the main challenges of the founders that want to market their startup, and also what are the key learnings from spending time in Y Combinator.

John Asante is our guest this week on PodBites. We chat with the long-time radio/podcast producer about tons of podcast-related topics including advertising, finding the right guests, the "right" show length, and more. Tune in to hear a shoutout to PodNews editor James Cridland, among a bunch of other can't-miss back-and-forths. John Asante is the Managing producer at Neon Hum Media, a podcast production company based in Los Angeles. Previously, he was a producer at Stitcher.

Join us for a chat with Giancarlo Bizzarro, Director of Sales at Endeavor Audio. As Sales Director at Endeavor Audio, he helps brands align with industry leading podcasts like Blackout, The Bellas Podcast, Dick Wolf Presents Hunted, UFC Unfiltered, Drink Champs, Family Ghosts, and The Punies by Kobe Bryant, to name a few. Before coming over to Endeavor Audio he was Director of Sales at Cadence13, and previously oversaw emerging media on the advertising side at Oxford Road for prominent companies like ZipRecruiter Blue Apron, Dollar Shave Club, Lyft, Ring, and more. During this interview, we chat about: - getting started in audio advertising - how to reach potential advertisers - tactics for gaining sponsors - Giancarlo's experience prior to podcast advertising - working on Obama's campaign And so much more! Tune in!

Today we are joined by Skye Pillsbury who is the main person behind the Inside Podcasting Newsletter. Skye began her career as a public relations professional. She worked at Niehaus Ryan Wong, helping to build the agency’s first “Internet” and “People and Technology” divisions. She directed the strategic public relations of over 10 clients, including Yahoo! before, during and after the company’s high-profile IPO. After leaving Niehaus Ryan Wong, Skye joined LinkExchange as a director of marketing. LinkExchange is a Sequoia-funded Internet start-up. Skye helped to generate enough “buzz” to attract the attention of Microsoft, who acquired the company one year later. At Microsoft, Skye managed a yearly budget of 20+ million and drove all strategic marketing activities. Eventually Skye returned to the PR agency world. She worked she worked for Eastwick Communications, and OutCast Communications. During her career as a publicist, Skye has garnered press coverage in numerous leading publications and media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, CNN, New York Times, NPR, Fortune, GQ, TechCrunch, San Francisco Chronicle and Rolling Stone Magazine. She has been on tour with clients on both coasts and around the country and has orchestrated hundreds and hundreds of media interviews. Recently, Skye jumped the fence from PR to writing; she now pens the Inside Podcasting newsletter for Inside.com and also produces a podcast which is called Inside Podcasting.