All ad buys are written by the AutomationTown team, based on a few prompts from you. The ads happen in the context of the episode & the events of AutomationTown:

Ad Type Description Price Remaining
Character Interactions (All purchased) An enthusiastic resident of the town regularly doorstops the two main characters around town with automation questions. We’ll script a 60 second interaction that promotes a use-case for your product. Max 1 per episode. https://share.transistor.fm/s/ccd6dd0c?t=25m48s https://share.transistor.fm/s/061634c2?t=14m28s https://share.transistor.fm/s/466e4da0?t=6m35s
AutomationShow Ad These are commercials that take place during AutomationShow, the call-in radio show inside the podcast. https://share.transistor.fm/s/175e68ed?t=23m25s of one of the call-in radio shows.

This is a 30 second ad read that happens during the call-in show. Max 2 per episode. | 200 https://buy.stripe.com/fZebJn5ihc2VfQY7sA | 20 | | A Physical Place | For example a bank branch, retail store, house of a specific person etc. We’ll pop into the physical place & discuss your product 3 times during the season. Unless you buy the same thing for season 4 it’ll be destroyed in a flash flood/meteor strike at some point so it isn’t there forever. Open to any physical place ideas you have here! Max 3 per season. | 2500 https://buy.stripe.com/4gweVzeSR8QJgV29AJ | 3 | | A Character | An actual character in town that will relentlessly shill your product with each interaction. We’ll interact with the character 3 times throughout the season, we can work together on who they are and what type of character they play.

For example a friendly janitor at the recording studio who’s oddly interested in banking APIs, or a barista who can’t stop talking about an app builder. Max 3 per season | 2500 https://buy.stripe.com/3cscNrbGF5Ex34c6oy | 2/3 | | Yacht Party (Purchased) | The two main characters will be invited to a yacht party as some point where a story is progressed.

It will be the yacht party “presented by [your brand]”. Several times during the party the DJ will come over the mic and make a really cheesy references to product features. “Let’s turn up the heat, just like [your brand] turns up the heat of past due invoices dj airhorn”. Max 1 per season. | 1000 | 0/1 remaining | | Local Sports Team | We’ll be introducing a local sports team this season and can name then something fitting for your brand. The sports team will be referenced in at least 3 episodes.

This one won’t include an explicit ad read, more just a curious “the fighting fintechs? Like, the [whatever they do] fintechs? Huh.” Max 1 per season. | 1000 https://buy.stripe.com/5kAbJn8ut0kd6gofZa | 1 | | Other Ideas? | Let’s chat! We’re somewhat limited in what we can write into the story of the show, but that’s also what makes these ad reads great. They’re happening in-context. | | | | Buy Season 4 Credits Now | Purchase ad credits to go toward season 4 now, and receive two weeks early access to season 4 ad buys. All prices & ad types subject to change for season 4. | 1,000 minimum https://buy.stripe.com/bIY7t76mlc2V0W46oB | |