I am looking for ways, low cost/no cost, to market myself in the community as a new hair stylist. I currently am delivering fliers house to house. This has shown a slow trickle of clientel. Anyone else have an idea on how I can gain clients faster? The salon is brand new as well and the owner doesn’t have a big budget for advertising. Veteran stylists please help!
Just to give everyone a little more background. I currently do run specials through coupons for the first visit. The salon I work in is a Salon and Day Spa. The clients tend to be middle to upper class. I am really hoping to find out how current stylists filled their books without help from the salon they worked at.
I also do referral program at the moment. Where I discount the person who gathers more business for me. ie 10 dollars off the next service

Have you considered a referral program… offer anyone who refers others to you a discount for referring others. Let’s say you do five cuts a day now… if you were to ask each of those five people to refer even two people your clientel has now just tripled… if each of those tell just two people… imagine how many you could have in a few months. You could give each customer five cards to distribute to their friends and family, with their name on them- the cards could offer a discounted price for their first cut… then when you receive ALL five of the cards back the person who handed out the card would receive a free or 1/2 price hair cut… this way you are not just giving out a bunch of free cuts with the hopes of getting repeat business. (Many people like to receive a discount as a thank-you, and would be willing to refer a few friends to receive something for free.

I know that is the basic concept of most work from home opportunities… the one I am involved with offers a 30-40% discount to all it’s members and pays those who refer others very well for supporting and promoting the company.Of course the fact that they have incredible, safer products that are needed by just about everyone everyday also helps.

So my suggestion to you is to make sure you give the best cuts, at reasonable prices and offer incentives to have current customers refer others to use your services as well…. you’ll be amazed at how word of mouth advertising can grow your business…