LiveRead Features
Built for Podcast Networks & Hosts
LiveRead unifies podcast advertising workflows in one platform, eliminating disconnected systems and giving networks and hosts the tools to maximize revenue while dramatically reducing operational overhead.
Generate Shareable Media Kits
Automatically generate professional media kits that showcase your podcast portfolio with accurate, up-to-date information. Your media kits include dynamic data visualizations, in-depth host details, sample ad reads, and built-in privacy protections. Share these instantly with potential advertisers to highlight your audience demographics, performance metrics, and unique value proposition.
Create Flexible Proposals
Develop customized advertising proposals that align with advertiser goals while maximizing your network's revenue potential. Create tiered pricing options with clearly defined deliverables that set appropriate expectations from the start. Present your offerings through professional, branded documents that build credibility and streamline the decision-making process.
Build Custom Plans
Design tailored advertising packages with the perfect mix of shows, ad placements, and delivery schedules. Select shows that match the advertiser's target audience and customize impressions, CPM rates, and discount structures with real-time inventory visibility. Adjust plans on the fly with dynamic updates that automatically reflect across all shared documents.
Share Plans & Proposals
Generate secure, shareable links with unique passcodes that give agencies and advertisers instant access to your proposals without requiring a LiveRead account. Share read-only views that update dynamically whenever you make changes to the underlying plans or pricing. Track when agencies view your proposals and get notified when they're ready to move forward.
Convert Plans to IOs
Transform approved plans into detailed insertion orders with all required specifications, terms, and delivery schedules. Build comprehensive IOs with shows, ad types, targeting parameters, pricing structures, and contract terms in one centralized location. Track every aspect of the IO workflow from creation through execution, keeping all internal teams aligned.
Secure Digital Signatures through BoldSign
Finalize deals with integrated e-signature capabilities that eliminate paperwork delays and back-and-forth emails. Approve and sign IOs directly through the BoldSign integration without leaving the LiveRead platform. Convert draft IOs to live status immediately upon signature, activating your workflow instantly.
Ad Creative Pre-Approvals
Review advertiser creative before recording to ensure alignment with brand standards and host preferences. Upload Google Drive files of draft ad reads for multi-party review with threaded comments and revision requests. Manage approval notifications for all stakeholders and track status changes to keep campaigns on schedule.
Ad Grading & Automatic Airchecks
Automatically scan episode audio to identify and extract ad reads without manual timestamp entry or editing. Generate transcripts of ad reads for compliance verification and create a searchable archive of all advertiser content. Receive and respond to ad performance grades from agencies while maintaining an auditable record of campaign execution.
Streamline Invoicing
Generate professional invoices automatically based on executed insertion orders with all relevant details and line items. Send invoices directly through the Bill.com integration and track payment status in real-time. Re-send unpaid invoices with automated reminders to maintain consistent cash flow.
AR Payment Management
Track incoming payments with comprehensive dashboards showing payment status, aging reports, and outstanding balances. View accounts receivable history with detailed breakdowns by agency and advertiser relationship. Forecast monthly and annual revenue with predictive tools that support financial planning.
Automated Host Payments
Distribute payments to hosts automatically based on executed campaigns and received payments. Calculate host compensation accurately based on pre-defined revenue sharing agreements and executed ad placements. Generate detailed earnings reports that give hosts complete transparency into their performance and compensation.
