#460 - The Cash-Only Trend: What Australia's Card Surcharge Ban Means for U.S. Stylists
In the fall of 2026, a wave of Instagram posts flooded the industry with stylists and salons announcing they were going cash-only and ditchi...
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Thriving Stylist Podcast
The beauty industry has changed dramatically in the last 10 years. The days of hoping your good reputation and referrals was enough to grow or maintain your clientele died out and successful...
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20 of 458 episodes#459 - The Collapse of Back Bar Fees in Commission Salons
Back bar fees have been an industry norm for decades, and a lot of salon owners have been running them without ever questioning whether they...
#458 - Ask Britt: 9 Hot Questions From Stylists & Salon Owners
Every single day my team and I get flooded with questions: in the DMs, in Apple Podcast reviews, in emails. So today I'm doing something a l...
#457 - 2027 Industry Predictions - The Biggest Shift
This is the episode a lot of you wait for all year! Some of you don't even listen to the podcast regularly, but always come back for this on...
#456 - $100k+ Working 3 Days a Week as a Stylist
I know how it sounds when I say you can make 6-figures working three days a week, but I'm not here to sell you a fantasy. Today, I'm here to...
#455 - Biggest Demand & Revenue Destroyers Stylists Are Battling
A business advisor said something to me years ago that completely reframed the way I look at revenue. He told me my biggest blind spot was t...
#454 - Maternity Leave, Injury, and the 4-Phase Plan to Not Lose Your Clients
I've taken two maternity leaves, recovered from shingles, herniated two discs in my neck, and navigated extended time away for grief. None o...
#453 - Gen-Z Tell All…
There is so much chatter in our industry about Gen Z stylists being lazy, unmotivated, and difficult to manage, and I've talked about this b...
#452 - What the Most Successful Stylists are Doing Differently
I've spent a good chunk of 2026 on the road, and between filming After the Last Client, attending speaking engagements, and sitting across f...
#451 - What We Look For In Thrivers Society Coaches
This one is a little different, and honestly, it's been a long time coming. Every time we post that we're looking for new coaches, the quest...
#450 - For The Salon Owner Who Feels Overwhelmed....
No frameworks, no metrics, no strategies today. This one is heart to heart. If you're a salon owner who's exhausted, who feels like every de...
#449 - Creating a Motivating, Modern Assistant Training Program
Something interesting keeps coming up when I talk to salon owners about hiring. Half of them are telling me the quality of applicants has dr...
#448 - The Big Marketing Shifts Salons are Making in 2026
This episode is different from anything I've shared on salon marketing before, and that's intentional. The foundation of what I'm about to s...
#447 - The Growth Map Framework Every Salon Should Steal
Last week we talked about why the systems still running most employee-based salons today are quietly failing, and how that failure is landin...
Bonus: Uncapped Commission FAQ's and Real Owner Stories
A few weeks ago, my team posted something on Instagram that we could not have predicted would take off the way it did. The graphic said unca...
#446 - Your "Best" Stylist Doesn't Deserve a Promotion
Picture two stylists. One is a money machine, hitting every metric, booked solid, making multiple 6-figures. The other is producing 30% of t...
#445 - Salons Are Closing at Scale...Here's Why and How to Prevent It
Something is happening in our industry right now that we just need to talk about. Salon closures are happening at scale, coast to coast, and...
#444 - Uncapped Commissions Will be the Standard in 3 Years
If you've been in the salon industry for any length of time, you already know the traditional commission model is broken. Stylists feel chea...
#443 - Google Changes You Should Know About
It's no secret that the digital landscape is shifting FAST, and a lot of stylists and salon owners are feeling completely exhausted by the c...
#442 - Slow Salon Growth + Assistant Program Struggles
Let's be honest: one of the biggest challenges salon owners are hitting right now is figuring out how to actually attract, motivate, and ret...