Hi Everyone,
I'm new to this board and new to the nail biz. I have had my license since mid August and I'm working in a nail salon with the owner. It is just the two of us there. I'm not sure how fast I'm suposed to build a clientle but it isn't seeming to go my way. I don't know if I'm in the right salon for a newbie. We don't get very many calls at all and we are so pushed back off the street no one knows that we are there. Some times I make the rent and some times not. The rent in January will be going up and I'm not sure that I will be able to meet that and pay for supplie and turn a bit of a profit. I am also having a problem with the owner using my things. All of my things. It bothers me because she is the one working and making money and she fells very freely with my things. I have started to use my cell phone # on the flyers that I have been putting out and I have been getting calls on them. So it is picking up the more control that I take for myself it seems to be the better I do. I guess my question is do I stick it out where I am or is it time to move on. I know it isn't going to be easy to build but at the same time I need some flow of new people. What is better to booth rent or comm.? Or I was thinking of looking into working out of my home in a few month that way it will give me enough time to make part of my garage into a salon for me. I have a hubby that can do that for me. Really I do need some advice on which way to go with this. I do want to make this work for me because this is what i have been wanting to do for a long long time now. I have five children and this is my time to do for me. Any advice please! Thank you Lynn
I'm new to this board and new to the nail biz. I have had my license since mid August and I'm working in a nail salon with the owner. It is just the two of us there. I'm not sure how fast I'm suposed to build a clientle but it isn't seeming to go my way. I don't know if I'm in the right salon for a newbie. We don't get very many calls at all and we are so pushed back off the street no one knows that we are there. Some times I make the rent and some times not. The rent in January will be going up and I'm not sure that I will be able to meet that and pay for supplie and turn a bit of a profit. I am also having a problem with the owner using my things. All of my things. It bothers me because she is the one working and making money and she fells very freely with my things. I have started to use my cell phone # on the flyers that I have been putting out and I have been getting calls on them. So it is picking up the more control that I take for myself it seems to be the better I do. I guess my question is do I stick it out where I am or is it time to move on. I know it isn't going to be easy to build but at the same time I need some flow of new people. What is better to booth rent or comm.? Or I was thinking of looking into working out of my home in a few month that way it will give me enough time to make part of my garage into a salon for me. I have a hubby that can do that for me. Really I do need some advice on which way to go with this. I do want to make this work for me because this is what i have been wanting to do for a long long time now. I have five children and this is my time to do for me. Any advice please! Thank you Lynn