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BEFORE YOU OPEN THE TEMPLATE
Block 30 minutes.
Not right now if you can't focus. Schedule it like a booking. The artists who get results from this set aside real time — the ones who don't fill it out in 10 minutes and wonder why nothing changes.
Answer Question 5 first.
Annual income goal ÷ 12 = monthly target. Monthly target ÷ average service value = bookings needed. That number will tell you everything about whether your current pace is working.
Rate your systems honestly in Question 4.
Working, needs work, or does not exist. No partial credit. Vague answers produce vague results — the discomfort is the most useful thing on the page.
Print it when you're done.
Put it somewhere visible. Not in a folder you never open. The plan only works if you can see it.
Set a 90-day review reminder now.
Set a 90-day review reminder now. Before you close this tab. The plan is designed for 90 days — that is the right horizon for a business at this stage.
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When You're Ready
1:1 Coaching
Knowing what needs to change
and actually changing it — different things.
You just answered five questions most artists never ask. That puts you ahead. But if your calendar is still inconsistent, your income unpredictable, or you’re working hard and not seeing it reflected in your bookings — that is a systems and strategy problem. Not a talent problem.
1:1 coaching is built for exactly this. We build the plan together. You execute it with support.
From April Nicole
I rebuilt my business from zero after a five-year break in a completely changed industry.
I did not have a mentor. I did not have a blueprint. I had trial, error, and eventually a plan I stuck to.
What I know now is that the plan mattered more than the talent. Decisions made in advance. Numbers tracked. Systems built before I needed them.
That is what this template is the beginning of.
Thirty minutes. Five questions. And then — the work.
April Nicole, Founder, The Simplified Stylist