Advice for Barbers | Growing Your Barber Shop Clients

[@infamouslola21]

Here’s why I love this: First of all I feel like I’m getting advice from a friend... Second, I just got a peak into what to expect working at my first shop especially being woman in the industry...your narrative is soo important... I know your experience is unique to you but if there’s one thing I took from this it’s “ be so good they can’t ignore you” 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I’m running out of ways to say “ thank you for sharing this” but as barber student your insight/ journey is soo important to me. So thank you for this!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@Staygold31]

Omg thank you so much for this message. It means a lot to me!! To know how it’s being delivered and absorbed to others effectively is crucial for me. I get the same feeling when i read books. Some is hard to digest and others feel like I’m talking to someone and those i tend to finish faster. Thank you for ur insight ! It helps me direct a lot of ideas ! 🤩🖤

[@qwil247]

I think this has been one of the realest straight to the point videos on building clientele and I have seen many. Thank you for sharing

[@Staygold31]

That’s massive !! 😯💈💪🏼 I appreciate that feedback!

[@ifadedenver2417]

Guys we all look at ladies like they don’t know what they’re talking about. ( don’t deny it we all do most of the time ) but this lady right here is spitting facts 💯 and dropping 💎 some real good knowledge 📚 thanks for the videos and making it feel like we’re sitting w one of our homies gettin real advice! ✌🏼

[@Staygold31]

You are so welcomed!! Sharing helps us all learn about these things and how we can continue to support one another.

[@Geoffrey_Roberts]

Great advice 🤍 it’s great hearing your story and love how you speak so concise!

[@Staygold31]

thank you boo! i love having your support !! :D ur the best!

[@kandake40]

Glad I found your channel.....I’m a 16 year cosmetologist and I do have a clientele, however I start barber college this Wednesday because I really wanna focus more on men’s grooming. I’m ready for a shift in the industry.... I only have a few male clients that I’ve been cutting for years and I’m finally ready to expand. It’s refreshing to find some lady barbers 💈 here on KZbin....you are appreciated.

[@Staygold31]

That was very nice of you to say! thank you and welcome!

[@hegittdeguttz2581]

BEST THING I CAN TELL ANY UP N COMING BARBER

[@bubbabubz23]

Just the content I needed to see today! Thank Sofie! You definitely have a new subscriber, keep killing it 🫡!

[@Staygold31]

glad to hear that! Welcome 🥳

[@flametacoxtime]

I love this channel. The advice is .. Like such a true homie vibe, things to relate too! Love it

[@Staygold31]

I appreciate that so much! Thank you !!

[@Zaythebiggest]

Needed this right now 💯

[@InstantClassicPro]

great insight !!! love your vibe and perspective

[@elijahray9792]

Another Banger Sofie. I’ve seen it first hand where clients ask for male barbers not knowing the experience or skill level of a female barber. But on the flip note.. female barbers are bigger and badder then ever. I tell my female barber friends all the time. Thank you for sharing your journey. Oh maybe you can make a video on how you hold your babyliss clippers when cutting. Hand position and stroke. Nobody really breaks that down.

[@Staygold31]

Thank you so much! Its true, whether you are a guy or a girl, the opportunities are the same. You just gotta want it bad and work ur assss off. Thats a fantastic idea actually. I'll add that to my list :D

[@silvanapopa]

This does help. Seeing a fellow female barber make it makes me a lot more hopeful about my job. Thank you!

[@Staygold31]

Whether its me or a dude...the opportunities are always endless! Wish you the best !

[@y.armstrong]

Super informative! Thanks for this video!

[@Staygold31]

Great! im glad! thank you for watching!

[@navuhfadez3229]

My first video, and I’m hooked. Definitely needed this to start off the day 💯🔥

[@Staygold31]

Thanks for watching !

[@Meanredmachine8]

I can relate to what you said about people not wanting you to cut them based on looks. Late 90’s early 2000’s I was the only white guy that worked in an all black shop. Only white guy that I ever knew of that cut everybody hair. It definitely worked in my advantage as far as marketability once I proved myself. 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@Staygold31]

Exactly!! It just took some time. All worth it.💪🏼

[@Insidetheparlor]

Yeah Sofie! Super good advice, love the delivery, great video!

[@MaryBethArnold]

Solid advice! Thank you! I currently have mostly female clients but LOVE LOVE LOVE my clipper cuts that come in! Male or female, anytime I can get out my clippers is going to be a good day.

[@Staygold31]

Love that. Yes its so fun honestly. Even when i was in beauty school, i naturally drifted towards short hair and all my classmates always sent them over to me :)

[@MaryBethArnold]

Sofie StayGold Yes! It just makes so much more sense to me. 💕

[@theemaryangelo]

This video is so helpful. I’ve been a fan of yours for years and you inspired me to become a barber. It’s reassuring to hear advice and how you started in the same place I’m in from someone with great success and a large clientele. Keep doing your thing and putting out content 💓💈

[@Staygold31]

Glad to hear it! thank you so much !

[@growcut9]

This helps very much Sofie! Thank you for the advice.. I been a barber and been cutting for 3 yrs. Im excited to see what i can become. You rock!

[@Staygold31]

Great perspective!! It only gets better with time and more knowledge you soak in and apply to yourself!

[@richardhavran4981]

Howdy ma'am ... Just kidding:))btw you melted my heart with the wolverine Babyliss. Really great story ... I've been through those things ... I even taught barbering..but I'm struggling with the clients... Hope you read this 🤗

[@maxofalltrades8989]

Hey Sofie! Thanks for taking the time to do these videos for us newbies that are starting this new part of their lives. Your advice has helped me to build the courage to finally change careers to do something I love, and I just started taking barber classes so I can get my license. A huge hug and much love from Portugal, thanks for everything

[@elithebarberstudio]

I totally agree I've been getting a lot of clients from social media and Google page but nothing from Yelp

[@Staygold31]

Yup!!

[@anthonyvaldez6239]

U a trend setter haha. That’s cool very smart woman 💯💪🏽

[@davidchavez6385]

Thank you!! 😊

[@jeffsipes2140]

Great video. Love Sofie.

[@bosoxfan1]

This video is amazing!! A lot of great information here! My question to you is how would you adjust or change any of this information because of the Covid Pandemic and how that has short of changed the dynamic of booking and starting new. I have a barbershop position offered full time when I’m finished school in a month. I took my government money and invested into myself bought some babyliss custom fx clippers and some skeleton fx and babyliss pro foil shavers. What would you recommend with first steps getting clients and continuing education? I’ll be commuting from the suburbs to Philadelphia for a few months until I move and these are some factors im wondering about finding my clientele when I first start.

[@yeetforeever6051]

I’m 37 years old cosmetology’s for 18 years and still working for some I feel like I’m doing something wrong with my career I start to fallowing you and I gat ir i need to do the new things like social media I feel to old for that but i need be better if I want to survive lol

[@Staygold31]

you got on the hamster wheel lol its ok it happens to everyone at one time or another, BUT evolve or repeat. You already know what you need to do, just do the work you're trying to avoid...the gems are in there. 🥳

[@yeetforeever6051]

@@Staygold31 thanks Sofi I appreciate your help God bless you We love you 💕

[@shawn.curry.barber]

So much this.

[@Staygold31]

thanks for watching :)

[@hair_sculpterramos9082]

Hi Sofie so how did you get to add the pictures on google and yelp for the shop you were working at? Did the shop owner give you access to the pages? Or did you create your own?

[@Phifedini]

Not barber related but loving rhe content 🙏🏾 Gotta know where you copped the glasses G ?!?

[@Staygold31]

Thank you so much!! Gentle Monster!

[@greenjellybeanXD]

Hi Sofie I know this is an old video but maybe youll see this comment since it looks like you respond to people. Ive been a licensed cosmetologist for 4 years now and I mainly do mens haircuts but at a chain salon and I really want to branch out to a barber shop now that im much more confident in myself and in my haircuts but im worried that they might not hire me because I dont have the barbering license. I know I can legally work at one with my current license but would you recommend I get the barbers license or have you seen cosmetologist at barber shops be successful even without using the straight razor? I guess Im just curious to see if I should invest my money into my local barber school crossover program or not

[@baleDELgavilan713]

You = my favorite yt barber

[@Staygold31]

Thank you🙏🏽❤️

[@riminicrockett1349]

Do you prefer cutting in a barber shop or by yourself on a shoot or studio?

[@Staygold31]

Because of the situation I'm in, I rather cut alone. It fits better for my schedule :D

[@j.v.c6465]

Thumbs up!!!

[@riminicrockett1349]

Do you tell the client in your chair your social network name? As you are talking to them?

[@Staygold31]

I won't take walk ins anymore, mainly appt now so if they do book, they usually already know me from instagram. When I was dealing with new clients, its not information I try to throw to people as if they need to know what my stats are. I treat them all the same in my chair :)

[@avatarpatal410]

i am not a barber having said that i am a artist on a different level and based on personal experience just because your good does not mean that everybody is going to like you no matter how confident or friendly you are and part of your negative experience with some of your customers could have been based on that so dont be so quick to blame yourself for everything !!

[@texakingxmc]

In Houston Southeast Houston I went to Barber school with a girl named shorty and I would get my haircut by her over anybody else because she had soft hands and it was nice and she could cut good hair I will take a female Barber over a male any day but that's just me I'm been a barber for all my life

[@hegittdeguttz2581]

i did AND WENT THRU ALL U SAID.. JUS ADVERTISING WIT ME SUCKS.. I RATHER PAY FOR SOMEONE WHO "ADVERTISES"

[@hegittdeguttz2581]

GET BETTER AND PAY FOR ADVERTISING