It's not uncommon for even moderely successful podcasts to to get 20-30 guest pitches per week. These pitches are often listeners who have a related story they'd like to tell.   But are these potential guests and stories a good match for your podcast? And if not, what's the best way of handling this?   How to select guests (and stories) for your podcast and how to turn down the ones that aren't a match is the topic of this episode. If you're pitching yourself (or another potential guest) for a podcast, you can flip this info to learn how to be more successful at it.   NOTE: This is an example of a "Side Car" Episode and features content from Doc G from Earn and Invest and Dave Jackson from School of Podcasting. For more episode templates, check out 101 Podcast Episode Templates – Powerful, Done-for-You Episode Templates to Grow Your Podcast Audience. Links to Things I Talk About: School of Podcasting Earn and Invest Riverside 101 Podcast Episode Templates – Powerful, Done-for-You Episode Templates to Grow Your Podcast Audience This episode is brought to you by Riverside ... Riverside is online recording software that makes it easy for podcasters to record studio-quality interviews from anywhere. Try it free and, if you like it, get 15% off any membership plan when you use the code BIGPODCAST.