Beyond the Barber's Chair

Accommodating our Autistic and Super Sensitive Clients in our Chairs - Interview with Kate Owens Heins with The Sensory Safe Solution

About this episode...I really hope that all Barbers either hear this episode or learn about Autism in some way. In all candor, this has probably been the most challengin

Episode 052 - Eight Months Later - Ergonomics for Barbers - Interview with Ron Wada, Founder of the Ergonami Method - Part II

About this episode...Well... he said that I would start cutting without straining my body and/or the pain... ...and he was right. We were originally going to record thi

Episode 051 - Ergonomics for Barbers - Interview with Ron Wada, Founder of the Ergonami Method

We get taught one way to hold our shears, our bodies, and our clippers, and then we have to take it from there. About this episode...Ergonimics for Barbers... I have bee

Episode 050 - My client has a brown splotch... Now what?

I see a skin disorder... a splotch... seems innocent enough, but I'm not sure that it is... About this episode...I often share the story from a couple years ago where I

Episode 049 - Using our words to get the right clients in our chair - and interview with Betty Emrey, Copy Writer

I'm getting people in my chair, but they're not my favorite people to hang out with... About this episode...Marketing ourselves as Barbers can be tricky. Yes, we are all

Episode 048 - Getting a bite in between clients... is there a better way? - Interview with Dan Cornett, Nutrition Consultant

We've all tried to sneak a bite in between clients - what if we didn't have to do it? About this episode...This episode hits close to home... I am just as guilty as anyo

Episode 047 - Don't Sleep on the Google! Interview with Michael Morse, Google Expert

It takes a lot of work, yet my Google listing brings in more customers than my Instagram. About this episode...I am very excited about this episode...it has taken a long

Episode 043 - Barber's Tools and the TSA Rules

Can we carry our shears in a carry on bag? Who can we ask to make sure? About this episode...Nearly every week or so, I see Barbers asking about what we can and cannot k

Episode 041 - The Lesson of the Chess Board

Dangit - this guy is always doing dumb stuff in the Barbershop... What can I do about it? About this episode...In the game of chess, each piece has its own role and its

Episode 040 - Opening our Barbershops where we want to open them instead of taking what we can get

What if you could open a Barbershop in a Publix shopping center (or another high-traffic location)? What do they knw that we don't know? About this episode...Most of the

Episode 039 - How Hackers Get into the Barbershop - Interview with Keya'an Williams

Hackers aren't trying to into my Barbershop, Right?.... Right? About this episode...Are hackers tryin specifically to get into a Barbershop's network and computers? Or i

Episode 038 - Barbershops, CyberCrime, and CyberSecurity - An interview with Keya'an Williams, International CyberSecurity Expert

Hackers aren't interested in Barbershops, Right?.... Right? About this episode...A casino was hacked though a thermometer in a fish tank several years ago... ...but are

Episode 037 - How we $%&# up with Barbicide

It's in Barbicide, so it's okay.... Right? ....Right? About this episode...Walk into any Barbershop, and we will see Barbiicide on almost every station... We will also

Episode 036 - Get Caught Sanitizing - Interview with Ivan Zoot

I don't want my customers seeing my disinfect... or do I?.. About this episode... if it is true that perception is reality, then we control what our clients think about

Episode 035 - What Happens After 10 Minutes in Barbicide? - Interview with Ivan Zoot

The Barbicide messed up my shears... right? About this episode... When a Barber first learns about how to use Barbicide in school, we know to sanitize our combs and oth

Episode 034 - Everything You Want to Know About Barbicide, but Don't Know Who to Ask! - Interview with Ivan Zoot

That blue stuff in the jar... I've got so many questions.... About this episode...IF WE'RE BEING HONEST... How many of us Barbers REALLY know the right way to use Barbic

Episode 032 - My Appearance on Your Barber Podcast with Matt Bellotte

What happens when two Barbers start talking? We talk for hours without missing a beat! About this episode...This is the first time I was interviewed by another podcaster

Episode 031 - How do swivel-thumb shears help Barbers?

Sure, the swivel thumb shears feel good, but what are they doing to help Barbers? About this episode...Willy Hyde is the Director of Education for SharkFin Shears, a she

Episode 030 - If I'm in pain, I'm no fun to be around - From my interview with Willy Hyde, Director of Education for SharkFin Shears

Whether we are behind the Barber's chair, or out and about, or at home, if we are in pain, we are not fun to be around. About this episode...Every now and then, one stat

Episode 029 - When should a Barber start using swivel thumb shears - with Willy Hyde of SharkFin Shears

"They" (whoever "they" is) told me that if I'm going to switch to a swivel thumb shear, that I should do it early in my career... it didn't sound right, but... About thi