When it comes to the service, clear and open communication is key. It’s the only way to make sure your work aligns with the client’s expectations. This all begins with your consultation. It’s one of the most important aspects of the appointment… and we’ve compiled the best strategies, tips, and techniques to help you nail it!

SHOW NOTES:

Ep. 120 – Street Interviews #4 – Client experience w/ consults

Ep. 112 – @andrewdoeshair & @ryancullenhair Q and A

Ep. 54 – Antony Whitaker @growmysalonbusiness

Ep. 121 + 122 – Jessica Warburton @hairhunter

Ep. 162 – Adrienne Dara @adriennedara

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We continue our discussion with Oligopro Artist, Modern Salon Top 100 & American Influencer Awards nominee Ashlee Allen on effective social media strategies. Check out Ep. 175 if you missed part 1!

Oligopro Artist, Modern Salon Top 100 & American Influencer Awards nominee Ashlee Allen joins us to discuss what has been most important in gaining success in her career. We also build an Instagram post from the ground up to learn how to create the most effective post possible.

Our candid discussion with Sarai Speer continues, plus we get into some important topics regarding your business and how to adapt in our new reality.

This is part 1 of an incredibly inspirational and candid conversation with Sarai Speer. 

Artist, educator, and Artistic Director Sarai dealt with addiction through most of her adult life until one important person stepped in and kept her from losing everything, including her life. She shares her amazing journey with us.

Do you struggle with the love of doing hair…but not earning enough to make a living? You’re not alone.⁠ ⁠ After repeatedly being in and out of the industry, Johnee Livingston gave himself ONE year of being fully committed to hair to see where it could take him. ⁠ ⁠⁠

We continue the discussion with Keya Neal about George Floyd and how this led her to get brands involved in the racial equality movement. Also, she explains why adaptation is a key ingredient in continued success.

Can we look at hair as a fabric, not a race?

This week is part 1 of a beautiful conversation with Keya Neal  – industry activist, educator, and visionary for @thekolourkulture & @texturevsrace

We discuss her path towards a multi-cultural salon, and how her experience helps her education: breaking past the fear of working on someone who looks different than you.

This week’s Topics:  

• Dropping out of college and finding beauty school  
• Learning the need to sacrifice time, energy, money to succeed  
• Running a salon for 10 years and building her brand, then closing it and moving to another state for a relationship 
• Getting back into hair after motherhood; choosing a multi-cultural salon to expand her experience and techniques 
• Her journey towards being an educator; developing her curriculum 
• Texture vs Race: educating how to break past the fear of working on someone who looks different than you

One lucky person who DMs @thehairgamepodcast on Instagram this week will win a BaBylissPRO Hair Dryer! Listen to the beginning of this week’s episode to find out what to DM us. The winner will be chosen this Friday, Dec. 11th.

Do you take every client possible? You shouldn’t.

Our second part with @lugarciareynoso gets into the specifics of focusing your clientele to level up your business. We also discuss the underground hairdressing being done since Covid and why prices in the industry are wildly different.

Show Notes:  

• Getting involved in political activism during the shutdown 
• The lack of support from large industry businesses during shutdown 
• The underground hair movement continuing after re-opening: re-establishing professionalism 
• Why prices in the barbering industry are wildly different 
• Focusing on who you want your client to be 
• @modownbarberexhibit trade show & meetups
• Her Hair Horror Story 

One lucky person who DMs @thehairgamepodcast on Instagram this week will win a Bose Solo 5 Soundbar! Listen to the beginning of this episode to find out what to DM us. The winner will be chosen this Friday, Dec. 4th.

When @barbersocietyla & @modownbarberexhibit founder Lu got her haircut from shoulder-length hair to a skin fade, it turned her life upside down. She shares her journey toward her authentic self and how she chose to keep living. 

SHOW NOTES:

• Her experience in barber shops shaping her journey to hair

• How getting a haircut showed her the power of hair and freed her to explore her true self

• Growing up and experiencing discipline and work ethic

• Contemplating suicide and choosing life

• Starting Barber Society  

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