Podcast
Story Studio Network is an exclusive podcast production experience building your brand, voice and message, with a full team of award winning executive producers, major network journalists, skilled professional talk show hosts and experienced audio engineers.
... Like a
newsroom
for your brand
Our mission is to create provocative, best-in-class branded content that allows you, your brand and your listeners, to thrive, connect and start real conversations about issues that matter.
our team of major market talent ensures you get a major market Sounding show.
PODCASTING is the BLEND OF 'old tech RADIO' WITH NEW DIGITAL MEDIA.*
- build brand authority
- express thought leadership and expertise
- cultivate conversations
- strengthen corporate culture
Podcasting is no longer a 'niche medium'.
It is the new paradigm of permission-based marketing. Unlike social media, your audience chooses to listen to you and they hang on your every word.
why podcasting?
Our clients use podcasts to
Audiences love podcasts because
- they are accessible from wherever they are; in the car, exercising, dog walking and more
- they are intimate and interactive without being distracting
- they are often hyper-niche and in-depth
- they are designed to be binge-worthy
*AND SO IS STORY STUDIO NETWORK.
More than 70% of Canadians 18+ listen to online audio every month. there is ever growing opportunity for branded content.
Your podcast instantly positions you as a trusted authority for your audience by humanizing your brand, leadership and voice.
Your podcast acts as an evergreen content asset, that your audience can refer to over and over again.
Your podcast immediately leverages your warm audience and creates new ones through targeted marketing, cross promotions and digital networking.
why Podcasting works
"There are a lot of production houses out there, but most have no journalistic experience or are led by a tired team that just wants to get the job done as opposed to proactively involving themselves in what is being created. There's a massive chasm between the two types of companies and it ultimately affects the output. We certainly had our fair share of misses before we met Erin and Dave."
- Ujwal Arkalgud, CEO, Motivbase
Shows: Why Meaning matters, The NEXT Normal
Dave and Erin are among the most intelligent journalists and podcasters I’m aware of. While each of their four co-hosts was an internationally recognized expert in their particular field, Dave and Erin showed an uncanny ability to pull together the disparate thoughts for the listeners. And, they provided their own ideas and insights as a complementary extension of the ideas shared by the co-hosts. This was a great characteristic of the show. Coming up with excellent questions so as to get the best out of people with diverse backgrounds is not easy, but Dave and Erin excelled in their ability to pull it off.
- dave hardy, president, hardy stevenson and associates ltd.
Shows: The NEXT Normal
"There are a lot of production houses out there, but most have no journalistic experience or are led by a tired team that just wants to get the job done as opposed to proactively involving themselves in what is being created. There's a massive chasm between the two types of companies and it ultimately affects the output. We certainly had our fair share of misses before we met Erin and Dave."
- Ujwal Arkalgud, CEO, Motivbase
Shows: Why Meaning matters, The NEXT Normal
"Dave and Erin are among the most intelligent journalists and podcasters I’m aware of. While each of their four co-hosts was an internationally recognized expert in their particular field, Dave and Erin showed an uncanny ability to pull together the disparate thoughts for the listeners. And, they provided their own ideas and insights as a complementary extension of the ideas shared by the co-hosts. This was a great characteristic of the show. Coming up with excellent questions so as to get the best out of people with diverse backgrounds is not easy, but Dave and Erin excelled in their ability to pull it off."
- Dave Hardy, president, hardy stevenson and associates ltd.
Shows: The NEXT Normal
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We won’t say the word duo, but we will say dynamic. Together, we have a combined 60+ years in radio, production, news-media, on mic and in studios. We are confident enough to say we are not your average podcasters.
We saw the writing on the wall for mainstream media decades ago. Faith in 'the way it's always been done' is waning and the pandemic only served to deepen those feelings. The data to back up the shifts towards on-demand audio is incontrovertible. Advertisers and thought leaders are moving away from traditional media towards NEW media to get their messages out to the world.
At the onset of the pandemic, more and more clients started asking about podcasts and we listened, producing more than a dozen podcast series in 2020 alone ....
meet dave & erin
not your average producers ...
- Sarah Thorne, President and CEO, Decision Partners Canada Inc. Shows: Engineering with Nature, The NEXT Normal
"SO MUCH GREAT FEEDBACK COMING IN ON THE FIRST SHOW! WAIT TILL PEOPLE HEAR THE NEXT SHOWS! AND DAVE AND ERIN, YOU ARE BRILLIANT EXEC PRODUCERS! THE SHOW IS TERRIFIC."
- Neil Hetherington, chief executive officer, daily bread food bank
Shows: the 2030 project
"The 2030 Project was a success because thousands more know more about the systemic causes of, and social policy solutions to address poverty. That happened because Dave Trafford did his homework listening to the people affected by poverty, and experts in the field. From there, his natural curiosity resulted in impactful questions and dialogue."
