FAQS
Update your account details like name, email address, phone number or address, anytime by following these steps:
- Select settings from the menu and open up.
- Click user on the menu
- After you’ve added the updated details, click save changes.
- Click save after completing all the updates.
- Go back to reaching out to podcasts.
In case you have forgotten your password, click on the change password button and follow the instructions there.
Note: Once you verify the updated email details, you can resume your activities on your account.
We are sorry if you want to leave us but totally understand, we have made it easy for you to go ahead and cancel your account/subscription on Podcast Hawk.
Step 1: Go to settings on the left hand menu
- Click on settings and expand the menu
Step 2: Go to the user part of the menu
- Click on the user and it will expand out a new view
Step 3: Click on ACCOUNT
- When you click on account you will see the option to CANCEL and REMOVE your account.
Once your account is cancelled your subscription will not renew and no further payments will be taken.
Contacts are how you gain access to more information on the hosts of the shows you want to reach out to, this could include contact information, social media information and more.
1 Contact = 1 Podcast show contact information (This will provide you with all the contact information we have)
For each monthly PLAN there is a set amount of contacts allocated, these roll over into the next month for you to use ongoing.
Go to SETTINGS / BILLING
This will show you the plan and term you are subscribed to, as you can see above Im on the SUPERGUEST plan paying monthly.
This will also show you the contacts and features you have on a monthly basis.
You can export or download the contact details in relation to the number of contacts you use, there are no export limits it is purely based on the plan and contacts you have available in your account.
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Getting booked on podcasts has three steps.
1) Finding the right podcasts.
2) Having something interesting or valuable to share.
3) Sending in a good pitch for a story or interview.
We help by saving you hundreds of hours on the first step, finding the right podcasts for you simply and quickly, we can’t help on the second step. For the third step, you can read some articles in our blog to help you put together a good pitch.
Researching podcasts manually to find the ones you want to appear on or get more details on can take hours, going through online directories such as Apple Podcasts to find the shows, then you need to check are they online still, are they interview style and more…
All of the above we do in one search, put in a keyword or search by category and we have 4m+ podcasts in our directory and 100m+ episodes, this takes less than sixty seconds to search to find the shows you want to be on.
That is before you even use the platform to contact the hosts using the details we provide in our campaign tool that automates the emails being sent, so no more manual tracking or sending.
Researching podcasts to become a guest and hence asking for payback on that time is key, in terms of generating web traffic from that appearance this is why we include the Domain Authority Rank against podcasts, so you can identify the shows to appear on that will give you a strong back link.
Web traffic comes from getting your own back link on the podcast shows website, not their hosting link (ie anchor.fm) but their actual live site that has your niche audience visiting.
New filters that allow you to search by:
- Gender of the host
- Guest interview podcast
- Language of the podcast
- Country of origin.
- Has a WEBSITE (NOT the podcast hosting link ie anchor.fm)
- Domain RANK Authority
What this means is that you can now highly target podcasts that you are looking for, want to find a Spanish speaking podcast that has a female host? Yes you now can…
Gender – You can search by the gender of the host, add this as a filter to only show podcasts that have a host who is Male/Female.
Guest Tag – The core of appearing on a interview style podcast is being able to identify them quickly without having to look at the podcast and work it out, we have done that for you, now it is a filter.
Language – You asked and we delivered, Spanish speaking podcasts are growing quickly along with other languages, so now there is a filter to allow you to find those podcasts that are recorded in the language you choose.
Country of Origin – Whilst language is key you may want to identify the country, is it Spanish speaking from Mexico or Europe. Now you can use the filter to find these niche shows.
Has a website – This allows you to target and filter the podcasts that have built their own community, outside of their standard podcast hosted site (ie anchor.fm)
Domain Authority – not all podcasts have a large audience when they start or even as they grow, but what they may have is a large target audience who visit their website, which means to you getting on that show and a backlink back to you, becomes super valuable.
Lists are your saved searches that you want to run again at a later date to get more podcasts to reach out to.
Search filters are different parameters you can use to fine-tune the podcast results you get in Podcast Hawk. Some examples are:
- Filtering podcast show titles by keywords.
- Filtering podcast descriptions by keywords to find a niche.
- Source podcasts in a specific language.
- Finding podcasts by total reviews to find those highly rated shows. Finding podcast by average review score to determine shows that listeners love.
- Check for podcasts in certain categories to narrow down a sector that is specific to you.
These are just some examples, the use cases are endless.
By using the search capabilities of PodcastHawk you can find the shows that are active, have listener intent, and will be the ones you should appear on… start your outreach now.
As you can see on the data exposed here we have a PH score of 65 for this particular show, this is a moving average scoring mechanism and is updated constantly based on multiple key data points that are key to podcasts.
Use this as a search filter to build lists of shows that you want to monitor over time and see if they are improving before you reach out to them, determine if new shows are rising that you wish to be a guest on before they become mainstream.
Yes, your 7-day trial allows you to run as many searches as you like, narrow down the podcasts you want information on. When you are ready you can use your provided contacts to download the information on the shows you have selected.
There are no limits on the number of searches you can perform, but you do have a limited number of contacts available for downloading podcast show contact details.
If have the capability enabled in your plan (Promotion / SuperGuest) then you can create multiple email signatures to be used within your campaigns.
Go to SETTINGS / SIGNATURES and then hit CREATE NEW
– Give your signature a name that makes sense under – SIGNATURE TITLE
– Add your SIGNATURE in the main body box
– Set as default if you wish this to be your main signature you use all the time.
HIT SAVE.
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When you run a search you can save this in your LISTS.
Each plan comes with a set amount of saved LISTS, what this means is if you want to go back to a search you made in a day/week/month/year you can then run that search again and find new shows that have been published or compare the ones from your previous search with new results.
When you save your LIST you can give it a memorable name and so when you look at your saved searches it makes sense.
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When setting up your emails you can choose how many are sent, 1, 2,3 or 4 all you have to do is leave the days that you do not want to send emails BLANK.
e.g – Email Two you do not want to send anything on that day in the campaign, so just leave it blank and no email will be sent that day, but if you put something in Email Three that will be sent then.
There are two methods that Google has in place that could mean you get error codes when setting up your email settings to drive campaigns. One is enabling access for less secure apps, but this only has to be done if you DON’T HAVE 2FA enabled. Go to – https://myaccount.google.com/security You will see the area below – Less Secure Apps. You need to TURN THIS ON.
If you want to use Google Workspace to send out emails via Podcast Hawk then in order to do so you need to be able to send via IMAP*, in order to do this it needs to be enabled in your google account. Check it is, via the screenshot below *( IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol, and it’s the open standard that describes how to access messages in an email mailbox.)
So in order to access your email through Podcast Hawk one solution is to enable LESS SECURE APPs which is easy in itself, but out of the box Google Workspace does not enable this in all user accounts so you need to login to your GOOGLE ADMIN https://www.admin.google.com When you are in there you need to go to https://support.google.com/a/answer/6260879?hl=en this will walk you through how to enable this in your GOOGLE WORKSPACE USER ACCOUNT.
We will use the example of Google Mail – watch this short video that walks you through the two ways to set up your details using Google Mail. Podcast Hawk | Email Provider (apologies this is rough and ready at present, we are recording new videos and will release them soon) https://share.descript.com/view/ENHO8hQlYzs
When setting up your email provider settings in order for campaigns to work you must provide the details of SMTP and IMAP, without this you will not be able to send your campaign emails out.
We have a single seat user license which allows one user to use the service with a set amount of credits per month allocated to them, this only allows that user to access podcast hawk.
There is also the option for multi users to access the platform, this is normally used by agencies who want a single instance for a client, to contain all the research and notes on that client in one place along with the email campaigns being sent as well.
All charges are in US dollars and are processed through our secure provider STRIPE.
Monthly Payment Plans: Monthly payments are non-refundable once they are processed. If a payment goes through and you cancel right away afterward all future payments will be canceled and your account will remain active for the month period you already paid for. Yearly Payment Plans: The first year’s payment is non-refundable. For all subsequent yearly payments, the subscriber has five (5) days from when the payment is requested to ask for a full refund. In this case, the amount will be refunded in full and the account will be deactivated immediately. Any account cancellations after the five (5) day period will still be billed in full for this period. You will not be billed for the subsequent period. There are no partial refunds for any payment period. Once canceled all saved searches, downloads, and data will be deleted and removed from the platform.
- Trial: This plan allows you to see if getting interviewed on podcasts is right for you and your business. It allows you fully search the podcast database using the power filters to see how many podcasts interview opportunities are available in Podcast Hawk. With the trial, you are given 10 contacts which means you can download all the contact data for 10 shows for FREE.
- Starter plan: This plan is for individuals or small businesses that want to regularly get on podcasts. It opens up the full search filter toolset and results so you can really pinpoint the podcasts that are the best fit for you and your business.
- Promotion Plan: This plan is for businesses or individuals trying to book multiple podcast interviews. This plan gives you more active campaigns and signatures, allowing you to reach out to different styles of podcasts. (ie Travel, Businesses)
- SuperGuest Plan: This plan is for businesses or individuals trying to book multiple podcast interviews who want to drive their brand through the roof. This plan gives you more active campaigns and signatures, allowing you to reach out to different styles of podcasts at the same time (ie Travel, Businesses)
Yes, you can promote your affiliate link on more than one website. If you need to receive separate checks or need separate payee names, you need to sign up for more than one affiliate account.
We accept all types of websites into the Podcast Hawk affiliate program. However, we do reserve the right to deny any application for any website that we deem inappropriate, including, but not limited to, any site that features sexually explicit material, promotes violence, discrimination, and/or illegal activities.
Your affiliate control panel offers detailed reporting features to help you keep tracking of all sales and earnings that you generate from your website promotions.
Setting up your affiliate account takes only a couple of minutes. Simply read our terms and fill out our short application. You will hear back from us within 24 hours.
There is no limit to the amount that you can earn as a Podcast Hawk affiliate. You receive up to 25% on referred sales on the following products *Podcast Hawk Transactions All commissions are based on new sales only. Renewals are excluded.
Nothing 🙂 Zero Cost.
You need to have a valid bank account to receive the commissions.
The referral period would be 30 days. If the visitor comes back within 30 days and made the purchase, the referral will be eligible for commission.
No! There is no minimum number of sales required to be a Podcast Hawk affiliate. The more visitors you refer though, the better your chances of earning more commissions.
(a) To be eligible for Commission, the following must occur: (i) an Affiliate Lead must be accepted and be valid in accordance with Affiliate Terms (Acceptance and Validity); (ii) a Customer Purchase Transaction must have occurred; (iii) a Customer must remain a Customer for a minimum of Thirty (30) days from the date of purchase (For example, a Customer who makes a purchase on the 10th day of January must remain a customer until the 10th day of February in order for the Affiliate to be eligible for a Commission); (iv) Customer is a first time user to Podcast Hawk and has not purchased any previous Podcast Hawk applications either directly by him or from anyone in his organization; and, (v) All transactions must occur on the Podcast Hawk domain. (https://staging9.podcasthawk.com) (b) Affiliate is NOT eligible to receive Commission or any other compensation from us based on transactions for Other Products or if: (i) such compensation is disallowed or limited by state or local law or regulation in USA or the laws or regulations of your jurisdiction; (ii) the applicable Customer objects to or prohibits such compensation or excludes such compensation from its payments to us or Podcast Hawk Affiliates; (iii) the Customer has paid or will pay such commissions, referral fees, or other compensation directly to you; (iv) the Commission payment has been obtained by fraudulent means, misuse of the Affiliate Link, in violation of any Affiliate Program Policies that we make available to you, misuse or by any other means that we deem to breach the spirit of the Marketing Affiliate Program; or, (v) the Customer participates in any of our partner programs and is eligible to receive a commission in relation to the Customer Transaction under any of these programs. In competitive situations with other affiliates, we may elect to provide the Commission to the affiliate that we deem to be the most eligible for Commission, at our discretion. We reserve the right to discontinue Commission payments should any of the eligibility criteria set forth in this subsection fail to be met at any time.
Nothing! While it helps to have a website, one is not necessary to become a Podcast Hawk affiliate. If you do not have a website, you can promote your affiliate link via Internet forums, newsletters, and to your friends, family, and business associates.
An affiliate link is a URL that contains your unique affiliate id. Each time you refer a visitor to the podcasthawk.com website with this affiliate link, our system tracks their actions and you are paid a commission based on their purchase amount on predefined products
Immediately! Simply complete the online registration form and your application will be reviewed within 24 hours. Once approved, you can begin adding banners and search boxes to your website.
Podcast Hawk will pay the Commission amount due to you within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal quarter for any Commission amounts that you become eligible for according to the Eligibility criteria. We will not pay more than one Commission payment or another similar referral fee on any given Customer Transaction (unless we choose to do so in our discretion). In case of a chargeback/refund initiated by the customer, the commission paid corresponding to the original transaction will be reversed or adjusted in the subsequent payments Commissions will accrue and only become payable once you provide all relevant tax and address documentation pursuant to this Agreement and reach the Commission Threshold of $100.00 USD, based on the commission rates stated on the Podcast Hawk Affiliate Program Policies Page, solely as applied to Qualified Purchases. All Qualified Purchases eligible to result in commissions under this Section must remain active and in good standing pursuant to the terms of this Agreement in order to remain eligible for accrual of a commission. Once a commission has accrued under this Section, the amount of such commission (the “Commission Fee”) shall be due and payable to you under the affiliate terms. PodcastHawk reserves the right to change the Commission Threshold by amending this Agreement and will notify you of any such amendment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
We offer a FREE 7-day trial which gives you 10 contacts.
Sign up now at www.podcasthawk.com
In our beta version, we give you the ability to contact the podcasts you want using our campaign tool, you can also view their social account details where this is available.
Where can I find Podcast Hawk’s guest booking toolkit, guest promotion guide, and guest checklist?
We have produced a set of guides to help you as a guest make the most of your guest appearance, check list on what to setup before you go on a show and how to promote your appearance post the show.
Find them all in the footer on the website.