The popularity of podcasts has exploded over the last couple of years. As of April 2020, there are over 1,000,000 different active podcasts available, with over 30 million episodes. This is almost double the amount reported by Apple and Fast Company just two years ago.
Consider these recent stats from Edison Research Infinite Dial 2020:
For marketers, marketing podcasts provide professional growth benefits with opportunities to learn from experienced professionals who are down in the trenches discovering what works best in an ever-changing business climate.
Here are five of the top marketing podcasts that every marketer should consider subscribing to help fine-tune their skills.
Marketers often take a bad rap because of the shady and over-aggressive tactics of some that give the industry a bad name. The weekly marketing podcast Everyone Hates Marketers is for people who are tired of lousy marketing tactics and want a more ethic.
Host Louis Grenier chats with marketers to discuss how they are doing marketing the right way and creating their competitive advantage with no-nonsense tips and strategies, including:
You can subscribe to Everyone Hates Marketers on Site, Spotify, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts platforms.
Tim Ferriss is well-known because of his famous book, 4-Hour Work Week. His weekly podcast is consistently rated as the #1 business podcast on Apple Podcasts and has been selected by Fortune Magazine as their top business podcast. Ferriss often interviews well-known guests in his marketing podcasts where he:
You can subscribe to The Tim Ferriss Show podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Castbox, and other platforms.
The Marketing for Martians podcast shares quality advice and insights on how to grow your brand with cutting-edge marketing and sales techniques. This weekly podcast uses straight-forward guidance and occasional humor to help anyone, whether a new small business owner or experienced marketing manager, grow their skills with topics, including those that are relevant to current challenges facing all businesses.
Produced by Rizen Inbound, the podcast:
You can listen to or subscribe to Inbound Academy on many podcast providers, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Breaker, and Copy RSS.
Hosted by Joe Polish and Dean Jackson, the I Love Marketing is perfect for marketing professionals who are just starting out, working for small businesses or are involved with startups. Each week offers a new adventure that is presented in a fun way.
The I Love Marketing podcast:
You can subscribe to the I Love Marketing podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.
In his weekly marketing podcasts, Michael Stelzner from Social Media Examiner discusses social media marketing with leading marketing professionals. This podcast has over two million subscribers and provides useful information in a fun and entertaining way.
Listeners of the Social Media Marketing podcast:
You can subscribe to the Social Media Marketing with Michael Stelzner podcast on Apple Podcasts.
During these challenging times, marketers need to make use of every tool available to continue their professional growth. Smart marketers use podcasts as a regular growth tool for reinforcing the latest best practices and strategies that allow them to stay on top of what works as their customers’ needs change.
Keeping up with the newest information allows them to direct their staff and efforts to respond appropriately and quickly as needed.
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