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Sponsorship
Align your brand with cutting-edge leadership and promote your great work on The Empathy Edge!
Why would you want to sponsor
The Empathy Edge?
- Align your brand empathy expert, host, speaker and author Maria Ross. She has worked with forward-thinking leaders and brand around the world. The author of four books, Maria’s been featured in major media outlets including MSNBC, NPR, Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes.com and ABC News, countless podcasts and radio shows. She’s been a keynote speaker on stages large, small, and virtual, such as TEDx, BlogHer, The New York Times Small Business Summit, SIM Women and Salesforce’s Leading Through Change – and she is a contributing writer for Forbes.com
- Share your message on our robust platform with more than 127,000 downloads (and climbing each month) to our incredible community of engaged listeners across Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Google, and Amazon Music.
- Amplify your reach across our media partner, People Forward Network, a niche network devoted to leadership and culture with more than 2.6 million listens.
- Get your brand in front of the C-suite, team leaders, entrepreneurs, changemakers, and leaders and professionals in HR, Culture/DEIB, Employee and Customer Experience leaders, plus leadership coaches/consultants, and aspiring young leaders around the world.
- Get promoted to a vast social media community including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Red Slice’s email newsletter list.
Please note: Sponsors and partners are vetted for show relevance and listener value. Our production team will determine if your company is a good match and based on inventory availability.
LEVEL 1
BRAND PROMOTION & SPONSORSHIP
$449
Sponsors will get:
- Appearance on The Empathy Edge podcast (if accepted)
- 1 host-read commercial to be aired dynamically for 1 week on ALL archived episodes
- Promotional links in your episode’s show notes
- Social media posts promoting your episode AND an additional offer across Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn
- Social media art to use for your own promotion.
- Additional IG Live interview (redslicemaria)
- 1 Red Slice newsletter mention
- Volume discount if want to sponsor multiple episodes
LEVEL 2
BRAND PROMOTION & SPONSORSHIP
$1500
Sponsors will get:
- Appearance on The Empathy Edge podcast (if accepted)
- 1 host-read commercial to be aired dynamically for 30 days on ALL archived episodes
- Promotional links in each of those episode’s show notes
- Social media posts promoting your episode AND an additional offer across Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn
- Social media art to use for your own promotion.
- Additional IG Live interview (redslicemaria)
- 1 Red Slice newsletter mention
- BONUS: For your interview, recorded Zoom video to use as your own marketing asset and uploaded to Red Slice YouTube page.
Custom Partnerships to Amplify Your Content and Brand
Custom one-year Content Partnerships and Brand Partnerships available if you want to amplify your thought leadership, showcase your own content and podcast, and get in front of this highly targeted audience. These in-depth, white-glove partnerships give you tons of reach and support with minimal lift for those who are time/resource-strapped. Accelerate your content reach, amplify your thought leadership, and get your brand in front of these decision-makers – please contact us to apply and see if this is a good fit.
What Listeners Are Saying:
Empathy is a crucial leadership and business skill. This podcast shows you how.
More than ever we need empathetic leaders to be equipped with real skills, because these skills impact the bottom line. I appreciate that this is what Maria’s podcast stands for.
I like the diverse and interesting perspectives.
Jieunjamie
8/29/2025
SOOOO valuable
Maria is a great interviewer and the episodes sound like you’re eavesdropping on a coffee chat between two work besties. Better yet, her episodes are PACKED with gems of insight and actionable tips that can help you transform the way you run your business, your marketing, and your branding. Highly recommend!
Rai Rose Hyde
5/28/2025
Brilliant
Maria Ross and The Empathy Edge Podcast are truly a gift. Not only are the topics timely, interesting and thought provoking, but her conversations with guests are a delight to listen to. Maria is genuine, thoughtful and smart.
What she offers the business world is tremendous and what she offers the rest of us is just as valuable.
56Trees
4/3/2025
Exceptional, purpose-driven content
Each episode is packed with actionable tips. Whether you’re a senior leader or entry level professional, you’ll always find something to take away.
elizabethlotardo
10/9/2024
Listen to this podcast to your advantage!
Just listened to the Tia Bhondi interview. Loved it. Big takeaway: “People are irrational. I don’t know what they might say ‘no’ to.” “I’m going to ask and find out with my ears and my eyes and my heart open.” In other words, give people a chance to say yes to your outlandish offer! And then if they say “no” you can work your way down. Because if they say “yes” right out of the gate… You probably didn’t charge enough!
Mischa-Z
11/29/2023
Desperately needed topic and excellent content!
I love the focus on this podcast! Empathy is such a central element of connection and desperately needed in these times of tension and conflict. Maria brings in a variety of relevant guests and facilitates meaningful conversations about the role of empathy in the most personal and professional aspects of our lives.
photo op ed
4/28/2023
Top companies have this secret: Empathy
I appreciate this podcast as Maria brings a wide breathe of expertise to the show to discuss how Empathy, an essential skill in today’s economy, can be leveraged to grow companies.
Edanzica
11/18/2022
We Need More Empathy!
Besides being a terrific speaker, Maria communicates a fantastic synopsis of the elements and importance of empathy in the workplace and life in general.
andrew_marks
8/24/2020
Brilliant thought leadership
I feel in each episode as if I’m sitting with trusted colleagues and listening in on the best business and leadership wisdom.
DebbieKPage
9/1/2020
Excellent podcast
This is the podcast I’ve been waiting for! Maria is authentic, insightful and funny, and her guests bring wisdom and industry experience. My commute just got way more interesting…
Amer The Coach
8/27/2020
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