When your talent leads to three-hour wait times, you’ve reached a critical crossroads: you are either going to scale your business or lose your clients to frustration. For Sky Taylor, owner of The Sky’s Barbers Brand, this was the reality of his success. A self-taught artist who counts the cast of Geordie Shore among his regulars, Sky needed a way to maintain his high-end atmosphere without the chaotic queues.
In this spotlight, Sky shares how he transitioned from a self-taught teenager to a celebrity barber and brand owner. Discover why integrating Booksy was the "best thing he’s ever done" to protect his brand’s integrity and his own peace of mind.
Source: The Northern Echo
I started barbering at the age of 14, self-taught. I had a knack for it. As an artist, I picked it up quick and became very creative. I started with patterns and grew from that.
I believe my customer care and our atmosphere is most important, we have recently converted our cellar into a VIP waiting area and coffee bar to give a quality all-round service.
Enjoy what you do! If you don't, then it's not for you. Be creative, learn the basics and take your own route, because that what defines good and bad barbers.
No, I don't find it hard at all, because I'm a creative barber. I like to create and come up with new ways to fade new shapes, keeping the structural balance in proportion but showing off at the same time. I have clients from Geordie Shore, so I have to keep things fashionable.
I love a challenge and will give anything a go. The most challenging have got to be the three hair portraits of Bob Marley, Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather.
I'd say my drive and artistic flare. I keeping going until it works and that's what I live by. I never fail, because I don't stop until I succeed.
I was offered a trial about a year ago but was hesitant as I didn't know if it would work or not. But it's the best thing I've done and should have done it when I was first introduced. I believe I will do great things alongside Booksy.
I was already very popular and, as a business, we were growing by the day. But as we were growing, it was becoming harder to keep organised. Potentially, I could have lost clients as the wait was 2/3 hours. Booksy has helped me grow already and took a huge weight off my shoulders.
I just love being organised but I have to admit the message blast feature is genius. It enables me to contact all my clients at once.
I've never had a complaint or negative comment about Booksy and clients have been so happy. They don't have to queue anymore. And how simple it is to use!
I just want to keep developing and spread across the country. I'd like my second shop in my home city Leicester. I've launched my own range of products, so I'd like to have an online shop. In the long term, I'd love to have a stable enough brand to sell my brand to Manley, a hotel in Dubai.
