Katherine, Do they still offer Tammy Taylor classes very often up there? We have a class in Springfield once every 2-3 years. I would love to take another class on sculptured pink and white.
________________________________ From: Angela R Wingerter <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, February 24, 2011 8:45:00 PM Subject: Re: NailTech:: Disappointed Great advice Katherine, think about it this way...when you do a free or discounted service it is free education. Education is expensive. You can watch videos and go to classes which are great and very important. But you will have to practice what you learned over and over. Finally your knowlege that you have learned start connecting with your hands. And you will get that Aww moment. I love those moments. Small baby steps is what it takes. I hope your boss gives you the time you need but if it doesn't get better for you I am sure there are other salons to work in. Not everybody is good at being a boss. Angie ________________________________ From: Katherine Fahrig <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, February 24, 2011 2:30:44 PM Subject: Re: NailTech:: Disappointed Well, that depends on the owner of the salon or on what you are willing and/or able to do. What I did is offer 2 full sets for the price of one. The first person would come in and pay full price for her full set, then I would give her a gift certificate for the second full set. She can give this to her friend or family member and collect half the price from them or keep it and use it for herself in a few months. I then gave a hand full of flyers advertising the 2 for 1 deal to the teen age girl who lived next door to me for her to take to school and pass out. The girl next door got a free full set for passing out the fliers. Girls could see my work on her hands and I had no problem selling the deals. I was booked for 2 weeks solid with full sets. I went home HURTING from head to toe with my hands bleeding from hitting them with the nail file all day. I went back to work the next day after a hot bath with bandaids on my fingers and did more full sets all day. At the end of 2 weeks I had my time consistently down to 1 and a half hours ( this was after the first TT class ) and I no longer had my fingers bleeding or the clients fingers bleeding. I also no longer needed the cheat sheet. I can do nails in my sleep, I think that have a time or two. :-) To keep clients coming back, offer a buy 5 get $5 off. The client gets $5 off on her 5th fill with you. Also, refer 5 clients and get a FREE fill. Give each client 5 of your business cards with the clients name written on the back and either the 2 for 1 deal or $5 off a full set ( what ever offer you want to make ) printed on the back of the card or you can get a stamp made at an office supply that has the deal on it to stamp as many cards as you want. Then when the new client calls asking for you, the deal is with you only, you ask how she heard about you and then send a thank you note with a gift certificate to the referring for a free fill. Anyone else have promo ideas? Katherine St. Louis, MO Sent from my iPad On Feb 24, 2011, at 1:58 PM, [email protected] wrote: But what do I tell clients when I need to practice on them. Coz I don't think they'll stay when I'm just keep on practice on them. >Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! ________________________________ >From: Katherine Fahrig <[email protected]> >Sender: [email protected] >Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:52:29 -0600 >To: [email protected]<[email protected]> >ReplyTo: [email protected] >Subject: Re: NailTech:: Disappointed > > >What do you mean " go on your own" ? You buy your own products and practice on >people that you find to practice on? If so, find another place to work. > > >Find an owner who has the patience to train a newbe. Too many people expect >new >techs to learn to do nails with too little training and not a lot of time. >Everyone learns at their own pace. As long as you are getting better with each >client you are doing good. If you keep doing the same mistakes over and over >again, that is a problem and you need to either get more training ( like have >someone watch you and correct you as you go ) or pay attention to detail, i.e. >Use the cheat sheet I mentioned in a previous post. > > >I have been doing nails 24 years. My first full set of acrylics took me 3 >hours >to do and her cuticles were TORN UP! I now do a full set of sculptured pink >and >whites in under an hour and the cuticles are Unmolested. I took 1 class from >Tammy Taylor Nails, the brand I used, and went from 3 hours to do a full set >to >1 and a half hours for a full set of sculptured pink and whites. After another >Tammy Taylor Nails class that I took a year later, I got my time down to 1 >hour. >Then over the years, after more classes, I got down to 45 minutes for a full >set >of sculptured pink and whites. You noticed that it took years to get my time >down and I rarely cut anybody's cuticle anymore. A little trick I learned is >to >use a second file to knock off the sharp grit on the file that I'm using. >O.P.I >makes a tool for this purpose also that I now use. No more torn up cuticles. >Give yourself time and education and you will succed. > >Katherine >St. Louis, MO >Sent from my iPad > >On Feb 24, 2011, at 1:11 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > >Well I fixed the mistake for free.. My boss told me so. I don't think my boss >is >very happy with me, she told me that from next week I have to go on my own for >about two weeks or a month something like that and build up experience and and >confidence and then we'll talk again. I really appreciate you people helping >others, it sure looks like an easy job but its not! >> >>Really thanks a lot, I'll go and have a look on the websites for sure! >>Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! ________________________________ >>From: Sherri Evans <[email protected]> >>Sender: [email protected] >>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:59:31 -0700 >>To: <[email protected]> >>ReplyTo: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: NailTech:: Disappointed >> >> >>Did you offer to fix the mistake or offer her a discount on her service or a >>discount on her next service? >>You need to have a hearty to hearty with your boss and find out exactly what >>she >>expects of you. What is she willing to do to help you improve? >>In the mean time toy need to practice on anyone who will sir still long >>enough! >>Even if you have to do it on your days off, foe free or super cheap, the more >>your practice the betrayer you will be. >>And keep coming here for advice! We are a very knowledgeable and talented >>group >>with much experience that we love to share. >>You can also go to manufacturers website like Young Nails, Gina Silvestro's >>site, kupa, cns, opi, etc. Many if them have step by steps and video >>tutorials >>that are free. Also get on the NAILS and Nailpro magazine websites. There >>is >>some fantastic info there as well. >>Sherri >>On Feb 24, 2011 11:50 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>Hey! Thanx a lot I really appreciate your kindness! Well like I said I'm not >>>happy about how the client talked behind my back saying she might not come >>>back >>>just coz of that lil mistake. I'm very dissaponted in myself coz I know I'm >>>doing my best. I just need inspiration, coz I don't have anymore >>> >>> >>> >>>Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! ________________________________ >>>From: "Laura Merzetti" <[email protected]> >>>Sender: [email protected] >>>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:42:04 -0500 >>> >>>To: <[email protected]> >>>ReplyTo: [email protected] >>>Subject: RE: NailTech:: Disappointed >>> >>> >>>Hi Bonnie, welcome! 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