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Your personal style is already saying something about your business before you even speak, so ask yourself: does it reflect who you are and the level of work you do? In this episode, I’m joined by style strategist and TEDx speaker Alexandra Standley to explore how you can use your style strategically for business visibility. We talk about building a personal brand that feels like you, and Alexandra shares why she always starts with identity work before she touches a client’s wardrobe. If you’ve ever dressed to look professional and felt you weren’t quite yourself, this conversation will give you plenty to think about. Topics covered on Business Visibility:What was the career advice Alex calls the worst possible feedback for an introvert?Wearing neutrals and dressing for the room is making you forgettable.How does Alex use identity work to help women reconnect with themselves before changing their wardrobe?How did Alex build the confidence to take a TEDx stage while facing her fear of judgement? Connect with Rachel:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│WebsiteThe Debrief Telegram group: https://rachelpearson.kartra.com/page/debrief Connect with Alexandra Standley:Website: https://www.alexandrastandley.co.ukInstagram: @alexandrastandleyFree Styled For Impact Guide: https://www.alexandrastandley.co.uk/styledforimpactguidePodcast: https://www.alexandrastandley.co.uk/astyledlifepodcastLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-standley-personal-stylist Related episodes:SSTS Series Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

How much of what you really want to say gets edited out because you’re worried about what people will think of you online? Today I’m joined by subconscious rewiring expert Maryann Moloku to talk about online visibility, the pressure to come across a certain way, and limiting beliefs around visibility. Because when every post becomes a question of whether you sound right or look successful enough, showing up online can start to feel like a performance. Join us as we explore what business visibility asks of you, letting go of how others perceive you, and trusting your intuition before the evidence arrives. Maryann will also be joining my Bold Visibility Panel at She Sets the Standard, where we’ll continue this conversation about allowing yourself to be seen for who you truly are. So if you’ve been holding back the things you actually want to say, this conversation is for you. Topics covered on Online Visibility:How much of yourself do you hold back to control what people think?Do you need to post constantly to increase visibility?How can building relationships in business help you find clients who value the way you work?How to trust your intuition when the results haven’t shown up yet? Connect with Rachel:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│WebsiteThe Debrief Telegram group: https://rachelpearson.kartra.com/page/debrief Connect with Maryann Moloku:Work with Maryann: https://calendly.com/maryann-thesoulmanifesto/claritycallInstagram: @maryannmofficial Related episodes:SSTS Series Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

Brand strategist Jennifer Hilton joins our Bold Visibility panel at She Sets The Standard, so I asked her to be a guest on today's episode and talk about brand visibility and why showing up can feel so exposing for women in business. Jennifer knows the fear of visibility well. She talks about the fear of being judged that so many of us carry from school, and the self-limiting beliefs that stop a lot of the women she works with before they've posted a thing. We get into the visibility blocks that keep women hiding, the one belief about business visibility she wants you to let go of, and what changed for her once she stopped waiting to feel ready. Topics covered on Brand Visibility:Where do your visibility blocks come from?What if confidence only turns up after you've done the scary thing?Does your brand have to be polished and perfect before anyone sees it?What happens when you ignore "niche down" and bring your whole self into your brand? Connect with Rachel:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│WebsiteThe Debrief Telegram Group Connect with Jennifer Hilton:Website: https://www.beyondthebrandwoman.comInstagram: @beyondthebrandwomanRetreat: https://www.beyondthebrandwoman.com/momentum Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

So many of the women I speak to came into business to make an impact and make money, and somewhere along the way they ended up chasing the right viral sound and the perfect clip just to be heard. My guest, Dr. Taylor Francois, walked away from that kind of performative marketing and rebuilt her agency around Substack for business, and the numbers she shared are incredible. Her clients are turning 32 out of every 100 subscribers into customers, and half of those become high ticket clients spending $10,000 or more. Some of her students have hit $100,000 a month with fewer than 200 subscribers, and most of her own buyers say yes within 7 days of first reading her newsletter. If you want premium clients who make decisions quickly, you'll want to hear what Taylor thinks most people get wrong about Substack. Topics covered on Substack for Business:How can you step away from performative marketing?How can Substack help you bring in high ticket clients within a few days?How to find your niche on Substack when you're starting from zero?What does it look like to grow a high ticket business without giving up time with your family? Connect with Rachel:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│WebsiteShe Sets The StandardThe Debrief Telegram Group Connect with Dr. Taylor Francois:Substack: solomillions.substack.comInstagram: @therealtaylorfrancoisAgency: www.fullcircleflow.comProduction Studio: https://mainstagenetwork.com/ Related episodes:SSTS Series Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

I have been a loyal Nails Inc customer for as long as I can remember, saving every penny, so sitting down with founder Thea Green felt like a full-circle moment. Thea brought branded nail bars to the UK after seeing gritty, unbranded salons in the US and asking what they'd look like if they were beautiful, which is premium positioning at its most practical. Now she leads business innovation on her second brand, at a time when you can launch in days and research anything in seconds. That speed has a cost, and Thea is honest about the rabbit holes she's fallen down herself. We talk about what it really takes to build a brand when everyone is looking at the same numbers, the brand differentiation strategy that sometimes means doing the opposite of the data, and the one thing about leadership that took her until 50 to feel. Topics covered on How to Build a Brand:How Thea spotted the gap in the market that became Nails Inc, using skills from her magazine daysTurning a commodity product into a luxury brand women queue up forWhat has changed in brand building since 1999, and what never willWhen to do the opposite of the data, and how Thea predicted the body care boom Connect with Rachel:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│WebsiteThe Debrief Telegram Group Connect with Thea Green:IG: @theanailsinc AND @nailsincWebsite: https://nailsinc.com/blogs/articles/meet-the-founderLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thea-green-mbe-511a2424/ Related episodes:SSTS Series Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

Most female founders are building their entire brand visibility on a platform they don't own. I don't want you to make that same mistake so let's change that. Today, I'm bringing on Aly Johnson, brand visibility strategist who is helping women build brand visibility across their entire ecosystem rather than relying on a single platform. She also gets into AI brand visibility and what it takes to be the business that shows up when someone asks ChatGPT or Google for a recommendation in your space. And she doesn't just talk theory, a coach she knows lost her 6-figure business overnight to a community violation, with no website or brand SEO strategy to fall back on. This one's for every founder who knows they should be more visible but isn't sure where to start. Topics covered on Brand Visibility:Why is posting more on Instagram actually stalling your brand visibility?What does a full brand visibility ecosystem look like beyond social media?How AI brand visibility is changing the way potential clients discover you?How brand SEO keeps working for you long after you hit publish?What is the easiest way to audit your online presence? Connect with Rachel:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│WebsiteThe Debrief Telegram Group Connect with Aly Johnson:Website: https://shesapeach.com/Instagram: @shesapeach.coThe Spark (£33 entry offer into Aly’s world) Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

I was on a call this morning with a client who has over 10 years of experience and clients are happy to put their name to the results she gets them. But she is struggling to sell online. Most coaches would call that a money block, but they would be fixing the wrong thing. By the end of our call she could name the gap she had invented between herself and the people she wanted as clients, and see exactly how it was blocking her before a single conversation started. Listen to the episode to name your own perception gap so you can sell to premium clients as an equal no matter how much more successful they seem than you, and I'll share 3 examples of luxury brand strategy that prove attracting clients has nothing to do with being the loudest in the room. Topics covered on Selling Online:What is a perception gap, and how do you know you have one?How do you stop measuring your success against other people's visibility when selling online?Luxury brand strategy that will teach you how to attract clients at premium prices.What changes when you show up as a peer to the clients you want to attract? Connect with Rachel:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│WebsiteThe Debrief Telegram Group Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

It's that time of year where it's impossible to have your first sip of coffee without being sold something first. Q4 is a huge revenue opportunity, but it's incredibly noisy. People are still buying at every price point, but it takes more trust than it did 2-3 years ago, especially with a high ticket offer, and that changes how you position and structure what you sell. In today's episode I talk about the 4 pillars of an in-demand offer (I swear by this framework and I use it every time I sell anything). Stay to the end because pillar 4 is the one most people don't look at but that's what makes the difference between a good offer and one premium clients refer without being asked. Plus, I created a workbook that takes you through all 4 pillars so you can create an irresistible offer that calls in premium clients, gets them results, and has them telling other people about it. Grab it here! Topics covered on How to Create an Irresistible Offer:Why are people still buying at every price point, but taking longer to say yes than they did 2-3 years ago?What makes premium clients read your offer and immediately know it was built for them?Why do some high ticket offers look impressive on a sales page but still struggle to sell?What are premium clients telling themselves when they hesitate, and what can you do about it inside your offer?How do you create an irresistible offer that you can sell for months without your audience (or you) getting bored of it? Connect with Rachel:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│WebsiteThe Debrief Telegram Group Resources mentioned:Download The In-Demand Offer workbook Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

Welcome to the fourth and last episode of the summer prediction series, where I pull out the one thing all four were pointing at: brand differentiation strategy. Today I'm sharing the luxury brand strategy that premium brands such as Ferrari and Chanel use, the thing that makes them so lucrative, and it means doing what every online business coach will tell you not to do. Plus I'll show you how to borrow that luxury brand model and apply it in your own business. I'll also talk about the dimension you make your decisions from, because most women decide from a place of proving, and that is what holds them back. Topics covered on Brand Differentiation Strategy:What do premium brands do differently when they make long-term decisions?What is Ferrari's and Chanel's brand differentiation strategy that makes them so lucrative?Why do successful women still feel they have to justify their high ticket offer and their premium prices?What makes some businesses accelerate while others circle the same level for years? Connect with Rachel:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│WebsiteShe Sets The StandardThe Debrief Telegram Group Related episodes:Summer prediction series playlist Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

Somewhere along the line, we forgot that business used to be about relationships. Relationship marketing wasn't a tactic back then, it was simply how deals happened, because people who knew people vouched for people they trusted. Then we built entire systems to replace it, and now we wonder why people buy once and bounce, and why none of it feels like it's compounding. This is episode 4 of my summer predictions miniseries and it's all about, what I call, the off-market growth strategy. It's the thing the highest-priced, highest-earning businesses have been running on the whole time, and it's what I think we're about to see come back into play. I'll talk about how to think of referral marketing as a business strategy, how to build business relationships in a meaningful way (while everyone else is trying to outsource it to AI), and the brand building strategies that will move your business ahead of everyone else's in 2027. Topics covered on Relationship Marketing:How do premium businesses leverage building business relationships so their client list is always full?Premium brand positioning works on exclusivity rather than reach, and the private banking model that proves it.Why should you be doubling down on relationship marketing instead of trying to replace it with systems and AI?The brand building strategies the smartest businesses are already moving on to. Connect with Rachel:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│WebsiteThe Debrief Telegram group: https://rachelpearson.kartra.com/page/debrief Related episodes:Summer Prediction Series Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

Taylor Swift is about to make a fortune from her wedding without selling a single photo, and she does it by running her life like a premium brand. I don't call myself a Swiftie, but I've studied her as a businesswoman for years, and I think she's one of the sharpest marketers alive. This is part 3 of my summer predictions series, and today I'm diving into Taylor Swift's business strategy and how you'd use the same premium positioning that keeps her untouchable to build your own personal brand. Your story is your greatest asset, the one thing that's completely and utterly unique to you. Come and hear how to make it work like Taylor's does. Topics covered on Build a Premium Brand:Your lived experience is the one asset AI can never replicate, no matter how well you train itTaylor Swift's business strategy: how she turns a private wedding into a fortune without ever appearing to sell itWhat luxury houses like Loro Piana and Patek Philippe know about premium positioning that most of us ignoreRunning your career like a premium brand means withholding far more than you shareHow to stop treating your story as content and start treating it as a premium brand asset Connect with Rachel:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│WebsiteThe Debrief Telegram group: https://rachelpearson.kartra.com/page/debrief Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

When I talk about scaling intellectual property, it freaks out a lot of people. They feel like they've got nothing big or bold enough for anyone to care about. But you do, and you can do it without burying it in a cheap £47 course. Today I'm sharing real stories from 3 women sitting on an offer they couldn't see: A founder who has sold 3 businesses, a membership owner rethinking how she grows, and an old friend who has no idea she's sitting on a sellable skill. Along the way, premium positioning, licensing, and scaling a business through your thinking rather than your hours. The point isn't getting your thinking to more people. It's the structure that lets your thinking compound in value instead of sitting in your notes as a half formed idea you never act on. If that's you, come and hear why it could be your next offer. Topics covered on Scaling Your Intellectual Property:Why a cheap course won't scale your intellectual property and signals to buyers that your thinking is just readily available.The founder who sold 3 businesses, and how she's licensing her thinking instead of selling one course.The membership owner sitting on a model she could franchise, without chaining herself to more hours.My physiotherapist friend who swears she knows nothing, when she's actually sitting on knowledge people would happily pay for. Resources mentioned:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│WebsiteThe Debrief Telegram group: https://rachelpearson.kartra.com/page/debriefShe Sets The Standard: London, Friday 13th November 202623. How to Build a Personal Brand in the AI Era | Summer Prediction Series Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

I saw a job description on LinkedIn paying up to 10K a month and it confirmed my predictions about building a personal brand this year. It read like a media company hire, not a marketing role, and it named exactly where premium businesses are heading in the next 6-12 months. Welcome to my first episode of summer series predictions for 2027, where I am talking about the shift into media company model, how to use AI in business to handle the content strategy and the repetitive work without losing your originality, and what premium clients really need to feel before they invest. Tune in to hear where I see premium business going next. Topics covered on Building Personal Brand:Why building a personal brand now means thinking like a media company, even if your business is just you.The LinkedIn job description that signals about where premium business is heading.How AI is taking over content creation and repurposing, and what makes you irreplaceable once it does.Why premium clients buy on compounding evidence rather than more volume, and what that means for your premium positioning.Getting discerning about which platforms and rooms are right for you to be publishing in. Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│Website She Sets The Standard: London, Friday 13th November 2026 The Debrief Telegram group: https://rachelpearson.kartra.com/page/debrief Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

Do you want to know how to build a network that sends you premium clients, press and opportunities you never applied for? I'm an introvert who was painfully shy at school, and I still built a strong network that turned into collaborations across the US and Europe. In today's episode, I'm sharing why building business relationships begins with being generous and expecting nothing back (despite the online space teaching us otherwise) and how to build trust in business, especially when the value of what you're selling is high. I'm also naming what most people get wrong about networking for entrepreneurs, because networking doesn't always have to be transactional. This episode is the reframe that will change it for you. Topics covered on How To Build A Network:Why generosity needs to come first when building business relationships.How is trust built in luxury sales like diamonds?How to position yourself to be remembered every time you walk into a room?An event in Dubai where one woman closed multi six figures in just 2 days. Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│Website The Debrief Telegram group: https://rachelpearson.kartra.com/page/debrief Resources mentioned: She Sets The Standard: London, Friday 13th November 2026 Related episodes: 21. I Sold 25% of My Event Before Announcing a Single Speaker | Designing Brand Experience Events Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard

A quarter of the tickets to my event, She Sets The Standard, sold before I named the venue, the speakers, or a single detail. That is what becomes possible when you are known for brand experience events, not just good events. Everyone tells you the content has to be strong, and it does. But there are so many events to choose from now that strong content alone is not what makes someone walk out and tell a friend they have to be in that room with you. Today I'm sharing how I design brand experiences that attract premium clients and how to build a brand world people want to be drawn into. So if your events land well but still feel like they could be anyone's, this is how you make them unmistakably yours. Topics covered on Brand Experience Events:How I sold a quarter of the tickets for my event before announcing the venue, the speakers or a single detailDesigning brand experiences people recognise as yours before they ever see your logoWhy high end brand experiences do not have to mean stuffy (dry ice, pipettes and chocolate fossils)Real examples of brand experience events I've created, from retreats to a one day business eventBuilding brand experience events that attract premium clients and could only be yours Connect with Rachel:Come say hi on Instagram│LinkedIn│Website The Debrief Telegram group: https://rachelpearson.kartra.com/page/debrief Resources mentioned in this episode:She Sets The Standard: London, Friday 13th November 2026 Mentioned in this episode: She Sets The Standard The room where women who are already extraordinary stop pretending you're available for anything less. Friday 13th November 2026 | Central London She Sets The Standard