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Scaling Out Loud
Scaling Out Loud The Photo Booth Business Podcast for 6-Figure Founders Ready to Break the 7-Figure Ceiling If you’re a 6-figure photo booth business owner stuck in the "Chief Everything Officer" role, juggling bookings, managing tech headaches, and feeling crushed under your own success, this podcast is for you. Hosted by Catalina Bloch, founder of MDRN Activations, MDRN Photobooth Co., and creator of Photo Booth Mastery, Scaling Out Loud pulls back the curtain on what it actually takes to…
Episodes
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You Delegated the Task. You Kept the Decisions
You hired the attendant, you handed off the event, and you still spent the night answering texts from the venue. So did you actually delegate anything? I…
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What a Corporate Events Insider Sees at Every Activation
Somewhere right now there’s a photo booth sitting in the corner of a trade show with a logo on the print and nobody in line, and the brand that paid for it is…
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Your Team Keeps Making the Same Mistake. Here's What's Actually Wrong.
It's Saturday night, you finally sit down to dinner, and your phone goes off. It's your attendant, and the printer is doing the same thing it did two weeks…
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You Don't Have to Learn AI
I basically live inside AI now. Most of my day is spent building apps, building schedules, and working with AI employees that handle work that used to eat…
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If I Wanted to Grow a $100K Photo Booth Business to $250K, Here's What I'd Do
Somewhere around $100,000, something strange happens to a photo booth business. You finally hit the number you chased for years. Then you look around and…
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The Five Stages of Business
There was a decade of my life where I didn't trust a single person to run one of my weddings. Now I try to avoid going to them. Same equipment. Same clients…
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Five Ways I Use AI In My Business
I spent two months boycotting AI in my business because it kept handing me copy that used the word "elevate" like a life insurance commercial. I decided it was…
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Corporate Wants Something New. Do You Have It?
Three years ago I'd sit down with a corporate client and spend half the meeting explaining what a photo booth even was. What happens at the event. What the…
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Weddings Fund It. Corporate Grows It.
There's a version of this conversation I have on repeat. Someone tells me they had a great year. More weddings booked than the year before, prices finally went…
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I tried the booth everyone’s asking about - Scribble Booth
Ever wondered if that viral "scribble booth" trend is actually worth the investment, or if it's just another shiny object eating up your equipment budget? I…
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The $10K Quote I Almost Didn’t Send
At PBX earlier this year, I sat down for an on-stage interview with Brandon CEO of PBSCO in front of a room full of photo booth owners. The questions went past…
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Is your business failing or evolving?
I used to think my business was a photo booth company. Turns out it was never really about the booth at all. If you asked me twelve years ago what my business…
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7 figure booth owner, manufacturer and software developer. Meet Steve
If you've ever used a piece of software that's more powerful than it is intuitive, something that takes real time to learn but rewards you once you know it…
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Stop Waiting for Permission
Illuminate Is Coming to Miami. Here's Who's Already Signed On. Every photo booth conference you've been to probably felt like the same room, the same faces…
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Scaling Yourself Alongside Your Business: What six and seven-Figure Founders Miss
You've hit six figures. You've built the team. You've got the systems in place. By every metric, you're winning. So why does success feel hollow? This is the…
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Build a Business You Could Actually Leave
What happens to your photo booth business the day you decide you're done running it? Not the day you sell it. The day you actually try to walk away, even for a…
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Who You Actually Hire First
It's 2 a.m. and a stranger is backing a car into my driveway. He just dropped off a photo booth, fresh from a wedding. The next morning, I grabbed it from the…
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Winning the Bid War Means You Agreed to Make the Least
You've seen the thread. Someone posts in a local wedding Facebook group asking for a "reasonably priced" photo booth. Within an hour, 30 booths are in the…
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From $280K to $400K: What Actually Changed
She came in as a photographer, almost sold her business in 2020, and is now on track to hit $400K, all while packing up and moving to a brand new state with…
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How AI Is Making Software Risky (Thanks, Vibe Coding)
New apps are popping up in the photo booth space faster than I can keep up with. And the pitch is almost always the same: I couldn't find a solution that…
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Are You Building a Business or Just a Really Expensive Job?
You're exhausted. And it's not even peak season yet. Your calendar is packed, your weekdays are spent prepping for the weekends, and somewhere in the middle of…
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The Seven-Eleven in Tokyo That Changed How I Think About My Photo Booth Business
I just got back from two weeks in Japan and I am still not over it. Honestly, Asia was never really on my radar. Not because I didn't want to go, but because…
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The Real Competitive Advantage in the Photo Booth Industry
The future of the photo booth industry isn't in your next gear purchase. It's you. I bought my first photo booth over 11 years ago from Photo Booth Supply Co…
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More Events isn't the Goal. Profit Is.
In 2022, we ran over 500 events, crossed seven figures in revenue, and I sat in my kitchen at the end of that year looking at the numbers, looking at the…
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The One Activation at Coachella Already Sending Us Phone Calls
Do you know what your clients are going to be asking for six months from now? I do. And it started with me sending my friend Zach to run around Coachella with…
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How Free Events Can Grow Your Photo Booth Business Fast
You've been thinking about free events all wrong. What if I told you that one single free event, one where you spent maybe $500-$1500 on setup and staff, could…
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Your Prices Aren’t the Problem. Your Money Blocks Are
I'm going to tell you something I've never said quite this directly before. I didn't think a photo booth business could make a million dollars. Not mine. Not…
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Your Creativity Needs to Eat. Stop Starving It.
There is a clip that lives in Catalina's head. She has never been able to shake it. It's the music video for Humble by Kendrick Lamar. That moment where the…
Scaling Out LoudStop Calling It An Activation
You are losing clients before they ever contact you. And most of you have no idea it's happening. There is one word spreading through this industry like…
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You're Not Unfocused. You're Addicted to the Wrong Kind of Busy
You're working. You're learning. You're in the groups, you're researching, you're asking questions, you're staying current. So why hasn't the revenue moved in…
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He hit seven figures and didn't love it.
There's a version of success that looks great on paper and feels like a trap in real life. Aldo from I Touch XP has been in this industry for 16 years, worked…
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Five Expensive Lessons I Learned the Hard Way
Let's get real for a second. Everyone in this industry is out here posting their wins. The bookings, the revenue milestones, the glam shots from their best…
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Solo Operator. Seven Figures. Here's How He Does It.
What does a seven-figure photo booth business look like when it's built by one person who also works full time at NBC's Today Show? Spoiler: it looks a little…
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Photo Booth Expo: Have You Outgrown This Room?
What happens when three industry veterans sit down in Vegas and realize the conference they keep coming back to no longer feeds them? They build something new…
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You're Not Behind Schedule, You're Right on Time
Ever scrolled through Instagram and watched yourself go from "I'm doing great" to "I'm a complete failure" in under 30 seconds? Yeah. Same. In this episode…
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What If You Could Attend Your Own Funeral
What if you could attend your own funeral? Not literally. But metaphorically—watching the version of yourself that built this business be laid to rest while…
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Photo Booth Expo Shopping? Ask These 5 Questions First.
Photo Booth Expo Shopping? Ask These 5 Questions First. Photo Booth Expo is coming up, and if you're anything like me a few years ago, you're already mentally…
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The Wedding Market Hierarchy Nobody Talks About
If you've ever wondered why your wedding inquiries aren't converting, this episode is your answer. Here's the truth: saying you "do weddings" tells potential…
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The Pricing Mistakes Nobody Taught You to Avoid
You've been pricing wrong this whole time. And I'm not talking about mindset, I'm talking about actual math. Let's get real. When you started your photo booth…
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How to Run Your Business in One Hour a Day
If you're still manually chasing leads at 11 PM, copying and pasting the same email for the fifteenth time this week, or worse, forgetting to send invoices…
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If They Haven't Done It, Stop Listening to Them
If you've ever felt confused by conflicting business advice, or worse, followed guidance from someone who's never actually done what you're trying to do, this…
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2026 Photo Booth Industry Forecast
Everyone's losing their minds trying to figure out what's next for 2026. Which booth to buy, which trend to chase, which shiny new thing will make them…
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Why Charging More Won't Fix Your Business
You're undercharging. And no, it's not because you lack confidence or don't "know your worth." That's what everyone tells you, right? Just charge more. Believe…
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CEO or Chief Everything Officer? Yeah… We Gotta Talk.
If you're running a six or multi-six-figure photo booth business but still doing everything yourself—from packing gear and chasing down staff to answering…