Dec 15, 2016 | Find Hair
Update: Dec, 22nd 2017
Where to get the hair extensions at a good and competitive price?
Many of you do take the time to let me know where they struggle with starting a hair store or running a business. When I receive a response, I commit myself to respond if possible the same day.
This week one of the questions was “Where to get the hair extensions at a good and competitive price?”.
How to know what is a good and competitive price?
This question has two elements:
it’s about the hair extensions, and
the price.
These two are related, because most people do not want bad quality hair extensions and cheap. Even if you want to help clients with smaller wallets, you always look for the hair extensions with the best quality.
To answer the question about the good and competitive price, you need to analyse two places of the market.
First you must talk with your ideal client. This is the client you want to service with your hair and hair products. Only she can tell you what a good price is. Always in relation with the quality of course. Meet your ideal client in the mall, at places where she likes to be, could also be the city, a fitness centre or even the Spa. Tell her you want to bring the best hair on the market for her and she will share all her wishes and ideas. Believe me, people like if somebody is interested in them.
Spy on other hair stores
To know if the price is competitive you need to start to check on the competition. The other hair stores in town or on the internet. It’s not easy to compare hair online, because you do not feel and compare the hair. But you will have an idea about the retail prices of hair, the special offers they have and other conditions. Shipping or Payment, but also the refund or return policy.
From this moment, you have one side of the story. You know what your ideal client likes and what the price should be to be interesting enough for buyers in your market.
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The next step is you should look for the hair extensions suppliers with this hair, the hair extensions your ideal client is looking for both in terms of quality and price.
You can start a search on the internet, or by going to all wholesale suppliers you can visit, or travel abroad. This will take time and money for traveling.
Hair Extensions wholesale suppliers in your inbox
If you want to deal with hair wholesalers that are familiar and trustworthy, you can also get introductions to hair wholesale suppliers. Get their offer in your inbox or let them contact you on WhatsApp or WeChat. If you have the hair I will be more than happy to support you to grow your business.
Or ask me to contact you in the comments under this post!
Dec 14, 2016 | China
Make More Profit, Selling Hair Abroad as Chinese Hair Supplier
中国假发供应商如何卖假发到国外赚取更多的利润
Why Hi Friend kills the deal!
为什么朋友，你好的开头 让交易泡汤？
Every week a store selling hair in the United Kingdom receives at least 10 emails from Chinese Hair Suppliers. All the emails come from people and companies they never heard of before. Most of these mails start with “Hi Friend”! The hair store need another hair supplier and they prefer Chinese Hair. But the reader considers the tone of theses mails as unappropriated. A clear lack of understanding of the western culture. Many perceive to call them your friend at the first contact as unpleasant. You can offer the best hair at the best price, but you will never be able selling hair to somebody you offended.
英国的假发店铺每周至少可以收到10封以上中国假供应商的邮件，所有的邮件来自于陌生的公司和销售人员。大多数邮件以：朋友你好，开头。假发店铺需要假发供应商，并且偏爱中国发。但是读邮件的客户认为这些大量的邮件是不合适的，明显缺乏对西方文化的理解。很多客户觉得第一次联系就叫朋友非常不合体（合适），你可以提供最好的头发和最好的价格给客户，但是你没法卖给你所冒犯的客户
Another true-life story
Sheila, a hair reseller based in Atlanta, needs a high-quality hair supplier. Sheila searches the internet for hair suppliers. She finds a Chinese company, let’s say Beijing Hair with the hair she is looking for. A perfect match, she loves selling hair from this company. She mails the company, to experience the communication skills. And to get more insight in how this new company operates. In return she receives an email written in poor English and not answering her questions at all. The Chinese company is only interested in the lengths and texture of the hair she needs. It is clear they only want her to place the order. They only want selling hair. Nothing that refers to her questions, nothing that shows interest in her position. Now Sheila is disappointed and frustrated. She decides to look for again another supplier and to forget this hair supplier.
另外一个真实故事
Shelia ,来自亚特兰大的假发代理商，需要高质量的头发供应商。Shelia 在网上寻找头发供应商。她找到了一个中国公司，比方说北京假发公司有shelia 要找的假发，她想卖这家的假发。她发邮件到这家公司，想体验业务的交流技巧，并且从交流中能了解这家新的供应商是怎么运作的。反过来她收到的是很蹩脚的书面英文邮件并且完全没有回答她的问题。这家公司只对她要的假发长度和曲度感兴趣，非常明显只想让她下单，并没有站在她的立场上去考虑，此刻sheila 很失望。他决定重新再找另外一家供应商忘掉之前的假发供应商
Two examples you can learn from to do better than the competition and to make more money selling hair.
2个例子让你学到怎么在竞争中做的更好，卖假发赚更多的钱
Price opportunity selling hair abroad 卖假发到国外价格优势
In the United States and Europa women pay 3 to 5 times the wholesale price for a bundle of hair. All they want is to trust the source of the hair before they buy. If you want to get your fair share of the market and to make more profit, all you need to do is to invest in trust. You will see the impact in your higher sales!
美国和欧洲的女士需要付3-5 倍的批发价格买1条假发，在她们购买之前需要对头发的来源信任，如果你想得到公平的假发市场份额和赚更多的利润，你所需要做的就是投资信任。并且你可以看到更多销售的影响。
Selling hair outside China thanks to our experience 多亏了我们的经验卖假发到国外
Over 5 years HowToSellHairExtensions is supporting businesses in the hair industry. We have a free Blog, different Business Plans and Coaching, website design and many more services. Our clients operate in the United States, Europe, Africa and China. We work in a multi-cultural business environment and understand and communicate in many languages. This opens doors to hair resellers and stylists in all continents and many countries.
HowToSellHairExtensions 致力于假发产业5年多，我们有免费的博客，不同的商业计划指导，网站设计和其他的服务。我们的顾客遍布美国，欧洲，非洲，中国。我们处在多文化的商务环境并且能用多种语言交流，这就为各大洲和各个国家的假发中间上和发型师提供了平台
The western style of marketing and website design is to connect with your clients. Share information on website and social media, educate your client. A well-informed client appreciates your services. Now this client is willing to buy from you, because they trust you. They feel you are client focused.
西式的营销和网站设计把你和客户连接起来，在你的网站和社交媒体上去分享信息，指导你的客户，你的客户会非常感谢你的服务。此时这个客户就愿意从你这里购买假发，因为他们信任你，他们感觉到你是以客户为中心
Successful wholesale suppliers increase their profit by investing in a relationship with their clients. Difficult to know what is the interest of your clients in Europe or the United States? We understand the culture and needs of your clients. We support them to start and grow their hair business and to find good quality hair. We write the content your target audience searches on the internet. Write all your sales and marketing communication to enchant your target audience. Do not annoy them. Use Content Marketing to publish content about the content your ideal client is interested in at the time they are interested!
成功的供应商会通过投资建立起和客户的良好互动，很难知道欧美客户对什么感兴趣？ 我们了解客户的文化和需求。我们为他们的业务起步和发展提供支持，并且提供支持帮他们找供应商。我们会写你的目标客户的内容，写销售和营销交流来吸引你的目标客户是，并且不会让他们觉得不舒服或者不合适。利用内容营销来发布你理想的客户感兴趣的帖子来吸引客户
Connect with potential buyers in the stage before they are ready to buy but only need information. Start to build confidence long before the competition even knows about the client. Your potential client will find you and your product offering again when they are ready to buy. Because you have built a good relationship already and you are a trusted supplier. Your sales will be more successful than the competition.
Make more money month after month
Do you want to make more money? Month after month with your client in the centre. Contact me and we can work out a marketing plan to boost your sales.
在你客户准备买的阶段，你需要和你的潜在客户连接起来，他需要信息
在竞争之前，你就已经知道潜在客户，并且建立了信心。你的潜在客户会找到你，并且要求报价在他们买之前。因为你已经建立了良好的关系和潜在客户，你已经是被信任的供应商。你的销量会远远甩开你的同行
你希望数月之后赚更多的利润吗？ 几个月之后以你的客户为中心，赶紧联系我们，我们会为你量身定制营销计划来提高你的销量
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Dec 11, 2016 | Get Help
How to start selling hair and make money
Christmas time is the time to reach out to each other. I receive a lot of emails from people who do not know how to start selling hair and to make money. I never counted them, but in 5 years that’s a lot of mails. I love to reply to these mails, and to offer my support on the comment or email. Or we talk on Skype to discuss market opportunities, how to be different or how to market the hair.
This morning, after Church, I was thinking how I can help you. If you visit my website and read this post, it’s likely you want to know how to start selling hair and to make money.
The key for success in this business is good quality hair at a price that allows you to make enough margin. In other words to earn a good profit as reward for the effort and risk you take. Because it’s Christmas I want to help you with some of the best hair suppliers.
Hair Wholesale Suppliers in exchange for a wish
I have a VIP service, to help you to get in touch with hair wholesale suppliers. For a small amount you get several wholesale suppliers in your inbox.
Till the 26th of December I am going to introduce you to Hair Wholesale Suppliers for free. All I ask you is to share a wish for the world or a specific group of people under this post.
If we all wish each other the best, the world will be a better place and more people will buy hair to look and feel good. So, we will all benefit!
leave a comment under this post!
Dec 8, 2016 | Get Help
“I have passion for hair, but no cash to start selling!”
It pains me, every time when I read this sentence or hear this cry for help. Yeah, I have seen all three parts of the Nollywood bestseller A Cry for Help with Nkiru Silvanus.
It pains me. Not only because I am not Santa Claus. Also because I see enough women who manage to make money without selling hair. You too can make money with your passion for hair! You only need to have passion! And this I can tell by experience most of you have plenty!
The art, because that is what story telling is, is to inspire people. Make the creative part of their brains work. If you know how to tell stories to your kids and they keep on staring at you with their big eyes. If you know how to calm down your ten cousins when they are together breaking down the house. You now how to keep the attention of your audience and to inspire them with your passion for hair.
How does it work?
Out there are many women looking for answers. They all want to look good. They want to buy a wig, or hair extensions for the first time or they want to go natural and need a protective hair style. They have plenty of questions but not all the answers.
And there you come in, you have tons of ideas. You have the passion to find the answer on any question you never heard before.
All you need is to combine this, the questions of your audience and the answers you got.
Start a hair blog
Okay, it would be great if your sugar daddy gave you a off the rack hair store. But still you would not sell anything because you need people who trust you. People who believe in the quality of the hair you sell.
An awesome way to build that trust between you and your audience is to start a hair blog. On the hair blog, or beauty blog you can help people. You will be able to create a community. A community of loyal followers.
Start with a content campaign. Define, based upon the needs of your audience, one or two topics. For example, how to buy hair extensions. The next step is to decide what the single items are that are relevant to discuss about the topic “How to Buy Hair Extensions”.
Suppose you have different items, like buy online, how to test the hair and maintenance. Now you can start to prepare the blog posts for each of these items. The next step is to plan when you want to publish the posts and ready you are!
Make money with your blog
Okay, nice people who follow, but why would you invest all the time and effort in a hair blog. One, because it will give you a network of future clients. Once you are ready to sell hair, you already have a big community of potential buyers. But two, you can monetarize your hair blog. You can start to sell advertisement space. AdSense for example from google, allows you to earn money with your blog.
All you need to do is to sign up for an AdSense account and to activate the advertisements. AdSense will place advertisements based upon the visitor’s needs. So, if you have a hair blog, you will see advertisements about hair on your blog. This is a great method to support your ideal readers even better. Every time when they visit your blog, the can not only read your blog, but they can also find relevant stores. For every click or view you can earn money. You have happy readers of your blog and you can start to save money for your next adventure the hair store.
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Dec 8, 2016 | China
Make More Profit, Selling Hair Abroad
Why Hi Friend kills the deal!
Every week a store selling hair in the United Kingdom receives at least 10 emails from Chinese Hair Suppliers. All the emails come from people and companies they never heard of before. Most of these mails start with “Hi Friend”! The hair store need another hair supplier and they prefer Chinese Hair. But the reader considers the tone of theses mails as unappropriated. A clear lack of understanding of the western culture. Many perceive to call them your friend at the first contact as unpleasant. You can offer the best hair at the best price, but you will never be able selling hair to somebody you offended.
Another true-life story
Sheila, a hair reseller based in Atlanta, needs a high-quality hair supplier. Sheila searches the internet for hair suppliers. She finds a Chines company, let’s say Beijing Hair with the hair she is looking for. A perfect match, she loves selling hair from this company. She mails the company, to experience the communication skills. And to get more insight in how this new company operates. In return she receives an email written in poor English and not answering her questions at all. The Chinese company is only interested in the lengths and texture of the hair she needs. It is clear they only want her to place the order. They only want selling hair. Nothing that refers to her questions, nothing that shows interest in her position. Now Sheila is disappointed and frustrated. She decides to look for again another supplier and to forget this hair supplier.
Two examples you can learn from to do better than the competition and to make more money selling hair.
Price opportunity selling hair abroad
In the United States and Europa women pay in a shop 3 to 5 times the wholesale price for a bundle of hair. All they want is to trust the source of the hair before they buy. If you want to get your fair share of the market and to make more profit, all you need to do is to invest in trust. You will see the impact in your higher sales!
Selling hair outside China thanks to our experience
Over 5 years HowToSellHairExtensions is supporting businesses in the hair industry. We have a free Blog, different Business Plans and Coaching, website design and many more services. Our clients operate in the United States, Europe, Africa and China. We work in a multi-cultural business environment and understand and communicate in many languages. This opens doors to hair resellers and stylists in all continents and many countries.
Western culture
The western style of marketing and website design is to connect with your clients. Share information on website and social media, educate your client. A well-informed client appreciates your services. Now this client is willing to buy from you, because they trust you. They feel you are client focused.
Invest in relationship
Successful wholesale suppliers increase their profit by investing in a relationship with their clients. Difficult to know what is the interest of your clients in Europe or the United States? We understand the culture and needs of your clients. We support them to start and grow their hair business and to find good quality hair. We write the content your target audience searches on the internet. Write all your sales and marketing communication to enchant your target audience. Do not annoy them. Use Content Marketing to publish content about the content your ideal client is interested in at the time they are interested!
Connect with potential buyers in the stage before they are ready to buy but only need information. Start to build confidence long before the competition even knows about the client. Your potential client will find you and your product offering again when they are ready to buy. Because you have built a good relationship already and you are a trusted supplier. Your sales will be more successful than the competition.
Make more money month after month
Do you want to make more money? Month after month with your client in the center. Contact me and we can work out a tailor-made marketing plan to boost your sales.
Dec 7, 2016 | Get Help
What would be your counter offer for a trick to sell more hair? And what if I share 5 tricks with you that work all the time? Tricks that work because they use the behavior and attitude of the human brain. No visitor of your shop or website will be safe!
Let me know in the comments and if there is enough interest for this, I will even double my offer and share with you 10 (!) tips to trick the mind of your ideal client!
Who’s first, … you?
Dec 2, 2016 | Get Help
Why does your hair extensions website drives visitors away?
I still can’t believe why people with so much passion for beauty create hair extensions websites that drives away visitors. You might think a hair extensions seller will cherish every visitor. Even stronger, every hair extensions website owner should invest in loyal visitors.
The last 5 years I have seen over 2,000 hair extensions sites in many different designs. Websites from Bigcartel or Wix, but also own designs. Some websites really outperform, but too bad there are also a big number of websites that under perform. Websites with more potential to attract en keep visitors.
Because a hair extensions website that under performs to attract new visitors or keeping visitors returning, has much in common with other sites. I started to keep a small list. This list you can get as a handy cheat sheet when you design or re design your website.
It’s a free overview for you with my main observations, from rather obvious like the names of the pictures you publish on your site to shop owners who prefer to stay anonymous.
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Nov 27, 2016 | Get Help
How to put a hair extensions business plan together?
Two sisters living in Texas have the idea to work together. They want to put a hair extensions business plan together to start an online business. They are full of ideas and desire to start selling, but how will they start?
I like it when family members join forces and start to sell hair. I mean, sisters, mother and daughter or aunt together with her cousins start to sell hair. Often this creates a good team of people who connect. One party can focus on selling the hair and the other can take care of the logistical part of the business. Or to find hair suppliers.
Earlier this year I had an interview with Damaris and Devinn. This mother and daughter behind The Mint Hair Company could be a source for inspiration.
Manage expectations
To start your hair extensions store with another person requires you manage the expectations. I recommend to sit together and to discuss what the both of you expect of this venture. Think of:
- how important should the business be,
- some extra money next to a day time job or
- do you want to earn enough to pay the bills,
- will the both of you work the equal amount of time and is this reasonable,
- what if you must break up the collaboration?
Not necessary for bad reasons, but in life somebody might have a good reason to stop with a business. Because of family expansion or a new career opportunity, or after winning the lottery. It’s better to agree on this upfront instead to cross that bridge when you get there.
Put a hair extensions business plan together, the mission
The first talks should be about the mission of the business, why do we want to start selling hair and what is our goal. There should be a mutual understanding. Make sure to make notes, this will be the basic material if you put a hair extensions business plan together.
For whom you are in business, who will be your client?
Now you have clear:
- what you want to achieve
- in what time frame and
- how you will deal with a change in the collaboration.
The next talk should be about who you want to support. Who you want to feel good. In the beginning stay as close as possible to a part of the community you are familiar with. The better you understand the needs of your potential clients, the better you can market the hair.
If you understand how your potential clients gather information, you will be:
- successful in placing the hair they like (yours)
- front of them (the right social media or website)
- at the time they are ready for it (your publishing calendar).
Understand the needs of your clients
Perform a market survey. Make sure you use these first contacts with potential clients to build a relationship.
- hand over a business card,
- ask for their email address so you can inform them when you launch your store,
- connect with people online and comment on their pictures. Make sure to have your social media in place.
- use a name people remember and triggers people to visit your social media.
Here it comes. the hair
The market survey will show the needs your clients have about price, texture and quality of the hair. Now you can turn your back to hair suppliers and hunt the planet until you found the best supplier. It will be much easier to find the right supplier, because you know exactly what you need. The hair you need is what your clients buy as soon as you have it in store. At the right conditions, price, return policy and charges.
Put your customer in the middle of your company
When you held the market survey, you already started to market your business. Now you must increase your effort:
- start a blog to attract new visitors to your hair store,
- use social media to attract and
- connect with potential customers and to tell your story.
Tell them you are in business because you want your client to look and feel good. Be sure you place your customer in the center of your product offering.
From Dream to your own hair extensions business, in only 10 days
The Sisters bought the eBook “From Dream to your own hair extensions business, in only 10 days”. This eBook give them a lot of guidance to start.
When they are ready to start I recommend to check the Hair Extensions Business Plan Package. Free hair samples, introduction to hair suppliers and much more like a 30 minute skype call with me.
Do you want to start a business with a family member too?
Let me know, are you ready to put a hair extensions business plan together with a family member or do you prefer to start all by yourself?
Nov 27, 2016 | Get Help
Low self-esteem should not stop you from selling hair extensions
If somebody sign’s up for my newsletter, I always like to know what their biggest struggle is. I really appreciate if somebody takes the effort to sign up for my newsletter. The newsletter is in many cases the start of a new relation between you as a reader and me. And if people meet for the first time, it’s a good moment to start the conversation.
Everybody who new subscribes up receives a welcome short note as swift as possible after they sign up for the newsletter. In most cases I receive the same or next day a response.
What are you struggling with right now?
Every time I feel honoured when people share their struggle with me. Because I appreciate the confidence and trust, these mails get the highest priority to answer. Next to the fact it helps me to build a true relationship with my readers, it also keeps me informed about the topics, issues and worries my readers face and could be worth to write about to share it with a bigger audience.
A star player with low self-esteem
Today for example, I received a “what are you struggling with right now” response from Candy. In short Candy shared with me she was not feeling secure enough to start a hair business. She felt she was over thinking everything, despite the positive feedback she received from friends and family. She wanted everything to be perfect before she started, but her low self-esteem kept her from starting a hair business.
The way Candy shared her story and what she shared gave me the feeling this was a woman with passion to make others look and feel good. She was star player. If Candy could transpose this feeling to me only by writing an email, imagine what happens if she is selling her hair, by webstore, social media or in a salon!
I felt it would be a waste for the talents of Candy and all her potential clients if she wouldn’t start her own hair business. I shared with Candy my advice that it’s good to strive for perfection, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Also in the beauty industry. You will experience how well your plan will work, only after the launch of your business. There must be a moment, the planning will stop and the doing will start.
Copy eBook not to have excuse not to start selling hair
Candy shared some other questions, which I also answered, but because I really wanted to support her and to help her to start her own business I gave her a copy of my eBook “From Dream to Your Own Hair Extensions Business, in Only 10 Days” . As token of my appreciation and because I did not want Candy to have any excuse not to start her own business.
Candy replied to my mail within the hour and I can tell you, she really made my day, because she promised to start reading the eBook right away and she was very happy with my offer to support her!
Sign up so we can start to know each other too!
I hope to start to promote Candy’s hair store soon on my website! If you did not sign up for the newsletter please do, I can’t wait to get to know you!
Nov 26, 2016 | Sell Online
7 painkillers if the struggles of selling hair extensions give you stress
Black Friday was record breaking, online sales boosted and many shops predict big earnings. Great news, but what if the carts of your online store remained empty? What if for the last weeks or perhaps even months your sales lack behind? What if the stress wins from the passion? Should you give up if the struggles of selling hair extensions are too much, or continue to make you dream come true?
When stress kills the passion
When you started to make your dream, your idea to have your own hair extensions store, you felt the energy floating through your body. You woke up in the middle of the night and quickly wrote down another great idea to beat the competition. You remember the day you told your parents? “Dad, Mum I will become a shop owner, I am going to sell hair extensions! “You will never forget the look in their eyes.
But now, when sales lack behind, when the last time you bought new inventory is long time ago and when you see your friends starting selling hair extensions and do not buy from you anymore. The stress is killing the passion. The struggles of selling hair extensions are simply too much.
I recommend you, do not give up, but start the fight! You had an awesome idea to change the beauty and hair industry for ever, you had the solution to make other women or men boost their confidence. You had a dream and you believed in it, let nobody take it away from you! I found 7 painkillers to get your passion back again, when the struggles of selling hair extensions try to demotivate you!
1 Work that body
Hair extensions are all about the head, so make sure your head is fit, I mean make sure your brains are at top condition and able to deal with the struggle you face.
You can’t massage you brains, and I do not even want to think of that, but you can give your brains a boost if you do some exercise. Go to Gym, set up a schedule to do some work outs before you start your day. Make it your number one priority!
If you want to boost the effect of your work outs, set up a training schedule and try to beat yesterday’s performance. It’s unbelievable how beating yourself boosts your confidence. Start the competition and be the winner!
2 Understand what is causing the stress
Selling hair extensions is not a single task, it’s a combination of different responsibilities. You need to:
- have a good hair supplier,
- be able to connect with your clients,
- get enough people interested to visit your website,
- have a smooth payment and logistic process.
The first step is to identify what’s not working well. If you understand the cause of your lack of sales, or the lack of visitors you can focus on this. If you feel there are multiple reasons, focus on the most important one and deal with the other later.
This will be the issue you deal with after you finished today’s work out. Direct all energy on this topic and analyse exactly where it goes wrong. Fragment the issue into smaller steps, for example. Sales is the outcome of A the product, the hair extensions you offer and B the number of clients you have.
Now take it one step deeper, your hair extensions have a price component and a quality component. Analyse how your prices compare with the competition, and what about the quality? If people visit your website, do they see reviews, are your pictures original and showing the beauty of the hair.
Breakdown every step into two and investigate how you perform and what the problem might be and come with a strategy to improve.
By doing this you start to take control again, you are going to be master of the process again and this will give you energy again, Energy you need to get great ideas again to improve your sales! Now you will no longer wake up out of a nightmare, but with great ideas again to lift your passion!
3 Reach out to others
People are social animals, we need others to share our ideas with, to feel better and to get support from. Instead of locking yourself up in your house, you need to reach out to others. Talk to your hair stylist, join a group of young entrepreneurs in your community, start a blog to reach out to people in your target group, and do not forget social media. Be social, be interested in what struggles others people face with and feel the energy again.
Don’t you feel great if somebody knocks on your door for help and you can help that person? The boost of confidence if you see how another person who was sad before walks up straight again and leaves your house with a smile? I can tell you, this is a universal feeling, so why don’t you knock on the door of other people? Share your concerns and struggle and hear new ideas, new visions and other means of support. Perhaps they know somebody in need of good hair, or they have an uncle who is a re-tired marketing expert with time to help young entrepreneurs.
4 Don’t forget the most important person on earth!
Okay, you will only be happy if the sales goes up and the money pours in, but do not forget the most important person on earth, next to your clients and that’s you.
Take quality time, visit an exhibition, go to a concert, take time to paint or for any other creative activity that has nothing to do with your business.
Block time in your calendar and do not allow yourself to come with an excuse to work instead of having quality time. You do not only need it, you deserve it!
5 Challenge yourself
At school, you practiced for some new subjects, in the beginning you just did not get it, but every time when you understood the subject better, it was fun. When you passed the test with a high grade, you felt master of the universe. Or when you learned how to drive a car. So many things to think of in the beginning, the car, the people outside the car, the traffic rules, so many things and all moving at the same time. How will you ever learn? But you did and with every next class you improved.
Pick up a course or training, the structure will help you to amaze yourself about how smart you are and you will learn new skills that will make you improve in selling hair. You can even study online, for example Search Optimization for Beginners to get 1,000 visitors a day to your website to get a general idea about online marketing, or learn how to make drawing or any other craft if you prefer a hobby to relax more.
6 Do somebody a favour every day
You already read that helping others gives a good feeling, so it will not hurt you if you make it a recurrent task to help others. You can try voluntary work in your local community. If you lack the time, because now you must start to do gym, go out more, analyse your struggles and follow a training, try do somebody a favour every day. This can be a small thing, that puts a smile on the face of another person. And please do accept the thank you instead of waving it away. You earned it and it will make you feel good again.
7 Control your tasks
There are many things you should do on a day, but the smarter you work the better it goes. I used to work with CNN on the background and the kids walking my room in and out with important issues like what TV channel to choose or if they could have a small bite before dinner.
Now I lock myself in my room to focus on my tasks and, I prioritize the tasks in four categories:
- Those who bring in the money
- Urgent and important like handling a crisis or deadline
- Answering mail and phone calls
- Drinking coffee or social talk
In the morning when I am still fit, I focus on the first group and if time is left I handle the lower categories.
And remember, please always look for the bright side of life
“I mean, what have you got to lose?
you know, you come from nothing
you’re going back to nothing
what have you lost? Nothing!
Always look on the bright side of life”
From the Monty Python Movie life of Brian
To end this post, I want you to know I believe in you, so why won’t you? Feel free to leave a comment on how you face the struggles on selling hair extensions or schedule a call to talk!
