A Car Salesman Doesnt Come to Work on a Bike

this post came up this morning, and i’m glad i screen shot it like an old girl..lol

it got me to thinking about a conversation i had with a new salon owner recently, she had just moved

her home based business back to a shop front.

we started chatting about this very subject, about how we advertise ourselves, which then turned into the- omg this girl came in in thongs, shorts and t shirt and asked if there was any chance of an apprenticeship…

“do you have a resume?”

nah,  but here’s my number if you have a job going…

This salon owner was highly trained by Warren Nesbit, so i knew what her skills would be like, back when you didn’t rock up in shorts and thongs, you had a resume and your hair looked like a hairdressers hair.

back in the day when you got your knuckles slapped by a comb if your blow wave wasn’t right…

back when we didn’t wear thongs to work, we gave a shit about our appearance and we advertised our skills…

a car salesman doesn’t show up riding a bicycle…

and an A grade salon will never be wearing a sectioning clip in her hair…

think about it, to lift our industry, we must lift ourselves, lift our image…

I’m sitting at home listening to the crickets, about to take chickens to their coop for the night in thongs, ripped dirty shorts, a holy singlet, and a short pony-

but would i rock into your salon like that?

hell no. 

would i drop the f bomb and talk like I was at the pub in your salon?

hell no.

we have a public persona, and a personal one, your salon reflects whichever persona you show….

it’s food for thought isn’t it… what you show is what people perceive…

if you want to be the Company Director and earn the big bucks, you need to dress like them…

and if you want to be the top of your game in your area, you need to show that you are…

even if it’s smoke and mirrors- 

be the best to attract the best…in both staff and clients..