She Made $500K from a Podcast with 11K Monthly Listeners with Danielle Bezalel | Ep 102

About this episode

Danielle Bezalel shares her journey of building a $500K podcast sponsorship business with limited listeners and offers insights on securing sponsorships.

She built a $500K business from a podcast most platforms try to shadow ban, and she's here to show you exactly how she did it. Danielle Bezalel, host of Sex Ed with DB, built a $500K+ podcast sponsorship business as an indie podcaster averaging around 1,200 downloads per episode. She just launched Monetize Your Indie Podcast, a self-paced resource hub with her exact masterclass, sponsor ad deck, and pitch email system to help indie podcasters land real brand deals, without a network, agent, or massive audience. She shares/breaks down: ◼️ How she landed her first $5,000 sponsorship deal in season two, with zero prior experience ◼️ Why she requires a minimum six-month contract from every brand she works with ◼️ The exact outreach system she uses to find and cold pitch sponsors (including how ChatGPT fits in) ◼️ How she builds monthly and quarterly reports that keep brands renewing year after year ◼️ The biggest mistake indie podcasters make with sponsorship pricing, and how to fix it ◼️ Why health and wellness creators especially need to stop undercharging for their work ◼️ Her advice for anyone who's never had a paid partnership and doesn't know where to start Follow Danielle…

People in this episode

Guest: Danielle Bezalel

Topics covered

• podcast monetization
• sponsorship strategies
• indie podcasting
• health and wellness
• business growth

Keywords

• podcast sponsorship
• indie podcaster
• sponsorship deals
• health podcast
• business strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sex Ed with DB

Products: Monetize Your Indie Podcast

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