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Barber Hacks: 10 Monumental Tips That Will Change How You Barber

Barberhacks is an online resource for barbers to help them improve in every aspect of the business. Disorganized Chaos I don’t know how I used to do it when I was younger, I’ve gotten to the point in my career where that is pretty far removed from the present. Like a lot of barbers I’m mostly self-taught, meaning there was little structure in the way that I approached cutting hair. I have always had a disorganized chaos going on on my station while I am cutting, I’ll casually toss guards onto the countertop as I progress into my cuts. I’ll grab scissors and place them haphazardly about. I’m getting the job done, so it doesn’t matter what happens while I’m doing it, does it? This is not to say that I have been a complete mess in my past, just unorganized as I cut. Because who notices the little points like that? In Barbershops, the customer is looking the other way, aren’t they? I’ve started to break down my routine recently, especially when it comes to my service, my clea...
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Barber Hacks: 20 Fundamental Barbering Truths

Barberhacks is an online barbering network focused on teaching and sharing information having to do with barbering. HEY THERE. MY NAME IS... I write this blog based on my own experiences as a barber and a hairdresser for the past 16 years. I wanted to write a quick, “Hi how are you, this is me” post, just so you could get an idea of who I am and what I deal with, something a bit more ‘real’, to make me as the writer of this blog a little more relatable. This post is more of a series of thoughts about my life, and how it applies to my career in barbering. It is going to be much shorter than usual, but think of it as an introduction of sorts, a handshake, and a smile. I know what you go through day-to-day and I hope by sharing every week that it makes your job easier, and allows you some insight into the reality of barbering. I often find that inspirational thoughts aren’t always grounded in the reality and hard work that we as barbers have to deal with every day. I grind beh...

Barber Hacks: The 5 Worst Habits Barbers Can Have

Barberhacks is an online entertainment network focused on barbering. This blog is geared towards individuals looking to create a better barbering experience for themselves and others. Ever wonder why the person next to you is a lot busier than you are at the barbershop? Is your career stagnant? Having a hard time attracting new clients? I’m going to highlight five areas where you might be having trouble and offer solutions to these trouble areas so that you can make a quick turnaround. CONSTANTLY BEING LATE We’ve all heard that the early bird catches the worm, and as barbers that the first and last people in the shop are the ones that are busy, and this is true. So when you arrive five minutes before your shift, or fifteen minutes after you are showing the owner and your clients that you have complete disrespect for their time. Even if you are the hottest barber ever, full chair every day, all day, a celebrity in your city, being punctual, and early when you can be will sh...

Barber Hacks: 12 Simple Tips For Incredible Client Retention

Barberhacks is an online barbering network that revolves around barbering. Through reading our blog, you will BARBER BETTER.   CAN’T KEEP YOUR CHAIR BUSY Did you ever wonder why you can’t keep customers in your chair? Or why the barber across from you always ends up with all of your clients? I have 12 simple tips that will get you on the track to being the most sought after barber in your barbershop. Read on and find them out. #BARBERLIFE We all go through our days cutting hair, or sitting around waiting for someone to come sit in our chair, or eating lunch, or taking a nip of that whisky...no wait, I don’t do that when the shop is slow (but I know a couple barbers that do). We are all trying our best to make sure that each and every person that sits in our chair comes back to sit in our chair again and again. It should be easy, guys are creatures of habit, they like going back to the same person over and over again, right? It’s not as simple as that. Guys are also known to...

Barber Hacks: 15 Proven Tips For Client Happiness

Barberhacks is an online lifestyle network centering on barbering and education. Through word, pictures and video we strive to help barbers Barber Better, and help the public be more educated when it comes to their hair and grooming. Today we are talking about how to hold and make conversation. It is a good idea to be prepared on how to start and maintain a pleasant conversation with with your guests. I detail a number of different techniques on how to do this with tact and ease. The Naive Introvert When I started in this industry I was young and naive, and introverted. For some people it isn’t a stretch, but I had to take the time to learn how to speak to people properly. This is a broad topic, people have written books about it, but I will attempt to keep it brief. Craft Yourself I’ve already talked about how to greet someone into a barbershop, this is more of a general way to speak around people. This is a guideline, you’re not going to be able to communicate perfectl...

Barber Hacks: Five Tips For Precision Haircuts

Barberhacks is your online barbering resource that will make you a better barber. 3 WAYS Today I am going to show you three ways to part hair that will allow you greater control over your haircuts. If you have ever tried to make a hard part and had a jagged parting that you’ve drawn a straight line beside with your trimmers, you have to put a little time into learning these techniques. EFFICIENCY Parting the hair cleanly will help you organize your guest’s hair in a way that will make your haircut more efficient and precise. With little more than a small amount of effort, you can minimize your chances of mistake and improve your results. TIME AND TIME AGAIN I started out as a hairdresser, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t cut men’s hair. In fact, most of my initial customers were men. But coming up in a salon I had to deal with how to manipulate hair the way that I was taught, and my mentors at the time were very strict about the way that I parted hair. If I didn’t part the ha...

Barber Hacks: 10 Tips for Maximum Client Care

Barberhacks is FREE online content to help you BARBER BETTER. THE CONSULTATION A consultation is one of the most important parts of your haircut. In this article I’m going to help you KNOW what your guests want before you begin your haircut, taking lifestyle choices, hair type, and more into consideration before coming to a mutual agreement about what you will deliver. MAKE OR BREAK A consultation will make or break you as a barber, if you can’t communicate with the guest in your chair, you will both have a POOR experience. I have seen an amicable interaction between two people go south very quickly all because lack of communication. IT ISN’T ABOUT YOU! To me, a consultation isn’t about you as a barber, It isn’t about the haircut that you really want to try on someone, that new technique or cut that you learned on YouTube, the consultation is about the person sitting in your chair, and how you can BEST go about making them feel more confident in themselves and their appea...