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Ep. 231 • The Switch to Hourly Pricing (and His Client's Reactions) w/ Wes Palmer Feb 07, 2022

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Hair artist and B3 ambassador Wesley Palmer @wesdoeshair had a lot of ups and downs in 2021 and is starting 2022 with new habits, new goals, and new focus. One of these changes was switching to hourly pricing. We discuss why he made the switch and his strategies for handling his clients during this transition.

This Week's Topics:

• 2021 Ups and Downs: Finding Extensions

• Creating popular content & getting back behind the chair

• His pricing strategy: moving to hourly pricing and handling his clients

• Getting into men's hair replacement

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Ep. 230 • 4 Easy Ways to Be More Productive Right Now w/ @lifeisorganized Jan 31, 2022

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Organizing your TIME is more important than organizing your stuff.

As a productivity coach, speaker, and founder of Life Is Organized, Mridu Parikh has taught thousands of women simple ways to wake up with a plan… take control of their distractions… and drop overwhelm with ease. She shares her simple tips for being more productive instantly, as well as implementing techniques into your day-to-day routine.

This week's topics:

• How she pivoted her home organizing business to time organization

• Focusing her clients' goals and visions

• 4 easy ways to increase productivity

• Implementing these practices into your work week

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Ep. 229 • Client vs. Hairdresser: Who's The Boss? w/ Sharon Spellman Jan 24, 2022

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Sharon Spellman @sharon.simplyinsane continues sharing her journey to becoming an indie stylist. We discuss numerous meaty topics such as client expectations, setting boundaries, and knowing your worth.

This week's topics:

• Quitting position for influencer and striking out on her own from her boyfriend's spare bedroom

• Moving to salon atmosphere and leveling up her content

• Her approach to client expectations & authority

• Her experience with a racist and combative client

• Setting boundaries and knowing your worth as a stylist

• Where she is spending her time online and behind the chair

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Ep. 228 • Not Everyone Should Be Your Client w/ Sharon Spellman Jan 17, 2022

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Stylist and brand ambassador Sharon Spellman @sharon.simplyinsane dealt with being bullied throughout school. She shares how this has affected her approach to being an indie stylist and standing up for herself and others. She also shares her horrible experience with assisting and what she decided to do to move on.

This week's topics:

• Why not everyone should be your client

• Losing her father in high school and growing up bullied

• Getting kicked out of cosmo school; reality check

• Graduating cosmo school and assisting for an influencer

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Ep. 227 • Using a Hair Model to Get The Clientele You Want w/ Meg Schipani Jan 10, 2022

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We continue with @shmeggsandbaconn this week and get into the topic of hair models and your clientele. Are you using models effectively for content and attracting the clients you want? We also cover her position as Visual Editor for BTC and the current state of social media.

This week's Topics:

• The importance of models for improving your IG

• Being BTC's visual editor; what's involved

• her life philosophies that have helped her success

• Hiding likes on IG to take off the pressure

• The shift of IG and TikTok

• An experience with a client that forever changed her approach BTC

• writing a book and what her life experience has shown her

• what she would change about the industry

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Ep. 226 • Keeping Your Creative Outlet Alive w/ Meg Schipani Jan 03, 2022

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Hairstylist and BTC Visual Editor @shmeggsandbaconn realized she needed to change salons to pursue more creative hair opportunities. In part 1, she shares her path to hair and the move to LA, as well as the flexibility you need to have to reach your goals and keep being creative.

This Week's Topics:

• Finding hair working front desk at a salon

• Learning through assisting and gaining experience through assistant in training

• Winning one-shot and changing salons to pursue more creative color

• Moving to LA to help BTC with creative content

• How COVID shut down her creative outlet

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Ep. 225 • A Look Back at 2021 (And a Look Forward) w/ Eric Dec 27, 2021

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This week, Eric reviews the year 2021 in our industry and offers his predictions and goals for 2022!

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Thanks to all of you who continue to listen to The Hair Game and share us with your hair loves. We appreciate all the love and support, and hope to keep you educated and entertained throughout 2022.

- Eric & Donovan

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Ep. 224 • Turning Restlessness Into Success w/ Robbi Rogers Dec 20, 2021

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Two-time Emmy winning stylist and multiple Guild Award winner Robbi Rogers @robbirogers1 has always looked for that 'next level'. She shares how she used that constant feeling of wanting more throughout her career to achieve amazing things.

This week's topics:

• Getting into hair at a young age; forging her mom's signature to get into a hair program

• Winning the student competition at ISSE and joining a salon to assist and be mentored

• Moving to a celebrity salon and becoming fascinated with Hollywood/Celebrity styling

• Getting connected with Vivica A. Fox and touring with her

• Advice for new hairstylists – the things successful stylists are doing

• Starting her own wig & product line: how do you do it?

• People inspiring her in the industry

• Her Hair Horror Story

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Ep. 223 • The Top 3 Problems Facing Salon Businesses Right Now w/ David & Nicole Barnett Dec 13, 2021

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Salon Business Consultants David & Nicole Barnett @highperformancestylist went from hairstylists to salon owners, and have learned a ton along the way. They have taken their knowledge of salon business building and focused on helping other salon owners achieve more success.

This Week's Topics:

• Getting into the salon business

• Selling their salon and moving back to England for family

• Developing the different facets of their education

• Top 3 Problems facing salon businesses right now

- Recruiting & Retention: How do I find (and keep) quality people around me?

- Finances: Where is the money going?

- Standing Out: How can I make my salon unique from all the others?

• Not working Saturdays: changing the business model

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Ep. 222 • Why It's More Important Than Ever to Work Smarter w/ Jill Buck Dec 06, 2021

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LA Hairstylist Jill Buck @jill901 found her way to hair from a small town in Oregon. She shares her story of building the clientele she wanted in a trend-driven city like Los Angeles, and what has changed with her work approach since quarantine.

This week's topics:

• Building her clientele and business in the culture of LA

• What quarantine taught her – slowing down and working smarter

• Things you can do now for a client now you couldn't before

• Beauty coach TV - online education

• Difficult convos with clients

• What to change about the industry: judgement

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