12+ Best Podcasts for Learning How to Start and Grow a Blog

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Are you looking to start a blog? Well, it’s been years since I started mine now, and I remember just listening to as many podcasts as I could. After all, it’s free education! If you love the convenience of listening to podcasts, then this is the post for you. So many bloggers are putting so much knowledge and experience into these episodes, and I’m telling you all my favorites.

Like I said, this is free education! And while many of these bloggers repeat similar information, everyone has their own unique style and approach to blogging. That’s why I don’t just listen to a singular podcast. My approach to everything is to just gather information and then take the pieces that fit me and what I want. Heck, you’ll even see that in every post, because I just list places to go with the intent of letting you decide how to make your itinerary!

So, for the list below, I’m hoping you take the recommendations into your own hands, and find the episodes that give you what you’re looking for! Topics that I love may not be of interest to you, and vice versa. But, I will share 3 good episodes of each show in the hopes that you can see some of the topics I listened to when starting my blog.

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1. Simple Pin Podcast

I am a strictly Pinterest girly. What this means is I only do any of my marketing on the Pinterest platform. So, when I found this podcast, I knew I was in luck. The host is a Pinterest expert, and she shares so much information about Pinterest updates, how to leverage Pinterest for your website, and interviews with other experts. Be aware, this is my most listened to podcast, so I won’t have this much information about the others!

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “Different approaches to Pinterest Marketing” – January 31, 2023
2. “Idea Pin Links are here!” – April 25, 2023
3. “Getting Started Pinterest Marketing” – November 1, 2022

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: Simple Pin Podcast – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: Simple Pin Podcast – Spotify.

2. Online Marketing Made Easy

Like the title suggests, this podcast mostly deals with marketing. While it’s not necessarily a “blogging” podcast, it does give good information about running a business, affiliate marketing, and things you might not have considered. If you’re looking for proven strategies to get your blog out there, definitely try this one out!

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “#551: The Anti-Niche: Jen Hatmaker’s Approach to Creating a Highly Engaged Community” – March 8, 2023
2. “#484: Hindsight is 20/20: 3 Things I Wish I Did When I First Started Out” – August 2, 2022
3. “#379: Cure Writer’s Block: The Content Structure My Team Swears By” – June 3, 2021

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: Online Marketing Made Easy – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: Online Marketing Made Easy – Spotify.

3. The Do You Even Blog? Podcast

On the other hand, this podcast is all about blogging. There are so many aspects of blogging I just didn’t know before starting out. Well, this podcast answers a lot of those questions, and it gives you strategies for SEO, niche sites, and how to make money from blogging. This is definitely full of up-to-date, proven strategies which is so helpful to hear!

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “Melody’s Crushing Her SEO Travel Blog” – July 4, 2022
2. “3 passive income funnels you can build in a day (part 1)” – September 13, 2021
3. “Ideas & strategies we’re taking into 2023” – January 10, 2023

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: Do You Even Blog? – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: Do You Even Blog? – Spotify.

4. She’s Making an Impact

This host has really seen it all. She started from, I believe, a fitness blog, and now works with other bloggers helping them achieve their goals. I love hearing from people like this, because they know what it is actually like to get started and become successful. While I think I started listening for Pinterest strategy, she shares a lot of information from interviews to business ideas, to working through questions from her own blogging clients.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “Why You’re Not Growing Quickly: Episode 344” – June 10, 2022
2. “How to Do SEO for Beginners (with John Vuong): Episode 350” – July 4, 2022
3. “How to Create a Killer Content Strategy (On Air Coaching with Ramona Taylor): Episode 393” – March 6, 2023

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: She’s Making an Impact – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: She’s Making an Impact – Spotify.

5. The Blogger Genius Podcast

This host is what she calls a “serial entrepreneur”, meaning she has TONS of experience. She shares so much of her knowledge with you, as well as industry experts knowledge. This podcast covers a whole host of topics surrounding starting and growing a business, especially with blogging. Since she started out with her own blog that is still successful to this day, she has a good perspective on how things have changed and continue to change within the space.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “AI-Driven Content and the Future of SEO” – April 19, 2023
2. “Pinterest Still Drives Traffic if You Know These Things (Rebroadcast)” – December 28, 2022
3. “#245: 9 Secrets to Write Successful Blog Posts” – September 28, 2022

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: The Blogger Genius Podcast – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: The Blogger Genius Podcast – Spotify.

6. Tell Me Your Business Podcast

While I started following this podcast when it was under a different name, the new episodes are just as informational! It used to be called something like “Self-Made Writers”. Even though I LOVE writing, sometimes it can be the hardest part for me. You can still go back and listen to those for great advice with writing help and how to make it easier! I do enjoy listening to her different topics, so some of those are included below.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “Niche Tug of War – When You Love Two Blog Ideas” – June 8, 2022
2. “6 Secrets to Upping Your Blogging Endurance” – August 2, 2021
3. “The 3 Most Important Factors for Sustainable Pinterest Success w/ Kara Fidd” – March 3, 2021

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: Tell Me Your Business Podcast – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: Tell Me Your Business Podcast – Apple.

7. The Blogging Millionaire

These episodes are short and sweet. If you love those bite-sized episodes that you can listen to on a short drive or on your commute, this is perfect for you. These episodes cover lots of technical topics, but also just provide that quick practical knowledge that you can implement right away. Quite possibly one of my favorite episodes of any podcast ever is included below (#3). He literally gives you 86 blog post ideas that you can fit to your specific blog – SO helpful when just starting out or when in a rut.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “How to Double the Number of Posts You Publish – Part 1” – June 20, 2022
2. “How I Went from Zero to 6 Million Monthly Sessions” – April 7, 2022
3. “Blog Post Ideas that Work for Any Niche” – May 21, 2020

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: The Blogging Millionaire – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: The Blogging Millionaire – Spotify.

8. The Goal Digger Podcast

This podcast has definitely changed a bit in the last couple years, but it can still be helpful, especially those earlier podcasts! She really goes into the idea of business and branding as a whole, which can be really helpful (and sometimes forgotten when thinking too much about the technical stuff). I feel like she also makes business concepts easy to understand, and her personality just feels really approachable. You actually feel like she wants you to succeed and help.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “If I Had $1,500 to Start a Business, Here’s Where I’d Spend It” – May 11, 2022
2. “Is Your Brand Cohesive and Original? Find Out.” – May 18, 2022
3. “Stuck in a Content Creation Rut? I’ve Got Some Ideas” – October 13, 2021

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: The Goal Digger Podcast – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: The Goal Digger Podcast – Spotify.

9. The Profitable Travel Blogger Podcast

Well, needless to say, as mainly a travel blog, this one is a no-brainer. I feel like a lot of times, these podcast hosts have expertise in a ton of different areas, but travel blogging gets overlooked sometimes. Since it can be quite different from other niches, this podcast is helpful to get ideas and information from someone actually in the travel space. Her episodes are also quick and really easy to understand and get that simple information you can take with you.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “How To Create Your Annual Blog Content Plan in One Week” – November 14, 2022
2. “How To See Success With Affiliate Marketing for Travel Bloggers” – October 31, 2022
3. “How To Monetize a Travel Blog: 10 Clever Strategies + Profit Plan” – January 17, 2022

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: The Profitable Travel Blogger Podcast – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: The Profitable Travel Blogger Podcast – Spotify.

10. The Ultimate Blog Podcast

Okay, I’m definitely a newbie to this blog, but I’m so happy I found it. Again, I love to get information from tons of different sources, because there isn’t just one correct way! These hosts talk about topics that I’ve never really heard before, which is hard to do. I feel like I’ve sort of heard it all in different variations, so I love finding new stuff to take in. Anyway, I’m excited to start listening to them more, and as usual, go back to the older stuff to see what I can listen to – which I included some below!

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “An Open and Honest Conversation about Starting a Blog” – April 12, 2022
2. “How to Find the Confidence to Start a Blog and Battle Imposter Syndrome with Life Coach, Lyndsey Chambers” – May 10, 2022
3. “5. Top 5 mistakes that bloggers make” – January 18, 2022

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: The Ultimate Blog Podcast – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: The Ultimate Blog Podcast – Spotify.

11. Thrive Blogger & Influencer Podcast

Just like the one above, I’m a newbie to this one too! But I’ve already listened to a few good episodes. These episodes are also pretty easy to listen to and gain helpful information. Sometimes you just need a quick episode on a topic you either really wanted to hear about or maybe you didn’t know you needed. She also does interviews with other experts if you’re wanting longer episodes, but I feel like she actually sticks to the topic of blogging and concepts around it, while others bounce around more.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “Episode 182 | Pinterest Plan to Grow Your Page Views” – March 9, 2023
2. “Episode 154 | Evergreen Posts to Increase Traffic” – August 4, 2022
3. “Episode 131 | How this Blogger makes $400k/yr Thanks to Pinterest Traffic” – February 24, 2022

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: Thrive Blogger & Influencer Podcast – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: Thrive Blogger & Influencer Podcast – Spotify.

12. Do It Scared

Sadly, this blog is no longer running. BUT, I had to include it because it was my favorite for a long time back in 2020. And the episodes are still up!! Truly, it is so worth going back and listening to her episodes. She does her “Get Ruthed” episodes, where she literally records coaching conversations. I thought those were some of the most informative podcast episodes I’ve heard, because you hear her critiques and advice in real time. So many of the things she brings up with those clients are things you may not think about. This way you get to hear real problem areas before you even start – truly, highly recommend.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “Get Ruthed: Creating a Road Map for Success with Travel Blogger Kristi Valenti – 098” – February 24, 2020
2. “Get Ruthed: Shifting Your Focus to Make Real Money with Shelly Olson – 096” – February 10, 2020
3. “Get Ruthed: Discover How to Turn Pageviews Into Profit with Laura Burton – 094” – January 27, 2020

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: Do It Scared – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: Do It Scared – Spotify.

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For Mindset and Lifestyle:

1. The Intention Bar Podcast

As I’m learning more about mindset and manifestation, I absolutely love this podcast. She goes super in depth with manifestation, and she breaks down literally everything. This is such a good intro if you want to achieve your dream life and actually start being happy. She is also scientific with it, which I love.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “How to Manifest: Introduction & The Quantum Field” – December 31, 2022
2. “How to Manifest: Why Your Desires are Meant for You & Consciousness” – February 1, 2023
3. “Why Should you Believe in Manifestation… and Why don’t you in the First Place?” – March 19, 2023

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: The Intention Bar Podcast – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: The Intention Bar Podcast – Spotify.

2. The Mind Your Business Podcast

This podcast is also all about mindset, which I think is another helpful too. I haven’t listened to too many episodes, but I’ve never unsubscribed, because it is one of those podcasts where I will see one and just know I need to listen. Sometimes you need those topics that make you think a little bit more deeply about what you’re doing and what your goals are.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “The 6 Major Mind Traps That Sabotage Your Success (and how to escape them!) with Kandis James” – March 20, 2023
2. “How to Get What You REALLY Want – Money, Manifestation & Intuition, Part One” – January 2, 2023
3. “Should You REALLY follow your passion?” – November 14, 2022

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: The Mind Your Business Podcast – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: The Mind Your Business Podcast – Spotify.

3. Financial Feminist

I mean, isn’t this obvious? As a woman, it is always helpful to create a space for learning finances and taking control of your life in that area. She goes in depth about so many topics for saving, investing, and just being smart with your money. She gives you easy to ingest information about these topics that can feel really unapproachable most of the time.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “Setting Financial Goals for the New Year” – January 3, 2023
2. “Ask Tori: How Can I Start Investing” – December 1, 2022
3. “How I Saved $100K at 25” – August 18, 2022

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: Financial Feminist – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: Financial Feminist – Spotify.

4. The Dream Bigger Podcast

I literally found this podcast because of the name. I love the idea of just dreaming big, and so I knew I had to subscribe here. She talks to so many different business owners about their stories and how they got started. Hearing other people succeed is one of the biggest motivators and signs that it is possible for you. So, if you love hearing others’ stories, definitely try this one.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “Mona Kattan Co-Founder of Huda Beauty and Founder of Kayali: Serial Entrepreneurship, Being Intentional When Starting a Brand, Growing a Team from the Ground Up, The Importance of Community…” – May 2, 2023
2. “How to Maximize Your Schedule, Time Batching, Balancing A Social Life With Work, and All My Productivity Hacks” – October 25, 2022
3. “Lex Niko, Content Creator and Partnerships Marketing at Pinterest: On Pivoting & Elevating Your Career Path, Building Industry Connections, Interview Tips and More” – July 19, 2022

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: The Dream Bigger Podcast – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: The Dream Bigger Podcast – Spotify.

5. The Heart & Hustle Podcast

This podcast can lean a little more religious, but they definitely have a ton of topics as business owners themselves. If you are looking for a faith-based podcast and want to start a business, this is for you. Truly, they are covering topics all across the board and have something for everyone.

3 episodes you can add to your queue:

1. “143: How To Get Into Travel Blogging and Being a Travel Influencer with Ryan and Sam Looney” – May 20, 2021
2. “322: Getting Started: 11 Things To Do When FIRST Starting a Business” – March 28, 2023
3. “248: How to Pioneer a New Niche, that’s Never Been Done Before with KT Howie” – May 26, 2022

To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here: The Heart & Hustle Podcast – Apple.

To listen on Spotify, click here: The Heart & Hustle Podcast – Spotify.

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Even if you only want a blog as a hobby, I will always say 1000000% go for it. I literally use my own blog as my resource to see the places I went or to use when people ask me things. It’s like keeping my own thoughts and experiences in one place.

For More:

While I don’t have any more blogging resources for now, I do write random stuff on here apart from my main niche, which is traveling.

To read more about my quest to do something new every day and the reason behind my website name, click here: All New Days.

For more about the process of grief and how to help people going through it, click here: Grief.

To read more about my random thoughts and posts that I just feel like writing, click here: LIfestyle.