The Podcast Service Business Playbook
The Essentials for Growing a Profitable Podcast Services Company
Complimentary Live Webinar | PPA Membership Open House
Thursday, October 29, 2026
1:00–2:15 PM ET / 12:00–1:15 PM CT / 10:00–11:15 AM PT
75 minutes • Moderated panel discussion and live audience Q&A
Build a podcast services business that pays you well, protects what you’ve built, and can grow sustainably.
Delivering great work for your clients is only part of running a successful podcast services business. The decisions you make about money, legal protection, benefits, your team, and your own capacity shape what you can earn and how sustainably you can grow.
Join the Podcast Professionals Association for a practical conversation with experienced business and podcast professionals. Whether you work independently or lead an agency, you’ll explore the systems and decisions that support a stronger business.
What You’ll Learn:
✔ Legal entities and business protection: choosing a structure and understanding the protections your business needs.
✔ Business finances and taxation: financial systems, the tax implications of setting up an LLC or S-Corp, and planning for business financial obligations.
✔ Organize your bookkeeping to protect your profits, plan owner pay, and budget for healthcare and benefits.
✔ Scaling your services: managing multiple revenue streams and remote teams as your business grows.
✔ Sustainable growth: integrating health, wealth, and balance into the way you build your business.
Meet the Panel
Jenn Trepeck
Moderator
Co-Founder, Podcast Professionals Association, Podcast Strategist, Host Salad with a Side of Fries
Traci DeForge
CEO of Produce Your Podcast &
Co-Founder of the PPA
Scaling a professional services business, multiple revenue streams, and remote teams.
Gordon Firemark
The Podcast Lawyer™
Legal entities and protecting your business.
Ralph V. Estep, Jr.
Founder, Saggio Accounting+PLUS; President, Ask Ralph Media, Inc.
Business finances, LLC tax considerations, and taxation.
Steve Stewart
Steve Stewart Podcast Productions;
Co-Founder, Podcast Editor Academy
Bookkeeping with Profit First, independent contractor business ownership, and planning for healthcare costs and benefits.
Quinn Greenhaus
Podcast manager, producer, and audio engineer
Sustainable growth that integrates health, wealth, and balance.
Who Should Attend
Podcast agency owners, freelance editors and producers, podcast managers, engineers, consultants, marketers, and other professionals who run or are building a business serving podcasters.
Join Live and Bring Your Questions
Ask the panel about the business challenges you’re navigating. The session includes live audience Q&A, and all registrants will receive a replay afterward.
Experience PPA Through the Membership Open House
Get a firsthand look at the education and professional community PPA offers. This webinar is open to members and potential new members, with no charge to attend and no membership required.
Complimentary Registration Available
Complimentary attendance courtesy of Audiencelift.com. A discount code for SHURE products will be sent to all registrants.
- Live Webinar | Wednesday,
- May 27, 2026
- 1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT /
10:00 AM PT
About the Podcast Professionals Association
The Podcast Professionals Association is a nonprofit trade association supporting the professionals who make podcasts happen through education, community, and professional development.
About Audiencelift.com
Audiencelift helps podcasts and YouTube channels grow their audiences. Its support makes this webinar free to attend.
SHURE
Thank you to SHURE Microphones for supporting PPA and offering a special discount to each registrant.
