Ep. 246 • How I Finally Stopped Being "The Discounted Hairdresser" w/ Missy Megginson
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.9 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Hairstylist business educator and salon owner Missy Megginson @soyoureahairstylist burnt out and took a year off from hair.... only to come back and do it again and nearly quit altogether. She explains what being underpriced does to your mental health and state of mind, as well at the top mistakes hairdressers are making with their business.
This Week's Topics:
• The decision to go indie right after apprenticeship
• Getting burnt out and taking a year off after moving to Florida
• Getting back into suite rental and underpricing again
• Finally raising her prices
• Starting "So You're a Hairstylist"
• Top 3 mistakes hairdressers are making with their business
Find Missy's business building education here:
https://soyoureahairstylist.com/
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| 0:00.0 | She's back. |
| 0:00.9 | Why did we do this again? |
| 0:03.9 | The discounted hairdresser is back. |
| 0:06.1 | The clients are piling on because they realize what a steel it is. |
| 0:14.2 | Hi, this is Naima LaFond. |
| 0:16.1 | It's Alfredo Lewis. |
| 0:16.9 | This is Amanda Liberger. |
| 0:18.1 | This is Victor Valverdi. |
| 0:19.4 | It's Robert Kromyens here. |
| 0:20.4 | Thank you for listening to the Hair Game podcast. |
| 0:25.6 | Hey, listener, I'm Eric Taylor. We're doing something new here on the pod every week. We're going to have a regular full episode, the ones that you're used to hearing every Monday. Plus, we're going to have a shortened highlights episode if you're low on time or just want to get the highlights. So check |
| 0:42.8 | that out. Both episodes will be released at the same time every Monday. Next month's |
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| 0:57.5 | potter loot, you write us a review on the Apple podcast app and include your name. More details at the |
| 1:04.2 | end of the show. Now to my conversation with Missy Meginson. Hi, Missy. How are you? Hi, I'm good. How are you? I'm doing great. It's very nice to meet you. |
| 1:15.3 | So Missy and I were just talking about how you're in Florida and I'm in California and sometimes |
| 1:20.5 | I'm jealous because California has not been the best place to be for the last two years. |
| 1:26.4 | Yeah, and Florida has been its own little, you know, I feel like we've taken a little bit of |
| 1:31.7 | hate for the Florida vibe, but we've been so happy living here. |
| 1:36.4 | And, you know, I'm originally from Virginia, but I can't imagine living anywhere else now. |
| 1:41.5 | So we love it. |
| 1:42.6 | I have to remind myself that during the summers, |
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