These are unhinged ways to get ahead of a hair stylist, part 4. Today, I'm telling you about a secret that I started doing in the beginning of my hair career that I swear led to so many rebookings and referrals. And I really do think more people need to be let in on this one. So I'm gonna tell you all of my secrets. Okay? You are going to start giving your new clients a gift. Now, new guest gifts are nothing profound. That being said, what we put inside of this gift is going to determine your entire future. But this does lead to so many people reach it out. Okay? In fact, I believe in this so deeply that we still do this today. In my face, it looks a little bit different. We no longer have the gift bags that we're giving out, but that is what I would do if I were really recommending for someone to start this right here, right now. You were going to get a gift bag, and inside I would add three gifts, okay? The first being a cute little product, the second just being something cutesy for your space. We have these little custom bath salts that I throw in, and then we also have custom cookies that I throw in there as well. Does not need to be a cookie. You can obviously put, like, a chocolate or just something fun in there. I used to do scrunchies. I used to do just minimal things. You can absolutely make this small. The next three things you add in are crucial for this to work. What I recommend adding in here are three cards. The first card is going to be a completely handwritten card welcoming the person into your space. Hey Susan, thank you so much for coming in. It literally means the world to me that you are here. I cannot wait to get to know you. Do your hair, yada yada. That little note, I think, really just makes this feel above and beyond. Specifically if you use their first name, if you actually are making it customized, I think that's huge. Second thing that you're gonna throw into your gift bag is a card that basically says, hey, refer a friend and you will get X, right? There are so many cute ways to do this. You want it to match your branding, you want it to feel good. You're just gonna put a referral card in there. You wanna make sure that if they do refer a friend, they get a discount or like money or whatever it may be. Okay. The next and last card that you are going to throw in here is a card that gives them a dollar amount or percentage off or a free gift if they rebook their appointment today. Now, at this stage, I like the free gift the best. I just think that it works really well and it's fun. Hey, if you book your appointment today, you're gonna be sent home with a free Orbea, whatever it might be. I think that that just works really well. Um, but it also works really well when I first started this by just doing like, hey, if you book your appointment today, you're gonna get a $25 dollar gift card towards your next appointment. People love that. It was easy, and I think that it really does work. Honestly, you guys, I really do think that this is so simple, it's so fun. Absolutely. Will set you apart from all of the other stylists because who do you see doing this? It's not something that's super common right now. I do hope that it becomes more common, and when it does, we're gonna have to make sure that we are staying on the cusp of innovation and doing things that are cooler and bigger and better. Um, and when I say bigger and better, I don't mean more money, okay? I just mean we gotta be creative. Let me know your guys's thoughts in the comments. Let me know if you try this and how it works out for you.
