Own Podcast Guest Finder.

What you'd own.

Every artifact below transfers to your accounts on day one. The whole engine.

• ●Landing page, brand copy, and community messaging framework for podcasters
• ●Guest scraping pipeline and contact enrichment data workflows
• ●Free trial to paid conversion email sequences and onboarding flows
• ●Financial model projecting month-by-month CAC, churn, and profitability paths
• ●GTM playbook targeting podcaster Facebook groups and Discord communities
• ●SEO content strategy for how to find podcast guests keyword
• ●Customer success playbook and initial 30-day cohort data

What Roll Digital builds for you.

Custom scope to take Podcast Guest Finder from MVP shell to operating business.

• ▸Production-grade guest database backend with daily re-scraping and data validation
• ▸Web application for podcast creators to search and filter qualified guests
• ▸Stripe billing integration supporting $49/month recurring subscription and free trials
• ▸Email automation including trial invites, onboarding sequences, and re-engagement campaigns
• ▸Guest contact enrichment via third-party APIs to maintain data freshness
• ▸Customer analytics dashboard tracking usage, retention, and LTV metrics
• ▸Customer onboarding framework including video tutorials and email support
• ▸Production infrastructure on AWS with monitoring, backups, and redundancy

Why this could work.

The GTM is solid: podcasters actively seek guests in community spaces and organic search. The $49/month price point is accessible to early-stage shows. With 50k podcasts as TAM and $400 per year average tool spend, a 200-user target by year one is realistic if the product delivers better UX than competitors. The scalability is there if you can solve the data decay problem and build enough differentiation to overcome the incumbents.

What you'd risk.

MatchMaker.fm and Podmatch dominate this space with established guest networks and trust. They have already solved data decay and have customer lock-in. Your guest data will decay rapidly without expensive enrichment APIs that squeeze margins. Your ICP, early-stage podcasters, has tiny budgets and high churn. You face a structural disadvantage with no way to build the network effects competitors already own. Reaching profitability by month 12 is optimistic given these headwinds.

Who this fits.

This fits a solo SaaS founder or small agency owner with existing sales and marketing skills. You need community credibility in podcaster circles, either an existing audience or network, to unlock the community marketing GTM. Or you need deep product chops to build material differentiation versus MatchMaker.fm and Podmatch. You also need conviction that data refresh and customer support can be done profitably. This is not a passive business.

Timeline.

From contract signing to operating business.

1. Day 1
   Receive brand identity, landing page, customer list, and data assets
2. Week 1
   Deploy guest database backend and email onboarding automation
3. Week 3
   Launch free trial landing page and community marketing outreach
4. Week 6
   Begin converting trial users to $49/month paid subscriptions
5. Day 90
   Reach 30-50 customers, measure CAC and churn, evaluate enrichment costs

Pricing.

Three ways in, depending on how much you want to build yourself.