This post is for young or new barbers with mid-level skill and/or just beginning a job in a professional shop as a barber apprentice or as a licensed barber. The hardest thing for shops all over the globe is to find good reliable barbers with their own clientele. This is a shop owners dream because it ensures consistent weekly and monthly cash flow. So we are going to give you the blueprint to establish $500…

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO FILL YOUR WAITING AREA WITH CLIENTS? This post is for shops who struggle to attract new clients to their shop and rely mostly on the clientele of the barbers who already have clientele. It is important to establish clientele because every barber you hire will not have a sufficient clientele and that could make it hard for them to pay you your rental payments or pay little to…

So here we are getting so many haircuts when we were young, now approaching mid age and beginning to realize that your hair is not as strong, a few gray spots appearing, the hair line receding and the top center thinning out, noticeably open or on its way to balding. You now realize how much attention you paid to your hair over the years, wondering what can you possibly do to restore your hair to…

Why is it important to socially engage your clients when they patronize you, or support you in some way form or fashion? This brief article will attempt to shed a little insight on the importance of socially engaging friends, clients, and even family or complete strangers who walk into your place of business. This post is written to explain the true power of social engagement! What is Social Engagement? A client comes into your establishment…

This post will dive into the importance of learning the science of barbering for the sake of cleanliness and prevention of spreading contagious and infectious material from person to person while conducting services as a barber. The Barbershop station and environment must be sanitary and safe work practices and also the barber must know the science of barbering to be conscious at all times of spreading harmful germs and bacteria. It is the barbers’ responsibility…

This short article will assist you with all the items you may need to pack your barber equipment in preparation for the Pennsylvania State Board Practical exam. So at this point the student has completed the necessary hours and is eligible to take the exam. The dates and time is chosen and now it is all about proper preparation and packing the necessary equipment to get the job done. Required Items! Is there a checklist?…

Personal Study Skills for Barber Exam This as all our articles are written with the intention to help assist the beginning barber student to prepare and pass the state barber board exam. We include a majority of real relevant content which the student must retain in order to do well on the exam and also relevant exam review questions. So from the reading and review of just our articles and content alone, which are written…

Work on Your Skills It is extremely important to practice sharpening and honing your barber skills right away. What this means is that you must keep finding people willing to let you cut their hair while you are learning, so we are going to cover different ideas and strategies to allow you the opportunity to become extremely skilled and sharp at barbering, whether you are a part of a barber trade school, barbershop or not…We…

What tools should You Get to Start Practicing Barber skills In this article we will go over some basic clippers and accessories we recommend for beginners.  There are plenty of valuable tools for barbers that will daze and amaze you, however, if you are serious about cutting you can begin with any particular brand to make it happen, as you begin to sharpen your skills.  So this post will be specific to our recommended brand…

                                   Barbers have been grossly misunderstood by departmentalized statistics as to how much yo can earn as a good proficient barber/stylist. Yes proficiency is the key to earning no matter what field or industry you choose. The reason for this misconception is mostly due to barbering in urban communities being a cash based business. So they say we don’t honestly report income for tax purposes, however a barber can make as much as or…