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The Business of Hearing — 111 episodes

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Do You Have a Business Model Beyond Hearing Aids?

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The People Problem Nobody Prepares You For as a Practice Owner

3

The Social Media Playbook for Hearing Care Clinics in 2026

4

Google AI Agents Are Booking Patient Appointments - Are You Ready?

5

Your Skills Built the Practice - Are They Now Hurting It?

6

Patients Aren't Buying Hearing Aids - Here's What They Really Want

7

Not All Leads Are Created Equal in Hearing Care: The Curious vs. Convinced Framework

8

The 6 Foundations of a $2m+ Practice

9

The Secret Weapon Every Small Hearing Care Practice Already Has

10

The Framework Every Practice Owner Needs Before Spending on Ads

11

Amplifon Just Bought GN Resound for $3B: What It Means for Your Independent Practice

12

Happy Hour: Your Questions Answered: Marketing Mistakes, Fatherhood, Website Strategy and More

13

The Hearing Care Practice SWOT Analysis: Where to Attack, Where to Defend in 2026

14

5 Competitive Advantages Independent Hearing Care Clinics Have Over the Big Chains

15

Are Subscription Models the Future of Hearing Care?

16

The Hard Truths of Being a Business Owner (That Nobody Talks About)

17

Amplifon Acquires GN ReSound - What This Means for Your Practice

18

The Real AI Threat to Hearing Care Clinics (It's Not What You Think)

19

Happy Hour Q&A: 5 Big Questions Hearing Practice Owners Are Asking in 2026

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How Hearing Clinics Can Create a Strong Point of Difference in Their Market

21

Three Ways to Increase Providers Close Rate (Without Them Changing Anything)

22

The Real Reason Hearing Clinics Struggle With Pricing

23

5 of the Smartest (and Most Original) Ideas Implemented by Hearing Care Clinics in 2025

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The Five C's Framework for Hearing Clinic Growth in 2026

25

Your Website Traffic Is Dropping… and That's Actually a Good Thing

26

The Death of the Middle: Why Hearing Care Is Splitting Into Two Extremes

27

The Surprising Truth About Publishing Your Hearing Aid Prices

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3 Big Trends Every Hearing Clinic Must Prepare for in 2026

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Google's 2025 Algorithm Shake-Up: What Hearing Clinics MUST Change Now

30

What 2025 Taught Us About Audiology, AI & The Future of Hearing Care

31

Why Most Hearing Practices Fail (and How to Avoid It)

32

3 Reasons You Should NOT Get Into the Hearing Care Industry

33

8 Lessons from 8 Years Running a Hearing Care Marketing Agency

34

I Review My 2025 Predictions for Hearing Care Marketing (and Share my 2026 Predictions)

35

What Are Patients REALLY Saying About You?

36

Should you be the face of your practice? (Growing a personal brand in hearing care).

37

Audiology Clinic Marketing - Where to Start?

38

Two Audiologists Discuss What Happened After Publishing Prices Online

39

How to Make Your Practice Competition-Proof

40

I analyzed 116 hearing care websites, the best-performers had these 5 things in common

41

The Ingredients of a High-Performing Clinic with Dr. Heidi Hill

42

The Website Scorecard: Is Your Website Helping or Hurting Your Practice?

43

3 Ways You're Leaving Money on the Table (Without Knowing It)

44

I Asked ChatGPT to Pick the Best Audiologist in Every U.S. State - Here's What Happened

45

UK Doctor Reinvents Tinnitus Care with Tech – Meet Edmund Farrar (Oto)

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Competing with Big Box, Big Chains or Goliaths? Here's What To Do

47

The New Growth Playbook: How to Prepare Your Clinic for 2026's AI-Driven Reality

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How Ben Thompson Built the #1 Tinnitus Channel on YouTube

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I answer your questions (practice pricing, positioning, advertising and strategies)

50

Your Clinic is a Zoo - Nigel Risner Explains How to Lead It

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Your Clinic Isn't Fully Booked? It's Not a Marketing Problem

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How to Turn Every Patient into a 5-Star Review

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Marcus Sheridan's 3 marketing predictions for the next 3 years

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3 Industry Shifts That Are Forcing Hearing Clinics to Rethink Growth

55

This One's Not for the Highlight Reel

56

Summer 2025: The 4 Things Every Private Practice Leader Should Prioritize

57

From Search to Suggest: Google AI and the New Era of Discovery

58

How to maximize earwax removal leads

59

Proof beats promises - how to increase trust in your community

60

How to Make Patients Fall in Love With You

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Focus on This, Everything Else Becomes Easier

62

The Past, The Present and the Future of Hearing Care (Some Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts)

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Why new patient appointments have fallen ... and what to do about it

64

Google just changed the rules, again

65

4 AI Predictions for the 2 Years

66

Become a Long-Haul Leader with Chris Ducker

67

Big News: Google's 'AI Overviews' is Heavily Impacting Industry Traffic

68

3 unique (and weird) ideas to grow your practice ... that nobody has yet implemented

69

Where to Find Extra Revenue in Your Practice

70

How to Increase Help Rates Without Changing Sales Skills

71

Three real-world ways to minimize no-shows for appointments

72

Being The Only Audiologist on The Island With Dr. Annette Stephenson [Under the Hood]

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What does the future of Audiology look like? With Dr. Amit Gosalia

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Are we entering a golden period for private practice hearing care in 2025?

75

Implement this marketing strategy in 2025

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Where to Focus in 2025

77

Google is Losing Marketshare, Fast - What This Means for Private Practice Marketing?

78

24 of the smartest (and most original) ideas implemented by private practices in 2024

79

What does big industry data teach us about TPA and private practice trends with Chelsea Treseder

80

10 Questions about hearing care growth with ChatGPT

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How to Improve your providers 'help rate' by understanding Exactly What to Say with Phil M Jones

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S3 Episode 14 - The kryptonite to manufacturer-owned chains

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Become the most expensive practice in your area by understanding THIS

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Four alternative revenue streams to build into your practice

85

5 low-cost ways to grow your perceived value (and have more patients naturally choose you)

86

Could you acquire your competitors? (Spoiler; the answer is yes).

87

How to market to physicians in 2024 (the game has changed)

88

The Biggest Marketing Bang for Your Buck in 2024 - Focus Your attention on THIS group of patients

89

How to handle and manage stress as an overworked business owner

90

How to attract high-quality patients by understanding this 'dating' marketing dynamic

91

Apple's finally arrived - here's what to do

92

The 4 private practice value propositions to stand out in a crowded market

93

The blueprint to escaping patient care to work ON your practice

94

Stop being priced shopped with this pricing adjustment

95

WTF (Where to Focus) as a Practice Leader in 2024

96

The kryptonite to manufacturer-owned chains

97

Growth Through Acquisition with Dr. Leah Guempel | Under the Hood

98

Buy Back Your Time as a Practice Leader with Dan Martell

99

The Marketing Lessons That You Can Borrow from Prime Hydration

100

How This Husband & Wife Team Have Built an Incredible Practice | Under the Hood

101

How to Maximize The Valuation of Your Practice (The 5 Areas of Focus)

102

5 Ways to Use ChatGPT (Artificial Intelligence) In Your Practice

103

How Restaurants Set "Perfect Buying Conditions" [Borrow This Lesson for Your Practice]

104

Weird and Unique Physician Marketing Strategies 😱

105

Front Desk Mastery (Have Your Front Desk Listen to This!)

106

5 Things That Every Practice Leader SHOULD Delegate

107

Going From Strength to Strength With Dr. Emily E McMahan | Under the Hood Interview

108

9 Questions to Transform Your Life

109

What Does A Boutique Hearing Care Practice Look Like?

110

Reminiscing & Revolutionizing Private Hearing Healthcare

111

How To Buy A Competitor Without Any Debt