{"id":139,"date":"2020-09-13T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisabruton.com.au\/?p=139"},"modified":"2021-03-25T02:06:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T02:06:51","slug":"opening-a-salon-amanda-riley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisabruton.com.au\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"What it&#8217;s really like to open a salon in 6 weeks with Amanda Riley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Amanda is an hairstylist, salon owner, and beauty educator. She love serving clients who are looking for a home in a salon; a place to feel comfortable &amp; build a relationship with their hair stylist. Relationships built one bowl of color at a time, giving them a break from their daily routine, an ear to listen to or their dream hair.&nbsp; Serving and growing a community of beauty entrepreneurs has greatly impacted her heart for hair stylists and getting them set up for continued success through weekly business inspired emails, her community event The Glow Social and guides for successful social media presences. In this episode Amanda talks about her experience with opening up a salon in 6 weeks, what she&#8217;s learnt in business so far and her best tips for growing a sustainable business.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/15877817\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/b65657\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-block-button-container--center\" data-animation-role=\"button\" data-alignment=\"center\" data-button-size=\"medium\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/taking-action\/id1500680426\" class=\"sqs-block-button-element--medium sqs-block-button-element\" >Love what your hearing? Leave a review!<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong>Let\u2019s dig into the highlights!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">About Amanda and her business [1.08]<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">How Amanda made the most of COVID [3.02]<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Communicating boundaries [8.39]<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">How systems has helped Amanda in her business [10.10]<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">About how independent hairstylists work [13.23]<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">How to use stock photos in your business [20.30]<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">How Amanda opened her salon in 6 weeks [25.00]<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">How to learn more from Amanda [37.55]<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong>Links Mentioned:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amandaleeriley.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amanda&#8217;s Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amandarileyhairstylist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amanda&#8217;s Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-button-container--center\" data-animation-role=\"button\" data-alignment=\"center\" data-button-size=\"small\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2zFNU9tejKhXZ7iOFk1o4O?si=L6v6F-vlTLye97OBeKpOtg\" class=\"sqs-block-button-element--small sqs-block-button-element\" >Spotify<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sqs-block-button-container--center\" data-animation-role=\"button\" data-alignment=\"center\" data-button-size=\"small\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/taking-action\/id1500680426\" class=\"sqs-block-button-element--small 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