In need of some direction please x

[kimbers1983]

Hello all, im very new to this site and hoping for some help and guidence, I recently passed Acrylics nails course with NSI and now trying very hard to bulid my clients up as i am hoping to work from home but im also willing to do some mobile. I have delivered so many leaflets that i must of lost 2 stone with all the walking about. I left my full time job to work part time mornings while i build clients up but for some reason i am not getting any response with my leaflets at all - I had imagined it would of been alot easier than this but im finding it very hard. im starting to worry that as i am not doing nails at the moment that my confidence will slowly start to go and my dream of being a susessful nail technician is not going to happen! what is the best route for me? i would also love to work in a salon but with my lack of experience im not sure if any salons would want to employ me. Any advise would be very much appreciated.

 

[shell28]

Im in the same position hun except im not working at all i have also done lots and lots of leaflet drops put add in local news agents got a website advertised on many free sites but i think the problem is the time of year and also my expectations i thought my phone would be constantly ringing LOL this is my own fault and now i realise that im not going build a business over night its gonna take lots of blood sweat and tears. Hang in there hun and be patient it will come:hug:

 

[Bagpuss]

Hiya x

Can you get some nails on friends and family....and give them some of your cards to pass around...walking adverts are brill. Leaflets in hair salons and also ask the salon for some of their leaflets to pass out in return.

 

[kimbers1983]

thanks for that, appreciate it. Its a big worry at the moment. Cant really afford to live off my part time wage and with all the equiptment i seem to keep needing its a pain in the bum at the mo but hopefully will be worth it in the long run. So have you got any clients at all yet then? do you think it would be a good idea to try working within a salon see how that works for me? really done want my confidence to go :grr: x

 

[kimbers1983]

Thanks for your help. I am going to take a walk to my hairdressers tomorrow and drop some leaflets with them. Thanks again

 

[shell28]

Ive found the hair dresser round my way wont take leaflets!!! i even went in my local asda and they would only take a couple for thier canteen even thou they have hundreds of staff there!!!

 

[xAnnaBannAx]

maybe you could upload your leaflet and let the geeks have a look at it...its possibe it could need some tweaking that may help? just a thought x

 

[sihynes]

Hi did exactly the same, My eldest boy and I complete with Pram walked miles delivering 100s of leaflets, got all excited waiting for the phone to ring and it didn't. I'm also working from home as have baby not easy with all the smelly products around. Even harder only moved to area recently and don't know anybody. I really do think it's word of mouth and getting walking advertising is the thing. I also do spray tanning and that's how it seems to be getting around. Tried really hard with a local sunbed place but they were no help. Keep trying I am if anyone got any more advice would be great. This is my first message to you all love all the advice it's great.xx:green:

 

[kimbers1983]

i am really interested n doing a spray tan course too - i hear the course is not to expensive but the equiptment after is very expensive - is this right? x

 

[classyclaws]

I found that putting ads in local school newsletters a brilliant way to get new business and its very cheap to do too. Try all local schools from infants to high schools, just make sure that you are not treading on someone elses toes and that no-one else advertises in the same newsletter. Its handy too as the schools go back this week!!

 

[ValencianNails]

for some reason i am not getting any response with my leaflets at all - I had imagined it would of been alot easier than this but im finding it very hard.

http://www.salongeek.com/business/28153-sassy-guide-advertising-your-business.html

hth's

 

[kimbers1983]

thanks you - i will have a good read through this x

 

[jellytot1978]

im finding the same thing may, june and july were mad busy only had one client in august, i only calls i get now seem to be cranks who have got my number out of the local paper. I too was thinking about getting some leaflets printed but instead of delivering them myself i am gonna put them inside a local free newspaper that goes to every house in barnsley, i can also pick and choose which areas i want covered.

I just panic and thik to myself that i have no customers because i must not be any good so my confidence suffers too.

 

[Abigal]

I feel sad for anyone starting out because it is frustrating. I have been a hairdresser in the US for 23 years, yet I have never forgotten what it was like when I first started. Family and friends helped me. Some I did for free, sort of like a walking advertisement. Word of mouth was my best customer building tool. You will build your business if you do not give up. Also, after I finished a client, I would give them my business card to hand out. I wrote their name on the back and if someone came in and showed me the card, the client who gave it out received a 10% discount at their next visit. You must decide you want to make it and give it the time and effort it takes to get there. God bless you.:hug: