# Pod Green Room

> Pod Green Room (podgreenroom.com) is a guest-booking and sponsorship tool for
> solo podcast hosts. It ranks the people you already know, surfaces the guests
> your audience most needs to hear from, writes a warm invite in your voice, and
> turns that same lineup into a sponsor pitch with a show valuation and media kit.

## What it is

Pod Green Room helps an independent podcast host book the right guests from their
own network instead of buying lists or cold-pitching strangers. You upload your
real contacts (a LinkedIn export or a CSV). It scores every contact by how much
your audience needs to hear from them and how likely they are to say yes, then
surfaces the top 10 matches. Each match comes with a unique episode concept (the
one conversation only you could have with that person) and a warm invite written
in your voice. The same ranked lineup is reused to value your show and generate a
media kit you can send to sponsors.

## Who it is for

Solo and independent podcast hosts who want better guests and sponsorship revenue
without a booking agency or a research team. Built by a host with 300+ episodes.

## How it works

1. Upload the people you actually know: a LinkedIn export or CSV. Real connections
   only, no purchased lists.
2. See who to ask: every contact ranked by audience fit and warmth; the top 10
   surface first.
3. Send the invite: each guest comes with a unique conversation angle and a warm
   invite in your voice.
4. Get paid: the same lineup becomes a sponsor pitch with a per-episode valuation
   and media kit, matched to real companies.

## Pricing

- 7-day free trial: full access, no charge until the trial ends, cancel anytime.
- Founding member: $6/month, locked for life (the price rises to $12/month after
  the beta). Includes unlimited guest scoring and warm invites, unique
  conversation threads, show valuation and media kit, live sponsor matching and
  warm pitches, and guest prep pages with pipeline tracking.

## Free tools

- [Podcast Sponsorship Calculator](https://podgreenroom.com/podcast-sponsorship-calculator):
  A free, no-signup calculator. Enter your downloads and niche to estimate your
  per-episode sponsorship rate and get three numbers to negotiate with (an anchor
  to open at, a target to land near, and a floor you never cross). Typical podcast
  host-read CPM runs about $18 for general interest up to $50 to $80 for finance
  and B2B shows. Small, engaged shows price on a flat host-read rate, often $150 to
  $750 or more per episode, not raw CPM.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://podgreenroom.com/): What Pod Green Room is and pricing.
- [Podcasting articles](https://podgreenroom.com/articles): A library of answer-first
  articles for independent podcast hosts, grouped into five areas: setup and strategy
  (niche, name, cover art, hosting, RSS, launch), equipment (microphones, headphones,
  room acoustics, recording and editing software), growth after season one (why a show
  stalls, audits, YouTube, clips, promo swaps, show-notes SEO), guest booking and
  relationships (pitching, onboarding, interview craft, pipeline tracking, follow-up),
  and monetization (download thresholds, CPM and flat-rate pricing, media kits, ad
  placements, host-read ads, negotiation, revenue beyond ads). Every article answers
  the question in its first paragraph and cites a source for any figure it states.
- [How to start and grow a podcast](https://podgreenroom.com/guides/how-to-start-a-podcast):
  The capstone guide. The whole arc in the order it happens, in five stages: decide what
  you are making, buy gear once, launch and survive season one, book guests who fit, and
  get paid. Links to every article in the library.
- [How it works](https://podgreenroom.com/how-it-works): The booking workflow, with examples across show types.
- [For sponsors](https://podgreenroom.com/sponsorships): How the lineup becomes a sponsor pitch, valuation, and media kit.
- [About](https://podgreenroom.com/about): Why a solo host built the tool.
- [Privacy](https://podgreenroom.com/privacy): How uploaded contacts are handled.
- [Terms](https://podgreenroom.com/terms): Terms of service and refund policy.