#2024 - Q&A: "I'm opening a hair salon in a new area. How can I build my clientele?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
A hair stylist is leaving her job to start her own salon. Whoo hoo! What are some simple things she (or any service provider) can do to kickstart the client list?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:00.0 | Today's caller on Side Usual School is a hairstylist preparing to leave employment to |
| 0:13.3 | run her own shop. |
| 0:14.9 | Congratulations! |
| 0:15.9 | That is awesome. |
| 0:16.9 | That's what it's all about. |
| 0:17.9 | At least for many of our listeners, what can she do to build her initial clientele? |
| 0:22.8 | Her client roster, her customers that keep coming back. |
| 0:26.0 | That is so important for a service provider, a service business really just kind of thrives |
| 0:31.3 | on recurring revenue. |
| 0:33.0 | If you know people are coming back on a certain time and such, you can still serve new customers, |
| 0:37.2 | you can still serve one-off people who come in for a haircut or some other service in |
| 0:41.5 | this case. |
| 0:42.5 | But you really want, as I said, a clientele. |
| 0:46.2 | So where do these people come from in the first place? |
| 0:48.8 | This magic client list, what are some simple things a service provider can do to kickstart |
| 0:53.6 | that process, especially when, like today's caller, they're going to a new area or starting |
| 0:59.3 | out for the first time. |
| 1:01.0 | Let's see what we can come up with. |
| 1:03.0 | And thanks for tuning in, by the way. |
| 1:04.2 | My name is Chris Gillibow. |
| 1:05.2 | I have a detailed question in my answer after this. |
| 1:08.2 | Want to tell you today about our new sponsor, Lands End Business. |
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