mcintyre85
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This sounds like a crazy problem to have, but I’ve been mobile Hairdressing for 8 years now (after 8 years of salon work) and it’s fair to say that my business is now very successful. I’ve worked out the best ways to get new clients, how to keep them, how to make them happy etc. I’m earning a decent amount of money and can rely on my income. Now this all sounds like a dream but... I’m so busy that I’m getting stressed. My clients are getting stressed cos I can’t fit them in without at least 5 or 6 weeks notice, I’m getting stressed cos I’m working all the time and my health is now suffering. I was actually hospitalised over the Easter weekend with excruciating headaches and what they suspected was a brain tumour, but it all turned out to be stress induced. The doctors told me I have to slow it down. So, I’ve now ‘closed my books’ and have stopped taking on new clients, but I’m now wondering isn’t there any way I can expand the business rather than just ‘stopping’ its growth like that. It’s not like a salon where I can just add another chair or open another shop, there is only one of me! Has anyone ever heard of mobile hairdressers somehow expanding their business and hiring other people to work for them? I can’t really think how this would work, as I don’t know anyone personally that I would want to take on to do my clients, plus someone could just pocket the money and steal my clients. And my clients want me doing their hair, not someone else! Sorry for the long post but I’m looking for some ideas! Obviously I have just put my prices up as well, I’m now by far the most expensive mobile hairdresser in my area and already charge more than some of the high street salons. Thanks for your help xx