Amplifying your Influence: Authority Building Strategies for Podcast Hosts

About Laylee Emadi

Laylee is an educator, speaker, and conference host with a heart for serving clients and fellow entrepreneurs through her coaching work, as the host of the So, Here’s the Thing Podcast, and as the founder of The Creative Educator Conference. She believes in leading with heartfelt encouragement and honest guidance. As a longtime entrepreneur, she’s not afraid to dig into tough topics or transparently share her own experiences—the good and the bad. Laylee is passionate about her goal to equip you in your ability to make a difference, create impact, and to build a life doing what you love.

Connect with Laylee

• layleeemadi.com
• instagram.com/laylee_emadi
• So, Here’s the Thing Podcast

Title: How To Establish Relationships With Brands and Secure Your First Four-Figure Podcast Sponsorship
As indie podcasters with smaller audiences, standing out and building lasting relationships with brands is essential to securing lucrative flat-fee podcast sponsorships. Leave this session with a step-by-step framework to secure that four-figure podcast sponsor: from where to meet aligned brands, how to approach them confidently, and ways to overcome rejection.

About Danielle Desir Corbett
Danielle Desir Corbett is an accomplished travel and personal finance creator and host of the highly-rated travel podcast The Thought Card, which aims to inspire financially savvy travelers to explore the world while living on their own terms. Danielle also co-hosts the new travel podcast Road Trip Ready, which explores some of the best road trips and destinations across the U.S. and Canada. With a knack for storytelling and a pulse on her audience, Danielle has successfully partnered with various tourism boards, attractions, and prominent financial institutions, crafting engaging podcast campaigns that resonate with thousands of listeners worldwide. When she isn’t jet-setting, she’s sharing her insider knowledge as a podcast marketing coach, helping fellow podcasters strategically grow and monetize.

Connect with Danielle

• danielledesir.com
• instagram.com/thedanielledesir
• The Thought Card Podcast

The Essential Checklist for Recording High Quality Audio

Are you ready to improve your podcast audio? I’m here to empower you with audio education so that you feel confident leveling up your podcast recording.

About Megan

With fourteen years of experience as a professional musician and six years in audio production, Megan Wren is a podcast editor at Gaffin Creative. She completed degrees in audio engineering and music at Ohio University, and worked for three years as the Chief Recording Engineer for the Ohio University School of Music. 

Megan loves supporting and cheering on other creative business owners.  Megan is also a fan of a number of podcasts – her favorites are Francesa Amber’s Law of Attraction Changed My Life and My Favorite Murder. She has found in her role of podcast editor that she is learning from the conversation within each episode as much as she is fine-tuning it.

Connect with Megan:

• instagram.com/meganwrenmusic

Let’s Grow Your Show

Are you ready to add more download, subscribers, and engaged listeners to your show? We’ll review tools and strategies you can implement today to find those ideal listeners!

About Haylee

Haylee Gaffin is a podcast producer, strategist, and owner at Gaffin Creative, where she helps podcast hosts plan their podcast launch and create strategic content that serves their brand and audience. As the founder of Podcast Launch Kit, a DIY course for podcasters, and host of Clocking In Podcast, a podcast for professionals making their way in the working world, Haylee is on a mission to help hopeful podcast hosts grow their brand.

Connect with Haylee:

• gaffincreative.com
• instagram.com/hayleegaffin
• Clocking In with Haylee Gaffin
• Mic Check Society

A Lesson from the Experts

Moderator: Haylee Gaffin

Producer: Megan Wren

Panelist: Bree Pair and Laylee Emadi