Eye catchers

[Danielle0904]

Hi geeks

been thinking of my recent woes of no clients and after my post on the biz geek have thought about doing a couple of sets of gelish on 2 models free of charge, in the hope they go about singing my praises and showing off their works of art advertising me

now as they are non paying models I would like to make the decision as to what they have as part of the deal, and wondered what you all think I could do to make them really eye catching to onlookers , getting people talking and hopefully some bookings

can any of you think of designs that have brought you business

xx

 

[TPB]

Hi geeks

been thinking of my recent woes of no clients and after my post on the biz geek have thought about doing a couple of sets of gelish on 2 models free of charge, in the hope they go about singing my praises and showing off their works of art advertising me

now as they are non paying models I would like to make the decision as to what they have as part of the deal, and wondered what you all think I could do to make them really eye catching to onlookers , getting people talking and hopefully some bookings

can any of you think of designs that have brought you business

xx

I wanted to do this, when I asked, other geeks said I should charge £5 to cover product costs! I still had 7 models that day jumping to the chance!

 

[Danielle0904]

ok great will consider that, any ideas on designs would be great

 

[LahNails]

I feel your woe in a lack of clients , I sent my friend out with the nails attached and everyone loves them ! Not sure what age most of your clientele is, but Facebook and Instagram have been HUGE promotors of my work, girls calling me asking for similar things . It's great. Giving a little seems to always come around in a way. Also having referral programs have been great, what gal doesn't want a good deal ?!

Hope some of that helped

Also I agree with the above comment of charging at least 5$ for your services, even if you don't need it, it helps with the mental aspect for your model that it won't always be FREE!

 

[Danielle0904]

OK thanks hun

just struggling to grasp that out of the 140 viewings my post has had , none of them have eye catching work....... strange

 

[ch-ela]

From what I have seen of your nails, you wont have any problems getting them noticed. I think you need to choose your models well. It must be someone that will be seen out and about.
Not sure about charging... I mean you could but you must have free choice about what design you give them. It's advertising, so it would come out of that part of your business budget.

 

[ch-ela]

Look at post #15228 on the "What nails" thread, they are fab. Something like that?

 

[Danielle0904]

Thanks so much hun

Yes I totally agree with you that's why I wasn't going to charge, I was just thinking it costs me a few pounds and an hours time and could work really well , however a leaflet drop would cost in leaflets, hours of time posting and probably not one phone call, not to mention incredibly boring, whereas doing someone's nails is a pleasure

 

[Claire@OBNMK]

sounds like a good idea, when i finished training for gel extensions i then advertised them for £15 as a cheap deal, one lady found me on facebook and in turn she reccomended me to her freind and sister and daughter, they are now regulars

 

[gems-gem's]

I agree Danielle your nails always look fab and eye catching! I wouldn't ask for models- If u were you I would run a special offer on you page etc, put pics of your own nails on even repeating previous posts. I'm very quiet too think this time of year might be a little bit like that for everyone, don't undersell yourself if you really want to do it for free do your friends or family xx

 

[LaFox]

Have you ever been on the website Pinterest? I've seen soooo many nail designs on there that are incredible and always give me ideas.

Most eyecatching idea I saw on there that I tried was minion nails from the "Despicable Me" films. I did them on a woman who works in a school and everyone from kids to older people were talking about them and thought they were fab. Obviously not a style for everyone to wear though lol.

Most popular thing that people have seen done on someone else and asked for is a few rhinestones inlaid into acrylics. I think it depends on what sort of area you work in though because a lot of the things that are popular where I live, in another area people think they're awful :/

Hope that helps x