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5 Tips to Creating Your Stylist Business Website
I’ve always taken pride in letting future clients easily learn about me as a Stylist, Salon owner or any other business adventure I may get involved in. In the beginning of my career letting future clients in on my business adventures was a tad more difficult than just posting on my...
Why You Should Upgrade Your Marketing Skills!
First congratulations on continuing to upgrade your technical skills set. Learning or improving on your skills will always put you in a stronger more competitive place to address the needs of yourclients that reach your chair. Clients reaching your chair is the question most all professionals ask...
It’s My Job to Know
Knowing the Best Professionals My daughter, who is 18, loves her dearly, sometimes forgets that the one of the qualifications of a true professional, and that would be…
W2 or Self-employed
Want some advice? Aren’t you excited to have graduated from cosmetology school, pass your state boards and have your license to get that perfect job in…
No Care Hair, You’ve Got to be Joking.
What’s Going on with this Hair? Do you ever just want to roll out of bed and have your hair look stunning? Well, better sleep…
Who, Works Like This?
3 Reasons Why you Decorate. I’m just going to shoot you strait about this one. Salons, work stations or any other service area that looks…
Keeping Your Client!
Adding Value to your Services I asked Preston, my son the stylist, had he ever heard these statements from his clients before? So, I made the two…
Let’s Talk Businesses!
The Importance of Earning Money from more than One Business of the Same Industry. In December I will celebrate my **^th birthday, and a thought came to mind…
First Time Client – Online courses for hair styling
Techniques Needed to a Returning Client The initial visit of a new client can oftentimes be nerve-wracking. My advice is to
Only “1” YOU
Branding Yourself and not Your Skills I read this on a google search once and it said exactly what I totally believe. The author to credit for the written piece is…
Let’s Play Hide and Seek
Tired of Hiding I used to believe and live by the notion that if you were good at what you do, people will find you and you will be their stylist it all seemed so simple…
NO, Who Me? That Will Never Work!
Branding Yourself, It has to be You! I remember telling my good friend Claude, that long after I’m gone my legacy will still…
Who Knows?
Where Do You Do Business? In the first part of this Blog, I’m going to talk about your Strengths. I’m not talking about you being able to pick up a small…
How Do I Decide?
My Ideal Formula for Business Donations. As an entrepreneur or small business owner, you will hear this quote over and over “your donations are tax
What’s Holding Me Back? I’ve Got Skills!!
3 of the Reasons Your Client’s aren’t LIFERS! As a young stylist finding my way in this very challenging industry did have its…
I Can’t Remember,
Directives of the Business Course I was at a business class given by one of the Hair Extension companies that I was doing business with. The Speaker/Host…
Wake up and Start Building
Multiple Revenue/Income sources I’ve been a hair stylist for 43 years and never would I have believed the entire Cosmetology industry…
You Can’t Buy Coffee with a Tube of Hair Color
Re-Think your Hair Color Inventory Needs I went to the local Bagel Shop one morning to grab some snacks for the salon and it just so…
It’s H2O2 or is it?
Why does Hydrogen Peroxide seem weaker? It’s only half full. After doing hair color in the salon for many years I got up enough nerve to ask my Hair Chemical…
There’s Money in Your Wheel House
I was sitting outside on the patio of my favorite café having a cup of coffee one morning and the waiter, who had just graduated…