Sponsorship & Brand Partnerships
Your brand, in the room where decisions actually get made.
Empire Talk reaches founders, C-suite executives, and directors who are actively building, not a passive scroll audience skimming past another ad. This is a room, not a feed.
Why Empire Talk
Most podcast ads get skipped. This one gets taken notes on.
Empire Talk isn't built for reach. It's built for relevance, a weekly show for people who make purchasing, hiring, and partnership decisions on behalf of real institutions.
01
Decision-Maker Audience
Every episode is built for founders, executives, and directors, not a general lifestyle audience your brand has to fight to convert.
02
Host Credibility
Dr. Eunice Irewole is the architect of the Institutional Design Framework. Your brand is associated with authority, not just airtime.
03
Evergreen Placement
Unlike a paid social ad, your sponsorship lives inside an episode that keeps getting listened to, and read, via full transcripts, for years.
The Audience
Who's actually listening.
Figures below are placeholders, swap in real analytics once Season 1 has a full quarter of data. Don't publish these numbers as final until they're real.
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Listeners at Director Level or Above
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Average Weekly Downloads
US / UK / CA
Primary Listener Markets
Weekly
Publishing Cadence
Until Season 1 data is available, sponsor outreach should lead with host credibility and audience definition, not download counts.
Sponsorship Tiers
Four ways to be in the room.
Founding Sponsor pricing shown below applies to brands who commit before the end of Season 1. Standard rates increase once the show has a full season of published data.
Signal Boost
$1,500 / episode
Founding rate, locks after Season 1
- 60-second mid-roll mention, host-read
- Logo + link on episode page
- Single-episode commitment
- No exclusivity
Empire Partner
$12,000 / quarter
Founding rate, locks after Season 1
- Dedicated segment across 4 episodes
- Logo placement across site & show notes
- One co-branded LinkedIn feature
- First right of refusal on next quarter
Title Sponsor
$25,000 / season
Founding rate, locks after Season 1
- "Empire Talk, presented by [Brand]", intro & outro
- Logo on every asset for a full 12-episode season
- One co-branded episode built around your audience
- Exclusive category, no competitor sponsors that season
Bespoke Partnership
Custom scope
For multi-season & enterprise brands
- Live taping sponsorship & event integration
- Multi-season exclusivity across a category
- Joint content, reports, panels, closed-door briefings
- Direct collaboration with Dr. Eunice on scope
Every Sponsorship Includes
The baseline, no matter the tier.
Host-Read Ads
No pre-recorded drop-ins, every mention is delivered live in Dr. Eunice's voice.
Full Transcripts
Your brand mention lives in the searchable transcript, not just the audio.
Performance Recap
A post-flight summary of plays, downloads, and engagement for your sponsored episodes.
Brand Review Rights
You approve the read script before it airs, no surprises.
How It Works
From first email to first mention.
01
Start the Conversation
Submit the sponsorship inquiry with your brand, goals, and preferred tier. You'll hear back within three business days.
02
Scope & Contract
We confirm episode placement, exclusivity terms, and deliverables, then send a straightforward agreement, no lengthy back and forth.
03
Script Approval
You review and approve the host-read script before it's recorded. Your brand voice stays intact.
04
Air & Report
Your sponsorship airs on schedule. You receive a performance recap and full transcript excerpt afterward.
Why Empire Talk Over a Generic Ad Buy
Reach is rented. Authority is earned.
Sponsor FAQ
Before you reach out.
Season 1 is launching now. That's precisely why Founding Sponsor rates exist, early partners lock pricing before it increases, and get associated with the show from its first episode rather than its hundredth.
Yes, Signal Boost is a single-episode commitment built exactly for that. Many sponsors start there and move into Empire Partner once they see the fit.
Exclusivity is available starting at the Title Sponsor tier, and is standard on all Bespoke Partnerships.
Let us know in your inquiry. We can't guarantee placement against a specific future guest, but we do consider topic alignment when scheduling sponsor segments.
Terms are set in the sponsorship agreement at contract stage, reach out to discuss adjustments before signing if flexibility matters to you.