Volume Control · Sponsorship
Reach the room,
not the megaphone.
Small audience, sharp audience. Volume Control is a conversation with mid-market Pacific Northwest operators about what is actually working in AI. If your buyers are in that room, we should talk. One sponsor per season.
Who is listening
The audience.
We do not publish a listener count. Numbers on podcast sites are usually vanity. Sponsors get real metrics in the pitch conversation.
- Operators at $10M to $500M Pacific Northwest companies. CEOs, COOs, Chiefs of Staff, VPs of Strategy, VPs of Engineering.
- Founders and early-stage builders working on AI-adjacent products.
- Policy, civic, and nonprofit leaders in the region.
- Academics and practitioners in AI applications.
Why sponsor this show
Three reasons.
01
Your buyers are already listening.
The show is targeted, not mass. Sponsors reach a defined executive audience in one region. Nothing is spent on impressions that do not matter.
02
Editorial credibility carries.
Volume Control listeners are burned by vendor marketing. Sponsorship on this show reads as endorsement because we keep the roster small and keep editorial control over the read.
03
You get more than a read.
Every sponsorship includes a dedicated in-episode read, editorial integration in show notes, and optional branded episode or short-form video collaboration. What that looks like depends on your goal.
Every season includes
Standard placement.
- A dedicated ~60-second host-read placed pre-roll or mid-roll, your choice per episode.
- A written mention in the show notes for every episode in the sponsored window.
- A permanent link from this sponsor page to your landing page of choice.
- Regular reporting on listener metrics and any qualitative signal we can attribute.
Optional add-ons
Extend the read.
- A dedicated branded episode built with our Branded Content advisory service.
- Short-form video cutdowns for your channels.
- Live-event integration for Volume Control salons and other off-mic events.
Add-ons are priced separately. Details in the pitch conversation.
Good fit
- B2B into a defined executive audience.
- Products where a well-informed buyer is the ideal buyer.
- Willingness to let editorial make editorial calls.
Not a fit
- Direct-to-consumer products.
- Pure lead-generation campaigns without an audience match.
- Anyone looking for pay-to-play disguised as editorial.
How it works
Five steps to the first read.
01
Discovery call
30 minutes. Free. We talk about fit before anything else.
02
Fit conversation
If the audience match is there, we walk through options.
03
SOW and rate card
Written proposal, fixed placement rates, flexible add-on pricing.
04
Onboarding
First read produced within two weeks of contract signing.
05
Quarterly reads
Where it is working. Where it is not.
One sponsor per season
Ready to talk?
If your buyers are already listening to a show like this, sponsoring an operator-focused podcast is a rounding error. But you have to actually reach them.