StageTimer · B2B · countdown timer for stage speakers
Offer to sponsor niche industry podcasts
Podcasts didn't want sponsors, or the pitch was wrong
Failedpodcast-sponsorship
What they did
Reached out to live-event industry podcasts offering sponsorship.
What happened
Podcasts in this industry didn't want sponsors (value independence), or the approach was wrong
“We have tried like reaching out to podcasts and stuff, and we have found that nobody wants to get sponsored.”
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