Why Barbers Quit: Part 3How NAOB Can Help Keep You In Love With & Inspired By Barbering If you’ve read out past two blog posts on this subject, you probably already get the gist of what we’ve been trying to say. If not, our Why Barbers Give Up in the First 3 Years Series has …
The Need-to-Know Tips for Self-Care In a Stressful Industry Let’s face it. No matter how much you love your barbering career, it’s pretty dang demanding.Even if you do go home every night after work singing the praises of your clients, your job, and your passion, the reality is, you’re still coming home exhausted, sore, and probably …
Stay TrendingBe The Most In-Demand Barber In The Game As a super savvy artist in the modern-barbering industry, you probably already know a few things to be wonderfully true about your career—it’s exceptionally cool, wildly creative, and very, very susceptible to trends.Now, we’re going to tell you something that you’ve probably already figured out (and …
It’s Not Just a JobIt’s a Lifestyle It’s the moment when you come home after a long day of work and realize it’s the first time you sat down since you left this morning. It’s the moment you pick hair out of your food at a restaurant absentmindedly and dive right into your dish. It’s …
Barber Shop Spotify PlaylistsYou AND Your Clients Will Love Listening To Music—it’s entertaining, healing, and calming. But did you know that it can help boost your business? That’s right, music especially if it’s a finely curated playlist) can help your barber business in the long run.According to a psychological study done in 2013, people use …
The Million Dollar Barber Tool You Need…In and Out of the Barber Shop As barbers we’re always on the lookout for the latest and greatest of everything- tools, clippers, products, you name it.We feel like kids in a candy store when shopping for new tools and products for the barber shop to up our game. …
Meet the Crème de la Crème of the Barber Industry. Barbers that are making their passion, their paycheck.Everyone needs a mentor and if not a mentor, at the very least an inspiration. That’s why we’re here.Thanks in large part to social media, so many barbers are being recognized for their skills behind the clippers earlier …
How to Handle Getting Fired (or Given a 30-Day Eviction Notice) from the Barber ShopLike the Professional You Are Listen closely, because we’re not here to sugar coat anything—getting fired sucks.We said it, we mean it. It’s never fun, it makes you deal with all kinds of emotions, it can shake your confidence, and can put …
Be Better Than The Rest What Not to Do After Barber School You’ve just entered the barbering world—life is grand, you’re ready to work, and you’re ready for all of your dreams to come to fruition. It’s time to be the world’s best barber.Except, it’s not working out the way you’d planned. You’re not getting the …
Benefits of Staying in the Barber Industry In the first part of this series, we introduced something that might have shocked you—a lot of barbers give up barbering within the first three years of their career.Despite the fact that the barbering industry continues to boom, the fact that the entire industry is being revitalized, and …