Brand Talk With Rachel and Drew

Drew Thomas

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Welcome to the ”Brand Talk with Rachel and Drew,” where we dive deep into the world of beauty, entrepreneurship, and salon success. If you’re a stylist, salon owner, or beauty enthusiast with big dreams, you’re in the right place. We’re here to unlock the secrets, strategies, and stories behind building million-dollar beauty empires.

Recent Episodes

NOV 6, 2026
E223 - Why Business Slows Down Every Election
The Rachel and Drew episode lost its audio, so Drew sat down solo for a Drew's News on how current events like elections actually move your business. He also gets into why perspective matters when building is hard, the AI breakthroughs he's watching in health, and why you should treat chatbots like yes bots. 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. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ► GET YOU TICKETS FOR SALON CON HERE https://www.saloncon.live ► Check out the BYOB documentary! https://youtu.be/MMkhk5ByhuU?si=K70WxcXmqluyFLAw ► 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 Nothing here is tax, legal, insurance, or financial advice, and it may be outdated or inaccurate.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.
12 MIN
NOV 2, 2026
E222 - Your Salon Needs a Company Brain. Here's How to Build One.
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. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ► GET YOU TICKETS FOR SALON CON HERE https://www.saloncon.live ► Check out the BYOB documentary! https://youtu.be/MMkhk5ByhuU?si=K70WxcXmqluyFLAw ► 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.
23 MIN
OCT 30, 2026
E221 - Your "Hot Lead" Is Actually on an Iceberg
If you've ever slid into a stranger's DMs to sell something and got ghosted, it's probably not that they weren't interested. Rachel breaks down the five temperatures of a lead, why you never drop a price in a DM, and the exact message she used to get a brand owner on a call after her DM went unread. 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. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ► GET YOU TICKETS FOR SALON CON HERE https://www.saloncon.live ► Check out the BYOB documentary! https://youtu.be/MMkhk5ByhuU?si=K70WxcXmqluyFLAw ► 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.
23 MIN
OCT 23, 2026
E220 - You're Using AI Like Google
Most business owners use AI like a search bar and then wonder why the answers are generic. Here's the context, the connectors, and the pushback that turn it into something that finds the money leaking out of your P&L, builds your dashboards, and still sounds like 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. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ► GET YOU TICKETS FOR SALON CON HERE https://www.saloncon.live ► Check out the BYOB documentary! https://youtu.be/MMkhk5ByhuU?si=K70WxcXmqluyFLAw ► 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.
18 MIN
OCT 19, 2026
E219 - The Price on the Pack Isn't What You Actually Pay
A pack that looks cheap on the website can cost a lot more per gram once checkout fees hit, and plenty of stylists still sell that hair to clients for exactly what they paid. Here's the per-gram math nobody runs, why your margin is the only number that matters, and why cheaper never means more money. 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. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ► GET YOU TICKETS FOR SALON CON HERE https://www.saloncon.live ► Check out the BYOB documentary! https://youtu.be/MMkhk5ByhuU?si=K70WxcXmqluyFLAw ► 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.
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