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Building a Strategy to Spark Word-of-Mouth (ENCORE)

102

How Smarter Tip Distribution is Changing Restaurants

103

Five Things I Learned About Marketing From My Trip to Greece

104

How to Turn Around a Failing Restaurant with Coach Chris Hughes

105

Ten Restaurants CRUSHING Social Media Right Now (ENCORE)

106

The Keys to a Successful Pre-Shift Meeting (ENCORE)

107

The Death of Discounts (ENCORE)

108

Play By the RULES to Stay in the GAME

109

How Much Should You Spend on Marketing?

110

45 Insights to Celebrate My 45th Birthday

111

How to CRUSH with Community Events

112

A 6-Step Leadership Framework with Coach Sal Rotolo

113

Marketing is About Standing Out in a Noisy Marketplace

114

Popmenu Co-Founders, Brendan Sweeney and Tony Roy

115

How to Get More 5-Star Reviews on Google and Yelp (ENCORE)

116

Tech Integration That Actually Pays Off

117

Talking AI with Inc Tank GTM Co-Founders

118

Kitchen Efficiency and Waste Reduction Systems

119

Three Simple Frameworks to Level Up Your Marketing (ENCORE)

120

Labor Cost Optimization Without Sacrificing Service

121

Direct-to-Consumer Revenue Streams

122

Menu Engineering for Maximum Profit Margins

123

Hyperlocal Marketing in a Digital World

124

Top 100 Restaurant Podcaster, Jeremy Julian

125

The Death of Traditional Social Media Marketing

126

Restaurant Profitability - The Five Killers and How to Beat Them

127

The Top 5 Marketing Trends Transforming Restaurants in 2025

128

CRAZY IDEA - What Happens If We Rethink Everything?

129

CRAZY IDEA - Could We Do Pop-Ups Every Night?

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CRAZY IDEA - Why Don't We Productize Our Culinary Teams?

131

CRAZY IDEA - Is Dynamic Pricing the Only Way Forward?

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CRAZY IDEA - Could Our Restaurant Run With ONLY Part-Time Staff?

133

CRAZY IDEA - What If We Had Different Menus Each Night?

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CRAZY IDEA - How Do We Maintain Profits If Alcohol Sales Keep Dropping?

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CRAZY IDEA - What If We Rethought Our Dining Rooms?

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CRAZY IDEA - What If We Ditched Tipping?

137

CRAZY IDEA - What If We Got Rid of Waiters?

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P3 Member and Iowa Restaurateur, Todd Reding

139

Better Table Touches to Drive Revenue (ENCORE)

140

What Makes a Great Franchisor with Jennifer Striepling

141

Email and SMS Marketing That Actually Drives Revenue

142

The AI Revolution: 10 Ways Smart Restaurants Are Crushing It In 2025

143

The Connection Between Marketing and Culture (ENCORE)

144

Jon Taffer Drops By to Talk Profitability (ENCORE)

145

Who Needs a Restaurant Anyway?

146

8 Hacks for Operational Efficiency

147

The Keys to Successfully Marketing Your Restaurant (ENCORE)

148

How to Procure a Liquor License and Increase Profits

149

Announcing the Death of Discounts

150

Why You MUST Reverse Engineer for Profit (ENCORE)

151

Six Email Hacks That Will Make Your More Money

152

Building Sales Systems for Inbound and Outbound Efforts

153

Four Steps to Being Remarkable

154

Jim Taylor, Founder of Benchmark Sixty

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Use These 3 Follow-Up Scripts in Your Restaurant

156

The Power of Menu Engineering

157

This is How to CRUSH Street Fairs This Summer

158

Two Brilliant Things My Mentor Taught Me

159

Adopting the Luxury Mindset (Las Vegas - March, 2025)

160

Managing Portions, Theft, and Waste

161

Should You Be Working with Restaurant Influencers?

162

Finding, Keeping, and Managing Great Employees with TimeForge CEO

163

How to WIN with a GREAT Social Media Presence (ENCORE)

164

Building a Better Restaurant with the Owners of Nashville Hotspot, Noko (ENCORE)

165

Harness the Power of SEO for Your Restaurant

166

How to Work 5 Hours a Week

167

The Restaurant Website Tune-Up

168

Embracing the Profit First Mindset

169

Do You Need a Loyalty Program for Your Restaurant?

170

Turning Order-Takers Into Selling Machines 

171

The Connection Between Marketing and Culture (ENCORE)

172

Operational Efficiency for Restaurants with Tork USA Marketing Director

173

Email Marketing By The Numbers

174

Christin Marvin, Author of The Hospitality Leader's Roadmap (ENCORE)

175

Google's Restaurant Influencer Summit

176

Better Hiring Practices for Our Restaurants

177

The Power of Data with Avero CEO, Doug Hsieh

178

Joe Fontana, Owner of Chicago-Based Chicken Concept, Fry The Coop

179

Biggest Takeaways from the P3 Marketing Summit (Salt Lake City)

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Turning Managers Into Leaders with Author Jason Brooks (ENCORE)

181

The Future of Restaurant Funding with InKind Founder

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The Number One Way to Increase Revenue (ENCORE)

183

Better Table Touches to Drive Revenue

184

The Keys to a Successful Pre-Shift Meeting

185

Supercharge Your Email List Growth in 2025

186

Two Ways Inventory Can Save You BIG Money (ENCORE)

187

The Do's and Don'ts of Working with a Marketing Agency (ENCORE)

188

A System for Everything in Your Restaurant (ENCORE)

189

Getting Organized with My 2025 Marketing Calendar

190

Ten Affirmations to Take into the New Year

191

Behold the Power of First Approach

192

The Difference Between Leadership and Management (ENCORE)

193

Eight Simple Dos and Don'ts for Leveraging Third Party Platforms

194

A Four-Step Framework for Developing Your Team

195

The Smartest Restaurant Marketer I Know, Rev Ciancio

196

The Future of Tipping with Kickfin and Mastercard

197

Insights from Our 15 Most Popular Episodes of All Time! 

198

The Secrets to Effective Management

199

Social Media: Organic versus Paid 

200

The Importance of First Approach