Traditional Barbershop Setting vs Renting a Salon Suite: Which is Right For Your Barbering Career? Working as a barber is an insanely rewarding job—you get to make a difference in peoples’ lives, foster invaluable connections, and hone your skills each and every day in new, exciting ways. Thankfully, there are tons of employment opportunities for barbers in so …
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New Year, New Barber In You
New Year, New Schedule: How to Set Yourself Up for a Healthy 2021 Alright, barbers, put the shears down and step away from the clippers—we’ve got something very important to discuss before we dive any deeper into 2021.It’s certainly no secret that the start of the new year is a mega-busy time for you. And we’re …
How 2020 Challenged The Barber Industry
Looking Back on 2020: How the Barber Industry Was Challenged & Changed Forever Believe it or not, people, 2020 is nearly over—can you believe we made it? Don’t get us wrong, we know barely any of us made it through unscathed, but in a year that felt like a decade, just getting through it is sometimes …
Boost Your Barber Business Post-Pandemic
5 Tips to Boost Your Barber Business Post-PandemicSponored By: PocketSuite There are a few service businesses that can cope easily with restrictions on access and periodic mandated shutdowns, and the haircare industry is no exception. That’s why barbers – and the whole personal care industry – are hurting in 2020. According to McKinsey, after 15 …
Diversifying Your Income Stream as a Barber
Tips for Boosting Your Income in 2021 If 2020 taught us barbers (and honestly, the entire cosmetology industry) anything, it’s that crazy, unexpected things happen without warning—and that we should do our best to be prepared. When the pandemic first hit and our shops, spas, and salons were shut down, for many barbers, their income …
Start Your Barber Shop 2021 Planning Now
Get Ahead Of The New Year, Start Planning For 2021 We’ve all been begging for 2020 to end. The months have felt like they’ve dragged on, the earliest part of the year felt like an actual decade, and as we approach the finish line of the year, the majority of us are probably all shouting …
How Your Barbershop Can Participate in Black Friday
The Black Friday Biz Ideas You Need—Even if You Hate the Holiday Love it or hate it, that infamous holiday we’ve all created—you know the one, with the major deals and discounts, the crazy lines, and the increased chance of getting shoved to the side for the promise of a half-price 75-inch flat-screen—is coming up …
How To Avoid A Burnout
How To: Recognize—And Avoid—the Signs of Barber Burnout Barbering is a sweet gig, but c’mon, let’s be real—it’s not always butterscotch and cold beers in the shop.Sometimes, barbering can be a freakin’ rough career path. You’re always on your feet, you’re always dealing with people, and you’re always in demand. Those on-the-go ingredients sound like the perfect recipe for burnout, ya’ll. Yeah, …
Social Media Strategy For Barbers
Your Guide to a Simple, Effective Social Media Strategy Let’s preface this blog by saying we won’t be diving deep into the heavy-hitting social media stuff that’s—let’s face it—the stuff of our nightmares.If you’re already a social media pro and you don’t need help creating a basic social media plan from scratch, this might not …
Financial Tips For Barbers
A Barber’s Guide to Getting Your Finances Back on Track—And Keeping Them There There’s no denying that this year has been a whirlwind in more ways than one—we won’t even take the time to go fully into it (we’re looking at you, pandemic). But if you, like so many other barbers out there, have felt …