anyone mobile in beauty or nails in west yorkshire. Just wondered how the business was? How long it has taken you to build/how many clients you have etc. Its seems to be really slow for me. Need some encouragement and inspiration!

Hi there!
I am in Lincoln and started my mobile nail business in March. Its slow here too although I have to say I have only advertised on my car, I have put nothing in the local paper yet because I am not happy with my tip blending! Have you advertised anywhere? I do have a few regular clients but not many!
meggie x

Hi there,
Have to say I have just recently finished my maternity leave. Sooooooooooo really am starting out slowly anyway. I am also working for someone else doing pamper parties. But I have rented a room before and that was slow too. I will contact those people who were my regulars, but that was a while ago, so they may have gone elsewhere.
It just amazes me how people get their business off the ground, I know its a long hard slog and it takes time. I find it inspirational that some people have thriving businesses.

dont worry you'll get there babe.its always hard in the begining

Well hun,i am mobile,even though i don't drive lol.

I have been very lucky,at the minuite beacuse my little un is on holidays,i am really limiting my clients and not taking any new untill september,having said that i am about 60% hair 40 % nails.

I have never advertised ,and my prices are fair considering i have only been doing this a couple of years.My clients come from word of mouth,i charge very close friends and family half price for every service,and it still amazes me how many clients i get through them ! hth x

Ps i only cover beeston and hunslet,a few from rothwell and morely come to me !

Hi there Becki
NIce to here from a fellow Yorkshire Lass! Good for you. How old is your little one?
I have 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

He is four and starts full time in september so i am spending some time with him,clients can wait ( having said that he is driving me mad lol )

Wich area's in leeds do you plan on covering ? Are you a nail tech hun,your profile doesn't say.

hi hun i am also really quiet , spent a fortune on advertising and it still hasnt got me anything and it isnt that i am mega rubbish coz they dont even ring to ask !! , all the clients i do get (which isnt many ) i have kept but they arnt the long term time clients , usually special occasions weddings , hols etc...
where abouts in leeds are ya ??

I am Leeds 15 area. I am mostlt beauty but can do nails - LCN Gel, Hiow ever i could do with more training I think, aonfidence thing really. Trying to get creative training, having probs re: stock levels.You may have read my previous thread.

Hi

I am from wakefield and it does take a long time, I went and worked in a gym for 6 months which was free advertising and the clients I got there now come to me every 3 weeks and they are now recommending me to other people so it is slowly coming round.

My opinion is that there are a lot of competition around so you need to be first class in the treatments you do as the best way to build your clientelle up is word of mouth. I have advertised etc. and it does not seem to work I have also done leaflets too which I only got one client from. Persevere and you will get there but it does not happen over night.

Think you may have emailed me honey, via my website/yell.com ad. My advice would be to go to Business Link and get their advice. You need to be targetting your business at a particular market. Also sometimes it is the area you live in people just don't want treatments. But that does not stop you from flier dropping other areas. You have to think big to grow xxx I may find when I move to York no-one wants treatments. It happened before where I lived but I bought advertising and flier dropped and it picked up.

People in West Yorkshire love beauty treatments, am from there myself. You've got to get your name out there lovey. xx

which area is Leeds 15 lovey?

hey i live in huddersfield and just recently gone mobile, ive done flyers, an ad in the paper and posters in the village. i live in marsden and here they dont like change!!! there is a girl who has a shop and she is only open tuesday till saturday 10am to 4pm. she seems really quite. when i did posters they said in the shop they would put them up and they never did just went in the bin.
seen this shop at 100pound a week, im just scared i wont get the clients.

£100 a week is a lot to start off with Corinne. Esp in Huddersfield. You'd be better on a 20% share on something. That way you lose nothing

what do you mean by 20%, i enquired on a room and that was 100 pounds too, above a hair dressers which i thought was expensive too, what do you think?

xxxx