If you’re sewing, painting, knitting or simply making anything else with your hands to sell through your small business, then you’ll know you’ve got lots of time to listen. Why not listen to a podcast which will help your creative business grow or give you a burst of inspiration? – it sounds like perfect multi-tasking.
Here’s a list of small business and creative business-related podcasts that you can listen to while you work. Just find them in your favourite listening app – Spotify, Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts are great places to listen – and away you go.
1. Letters From a Hopeful Creative https://www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com
Two creative industry coaches from the UK, Sara Tasker and Jen Carrington, have collaborated on this podcast project and each episode they give useful and thoughtful answers to questions from people working in creative businesses. They focus on topics marketing (Sara is an Instagram genius!), money issues, automating parts of your business, pricing and more.
2. Dear Handmade Life https://dearhandmadelife.com/podcast/
The Dear Handmade Life podcast features interviews with creative and craft business owners about all kinds of topics: from productivity to pricing, self-care to marketing, and much more.
3. Side Hustle School https://sidehustleschool.com
This daily podcast has short episodes which are case studies about small businesses – mostly side-businesses that sometimes grow into something bigger. Host Chris Guilleabeau narrates the case studies which are often in creative areas, and draws out useful lessons for you to use in your own business.
4. Seize the Yay https://www.spoonfulofsarah.com/seize-the-yay/
Ex-lawyer Sarah Holloway turned tea-maker turned “funtrepeneur” interviews interesting people about how they’ve found a way to embrace their fun and passions – either through work, a hobby or a combination of both.
5. The Simple Pin Podcast https://www.simplepinmedia.com/simple-pin-podcast/
If you’re curious about using Pinterest for your handmade business, or already are but want to improve how it’s working for you, then the Simple Pin Podcast has lots of actionable tips and tricks to make Pinterest a great source of traffic and sales.
6. Marketing School https://marketingschool.io
Hosted by two big internet success stories, Neil Patel and Eric Siu, this is a daily podcast with short episodes, each related to something really specific about online marketing. Not every episode will be relevant but they already over well over a thousand episodes so you’re bound to find something useful!
7. Online Marketing Made Easy https://www.amyporterfield.com/amy-porterfield-podcast/
Amy Porterfield hosts this long-running podcast which originally focused mostly on Facebook but now goes beyond that to all kinds of online marketing. Each episode is very action-focused and often comes with a cheat-sheet or other downloadable so you can put what Amy talks about right into action.