An Artists Path to Geater Success

I often remark that a bad hair day is that it is not so much about our vanity as it is our self esteem.

Every day a client will come in, sit with you and leave a while later sporting a great new look. This is one of the reasons I love my job, love to make people look and feel great!  The transformation of our appearance is often a visual marker for how we are feeling.

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So how do we we tap into this creative side of ourselves to deliver that every day to our clients? What is it that continues to ignite our passion and fuel our drive?  How do you keep up with the always evolving technical trends? What are you doing to keep those juices flowing and making it fun and fresh and exciting again and again?

Here are some ideas I have used  to ignite the creativity and build clientele and expertise:

-  Meet with your staff individually and assess with them what they need support with technically.
-  Offer continuing technical education. Keep in mind that you can pair up staff to learn skill from each other, and your new experts can cross train others.
- Look online and see what is out there. YouTube. Blogs. The website for your favorite product line.  Beauty message boards.  They are all so easily accessible.  This can be a beneficial way to encourage your staff to research independently during the downtime between clients.
- Put regular "training" into the schedule and stay committed to filling that valuable time.  Make this available to all levels of experience.
- Your Distributor/Manufacturers always have new information to share.  Make it an expectation that they always show and tell you something about your retail or products when they visit.  You might be pleasantly surprised how much they can boost your little business!

"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere..."