Be a Guest
Pitch Yourself as a Podcast Guest to Gain Visibility, Establish Credibility, and Connect with Listeners
You want to share your ideas and expand your reach?
You'd like to articulate your ideas?
You love to connect with and help people?
You're ready to raise your visibility and increase your credibility?
You need to get on a podcast!
Landing a spot as a guest on a relevant podcast will get you in front of new people right away.
It's a privilege to have someone share their audience with you and a thrill to interact with them.
It's like networking without having to travel to a conference.
It's like an animated testimonial.
And it's fun!
Watch Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach, as she shares the exact process she uses for pitching herself as a podcast guest (it's landed her on numerous shows!).
Be a Guest comes with everything you need to get started pitching yourself to podcast hosts:
➤ Full 90-minute training with Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach, walking through the process of researching, organizing, pitching...and following up!
➤ Trello board to keep you organized
➤ Sample, annotated pitch letter to inspire your personalized pitches
➤ A step-by-step action plan to keep you on track with the training instruction
Course Curriculum
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StartWalkthrough of Original Challenge/Action Plan (2:08)
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StartStep 1: Determine Your Brand and Type of Audience and Topics to Pitch
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StartStep 2: Set Up Infrastructure & Begin Research
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StartStep 3: Research Shows & Decide Which to Pitch
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StartStep 4: Narrow List of Shows & Take Notes
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StartStep 5: Write a Pitch
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StartStep 6: Wash, Rinse, Repeat
This training was originally recorded live as part of Your Platform Matters (YPM), Ann Kroeker's membership program, but it is offered now as a self-paced online course you can start as soon as you enroll!
Ann landed on numerous shows as a direct result of pitching using this approach, including:
Your Instructor
"I help established and emerging writers be more curious, creative, and productive."
Writing Coach Ann Kroeker leverages over 25 years of writing and editing experience in the publishing industry to equip her clients to reach their writing goals. A published author and coauthor, corporate and freelance writer, book editor, speaker, and poet, Ann has served on the editorial teams of two large online organizations and focuses on serving others in her role as a writing coach.
As a writing coach, she celebrates client successes, such as acceptance into prestigious MFA programs, signed agent and book contracts, articles and essays placed in national publications, and the launch of their own freelance writing businesses. She coauthored On Being a Writer: 12 Simple Habits for a Writing Life that Lasts, and authored Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families and The Contemplative Mom.