At PS, we are a family run business and love the opportunity
to support and collaborate with both creative individuals and small businesses
within the Frimley and Surrey area.
We have worked with a variety of clients to help drive us
into the new era of social media and most importantly the powerful World Wide
Web. Believe it or not, when we first started back in 2008, a pencil and book
still proved to be the foundation of all hairdressing receptions. Nowadays of
course, we couldn’t survive without a computer (or so it would seem) and we
know the importance of updating software regularly and keeping our clients
updated with all these fast growing changes.
The first thing we did when jumping on the ‘technology
bandwagon’ was create a website after realising how necessary having a ‘www.’
for a business is. Since then we have updated this website to something we are
all very proud of (screenshot below) - and for this we
would like to thank Stephen at Peel Design Studio - the brains behind our
constantly evolving website; www.pshairdressing.co.uk
“We are very used to
changing fashions of shape and hair colour in our profession, but the thought
of making massive changes to all of our web content did fill me with dread.
However as soon as I was introduced to Stephen I wondered what I was worrying
about in the first place.
From our first meeting
I knew we were going to get along fine. I talk a lot, and have a lot of different
ideas, and Stephen was able to translate my ideas and conversation into a
beautiful intro page. A few days after our meeting I received an email with a
link to our new website – it was just what I had imagined.
After lots of emails
and sending content through to Stephen, lots of photographs and then some
changes, our new website was ready. To be able to have everything all on one
page feels great and makes life easy for both us and our clients. We use lots
of social media and so in addition to sharing our news with our clients; we are
able to use the page as a gateway to these other medias (Twitter, Facebook,
Instagram, etc) all of which are constantly updating.
I started the ‘journey’
of changing our site with a few nerves, but actually it’s been very easy.
Whenever I do need to make a change I no longer worry about it as a quick email
or phone call with Stephen and it’s all done. We would recommend Stephen to
anyone!”
Pippa @ PS Hairdressing
As well as our website being up-to-date we ensure new content
is always being added to all social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter
and Instagram. This is a great way to showcase what we are doing daily in the
salon, as well as the special events we have been holding recently. One of our
recent events, which proved very successful was our Mothers Day Shopping Night.
This was a great way to invite our clients to browse (and purchase) a variety
of unique gifts over a glass or two of wine, as well as promoting independent
sellers whose products we love! We transformed our salon into a boutique shop
with each chair-space home to a different seller. All the individuals who had
stalls on the night are also lovely clients of ours, these included:
Sian Petter - Exotic
Tramp
Exotic Tramp is the creation of Sian Petter. Sian makes cocktail truffles and costume
jewellery - a winning combination for us.
Sue at Indulgence Treatments
Sue uses her caring attitude and relaxation techniques whilst massaging her clients. Whether you want a neck and back massage or a hot stone treatment, Sue offers relaxing appointments. Like her Facebook page for Inspirational quotes in between appointments.
Vikki - Fudgilicious
Vikki at Fudgilicious creates homemade fudge in unusual
flavours. We love her choc mallow fudge
but the hint of chilli fudge is definitely the surprise hit.
Xavia Barry
Xavia has been working really hard on creating Vegan
friendly candles. She uses soy wax and
unusual moulds to create beautiful, scented candles.
Sarah Jane at Pottery
Gifthouse
Sarah Jane has been our neighbour on Frimley High Street for
a number of years now. If you need
presents, cards, flowers, jewellery or decorative items the Pottery Gift House
is the perfect place. Sarah Jane is able
to offer a bespoke service for wedding signage, decorations and hats and
fascinators. Her stock comes from a
group of local designers and makers.
Following
the success of our Mother’s Day Shopping Night, Sarah from the Pottery Gift
House (which is located 3 doors up from PS), confirmed she is happy to house
the gifts on offer in her shop in the future. So if you’re interested in seeing
more from these sellers then head down to The Pottery Gift House on Frimley
High Street.
As we have
already mentioned in this blog post (and countless times before), PS is a
family-run business and we wouldn’t be anywhere without support from our
family. As a creative family we all help each other to grow both professionally
and artistically and we give special thanks and recognition to Katharine Shaw,
a freelance makeup artist who is always on hand to add extra beauty to our
lovely models, as well as Luke Shaw, a freelance photographer who is there to
capture these looks during PS photoshoots. You can find out more about both
Katharine and Luke below:
Katharine Shaw - @MissKPShaw twitter & Instagram:
Luke Shaw - http://www.lukeshawphotography.co.uk/
@lukeshawphoto twitter
