Week End Already

Crikey - it's Saturday again already. I cannot believe where the week has gone already! Am in the process of moving the business on a bit and after chatting to a friend who is an art director I have decided to drop my previous web address and adopt a new one. I have bought www.kevinsgardenstudio.co.uk

The other morning I was perusing a load of hairdessing sites for freelancers - no mobiles on here mate :-) I couldn't believe how crappy they were and what was frightening is - somebody charged them to do it. So with my good old trusty iMac I sad down and thought I would play around with the software called iWeb. Basically I always stayed away from it as I was frightened of getting it wrong - whilst I have not finished my project you can at least get a sneak preview of the site I have designed.

Good old Apple make it so much easier to integrate various different types of media and even to the 'hair stylists' of this world it is fairly easy. Any way its just a bit of fun eh!

Have spoken to Mark Bell quite a bit at www.cutshort.co.uk and been getting on with his software. What a nice chap he is - nothing is too much trouble & he always listens to suggestions or requests. He has a great way of talking one through things and explaining in layman's terms. It is quite refreshing to get such a good service these days in sad old England! I thoroughly recommend taking out a trial of his program. For any of the FHBF Members (Freelance Hair & Beauty Federation) that have done the Profile On Potential course with John Huscroft at Wella - THIS PROGRAM IS FOR YOU! It's a must :-)

I am already starting to get a snapshot of my business after only three months and I just wish I had known about it ages ago. I now know just how many clients I have and what ratio (i.e. male/female). Also I can now track transactions and even stock levels... whatever next.

Well I wanted to write more but I have to dash as I am off to a friends BBQ and to inspect their new bathroom. If I get a chance I will fill you in more over the weekend - in the mean time - enjoy the good weather.

First day back

Well today I started at 10:30am - not too bad really. A few cut & blowdry's and then I was finished by 2:30pm. Had a chat with my last client about her problems with her ex husband... gosh he is a wicked s**! It's never a dull moment hearing about peoples situations and being a sound board for them. It's probably a nice way for them off loading their problems to me and getting a nice haircut too - better than seeing a therapist as they charge a fortune and your hair still looks crap. LOL

Didn't have another client till six pm and so I had a chat with Mark Bell from CutShort. That program is quite easy to use and it makes accounts actually more fun! We discussed new things for the program and how it will go forward. The more you use it the better it is as it starts to build up the bigger picture.

I still have loads of paper work everywhere - have taken out ProCare at the Apple store in Kingston so I can learn more about the Macintosh way of doing things and utilize the programs more. Have been playing around building web sites - boy is it fun!

Well today wasn't such a bad day; only did two cuts and a set of foils. The weather was really nice and so I didn't do much else after - just enjoyed the sunshine.

Played around a bit more with an accounting program I recently started using called CutShort. Have a look on http://cutshort.co.uk/ I am actually enjoying doing my accounts which makes a change. Soon I will be able to see exactly what my takings are and how many clients I had to do it. Analyzing my data will be much easier and help me to see where I am going with my business. Why not give it a try as there is a free trial to take up!