Contact · Seaford, NY

an honest no on the first call is worth more than three months of polite maybes.

So that is how we begin. Thirty minutes, at no charge, by appointment from Riverside Avenue — we listen to the story you tell best, then tell you plainly whether the shows your buyers hear would want it.

leave us a note see the rate card first

The run-of-show

four cues for reaching us, and the moment each one suits

Every recording we book runs to a rundown, timed to the minute. Reaching us runs to one too — choose the line that matches what you already have in hand.

  1. Cue01

    the telephone

    (516) 395-8679

    When you would rather talk it through than write it down — a quick sense of fit before you give an afternoon to a deck.

    If the line is engaged, we are likely with a host. Leave a name and a number; we ring back.

    ring the desk

  2. Cue02

    the letter

    contact@kettlequill.com

    When there is something to attach: a positioning deck, a past appearance, the three shows you would most like to be heard on.

    Read in full and answered within two working days.

    compose a letter

  3. Cue03

    the note

    The form, just below

    When you are still weighing which campaign suits. A handful of fields; only the last asks for any real thought.

    Answered within two working days, with a time for the first call.

    write the note

  4. Cue04

    the desk

    2381 Riverside Avenue

    When the conversation deserves a table between us. Meetings at the desk are arranged the way calls are — ahead of time.

    By appointment — book a call.

    find the desk

Before you write

three lines that make a note easy to answer well

Hosts decide in the first sentence of a pitch. We read notes the same way — give us these three lines and we can see the shape of your campaign before we have spoken.

  1. who signs your contracts

    A job title, not a market size. “Heads of compliance at regional insurers” tells us far more than “enterprise.”

  2. the story you tell best

    The one that makes a room lean in. Rough is welcome — we shape it into three talking points later.

  3. a show you already hear

    One programme you listen to on your own time. It tells us the register you will be most at ease in.

A handwritten notecard beside a black rotary telephone and a brass fountain pen on a dark walnut desk

leave a note on the riverside desk

Tell us who you are and who you would like to be heard by. We reply within two working days — or write directly to contact@kettlequill.com.

Which campaign are you weighing?

Prefer a voice to a form? (516) 395-8679

Once you’ve written

the first thirty minutes, as we spend them

No deck, and no pitch from our side. A conversation with a clock on it, so neither of us gives away the afternoon.

  1. 00:00

    you speak, we listen

    Who your buyers are, what you have tried, and what you would count as a good year.

  2. 08:00

    we name shows

    Three or four programmes, by name, that we think would want you — and the reason each would say yes.

  3. 18:00

    the candid part

    Where your story is thin, which hosts would pass, and whether a campaign is worth your fee at all.

  4. 26:00

    what follows

    If it is a yes, a written proposal within two working days. If not, a few shows worth pitching yourself.

reserve the thirty minutes or leave a note instead

The rate card

three campaigns, priced before we pitch a single host

Each fee is agreed on paper before kickoff and counted in interviews secured. Choose one here and we carry your choice straight into the note.

the short steep

$5,740per campaign

Interviews secured
4
Timeline
About 9 weeks
Show shortlist
30 shows
Clips per episode
1
Preparation
Written brief
brief us on the short steep
Most chosen

the full steep

$7,380per campaign

Interviews secured
5
Timeline
About 11 weeks
Show shortlist
45 shows
Clips per episode
3
Preparation
Brief + prep call
brief us on the full steep

the long steep

$9,960per campaign

Interviews secured
6
Timeline
About 13 weeks
Show shortlist
45 + flagships
Clips per episode
5 + quote cards
Preparation
Brief, call, mock interview
brief us on the long steep

Half at kickoff, the balance once your third interview is secured. Another interview on any campaign, $1,290. The full detail of each campaign lives on the services page.

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The Kettlequill desk at dusk: a microphone on a boom arm, a kettle and a marked-up show shortlist beside a window over still water

The Riverside Avenue desk

a small desk in seaford, with guests recording wherever their work is

2381 Riverside Avenue
Seaford, NY 11783
RIVERSIDE AVE NOT TO SCALE *
Introductory calls
By appointment — book a call
Visits to the desk
By appointment
Recordings
Remote, scheduled with each host
Replies to notes
Within two working days
ring (516) 395-8679 walk me to 2381 Riverside