Podcast production with guaranteed results: 4,000+ subscribers on every show we launch
Most agencies sell a process. We sell an outcome. Every show we launch comes with 4,000+ subscribers underwritten and typically 12,000 to 19,000 downloads inside the first month. If we miss the subscriber target, the campaign keeps running at our cost until we hit it.
Here is the uncomfortable truth about branded podcasts: around 90% do not survive their first season, and three quarters never make it past episode ten. It is rarely the production that kills them. It is having no plan for the only part that matters, which is getting the right people to listen.
Ofcom’s 2026 audio report puts weekly podcast listening at 27% of UK adults, up from 23% a year earlier. The audience is there. Most branded shows never reach it. Ours do, and we put a number on it.

Two ways to work with us
On Air: we build your podcast. The full job in three stages. Strategy: audience research, format, editorial roadmap and host coaching, with success metrics agreed before episode one. Production: three-camera video and broadcast-grade audio at our own Leeds studio, on location, or remote. Launch and growth: a PR launch with trade media coverage, paid promotion and weekly reporting. From £2,500 a month, with the subscriber underwrite on every show.
On Charts: we amplify the podcast you already have. Every engagement starts with an audit and a monthly chart-rank tracker. Add Rank to get into the top 20 of your Apple UK category from £1,500 a month, or Reach, a one-off amplification campaign delivering 4,000+ new subscribers and 15,000+ downloads. Miss the target, we keep going at our cost.
Huthwaite International’s podcast had stalled when it came to us. We relaunched the back catalogue in December 2024, then ran a guest-led second series through 2025, cut short clips for LinkedIn, and promoted the show with guest resharing, LinkedIn copy for each episode and paid promotion on podcast platforms, with monthly reports deciding where budget went. It stayed in the top ten of the Apple Podcasts UK Business chart for three months.

As an integrated podcast agency, we handle everything except turning up and talking:
- Insight-driven concept creation. Social listening and search data to find a show your audience actually wants, before anything gets recorded
- Video-first production. Three-camera studio recording, full edit, sound design and broadcast-grade audio
- Twelve clips and a full transcript within 72 hours of every recording, so your social calendar stops being a bottleneck
- Guest strategy and booking. Shortlists ranked by topical fit and audience overlap, booked by our media relations team
- Distribution to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon Music, with episode pages structured for AI search as well as Google
- Marketing and promotion. PR, organic social, paid media and email behind every episode


“The best marketing activity we’ve done for leads in 10 years.”
Rachel Massey, Chief Marketing and Technology Officer, Huthwaite International
Their show, Mastering Sales and Negotiations, has passed 196,000 downloads, with 17,527 for its top episode. It brought Huthwaite three direct training leads and earned a third series, commissioned for 2026. The Huthwaite case study has the full numbers, and the bits we’d do differently.

A full episode of Mastering Sales and Negotiations on YouTube.
Built for B2B marketers who need to show results
Attention you cannot buy elsewhere
Weekly podcast listeners average around nine hours of listening a week (Ofcom, 2026). Forty minutes of genuine conversation with a marketing or comms director beats any number of three-second feed impressions.
A guest list that sells
Invite the customers you want, the partners you need and the voices your audience trusts. The podcast quietly becomes the warmest business development tool your company runs.
Numbers your CMO can defend
We report inbound leads, pipeline influence and sales-call assists, not downloads alone. Targets are agreed before episode one, so the board pack writes itself.
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What our podcast marketing service covers
We’ve made podcasts for brands including Watches of Switzerland, the UK’s largest luxury watch retailer. Here’s what goes into the job.
Podcast Strategy
Audience and positioning research, format design and an editorial roadmap, with host coaching and success metrics agreed before episode one. We land on a concept that earns attention in your category, and test it before you commit.
Video-First Podcast Production
Three-camera video and broadcast-grade audio at our own Leeds studio, on location with our mobile rig, or remote. Full edit, sound design, artwork and transcripts, plus twelve social clips within 72 hours of every recording.
Podcast Distribution
Your show everywhere it needs to be: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon Music, with episode landing pages structured for Google and AI search engines alike, and a monthly chart-rank tracker so you always know where you stand.
Podcast Promotion with Guaranteed Results
The bit most production companies do not do. Every episode gets promoted through PR, organic social, paid media and email. We underwrite 4,000+ subscribers on every show we launch, with 12,000 to 19,000 downloads typical in the first month. Miss the subscriber target and the campaign keeps running at our cost until we hit it.
Why choose Prohibition?
We host a top five UK marketing podcast. We have made the mistakes already.

Our own show, Embracing Marketing Mistakes, has sat in the top five of Apple’s UK marketing chart for 14 months running alongside Gary Vee, Neil Patel and Rory Sutherland, with a 550,000+ download catalogue, nine inbound leads and £96k of new business attributed in 18 months. Most agencies cannot show you a podcast they have grown for themselves. We can.
We have made every podcasting mistake going, we even renamed the show once we realised the first title was holding it back, and everything we sell has been tested on our own feed first. We are an award-winning PR and content agency with video production, sound, design and paid media in-house.
Book a 20-minute podcast strategy call: send us your current podcast or content plan and we will come to the call with three specific things we would change. Free, no obligation.
Book a 20-minute podcast strategy call
Send us your current podcast or content plan and we will come to the call with three specific things we would change. Free, no obligation. Prefer to talk? Call us on 0113 430 4160.
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Frequently asked questions about podcast marketing
What other video projects do we work on other than podcasts?
When did podcasting become popular?
Where can you listen to podcasts?
You’ll find podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon Music, and those four are where we publish every show we make. Each episode also gets its own web page, so people searching Google or asking an AI tool can find it too.
Are podcasts better than video?
The great thing about podcasts is that they can also be repurposed for other channels, for instance, the audio from video podcasts can be used for blog content or social media channels.
What equipment do you need for a podcast?
This can all get tough to handle and costly, that’s why it’s best to hire a podcast agency that has experience (that’s us)!
Why is it important to market a podcast?
That’s where we can also help, we can promote your podcast using our wide range of integrated services, including; public relations, social media, paid social advertising, content marketing, email marketing, and more.
What sectors do we work in?
How much does it cost to promote a podcast?
A new show costs from £2,500 a month with On Air, where we plan, film, launch and grow it for you. For a podcast you already have, every engagement starts with an audit and a monthly chart-rank tracker, then you can add Rank, our campaign to get it into the top 20 of its Apple UK category, from £1,500 a month.
What is the best way to market a podcast?
Agree what success looks like before episode one, then promote every episode through PR, social, paid media and email, and let the numbers move the budget. When we relaunched Mastering Sales and Negotiations for Huthwaite International, the episodes that broke through had a recognisable sales leader attached, so name the guest before the topic. Short video clips on LinkedIn did more for downloads than any written post we tried. The best episodes also kept growing for weeks after release, so keep promoting your winners.
What does a podcast marketing agency actually do?
It plans, makes and promotes a podcast so the right people find it and keep listening. For us that means audience research before anything is recorded, video-first production at our Leeds studio or on location, a PR launch with trade media coverage, then promotion behind every episode. We report leads and pipeline as well as downloads, because sooner or later the board asks what the podcast delivered. Everything we sell gets tested first on Embracing Marketing Mistakes, the weekly show our founder Chris Norton hosts with his co-director, Will Ockenden.




