Photobooth Podcast

Photobooth Supply Co
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Uncover what makes a photo booth business successful in the photobooth world! Every episode will feature a different photobooth owner and Industry professionals sharing tips and tricks that propelled them to success.

  1. Live From PBX: From Zero To Seven Figures

    Jun 3

    Live From PBX: From Zero To Seven Figures

    Live From PBX: From Niches To Riches Photobooth Supply Co She started her photo booth business to survive maternity leave. Her goal was $30,000. She hit it in three months. Catalina Bloch of MDRN Photo Booth Company (Ottawa, Canada) has since built the most successful photo booth business in the PBSCO community — $6.6 million in cumulative revenue — and she did it by obsessing over two things: knowing exactly who she was selling to, and automating everything else. In this interview, Catalina breaks down every plateau she hit on the way to seven figures, how she scaled from one CRM to a fully systematized operation, why she eventually split her brand in two, and the one piece of advice she gives every owner who wants to break past six figures. What you'll learn in this episode: • Why her first big corporate booking ($10K, signed in two days) changed everything • The CRM moment that freed up her time and made automation an obsession • How she went from 500K to 1.5M in revenue in just 8 months • The case for hiring a 50/50 employee before you think you're ready • Why she split her brand into MDRN Photo Booth and MDRN Activations — and when you should consider doing the same • How niching down into a specific client avatar drove six figures in her very first year • The self-limiting belief that held her back longer than anything else • Why wedding leads at MDRN are 100% automated — and what that actually looks like in Boothbook Follow Catalina & MDRN Photo Booth: 📸 @mdrnphotoboothco + @mdrnactivations

  2. Live From PBX: Quality Over Quantity With Your Photo Booth Business

    May 20

    Live From PBX: Quality Over Quantity With Your Photo Booth Business

    Live From PBX: Quality Over Quantity With Your Photo Booth Business Photobooth Supply Co $187,000 in revenue. 9 booths. 8 attendants. A $25,000 December. And it all started with a Salsa booth dropped at weddings. Heather Houghton of Foto Fun Photo Booth built a high-end photo booth brand by doing something simple — refusing to cut corners. No cardboard stick props. No scratched glasses. No showing up looking anything less than camera ready. And the market noticed. In this interview, Heather breaks down exactly how she scaled from solo wedding photographer to running one of the most polished photo booth operations in Florida, and why she believes quality doesn't limit your volume — it creates it. What you'll learn in this episode: • Why quality and volume aren't opposites — and how one actually drives the other • How Heather identified the gap in her market and built her brand around it from day one • The Photo Fun Standard: her team handbook covering dress code, client interactions, and on-site behavior • How she manages 8 attendants and maintains quality control when she's not at the event • When she knew it was time to add another booth (the answer is simpler than you think) • How she went from wedding photographer to retiring from photography entirely in 2024 • Why word of mouth and vendor relationships are still her #1 lead generators • The lighting tip she wishes she'd known when she started with an iPad booth Timestamps: 00:00 — Introduction & Heather's $187K milestone 02:00 — What "quality" actually means in a photo booth business 05:30 — Elevated props: what they are and why clients love them 09:00 — How quality creates volume, not the other way around 12:00 — Building a team of 8 and the Photo Fun Standard handbook 17:00 — Maintaining quality when you're not at the event 21:00 — When to add another booth to your fleet 25:00 — Core systems: from inquiry to review in one place 29:00 — Word of mouth, vendor relationships & website bookings 34:00 — From wedding photographer to full-time photo booth owner 38:00 — Advice for new owners who want to scale Follow Heather & Photo Fun Photo Booth: 📸 @fotofunphotobooth

    21 min
  3. Live From PBX: How To Hire, Train, & Step Back

    May 13

    Live From PBX: How To Hire, Train, & Step Back

    Kimberly Ballesteros.MP3 Photobooth Supply Co $2.2 million. 20 employees. 10 photo booths. Nearly 500 events a year. And it all started with one attendant hired in 2021. In this interview, Kimberly of Flux Photo Booth Co. (New York City) pulls back the curtain on exactly how she built one of the most structured, scalable photo booth businesses in the country — from her very first hire to running a team with a 70-page handbook, a 5-day training program, and a 12-step event check-in system. If you're a photo booth business owner trying to figure out how to stop doing everything yourself, this episode is your roadmap. What you'll learn in this episode: • When to know it's time to make your first hire (and how Kimberly tricked herself into doing it) • Why she documented every process from day one — even before she had a team • Her 5-day attendant training process, including how she builds up from guided to fully independent • The 12-step event check-in system her team uses on every single job • How she uses Connect Teams as her all-in-one employee management hub • Why every team member starts as a floor attendant — no exceptions • The biggest mistakes owners make when building a team (and how to avoid them) • What's next for Flux in 2026: bigger activations, creative pop-ups, and building a brand beyond the booth Timestamps: 00:00 — Introduction & Kimberly's $2.2M milestone 02:30 — When to make your first hire 06:00 — Building SOPs and documenting everything from day one 10:00 — Team breakdown: 20 people, 10 booths, ~500 events/year 14:00 — The 5-day attendant training process 20:00 — The 12-step event check-in system 25:00 — Connect Teams: the employee management software she swears by 30:00 — Common hiring & training mistakes to avoid 36:00 — Promoting from within & building a career path for your team 40:00 — 2026 goals: activations, pop-ups & what's next for Flux Follow Kimberly & Flux Photo Booth Co.: Business: @fluxphotoboothco Personal/Behind the Scenes: @daysofkimberly If you’d like to start your own photo booth business, check out our free Quickstart Program: https://pages.photoboothsupplyco.com/quick-start-program If you’d like to speak with someone from our team about starting a photo booth business, book a free strategy call here: https://photoboothsupplyco.com/pages/book-a-call For all other interest, check out our website: https://photoboothsupplyco.com/

    34 min
  4. Live From PBX: Networking And Client Retention

    May 6

    Live From PBX: Networking And Client Retention

    Live From PBX: Networking And Client Retention Photobooth Supply Co Greg Cushman of Smile Lounge Interactive (Auburn, NY) has built a photo booth company that covers everything from upstate New York to New York City, Boston, and Montreal — doing 200+ events a year with a team that's nearly flipped the script from 60% weddings to 60% corporate. In this episode, Greg pulls back the curtain on the two growth levers he credits most: strategic networking and client retention. Greg shares how he quietly acquired a competing photo booth business already doing $250K/year, kept the original brand intact, and scaled it from there. He also breaks down exactly how his team turns a single event booking into a long-term client relationship — and why 30–40% of Smile Lounge's annual revenue is now predictable, recurring income. In this episode: • How Greg acquired a photo booth business (equipment, brand, and client list) and scaled it without alienating existing customers • The difference between networking and client retention — and why you need both • Which networking circles matter most: chambers of commerce, tourism bureaus, vendor networks, and venue relationships • Why the guest experience at the event is your best retention tool • His exact CRM follow-up cadence (post-event, 2 months out, 6 months out) • How to rebook holiday party clients before they even think about shopping competitors • Building vendor partnerships with DJs and photographers who now refer clients to Smile Lounge directly • Why weddings aren't "one and done" — and how to turn wedding guests into corporate clients • Greg's goal for 2026: expanding from 5 installs on a Saturday night to 7 If you’d like to start your own photo booth business, check out our free Quickstart Program: https://pages.photoboothsupplyco.com/quick-start-program If you’d like to speak with someone from our team about starting a photo booth business, book a free strategy call here: https://photoboothsupplyco.com/pages/book-a-call For all other interest, check out our website: https://photoboothsupplyco.com/

    26 min
  5. Live From PBX: Scaling A DJ Business By Adding Photo Booths

    Apr 23

    Live From PBX: Scaling A DJ Business By Adding Photo Booths

    Chris Yates started Ultimate Occasions in 2015 as a DJ company serving weddings, corporate events, and mitzvahs in the DMV area (DC, Maryland & Virginia). In 2021, he made a pivotal decision — add a photo booth. What started as a simple add-on has since generated over $125,000 in photo-booth-specific revenue, helped him cross $200K in total business revenue, and taken his team all the way to Times Square for a Fortune 500 client.

    22 min
  6. Live From PBX: Standing Out In A Saturated Market

    Apr 15

    Live From PBX: Standing Out In A Saturated Market

    EJ Dizon, owner of A Snap Bay Area, did exactly that. Based in the Bay Area (San Francisco/Silicon Valley), EJ started his photo booth business in 2023 and has already crossed six figures — all as a side hustle. In this episode, EJ breaks down the exact pivot that changed everything: ditching the race-to-the-bottom pricing, niching down to luxury weddings and corporate events, and building a review system that took him from 48 Google reviews to 442 five-star reviews in under a year.

    20 min
  7. Live From PBX: Marketing Your Photo Booth Business Solo

    Apr 8

    Live From PBX: Marketing Your Photo Booth Business Solo

    Arman Mkrtchyan started Diamond Photo Booth at 22 years old — the same night he attended a wedding and saw a photo booth for the first time. Fast forward six years, and he just crossed $1.1 million in cumulative revenue, all while running a one-person operation, managing a marketing company, and attending law school part-time.

    25 min
  8. Live From PBX: Stop Being The Bottle Neck And Reclaim Your Time

    Apr 2

    Live From PBX: Stop Being The Bottle Neck And Reclaim Your Time

    Live From PBX: Stop Being The Bottle Neck And Reclaim Your Time Photobooth Supply Co What's keeping your photo booth business from scaling? Chances are, it's you. In this episode, Charles of H&L Studios and Photo Booth CEO — a $1.3M photo booth business owner based in Honolulu, Hawaii — breaks down exactly how he removed himself as the bottleneck, built a team of 14 attendants, and created systems that let his business run without him. From hiring your first photo booth attendant to finding a virtual assistant, building SOPs in Notion, and landing on preferred venue vendor lists — this is one of the most actionable episodes we've ever recorded. In this episode: • The #1 sign you've become the bottleneck in your own business • Why hiring a photo booth attendant is the single most important first step • How to find and hire a virtual assistant for $500–900/month • The Notion system Charles uses to train and manage his team • His exact strategy for getting on preferred venue vendor lists using SEO • The mindset shift required to go from operator to CEO Follow Charles: YouTube/Podcast: @photoboothceo   Instagram:  @photoboothceo   If you’d like to start your own photo booth business, check out our free Quickstart Program: https://pages.photoboothsupplyco.com/quick-start-program If you’d like to speak with someone from our team about starting a photo booth business, book a free strategy call here: https://photoboothsupplyco.com/pages/book-a-call For all other interest, check out our website: https://photoboothsupplyco.com/

    34 min
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Uncover what makes a photo booth business successful in the photobooth world! Every episode will feature a different photobooth owner and Industry professionals sharing tips and tricks that propelled them to success.

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  • Creator
    Photobooth Supply Co
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    62
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Photobooth Podcast

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