Barber Hacks: How Has Social Media Changed Your Life?

HAS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGED YOUR LIFE? I’m sitting at a typewriter, writing a blog, (actually a tablet with a keyboard, but allow me my little fantasy) thinking about what social media actually does for me. When was the last time social media changed your life as a barber? If I ask myself that question...never. There is nothing that social media has ever done that has changed my life as a barber. I’ve hit the social media scene pretty hard. I blog, I have a YouTube channel, I have dallied with the ‘gram, I have Vero on my phone. At one point I was a hardcore Instagram user. Logged a lot of hours, learned a lot about how the site ran, picked up a ‘real’ camera and started taking some pictures, took photos and videos of every cut that came into my chair. I played that game, racked up some followers (tipped just above 2 grand), and I still dabble. INSTA-FAMOUS I’m thinking lately about hours logged, and how I have used my time, and whether that time has been productive fo