Get a Guest, be a Guest - The perfect Pitch Alex Sanfilippo, the co-founder of PodMatch

Alex always listens to some of the show and then leaves a review before asking to be a guest. People always get a review from him first, he has then already given them value. It also almost guarantees that they will respond.

Make a meaningful request to your host, Alex does a simple ctrl-f search through the podcast episodes to see if and when topics he knows about have been covered. Again here you are offering value and credibility.

Mention that you will share the episode and then follow through. Alex links to the show on his social media platforms and also adds the link to his website.

Alex always makes it clear that having him on the show needs to be right for the host, he makes it easy to say no as well as allowing them to introduce him to other people that might be a better fit.