Everything you need to know about creating shows, launching campaigns, swapping promos, and growing your audience through the Creator Directory.
BraveHearts Growth Suite is a platform for show creators and hosts to collaborate, cross-promote, and grow their audiences together. Here's how to get up and running:
The Dashboard is your home base. It gives you a quick overview of:
Use the navigation bar at the top to move between different sections of the platform.
Shows are the foundation of your presence on BraveHearts Growth Suite. Each show represents a program, podcast, or content series you produce.
Your shows are used throughout the platform. When creating campaigns, proposing swaps, and linking to your directory listing.
Campaigns let you create trackable short links and QR codes for any URL. Use them to measure how your cross-promotions are performing.
Shortened URLs that redirect to your destination while tracking every click. Share them on social media, in emails, or on air.
Auto-generated QR codes for every short link. Perfect for on-screen graphics, print materials, or event displays.
Guest promotion: Short links and QR codes aren't just for cross-promotion campaigns. They can also be used in guest-promotion workflows. When an episode featuring a guest goes live, generate a trackable link for the episode so both host and guest can share it and measure reach independently.
The Swap Board is where creators propose and manage cross-promotion trades. Think of it as a handshake tracker, "I'll promote your show if you promote mine."
The Creator Directory is a public, searchable listing of thousands of creators, shows, and sponsors on the platform. Anyone can browse it. No login required.
If you find a listing that belongs to you but was imported by an admin, you can claim it by clicking the "Claim This Listing" button on the detail page (you'll need to be logged in).
The Find Guests page lets show hosts discover creators who are available to appear as guests.
Tip: Creators with the purple "Available as Guest" badge on their listing are ready to be booked. Guest requests are delivered to the creator's lead inbox.
BraveHearts Growth Suite helps you do more than book the right guest. Once the appearance is confirmed and the episode goes live, you can keep the momentum moving with ready-to-share links, QR codes, suggested social copy, promo assets, and follow-up reminders connected to the booking workflow.
Note: This is distinct from the Swap Board and Cross-Promotions workflow. Guesting is about booking a single appearance and helping that finished episode get shared after it airs. Cross-Promotions are broader creator partnerships and promo trades.
The Guest Opportunities board connects hosts looking for guests with creators ready to appear on shows. Hosts post what they're looking for, and guests pitch themselves directly.
Tip: A strong pitch is specific. Mention the host's show by name, explain what unique perspective you bring, and suggest a topic angle that would resonate with their audience.
Post-booking: Once a guest is booked through an opportunity, the workflow can continue into post-publish promotion support, including share links, QR codes, social copy, and follow-up reminders for the finished episode. See Find Guests → Guest Booking With Built-In Promotion Support above.
The Sponsor Directory gives Premier members full access to 5,200+ verified sponsor contacts, real people at real companies, organized by industry, category, and company size. Use it to find sponsors that are the right fit for your show and start building your outreach pipeline.
Premier members can export saved lists for use in external tools. Exports include contact name, company, category, and available details.
Tip: Start by saving 10–20 sponsors that fit your niche before writing any pitches. A focused list outperforms mass outreach every time.
The Sponsor Pipeline is your built-in CRM for managing sponsor outreach. Move contacts through stages, add notes, and keep every conversation organized in one place. No spreadsheet required.
Tip: Update your pipeline after every outreach touchpoint. Sponsors who don't respond to a first pitch often close after a second or third follow-up, so notes keep you from losing track.
The AI Pitch Writer helps you write personalized sponsor outreach emails in seconds. Instead of starting from a blank page, the AI uses your show data and the sponsor's profile to draft a pitch that feels specific, not generic.
Tip: The AI gives you a strong starting point, but always add one or two personal sentences before sending. Sponsors can tell the difference between a genuine outreach and a copy-paste blast.
Sponsorship Studio is BraveHearts Growth Suite's built-in deck builder. It turns your show data into a polished, branded sponsor presentation, the kind that makes brands take you seriously. No design skills required.
Tip: A polished deck signals professionalism before a sponsor has heard a single word from you. Creators with media kits close sponsorship deals at significantly higher rates than those without.
Outreach Tracker is a private activity log for your outreach. It does not send emails or messages. Use it to draft outreach, copy messages to send through your own channels, log what you sent, and track follow-up across guests, collaborators, sponsors, invites, and system activity.
What it does: Gives you a private workspace to draft outreach, organize threads by type (guest, sponsor, collab, invite), log activity, and track follow-up dates and status.
What it does not do: Nothing in Outreach Tracker sends an email, notifies a sponsor, messages a guest, or reaches any external contact. All entries are visible only to you.
Outreach threads are organized by type: guest, sponsor, cross-promo, invite, and system. Only you can see them.
Use templates or AI to draft, copy to send through your own channel, log what you sent, and track follow-up.
After a guest appearance, both hosts and guests can leave reviews to build trust and credibility on the platform.
Tip: Always leave honest, constructive reviews. Good reviews help the community thrive, and a strong review history makes you a more attractive collaborator.
Every creator with a directory listing gets an auto-generated guest one-sheet, a professional summary page designed to be shared with potential hosts or used as a media kit.
Tip: Add your scheduling URL and video intro in your listing edit page to make your one-sheet stand out. Hosts love being able to quickly preview a guest and book directly.
Once you're logged in, you can create and manage your own directory listings from the My Listings section.
Pro and Premier members get a lead capture form on their listing. Leads show up in your inbox within My Listings.
Premier members get featured at the top of their category and on the landing page for maximum visibility.
Paid plans add the growth tools below. Founding Crew members get each plan free from its release until March 8. Everyone else can start a 30-day free trial through Premier from February 5. Cancel anytime before renewal. If you already have a listing in the directory, you can claim it for free to manage your profile and receive inbound opportunity notifications.
Book a demo for custom pricing.
To see each plan and when it opens, go to Pricing. Payment is handled securely through Stripe.
BraveHearts Growth Suite gives you visibility into how your cross-promotions are performing.
Every short link tracks clicks automatically. View click counts per link and per campaign on the Campaigns page.
Plus tier and above see profile views and link clicks on their directory listing. Premier members get expanded analytics with more detail.
QR codes use the same short link system, so scans are counted as link clicks in your campaign analytics.