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Podcasting Made Simple

Why Podcasters Want You as a Guest | Neeraja Ganesh

Podcasting Made Simple

Alex Sanfilippo, PodMatch.com

Education, Podcasters, Audience Growth, Monetization, Podcast Guests, Podcast Guesting, Marketing, How To, Business, Podcast Hosts, Technology, Podcasting, Content Marketing

5.0741 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Most guests show up thinking about what they want to say instead of what the host and audience actually need. And that's the fastest way to get overlooked. In this episode, Neeraja Ganesh shares how to become the kind of guest podcasters remember, rebook, and recommend by showing up with intention, preparation, and service. Get ready to stop blending in and start becoming the guest that hosts are excited to say yes to! MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/344 Chapters 00:00 The Im...

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0:00.0

Hey, Alex here. This month's independent podcasters report is now available to see important

0:04.9

podcasting related insights like listenership data, active versus inactive podcast numbers, industry

0:09.8

download milestones, and many other data points that matter for both podcasts hosts and guests.

0:14.3

Please visit podmatch.com forward slash report. And now let's get into today's episode.

0:20.0

You're listening to Podcasting Made Simple.

0:23.4

So today we're going to be talking about why podcasters are going to invite you as a guest.

0:31.9

And how can we get help?

0:34.3

Before we get on to podcasting, let us just think about the employment world, because

0:40.1

podcasting is fairly new and maybe, you know, you're trying to be a guest for the first time.

0:45.6

However, for most of us, we've been in the employment scenario for many, many years now.

0:51.6

So why do you think organizations are going to hire you to work for them,

0:58.1

especially in such a crowded market where if you look at the supply and demand of talent,

1:04.9

as we call them, the supply is unlimited, the demand is limited.

1:11.6

So what are those aspects of you that an organization would look for and hence hire you?

1:19.6

And now you flip it to yourself.

1:22.6

What are those aspects that you are going to focus on before you even apply to an organization and then feel

1:31.7

cool and confident that you will make it to the interview and then to the particular

1:40.1

job. It's similar when it comes to podcasting. So there are three elements that we need to keep in

1:48.2

mind when we want to be a guest for any of the podcast shows. The first is, of course, the

1:55.4

podcaster on the podcast brand itself. The second is the listener or the audience that this particular podcast has.

2:08.0

And the third is you as a speaker.

2:11.7

Now let's delve deep into each of these.

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