The first of a 2-part series with @adriennedara – Educator, Salon Owner, & Business Coach. This week’s episode theme is resilience: what it means to be truly resilient and how focusing on it will help you become better – at every aspect of your career.

Show Notes:⁠

• The challenge of creating art on a canvas with an opinion; ⁠ beauty school discussion

•Difficult Clients: Resilience, Learning, & Improving yourself

• Communication abilities & Improving her consultation

• Her path to hair and salon ownership

• Discussion on pricing now that single-client service is ⁠ required

• Advice/ideas for finding new clients during this time⁠

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Today’s clients know specifically what they are looking for, and with social media have an easy time searching for hairdressers who specialize. More and more, they will choose an ‘expert’ in that area of hair.⁠ ⁠ In Part 2 with @ryan.weeden we discuss why it is important to show a future client you have the knowledge and skills they are looking for. ⁠ ⁠ Show Notes:⁠

• Following business leaders outside of the hair industry & taking what he learned back to hair⁠

• Creating the opportunity to educate through his own platform: Masters of Balayage⁠

• Discussion of his book: ‘How to make Six Figures in a Salon Suite’ – main takeaways

• Building through Yelp and Google online reviews

• Marketing as a specialist and ‘expert’

• The consultation

• The follow-up post appointment

• Asking for help & growing your business⁠

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Ep. 160 is part 1 of a two-part series with Ryan. He tells you the fascinating and inspiring story of finding his way to hair, leaving it (and losing everything), and how he clawed his way back.

We discuss:⁠

• Finding his way to hair

• Building experience at Supercuts quickly to move to higher end salon

• Sacrificing his career in hair for a relationship

• Going bankrupt & living on his little brother’s couch

• Finding his way back to hair with a purpose⁠

• Building his clientele through soliciting online reviews & growing his business

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What are some easy ways you can save more money? ⁠ Financial Professional @virginianersesyan joined us to give us hairstylists some easy-to-follow tips on creating good money habits and how to get started investing. SHOW NOTES:⁠ ⁠ • Strategies to train yourself to save money⁠ ⁠ • Types of Insurance you need to protect your income⁠ ⁠ • Importance of emergency fund⁠ ⁠ • Developing habits to track where your money goes⁠ ⁠ • Good Debt vs Bad Debt⁠ ⁠ • Setting financial goals to help motivate you to save⁠ ⁠ • Financial literacy centers to educate yourself & financial checkups⁠ ⁠ • Learning about Investments & Taxes ⁠ ⁠ For more info, visit:⁠ www.virginianersesyan.com ⁠ ⁠ ⁠Have you left a review for The Hair Game Podcast yet? This week’s Pod Loot winner is getting Samsung Galaxy earbuds! To enter, just leave a review on the Apple podcasts app or stitcher.com. ⁣⁣Don’t forget to leave your Instagram handle so we can find you!⁠

Part 2 of our discussion w/ @victorval. He gives us helpful advice regarding salon ownership; the startup & day-to-day, as well as handling retail & e-commerce.⁠

SHOW NOTES:

• Starting Kut Haus Claremont – What should it be? Growing his salons by growing people⁠

• The changes in California affecting work status at his salon⁠

• Advice for a stylist wanting to open a storefront salon & team: The pitfalls of ownership⁠

• E-commerce and retail: How he handles it⁠

• What needs to change with hair school training and classes⁠

• His hair horror story

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Who is your dream client? This episode is part one of a 2-part series with stylist and salon owner Victor ValVerde.

This week we discuss the idea of clientele by design and how to build your books with high-paying, repeat clients.

SHOW NOTES:

• How he got into hair; gaining experience at all levels through Supercuts

• The 4 professions you should target when trying to build your clientele

• Referrals: How to use referrals to build your dream books

• Ways to market yourself digitally

• His move away from hairdressing and salon ownership into real estate, and what brought him back 

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Celebrity stylist Kiyah Wright explains how preparation & adaptability are crucial to be able to make the most out of opportunities. We also discuss what aspects are most important for gaining sponsorship and how to expand your revenue streams beyond the chair.⁠ ⁠ SHOW NOTES: ⁠ • Experience working with actors / musicians⁠ ⁠ • Her experience during shutdown: protecting yourself financially⁠ ⁠ • How she got into hair and doing celebrities⁠ ⁠ • How you get ‘good’ – being adaptable & discussion on education⁠ ⁠ • How to stay consistent⁠ ⁠ • How to get sponsorship: stay professional online and work on communication skills⁠ ⁠ • Timing: always ready to take advantage ⁠ ⁠ Have you left a review for The Hair Game Podcast yet? This week’s Pod Loot winner is getting a 18″ LED Ringlight w/ stand! To enter, just leave a review on the Apple podcasts app or stitcher.com. ⁣⁣Don’t forget to leave your Instagram handle so we can find you!⁠

Steve Sleeper, Executive Director of the Professional Beauty Association (@probeautyassoc) gives us a rundown on all aspects of the PBA and how it helps you and your fellow hairdressers. We also included an update from him on what the PBA has been doing during the pandemic to assist us.

For more info or to join, visit https://www.probeauty.org/

SHOW NOTES:

• How he got into the beauty industry

• When & why the PBA started

• What the PBA does: gov’t affairs – deregulation & license requirements

• What the PBA does: gov’t affairs –  taxes, labor, wage issues

• PBA expos and shows: what the PBA does to set them up (pre-covid)

• Trends in the industry: product purchasing & digital presence

• Researching and data: having info available for people

• Membership benefits of the PBA – insurance, advocacy, tools & how much it costs 

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Hairdressers & salon owners Amber O’Hara and Anny VanDriel started www.inevitable-business.org , a resource site with everything you need to make your voice heard and help get CA salons reopened. We also talk about their stances on the second shutdown & operating ‘underground’.

Show Notes:

• Their stances on the current shutdown

• Covid Data as it relates to salon services

• Creating inevitable-business.org and all of its resources

• How making your voice heard helps the cause

• PBA support for the reopening

• Opening in defiance of orders or working underground  

www.inevitable-business.org  

Hashtags to use:

#wearethebeautyindustry 

#opensalonsnow

#saveoursalons

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Robert Cromeans is an industry legend and has seen many trends come and go, but nothing like our current situation. He shares his thoughts on the second shutdown in CA & advice to help you through it. We also get into how to raise your prices and improve your client experience.⁠ ⁠ Show Notes:

• People in dire straits & working together as an industry

• tenant / landlord issues during covid

• adjusting your prices in the new normal

• adjusting work models to the current situation

• Focusing on making your service better

• What a hairdresser can do now to promote reopening of CA salons & do during downtime

• His London hair show & the BLM movt

• His thoughts on the future of hair shows

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