The relationships we build with our clients is pretty amazing, isn’t it? Not only can we become great friends with our clients, we get to see their hair and their life transform around us!

One of those clients, for me, is Ainsley. We first met in 2014, Ainsley had come in to get her hair done with me for the first time.

Unfortunately, for both of us, Ainsley had been addicted to box dyeing her hair (any guesses what color she was using? Yup… you guessed it…) black

Welcome back to another episode of The Anxious Creative! I’m so excited to be chatting with you.

In this episode we’ll be talking about your secret weapon in business, to guarantee and solidify more income. Wherever you are listening to this, get ready to listen up and maybe take some notes (but don’t put any pressure on yourself – you can also just enjoy this in the background!)

Buckle up ‘cause this is gonna be a good one…

There’s a weekend in 2014 that I’ll never forget. Still, to this day, I consider it to be one of the biggest weekends in my life…

Have I got you curious as to what happened?

Alright, I guess I gotta spill the beans then…

Tell me if any of the following sounds familiar to you:

• “I’m going to raise my prices and just charge the new people the new prices…”

• “New people get my new prices but my long-term clients I still give them the previous price…”

• “I actually have two pricing models… one for my new clients and one for my existing clients…”

There’s nothing more that irks me than hearing that.

So in this episode of The Anxious Creative Podcast, we’re going to be talking about how to get your old clients to pay your new prices. Without the stress and anxiety.

On Friday, October 2nd, 2015 I got the keys to my brand new, downtown Calgary salon. Almost exactly 1 year after moving here (I moved to Calgary on Sept 22, 2014).

When I first arrived I was working out of the basement of my rental home in the suburbs, not so patiently waiting for the perfect commercial space to pop up.

Even though I had my own salon back in Saskatchewan, I’d always done things on a very tight budget and I DIY’d a lot (and I am NOT a DIY’er). I didn’t truly understand just how much a professional designer could help.

Hands up if you’ve ever emotionally discounted a client? ‍♀️

Yup, that’s what we’re talking all about in this episode of The Anxious Creative. We’re gonna talk about that feeling that you get in your stomach when you just wanna help someone out, or you’re scared of the price so you just go ahead and dock $20, or maybe it’s a little bit more…