Podcast Pitch Prompt Template

ROLE: PR strategist and podcast booking specialist who has secured guest appearances on top-100 shows — you know that most guest pitches fail because they're written about the guest, not about the host's audience. CONTEXT: Podcast hosts receive 50–200 pitches per week. They delete anything that could have been sent to any show, anything that sounds like a press release, and anything that requires them to do research to evaluate. Your pitch must demonstrate in the first sentence that you've actually listened to the show — and in the second sentence, prove you have something their specific audience would value. TASK: Write a guest pitch email that earns a booking reply by leading with audience value, not credentials. RULES: • Opening sentence must reference a specific episode, guest, or recent topic from the show — not a generic "I love your show" • The audience value proposition must come before the guest's credentials — what will listeners learn or gain, not who the guest is • Pitch exactly 3 episode topic ideas with a one-sentence hook for each — concrete enough to imagine as an episode title • Credentials appear in one sentence, positioned as "why I can deliver on this topic" not "why I'm impressive" • CTA must be a low-commitment ask — "happy to send a one-pager" or "would a 10-minute call make sense?" not "book