It’s 2011! What a perfect time to polish your professional edge! What gets practiced gets repeated! Make a plan and stick to it! New Year’s Resolutions are a great way to start fresh and to get focused on your business goals for the year. Let’s start new habits that will not only make your clients appreciate you more, but will also help you build your business and make you more money!

At a lot of salons I visit, the owner begs me for help in changing the competitive atmosphere that can turn off clients. Successful salons bring together not a group of individuals, but a team of individuals. How much do you contribute to your salon’s team? Ask yourself how well you fit the profile of [...]

Hey my friends, here is something for you to think about as you work behind the chair… A hairstylist’s technique is about how much he or she knows. How confident are you in your technique? Enjoy your day!

Over the many years as a hairdresser I have developed many habits, yet recently I discovered that I am not my habits and I can make or break my habits instead of letting my habits make or break me. Remember my friends, there is danger in the comfort zone… Change our habits and we change [...]

Watch, listen and understand the story behind Sam Villa’s passion to educate stylists! In this exclusive interview with Stylists411.com, Sam shares what motivates him as an educator. Click on the video below to see Sam’s interview with Stylists411.com

Looking to be more creative today behind the chair? Here is a thought for today: Each of us possess inborn creative abilities that can be reached, developed, and strengthened just like our physical abilities. Remember my friends falling in love with one of your ideas can stop you from experimenting with other new designs and concepts. Self-confidence is essential to [...]

My first after-school job as a teenager was to coach the elementary school flag football team. I took that team from its record of 0-10 to 10-0 in two years. I think that was my first clue that maybe I had some talent to teach. In college I continued to coach teams and stay involved [...]