February 5, 2025
11:00AM—12:00PM PT
Brought to you by Right Side Up and Sounds Profitable
Why Ad-Free is Lazy: The Case for Podcast Ads
In the podcasting world, subscription-only strategies are trending, but going completely ad-free could be costing creators—and listeners. Explore how ads are essential to the podcast ecosystem and why ad-free is lazy in this virtual event brought to you by the experts scaling the fastest-growing audio brands, including:
UPCOMING
[.c-title-s-rich]What will I learn?[.c-title-s-rich]
Join Right Side Up and Sounds Profitable for an honest discussion about the myths of ad-free podcasting and why ads remain vital to creators and audiences alike.
The live session will cover:
Prepare your questions, and join us for our live panel discussion!
Meet our presenters
Meet our presenter
Krystina Rubino
GM, Offline Marketing Practice
Right Side Up
Krystina Rubino started the offline marketing practice at Right Side Up when she realized too many brands leave offline channels on the table, favoring digital channels past diminishing returns. She’s a media and marketing leader with deep experience in building brands and meeting growth goals. She’s spent her career helping brands like Advil, DoorDash, P&G, Lyft, and StitchFix, develop profitable digital and offline media campaigns. She spends the rest of her time cooking, baking and gaming, and regardless of time of day, is probably trying to figure out what’s for dinner.
Bryan Barletta
Partner
Sounds Profitable
Bryan Barletta is the founder of Sounds Profitable, a trade association for the podcast industry. As a seasoned professional with over 16 years in the advertising and technology space, Barletta played a key role in the world’s first shakeable ad in 2009 and held leadership positions at prominent podcast companies like Megaphone and Claritas. He’s an advocate for digital audio, pioneering the first-ever Podcasting at SXSW- Sound Summit in 2024, which brought big players—like ESPN, Wondery, SiriusXM and more—together with celebrities and podcast hosts, including Marsha Cooke, Nick Viall and others, to give the industry the recognition it deserves.
Who is Right Side Up?
Right Side Up has helped 1,000+ companies hit their growth goals. By designing the right strategies and deploying the right talent—from fractional leaders, to freelancers, to FTEs, to custom-built agency teams—we empower companies of all stages and sizes to keep growing.
Who is Sounds Profitable?
Sounds Profitable is a trade association for the podcast industry, dedicated to growing both listenership and monetization through research, consulting, and collaboration.
Register to tune in
Who is Right Side Up?
Right Side Up has helped 1,000+ companies hit their growth goals. By designing the right strategies and deploying the right talent—from fractional leaders, to freelancers, to FTEs, to custom-built agency teams—we empower companies of all stages and sizes to keep growing.
Who is Sounds Profitable?
Sounds Profitable is a trade association for the podcast industry, dedicated to growing both listenership and monetization through research, consulting, and collaboration.