Marketing for Small Businesses: Our Top 5 Blogs & Podcasts

There are a variety of reasons that a small business owner might opt to take care of some, if not all, of their marketing needs themselves. Be it budget restrictions or perhaps you are a creative entrepreneur who finds this element of the business fun. You may even pay for some marketing services but know that their is more you could be doing at a business level to increase your reach. Learning from experienced people in any of these circumstances can never be a bad idea, so we thought we would share with you 5 of our favourite blogs and podcasts that you can go to for knowledge and advice – from content creation to online marketing to SEO, there is a little something for everybody here.

The Growth Lab Podcast was created specifically to provide insights from business, marketing and leadership experts. They make a promise to their audience that after listening to an episode of the podcast you will have straightforward advice that you can put into action.
Content Marketing Institute was created with the sole purpose of advancing content marketing, it’s full of how to’s and practical advice. They offer blogs, podcasts and much more so get started here
For up to date information and how to’s related to social media, we have found The Social Media Examinar to be really helpful. They also offer a weekly podcast which covers topics on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and more.
CopyBlogger.com provides both blogs and podcasts related to content marketing. While some are created with professionals in mind, there are some great tutorials on here such as Fascinating Four-Part Series which shows you how to extend a topic into more than one blog.
Online Marketing Made Easy is a weekly podcast by Amy Porterfield specifically designed to help small business owners achieve results online. While we aren’t saying jump into one of her online courses (we’ve not done one here at YCD) we can say her podcasts come highly rated.