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STARTING A BEAUTY BUSINESS

Do you want to create your own beauty business and work in the beauty industry?

As someone who has been in the beauty business for quite some time, there are many things I have learned along the way regarding how to get started and expand your beauty business that I would want to share with you.

I get that it can be overwhelming at first since there seems to be a lot to think about, and there is, but it doesn't mean it isn't manageable.

The ideal approach acrylic nail supply store near me is to break the elements down and handle them one at a time. I've created a basic checklist for you in this blog.

1.Branding and Company Name

First and foremost, consider what you want to call your company and conduct some study on the kind of branding you prefer. You may find inspiration for numerous types of branding designs and logos on Pinterest, and you can also follow some branding accounts on Instagram. Consider the colors nail beauty supply store near me and typefaces you will use to market your business, and begin creating social media accounts with your new company name - exciting!

2. Choose treatments

What therapies will you provide? Will you only do nails or will you also provide aesthetic services? Consider what you are genuinely passionate about and truly interested in as a way to respond to these questions. There is no use nail and beauty supply near me in doing something if you don’t have any enthusiasm for it!

3. Research Training Providers

Next up you will need to get trained. When choosing a training provider, take into account things like price, distance from you, reviews, and even whether or not other people have trained there in the past to get their opinions and gauge whether they would suggest it.

4. Schedule Your Classes

What an exciting step this is! You will need qualifications so that you may work with real clients, and receive your all-important insurance. Of course, learning how to do each treatment and giving your clients the finest service possible is also necessary.

We provide a starter kit for nail technicians that includes a comprehensive list of everything you need!

One of the final tasks is to determine the brands you will use and purchase your kit. Your training provider will likely be able to provide you with some help in this area but you should also undertake your own research.

5. Get Insurance

This is really crucial! Even if your customers are models, you must obtain insurance to protect both you and them before working on them. We recommend PolicyBee and you may obtain your own unique quotation. Click this!

I hope this was helpful for you in determining exactly what you need to start your beauty business! If you still feel overwhelmed why not take a look at The Ultimate Beauty Business Toolkit?

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New research reveals architects' nearly nine year itch

New research reveals architects’ nearly nine year itch

8 years and 8 months is average time, post qualification, to go it alone

Architects tend to set up their own practice eight years and eight months on average after qualification, according to new research by small business insurance broker, PolicyBee. The findings are taken from a recent survey carried out amongst over a hundred architects who run small businesses in the UK with 10 or fewer…

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Small business cyber security: An essential guide

A recent government survey estimated that the average cost of a small business’s worst cyber attack is between £65,000 and £115,000. However, according to specialist business insurance broker PolicyBee, 74 per cent of small businesses haven’t put any money aside to deal with an attack. Cyber crime recovery potentially involves many measures, including identifying and fixing

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Cyber attack - small agencies accused of being unprepared

An insurance provider says small estate agencies are peculiarly vulnerable to cyber attack yet are amongst the least prepared amongst their business peers.

PolicyBee asked 500 small and medium sized enterprises in the UK about their preparedness, with a third believing a cyber attack was inevitable at some point.

The firm claims smaller agencies are particularly vulnerable to being hacked or targeted for a cyber attack as not only do they have their own data to protect, they are also custodians of a wealth of clients’ personal data too, from bank accounts to addresses - a potential goldmine for cyber criminals.

“Even the largest of companies is not immune to being affected by cybercrime but most will have a ‘what if’ plan in place that has been stress tested via a crisis simulation or role play exercise. However, small estate agencies seem to be chancing their luck and despite expecting to be hacked, aren’t preparing to be prepared” says Sarah Adams, a cyber insurance expert working with PolicyBee.

“Reputation and trust are hugely important in this sector and any estate agency that doesn’t recover well from a cyber attack, may find that their business is tarnished for a long while afterwards” she adds.

“In the event of becoming a victim of cybercrime, most agents seem to believe a quick call to IT support will get things fixed but the reality is somewhat different. They may need PR or social media to limiting damage done to their reputation, as well as legal support to deal with claims from clients for compromised data, fines from the Information Commissioner’s Office and forensic IT specialist to deal with compromised security and ransom demands.”

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How to run a successful induction (Part 1)

My main role at the collective, is the head of induction and training. We have recently just taken on a bunch of new Photographers to help assist on shoots and to help carry the collective over next year when the current third years leave (and of course, when we end up leaving lsbu!). Daniel has asked me to set up an induction day for the new people joining the collective. This will be my first time setting up an induction, and although I have some experience teaching thanks to my time as a cruise ship photographer, this will be the first time I Induct anyone into an agency. Whilst researching, I found that most of the websites for induction training aren’t based around agency work and more based around full/part time work. For instance I looked at Nibuinessinfo (As recommend by a family member who often runs induction days) and they say things like “It is a legal requirement for employers to give their employees a written statement of terms and conditions of employment within two months of starting work, except for those employees who will be working for less than one month. (nibusinessinfo.co.uk, 2014)”. As the collective is a freelance agency, We do not need to give information like this out as the photographer and project manager are required to sort out their own health and safety. Although I am going to mention regarding risk assessments as these are needed for insurance purposes. Another website I have found that seems like its got some really useful information is one from the university of Australia. They have a quite simple step program for running an induction session:

1.       Planning the session/s – For this part, I will be sitting down/emailing with Alex, Sam and tom as I want them to help me throughout the day. I want Tom to do an induction session on Lightroom and syncing plus colour correction.

2.       Setting aside a reasonable amount of time for the session – We are still a little unsure regarding this part, Wether we should run the session over the course of an afternoon or a couple of days. 3.       Providing procedural information – For this part, I will be speaking throughout slide 1 and mainly focusing on things like HMRC and the kit room. 4.       Providing "domestic" information – For this, I plan on taking the new joiners around the university and showing them some of our regular portraiture spots 5.       Answering questions

 Recently I typed up a list that new members should always make sure they do throughout their time with the collective, to make their experience with us Safe, Helpful (For them and us!) and of course beneficial for their portfolios! Oh and of course, fun! Here is the list below which I have tried to open up a little for the presentation. I am thinking about getting this list printed out for each member of the collective.

  So far I have written this narrative and have sent it to Hannah to check over to see if it sounds okay which I will say during the first induction session. Alongside this I have made a PDF presentation which again, I want everyone to check over before the induction day to see if it sounds okay.

 Hi All! Welcome to the south bank collective and congratulations on getting through! A further welcome to the induction day. This day is here so we can show you how everything in the collective works, from getting paid to things to think of being you go shooting.

Slide 1

Introduce each collective member (only if producers!)

Slide 2

1.       The first and one of the most important things you do, is signing up for HMRC as a self-assessment Not to scare you, but if you don’t and HMRC finds out, large finds can be implemented. It takes no time at all to set up an account and also! You won’t pay tax on this as its very unlikely that you’ll earn over the thresholds.

2.       Getting camera insurance is also very important. The collective cannot be held responsible if anything breaks whilst shooting. We recommend getting 1Million of public liability insurance plus having your camera gear covered. I myself am with PolicyBee and pay £14 a month with all my gear covered (Up too £10,000).

3.       If you haven’t already, Link your emails directly to your phones. This is a super important one as we always email you with shoot details and information! This is also how we will contact you when it’s time to send your invoice into Linsey!

 Slide 3

 Things to consider before shooting

1.       Make sure you have a full frame camera. Unfortunately crop sensor cameras do not allow a good enough ISO capability and noise levels are far too hard to deal with in Lightroom. Because of the locations we often shoot are quite dark, We have now made it a “rule” that everyone uses full frame cameras.

2.       Make sure you have enough time to book kit out for shoots. You have to give at least 24hrs notice to take kit out of the kit room. It may also be an idea that if you do not own a full frame camera, to check the kit room because saying yes/no to taking a job. If you desperately need kit and cannot get it out of the kit room, please speak with your producer who may be able to arrange something outside of the kit room.

3.       Make sure to carry more than one SD card, I generally take 2 x 32gb SD cards on any long shoots and I have thus far never run out of room.

4.       Make sure to set the cameras colour profile to adobe RGB before the shoot (Always check this! Epically if taking kit from the kit room!

5.       Make sure all camera and flash batteries are charged before the shoot – Always check the batteries from the kit room, mistakes can happen!

6.       Get the phone number for both the producer and client – this is to save any trouble with spotting people out of the crowd.

7.       Make sure the camera’s lens is clean! I generally always carry a lens cloth with me to clean my lens, It take 20 seconds to clean the lens and saves 20 minutes worth of editing in Lightroom!

8.       Check the risk assessment – Even if you’re second shooting. It’s always good to know if something has been missed and could be amended!

Slide 4

1.       Check with the producer of the job to see if there are any clothing requirements. If there aren’t, please just wear a plain top/jumper. No trainers under any circumstance.

2.       When arriving at the shoot location, check in with the client. Make sure that you check to see if there is anything they really need throughout the shoot. Also always ask if you can use flash!

3.       Always wear a smile! And speak with people! This will make you job so much easier! Being able to converse and interact is a massive part of photography. Being really happy and smiley and being able to open in conversation with anyone will always help you get the shot!

4.       Always carry a set of SBC cards on you. It has happened many times that the collective gets mentioned during a speech then people will want to know more. Offer them a business card as a bonus!

5.       Always carry your student ID with you. This will help if you come into confrontation regarding you shooting at the uni Although this may sound weird it will help!

Slide 5

1.       All images to be edited using Lightroom – Tom will be doing a session shortly on the basics of Lightroom and to give an idea of the type of aesthetic the collective uses.

2.       Images to be sent to the client via Wetransfer (Tom will explain the export guidelines)

Slide 6

1.       This is the best bit! Getting paid. Throughout the next few slides I’m going to speak about how to get paid.

2.       The invoice is quite self-explanatory, I’m going to use mine as a reference. I set this up as a template so whenever I need to send in invoices, I just need to edit a few columns instead of all of them.

3.       Scroll through slides 7-10 throughout this bit! When the large box, You enter for position, which part you played in the shoot (Producer, Lead Photographer, Assistant), Then give the job name in the description, then the amount will be given to you by the photographer. You never change the VAT amount as we do not pay VAT.

 References:

1.       nibusinessinfo.co.uk. (2014). What to include in an induction programme. [online] Available at: https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/what-include-induction-programme [Accessed 17 Mar. 2017].

http://www.governance.uwa.edu.au/committees/principles/meetings/preparation/induction

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It's CSS, SEO, jQuery, C#, SQL... at DigiBee

Today was just like every day at DigiBee HQ - a complete mix of tasks, some challenging, some frustrating, all rewarding.

And DigiBee is...?

DigiBee is a programmatic, analytic and marketing solutions provider - yes, quite a mouthful.

Since 2008, the company has steadily grown, employing gurus in marketing, PPC, programming, social, analytics, engineering and much, much more.

We're all geeks at DigiBee and we've all got our quirks, from a marketing guru needing all mugs to face the same way in the cupboard to a pen stealing operations manager.

DigiBee is a fantastic place to work, no two days are the same - except Saturday and Sunday when not much happens.

So what does DigiBee do?

We have two sister companies - PolicyBee (a UK based professional liability insurance broker) and InsuranceBee (a US based errors & omissions insurance agent).

Our sister companies are our primary focus, (however, we still find the time to work on other companies' projects from time to time) enabling us to collaborate on all projects, ensuring short and long term top notch solutions.

The door opens

Tomorrow, DigiBee will be posting two vacancies on its blog.

The email inbox will be wide open for anyone interested in joining DigiBee as either a marketing assistant or a web developer - maybe you could be both?

Once we've uploaded the job profiles and some details on how to apply, @PolicyBee will let the world know with a tweet, so start following.

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SMEs in denial about the cost of a cyber-attack

Only 19 per cent of SMEs have put aside a war chest to deal with the repercussions of a cyber-attack, according to a study by PolicyBee. Cyber insurance expert Sarah Adams, who commissioned the study for PolicyBee, says, ‘Cyber-attacks are not just an IT problem as they could impact sales, customer relations, reputation and a

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