Social Beauty Makers
By Gordon Miller
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Each week, longtime pro beauty executive and thought leader Gordon Miller brings insights and inspiration to audiences by way of this fast-paced audio program. Gordon does his best to translate what he sees and hears in our larger world into relevant information for salons, pros, and brands. As Gordon often says "The pro beauty industry is a mirror image of our larger world; and it provides us all with essential context as we all look to find our way forward in business, careers and life".
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135. The Final SBM Episode
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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ENCORE: "It's the Economy Stupid"
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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ENCORE: "Whatever the question is, the answer is education!" - Antony Whitaker
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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134. Text Messages to Myself: 2025 Lessons Learned
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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133. Getting Serious about Business (and Your Life) with Neill's Debra Neill
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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132. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 12: Salon Tech Thought Leader Paul Tate
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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131. Bad Coaches Are Back?? Oh f.... yes they are!
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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130. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 11: Gordon's Take
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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129. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 10: Kimi Bennett, co-founder, Sole Business Solutions, Pro Beauty’s 1st 24/7 AI Powered Coaching platform
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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128. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 9: Sudheer Koneru, founder & CEO of Zenoti on AI and Pro Salons
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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127. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 8: Vish’s Tim Howard on Tech Transforming the Business of Color
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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126. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 7: SalonInteractive's Alain Audet
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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125: AI & Beyond: The Digital Revolution & Salons
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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124. Random Notes (Gordon Style)
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Salon Tech Talks, Pt 1: Paul Tate on the State of Technology for Pro Beauty
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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123. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 6: BeautyDeskAI founder Universe Walker on the digital front desk
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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122. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 5: Vagaro Founder/CEO Fred Helou on the future of Pro Beauty Salon Tech
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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121. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 4: Digital Marketing with Ameet Kallarackal, Glammatic.com
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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120. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 3: Phorest’s Paddy Monaghan on the State of Pro Beauty Tech
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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119. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 2: Meevo's John Harms on the State of Tech for Pro Beauty
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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118. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 1: Paul Tate on the State of Technology for Pro Beauty
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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ENCORE: The Robots Are Coming (?!?)
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Civics Lesson - How American Government Works & Why It Matters
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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117. The Trouble with AI
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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116. Smart Phones: Business Tool or Distraction?
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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115. Innovation in Tech: The Trouble with Ecommerce + Pro Beauty
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May 28, 2025 |
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114. NEWS FLASH: CONGRESS TACKLING TAXES ON TIPS
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May 23, 2025 |
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113. Tech Update: The AI Just Keeps Coming
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May 21, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Words Really Do Matter!
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May 14, 2025 |
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112. "It's the Economy Stupid"
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May 07, 2025 |
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111. Keya Neil (@keyaartisticallyneal) on #Progress (Part 2)
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Artistry vs Service (or Creativity + Compassion)
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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110. Keya Neal(@keyaartisticallyneal): #Progress?
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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109. "Whatever the question is, the answer is education!" - Antony Whitaker
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Economics and the Salon
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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ENCORE: A Truth About the Six-Figure Hairdresser
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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108. Tatum Neill, Elevate Hair, Neill Education
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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107. Civics Lesson
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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106. Hot Topics: Pre-booking, Retail, Growing Inflation and Experience vs Transactions
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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ENCORE: The TROUBLE with Suites
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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105. "Deep Research" Takes AI to a New Level
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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104. The Salon Economy and Pending Tariffs
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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103. Evolve or Die: Tech Edition
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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102. The Robots Are Coming (?!?)
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Bad Coaching Anthology, Pt. 5: #80. The Destruction Continues: The Bad Idea App Edition
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Bad Coaching Anthology, Pt. 4: #98. The Bad Coaching Continues
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Bad Coaching Anthology, Pt. 3: #87. WARNING: DON'T LET BAD COACHING DESTROY YOU!
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Bad Coaching Anthology, Pt. 2: #78. Destroying More B**LS**T (Sorry!)
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Bad Coaching Anthology, Pt. 1: #76. DESTROY THE B**LS**T
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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101. Year-End Pet Peeves (and my Glimpse at 2025)
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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100. The Evolving Events Space: The Power of Conferences
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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99. Year-end Musings: 2025 -2030
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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98. The Bad Coaching Continues
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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97. The Ongoing Evolution of Our Events Space
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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96. A Truth About the Six-Figure Hairdresser
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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95. Words Really Do Matter!
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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94. Working Less to Make More?
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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93. The Grey Matters of Business: Why They Matter
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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92. Context, Community, Collaboration
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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91. Artificial Intelligence & the Salon: A Deep Dive (& Update!)
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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90. The TROUBLE with Suites
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #11 Tabatha Coffey on Mindfulness
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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89. Future Vision, Pt 2: the Musings Continue
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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88. Future Vision: More Musings
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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87. WARNING: DON'T LET BAD COACHING DESTROY YOU!
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #78 Destroying More B**LS**T (Sorry!)
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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86. Economics and the Salon
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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85. Coaches Update: I've Been Blocked!
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #70 A Big Idea: Your Productivity vs Capacity
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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84. Artificial Intelligence: Mid Year Roundup
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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83. 2024 Mid-Year Musings
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #73 The Nobility of Service
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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82. "Learn the Rules Before You Break Them": Business Edition
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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81. A Brief History of the Salon (with some help from Chat GPT4o)
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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80. The Destruction Continues: The Bad Idea App Edition
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #76 DESTROY THE B**LS**T
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May 29, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #49 Fact vs Fiction
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May 15, 2024 |
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79. AI + the Salon: The Future Has Never Been Closer
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May 08, 2024 |
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78. Destroying More B**LS**T (Sorry!)
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May 01, 2024 |
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77. Post ABS tech talk plus recap of feedback from Destroy the B**l S**t episode
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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76. DESTROY THE B**LS**T
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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75. Pro Beauty: Who's in Charge(and more!)
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #64 AI and the Salon in 2024 with Sam Brocato
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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74. "Your Hair Looks Gorgeous... It Cost What?!" - Washington Post, 3/19
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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73. The Nobility of Service
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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72. Your Productivity vs Capacity, Part 2, with @michaelcole_summit
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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71. Foundations: Success Drivers
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #40 Search is Changing. Are you?
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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70. A Big Idea: Your Productivity vs Capacity
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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69. Tech + Your Brand
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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68. Artistry vs Service (or Creativity + Compassion)
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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67. Inflation: It's COMPLICATED
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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66. 2023 Rehash Continued (+) the Math of Independence (and More)
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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65. The Year that was 2023: What Happened & Why
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #46 The Power in Choices (Independence vs Employment)
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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64. AI and the Salon in 2024 with Sam Brocato
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #14 David Thurston, Trailblazer & Danger Jones Creative, Co-founder/CEO
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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ENCORE: #20 John Mosley, @popular_nobody on Being an Entrepreneur
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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63. 2024 Predictions
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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62. My Year End AI Update
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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61. On Gratitude (+ a PSA!)
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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ENCORE: #22 Antony Whitaker on Business Interruption vs. Disruption
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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ENCORE: #31 Instagram IS Your Career Portfolio (whether you know it or not!)
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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60. Red Flags are all around us. Now what?
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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59. AI won't take your job but might be a big help to your competition
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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58. Getting to the “Good Stuff”
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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57. Showing Up (for Ourselves)
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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ENCORE: #45 Social Conversations Gone Bad
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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56. The Future is Now
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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55. FutureCast: Charting a Bold Future for Salons
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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54. The Power of Podcasts
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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53. Artificial Intelligence: My Latest Update :-)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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52. The Truth about Community
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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51. Coaching: Let the Buyer Beware
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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50. Salon Biz Trends Update
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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49. Fact vs Fiction
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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48. Facebook Still Matters: Trend Update
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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47. Chat GPT-4 Says...
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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46. The Power in Choices (Independence vs Employment)
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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45. Social Conversations Gone Bad
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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44. On Leadership
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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43. THREADS!
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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42. 2023 (and Beyond) Predictions: Part 3, A MidYear Catch Up
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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41. AI Tactics, Listener Feedback, and a Call for Respect
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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ENCORE: @JackHowardColor - Artist, Educator, Ambassador, & Gay Man
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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40. Search is Changing. Are you?
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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39. The Trouble with “Profits” (& an update)
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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38. Artificial Intelligence: A Primer, Part 3
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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37. Artificial Intelligence: A Primer, Part 2
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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36. Artificial Intelligence: A Beauty Focused Primer, Part 1
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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35. My Top 5 Pro Pet Peeves
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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34. Pros in favor of Deregulation??
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May 31, 2023 |
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ENCORE: Future View: Our Shared Responsibility to Next-Gen Professionals
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May 28, 2023 |
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33. "And You Can Quote Me on That"
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May 24, 2023 |
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32. Pro Beauty Math and More
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May 21, 2023 |
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31. Instagram IS Your Career Portfolio (whether you know it or not!)
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May 17, 2023 |
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ENCORE: Nina Kovner, @passionsquared on Branding
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May 14, 2023 |
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ENCORE: The Truth about Pro Compensation
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May 10, 2023 |
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30. Getting Real with Nina Tulio
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May 07, 2023 |
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ENCORE: Rant: F**K Fake Beauty News
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May 03, 2023 |
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29. Pro Beauty's Biggest Challenge
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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ENCORE: 2023 Future View: e-Learning
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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28. The Good, Bad & Ugly of Social Media in 2023
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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ENCORE: 2023 Future View: Distribution & Brands
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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27. @TippiShorter on Opening a New Kind of Salon
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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ENCORE: Tabatha Coffey on Mindset
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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26. Future View: Our Shared Responsibility to Next-Gen Professionals
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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25. The Ongoing (r)Evolution in Tech & Social Media for Salons
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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24. Attracting the RIGHT Clients is Game Changing: @AmbrosiaCarey, Successful Stylist Academy
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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23. Gordon on Fake Beauty News, Industry PR, Events, & Reels
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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22. Antony Whitaker on Business Interruption vs. Disruption
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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21. The Truth about Pro Compensation
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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20. John Mosley, @popular_nobody on Being an Entrepreneur
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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19. 2023 Future View: Distribution & Brands (Manufacturers)
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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18. @JackHowardColor: Artist, Educator, Ambassador, & Gay Man
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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17. AI: The Good, Bad & Unknown -with Antony Whitaker & Gordon
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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16. Hairdustry's Corey and Tony on the Power of 'Sticking with It'
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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15. Gordon on "Image" and the Ongoing Labor Shortage
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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14. David Thurston, Trailblazer & Danger Jones Creative, Co-founder/CEO
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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13. Evan Joseph, Curl Specialist/Salon Owner
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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12. Rant: F**K Fake Beauty News
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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11. Tabatha Coffey on Mindfulness
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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10. 2023 Future View: Pro Beauty Events
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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9. @thePaulaPeralta on Manifestations
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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8. 2023 Future View: e-Learning
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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7. Nina Kovner, @passionsquared on Branding
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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6. 2023 Future View: Pro Beauty Media
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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5. Michael Cole on Experience Versus Value
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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4. Artificial Intelligence (AI) & the Salon
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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3. Tabatha Coffey on Mindset
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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2. 2023 Predictions for Salons and Pros, Part 2
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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1. 2023 Predictions for Salons and Pros, Part 1
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Jan 08, 2023 |