Former FT stylist, turned Business Coach for Stylist, Kim Kennedy is OBSESSED with HAIR + BUSINESS (when she’s not listening to True Crime podcasts). She always envisioned teaching to be something she would do at the end of her career but when her coaching business took off it was ‘’scary fufilling’’!
Kim, a mom to a 2 + 7 year old, is an 18-Year Stylist and now helps other stylists create a successful career behind the chair that doesn’t take over their life. She shares all the things she wished she knew and learned from hitting ''rock bottom'’ burnout. She got resourceful and it paid off! Now, she teaches other moms to share their purpose and gifts and do what they love.
Always a booth renter, Kim sttruggled first 8-10 years in her career and worked 2 jobs to pay bills; last 10 years worked at amazing salon. When she had a baby she didn’t want to have a gap in her day sitting at the salon when she could have another client or be home with her baby. After realizing she had been ''emotionally discounting'' (not charging) $1000 in services per month, things changed when she treated it like biz. She new she couldn’t go back to work part-time without the right systems in place. As a new mom working 3 days a week she doubled her previous full-time income! Now, her ''Next Level Stylist Academy'' changes the trajectory of stylist lives + their children!
PRO TIPS
#1 | Flat iron with a really long cord + easy to clean
#2 | Once you have clients you have to keep them
#3 | Pre-book clients
#4 | Know your numbers; treat it like a business not a hobby
#5 | Watch videos all the time
FAVE TOOLS
Color: Pravana + Redken Shades EQ
Babyliss clippers + blow dryers
Lightner: Schwarzkopf BLONDEME
Extensions: Hair Compounds
WORDS OF WISDOM
💗 Align your vision + life around what you want
💗 Keep + love up on new clients (instead of finding more)
💗 Branding is a feeling + a vibe that you get and starts the moment a client hears about you
💗 Whatever is on your heart + you’re dreaming abourt is on your heart for a reason
💗 There is so much room for everyone; when 1 rises everyone rises
OBSESSED WITH
Hair + Business
MENTIONED:
Kajabi
Messaging Course by Minling
Books: Rich Dad Poor Dad + Atomic Habits + Believe It
Podcast: How I Built This
Kim's Free Class: 3 Secrets to Become a Highly Successful Stylist
Kim's FB Group: Next Level Hairstylist Community
Follow Kim ⤵️
www.instagram.com/kimberlymariestylist
www.nextlevelhairstylist.com
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