Your 10 Questions About Starting a Podcast in 2026 Answered (No Fluff, Just Honest Answers)
Starting a podcast in 2026 can feel loud and overwhelming, to say the least. Everyone has an opinion, everyone is selling a course, and everyone seems very invested in telling you that you’re doing it wrong before you’ve even hit a record button or decided what your show is going to be about. So that is what this blog post, and our two accompanying podcast episodes are about: answering your top 10 questions about starting a podcast in 2026. No fluff. No overcomplicated advice. No pressure to buy expensive kit, to buy a course or a service. No unrealistic plans for you to be everywhere on social media, or turn…
How to Prepare to Host a Podcast Interview to Get the Best Out of Your Podcast Guests
Podcast interviews are a brilliant way of getting more information and expertise to your audience on topics that you might not have as much knowledge in. Some podcasts rely on podcast interviews, whilst others sprinkle interviews in with solo episodes. In this blog post, we’re going to consider how you could prepare for your podcast interview before it happens. After all, as the old saying goes, ‘those who fail to prepare, prepare to fail.’ This post will cover the following points of preparing to interview guests on your podcast: Do You Need a Podcast Guest? Ok, this might be a bit of a weird question to start off when prepping…
Podcasting for Indie Podcasters: Why I Rebranded My Podcast and 7 Tips to Rebrand Your Own Podcast
If you’ve landed on this post because you noticed something different about the podcast, you’re not imagining it. The show has officially rebranded. You might be wondering whether you’re listening to The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Podcasting or Podcasting for Indie Podcasters. That confusion is exactly why I wanted to write this blog post to go alongside the episode. I wanted a space to properly talk through why I made this change, what prompted it, and what you can take from this if you’re an indie podcaster who has been quietly questioning whether your own podcast name and brand still fits. For me, this rebrand was not about chasing trends…
7 Signs You’re Taking Your Podcast Too Seriously (and How To Fix It)
Is it possible that you’re taking your podcast too seriously? If you’ve landed on this blog post, I’m guessing that you might be considering it. And if you weren’t 5 seconds ago, you are now. In a world of podcasting, where podcasters love their shows and creating content for them, is is even possible to take your podcast show too seriously? Is that even a thing? Can you really take your podcast too seriously? Honestly? Yes, you absolutely can. In a previous episode of the podcast, we talked about how podcasting can be a hobby. It can be something you do purely for enjoyment. And yes, can is the keyword…
How to Delete a WordPress Plugin (Including 3 Top Recommended Plugins Your Website Needs)
WordPress plugins are incredibly fun to install and customise to help you get your blog looking exactly how you want it to. But overtime, you might end up with plugins installed in your WordPress Dashboard that you’re no longer using. Perhaps they were pre-installed when you first set up your WordPress account, or perhaps you’ve switched to a different plugin and left the old plugins just sat there. But having excess plugins on your blog that you aren’t using can: In this blog post, I’m going to walk you through the easiest way to delete unused WordPress plugins so that you can have your blog running at its optimum speed…
7 Tips to Get Out of a Podcasting Creative Slump
A podcasting creative slump is one of the worst things that can happen to you as a podcaster. One minute you are full of ideas, excited to sit down and record, and confident you know exactly what to podcast about. And the next minute? Well, the next minute you’re staring at your microphone, wondering why your brain has suddenly gone blank and whether you even want to keep going with your show. If you have found yourself questioning your motivation, your ideas, or the point of your podcast altogether, you are not alone. Creative slumps are a normal part of podcasting, even for experienced creators. The good news is that…
Should You Leave Your Pauses in Your Podcast Episodes?
If you spend any time editing your show, you have probably agonised over pauses in your episodes. Those moments of silence can feel awkward, unprofessional, or like something you should automatically cut out. Podcasting advice often tells us to trim, tighten, and remove every second of dead space. But pauses in your episodes are not always a problem to fix. Sometimes they are doing far more work than we give them credit for. In this post, we explore why pauses have become such a hot topic in podcasting, when leaving pauses in your podcast episodes can actually improve your show, and when removing them might still be the right call.…
16 Blogging Tasks That Are Just As Important As Writing Quality Content
Writing great content is just part of the blogging journey. In this post, we will look at 16 key blogging tasks that you need to focus on when building your blog.
How to Change Your Author Name in WordPress
In WordPress, when you write a blog post, you can choose to have who has written the post next to the title. This can appear in the blog search/archive list of your posts, or on the blog post itself. See in this image below how the post has been set with the author being The Balanced Blogger? That’s what I’m talking about here. Some people like to see their name next to the blog post they’ve written. And if you’ve got guest authors or a few people contributing to your blog, being able to differentiate who wrote each post is super useful for your reader and for giving he right…
How to Delete an Unused WordPress Theme (The Easy Method)
WordPress themes are incredibly fun to install and customise to help you get your blog looking exactly how you want it to. But overtime, you might end up with themes installed in your WordPress Dashboard that you’re no longer using. Perhaps they were pre-installed when you first set up your WordPress account, or perhaps you’ve switched your theme a couple of times and left the old themes just sitting there. But having excess themes on your blog that you aren’t using can: In this blog post, I’m going to walk you through the easiest way to delete unused WordPress themes so that you can have your blog running at its…
How to Start and Run a Podcast
