Ep. 422 • Your Business Does NOT Care How You Feel w/ Stephen Gomez
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
- The Importance of Live Events and Education
- Steve's Journey to Becoming a Coach
- Mindset and Accountability
- The Importance of Client Retention
- Understanding Rebooking Rates
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Leveraging Technology for Growth
- Transitioning to Software Platforms
- The Role of Marketing in Client Acquisition
- Financial Fitness and Business Management
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| 0:00.0 | Your business doesn't care how you feel everybody. |
| 0:03.9 | It doesn't. |
| 0:05.0 | Your business needs you to pivot always. |
| 0:08.7 | Hi, we're Dreamgirl. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Nikki Wildflower. |
| 0:11.7 | Hey, I'm Kendall Dorsey. |
| 0:12.8 | My name is Hunterdonia, and you're listening to The Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:20.7 | Howdy Hair gamers, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast. |
| 0:25.1 | Our new location, Salon Republic in Philadelphia, in the Center City location on South 12th Street, |
| 0:31.9 | is coming along. We're doing in-person tours now. So if you're in the Philly area and looking for a new hair home, come |
| 0:38.1 | check us out. Book a tour by going to Salonrepublic.com and click locations. You can find |
| 0:44.5 | that Philadelphia locations and book a tour there. Or you can get there from our link in bio on |
| 0:50.0 | the Hair Game podcast. You can get to the website there. All right, on to our episode with Stephen Gomez. |
| 0:56.9 | How's it going, Steve? How are you? |
| 0:58.8 | I'm doing great. I just got off a plane yesterday from San Antonio. |
| 1:02.1 | I spoke at the premiere show, had two really great sessions, |
| 1:05.9 | and you know what's neat about live events. |
| 1:09.9 | As much as our industry has moved predominantly towards what we're doing right now. |
| 1:14.8 | And there's so much online content, it's just still great to get out live and be with people and meet people from all over the place. |
| 1:22.2 | I had people obviously from Texas, but we had people from Tennessee, from out here in California, where I live, |
| 1:29.4 | from Boston, from Maryland. We have people from all over the place. And people are hungry for |
| 1:34.4 | education and they're really looking to grow. And it's always great to connect with people that |
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