Scaling Out Loud

About 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 grow from six to seven figures without burning out in the process. Catalina’s not just talking theory. She’s actively running a 7-figure booth brand while helping hundreds of founders do the same. Each episode is packed with strategy, real-world insights, and unfiltered lessons that speak directly to photo booth entrepreneurs. Inside, you’ll learn how to: • Systemize your business and step out of the weeds • Attract and close high-ticket corporate and wedding clients • Raise your prices confidently and profitably • Build a team you can actually trust • Turn hustle into strategy without losing your edge No recycled advice from other industries. No vague "just work harder" mindset. Just real talk from someone who's built what you’re building and isn’t afraid to say what needs to be said. If you're ready to trade chaos for clarity and bookings for bigger opportunities, hit subscribe and follow Catalina on Instagram @photoboothmastery. Your next level doesn’t start with more work. It starts with listening.

Publisher

Catalina Bloch

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Dec 2025

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

42 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   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 ago, the same thing you already walked them through standing right next to the booth. If you've ever typed "how many times do I have to explain this?" into a text and deleted it before you hit send, I recorded this one for you. When the same mistake keeps coming back from your attendant, your VA, or anyone on your team, it's pointing at one of three places in your business. Sometimes it's pointing at the person, and I don't soften that part when I get there, but it's the last place I look. I walk through each of those places with real stories from my own team, including one where the unclear instruction was mine. Then I get into what I count as a real red flag, the kind that's a lot harder to spot, and the homework I want you to do before you say a single word to anyone about the mistake that keeps happening. What You'll Learn: The first question to ask yourself when a mistake repeats The one-line instruction I gave years ago that someone followed to the letter for a couple of years Why answering your team's questions "because it's faster" keeps the texts coming The simple rule I give a VA before they bring me a problem What your attendants will never text you about, and how you find out anyway The red flag that's harder to spot, and why clear instructions can't fix it How I decide when it really is the person, and why I don't drag it out anymore This week's homework: figuring out where your most repeated mistake actually lands Resources Mentioned: Thrive: https://photoboothmastery.catalinabloch.com/Thrive (https://photoboothmastery.catalinabloch.com/Thrive) Tell me where your mistake landed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/photoboothmastery Know a photo booth owner who's one repeated mistake away from losing it with their team? Send them this episode. Your Next Steps: Work with Me: https://bit.ly/POD-Site2 (https://bit.ly/POD-Site2) Join Thrive: https://photoboothmastery.catalinabloch.com/Thrive (https://photoboothmastery.catalinabloch.com/Thrive) Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/photoboothmastery (https://www.instagram.com/photoboothmastery)

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   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 hours of somebody's week. I'm getting about 10 times more done in a day than I was before. Being that deep in it for this long has me thinking about AI very differently than most of the people you hear talking about it online. This one is short. I'm telling you where my head is at, and if you've been feeling like everyone else figured AI out while you fell behind, I recorded it for you. I talk about the two kinds of business owners I'm seeing right now, what happened the first time I built an app for my own business, and the cost that creeps up on you one upgrade at a time. Then I get into what I've decided my job is as an educator in this space, and what we're building inside the new Thrive because of it. What You'll Learn: The two types of business owners I'm seeing with AI right now, and which one most photo booth owners fall into What went wrong the first time I built an app for my business, and why it's the reason I can spot other people's mistakes from a mile away How a free AI account turns into hundreds of dollars a month before you notice Why that thing you spent all weekend building might not be touching your bookings at all What I think my job is now as an educator, and how that's changing what we build inside Thrive The one thing to look for on your calendar this week that AI should be doing for you Resources Mentioned: The new Thrive: https://photoboothmastery.catalinabloch.com/thrive DM me on Instagram with the task you'd hand over first: https://www.instagram.com/photoboothmastery Know a photo booth owner who's been beating themselves up for not getting AI yet? Send them this episode. Your Next Steps: Work with Me: https://bit.ly/POD-Site2 Join Thrive: https://photoboothmastery.catalinabloch.com/Thrive Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/photoboothmastery

3. 

   24 Sept 2026

   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 you're more tired than you were at $40,000. More events, more emails, a helper or two who kind of work out, and a take-home that looks almost exactly like it did two years ago. I know that stage well. When my business was around $100K, I was still working a full-time job, running the booth company on nights and weekends, and I was every single role in it. So when someone asks me how to get from $100K to $250K, I start with the math, because the math is what makes the ceiling feel real, and it's also what gets you through it. In this episode I walk through the five moves I'd make if I were sitting at $100K right now and wanted to be at $250K, in the order I'd make them. The order matters more than the moves. I also tell you what I actually did when I made this jump myself, including the part where I took a pay cut on purpose. What You'll Learn: Why getting to $250K takes far fewer extra events than you think (and the exact number it does take) What your business really keeps from an $800 booking once you stop doing every job for free • The first move I'd make, and why everything else on the list breaks without it How fast to raise your prices, and the jump that sends people running back to their old rates within months • The contact form change that now does the job of a 40-minute phone call What your close rate says about whether clients see you as a commodity Why I'd add corporate before a second booth, a second city, or a second anything The decision that let me leave my full-time job in 2017, and the three places I had to get free first • A $900 event that can out-earn a $4,000 one Two numbers I'd track every month for the next year if I were in your seat Mentioned in this episode: Thrive (The Founder Path, the Photo Booth Pricing Blueprint and Pricing App, The C.A.T. Wedding Method, The Corporate Hustle, templates, and coaching calls): https://photoboothmastery.catalinabloch.com (https://photoboothmastery.catalinabloch.com) Episode 36, Weddings Fund It. Corporate Grows It.: https://youtu.be/T3whdBp7aW0 (https://youtu.be/T3whdBp7aW0) Tell me your real average booking value on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/photoboothmastery (https://www.instagram.com/photoboothmastery) Your Next Steps: Work with Me: https://bit.ly/POD-Site2 (https://bit.ly/POD-Site2) Join Thrive: https://photoboothmastery.catalinabloch.com/Thrive (https://photoboothmastery.catalinabloch.com/Thrive) Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/photoboothmastery

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