Mayo: SpokenLayer focuses on enterprise clients with 10M+ audiences
Will Mayo · EP 461: $2m Raised, SpokenLayer Turning Blogs Into Audio Content with CEO Will Mayo · Oct 28, 2016 · at 10:27
Will Mayo, CEO of SpokenLayer, explains why the company passes on individual creators and podcasters in favor of large digital media brands.
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“We've entertained it, but most of those types of partners don't have a budget to spend thousands of dollars a month to add a spoken edition, so we've really focused on clients that have, you know, 10 plus million person audiences that can Work with those audiences.”
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