E194 - The Ugly Truth About Being a Beauty Brand Educator

E194 - The Ugly Truth About Being a Beauty Brand Educator

There is an ugly side to being a beauty brand educator that nobody warns you about. The free product, the fame, the stages, it all comes with a contract that can quietly own you and pay you in nickels.   Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own.   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here) https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session   ► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review   ► WATCH + LISTEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/   ► FOLLOW Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/   #salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue   DISCLAIMER Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.

E193 - We Solved the Extension Problem. Now We Are Coming for the Retail Problem.

Your clients love the products you recommend and they are buying them somewhere else. This episode breaks down why salon exclusive retail is dead, what product diversion is actually doing to your clients and what Rachel and Drew are launching at Salon Con 2027 to fix it.   Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own.   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here) https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session   ► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review   ► WATCH + LISTEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/   ► FOLLOW Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/   #salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue   DISCLAIMER Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.

E192 - Her Carousel Was 864% Higher Than Normal. Here Is What She Did Differently.

The beauty industry is moving fast and most salon owners are the last to know. This episode breaks down what is actually happening with your retail brands, how Rachel built a carousel that outperformed by 864% and the AI tool Drew built in a few hours that changed how their entire team operates.   Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own.   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here) https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session   ► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review   ► WATCH + LISTEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/   ► FOLLOW Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/   #salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue   DISCLAIMER Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.

E191 - The 5 Things That Actually Make You Money in Any Business

You already have everything you need to start making money today. This episode breaks down the exact five steps that drive revenue in any business and why most people skip the ones that actually matter. Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here) https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session ► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review ► WATCH + LISTEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/ ► FOLLOW Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/ #salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue DISCLAIMER Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.

E190 - It's Not Mean. It's Clear. The Real Reason Managing People Is So Hard.

Managing people is the hardest part of owning a business and nobody teaches you how to do it. This episode breaks down exactly why feedback feels like an attack, how to stop running the ball yourself and what it actually takes to build a team that performs without you. Brand Talk with Rachel & Drew is the podcast for salon owners who are great at their craft, capped by their hours, done making the big brands richer & ready to build a product brand THEY actually own. Each week, Rachel & Drew Thomas break down how they built a private-label hair extension brand inside their own salons & how hundreds of salon owners are now doing the same. You get the REAL systems, the ACTUAL numbers & none of the hustle-harder noise. You bring the 10 percent only you can bring, and we show you the engine that carries the rest. If you are done trading hours for dollars, follow the show and start building something YOU own. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ► ATTEND A BRAND WORKSHOP (start here) https://www.thebyob.com/discovery-session ► WORK WITH US + FREE TOOLS Build your business (course): https://course.thebyob.com/business-edition The AI Team Playbook (free): https://course.thebyob.com/ai-team-playbook Leave a review + send a screenshot, get our BYOB Hiring Guide free: https://www.thebyob.com/review ► WATCH + LISTEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brandtalkwithrachelanddrew Podcast: https://themilliondollarsalon.podbean.com/ ► FOLLOW Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelpaigexo Drew: https://www.instagram.com/mdrewthomas Boulevard ambassador: https://get.joinblvd.com/ambassador-rachel-paige/ #salonownereducation #salonownership #salonowners #hairextensions #salonbusiness #productbrand #recurringrevenue DISCLAIMER Rachel and Drew are not CPAs, attorneys, insurance agents, contractors, lenders, or financial advisors. Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate. Verify everything yourself. For educational and entertainment purposes only.