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Case study · AM Barber Lounge · barbershop Not just likes. New customers.

AM Barber Lounge is an independent barbershop with a loyal chair and an owner who wanted the online side to bring in new faces rather than applause. We ran the social channels across five platforms, filmed the advert and the testimonial, and built the website. The shop now runs its own channels, the door is open, and the owner’s review is one of the best things anyone has written about us.

Filmed by AMW Media
AM Barber Lounge film still
5Platforms run from one plan
2Films you can watch below
Client
AM Barber Lounge, independent barbershop
What we ran
Social media across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Google, filming in the shop, an advert, a testimonial and the website
Measured
New customers, in the owner's words; booking figures are his
Working together
2024 to 2025; the shop runs its own channels now, and knows where we are
01 · The brief

Being everywhere at once, between haircuts

An independent barbershop run by its owner, Atmirald, with a regular client base built on the quality of the cut and the atmosphere in the shop. Word of mouth had always done the marketing. But Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Google all matter for a barbershop, because each is where a different customer looks, and keeping five channels alive with fresh content is a full time job for someone who is cutting hair all day.

The brief was not more likes. It was new faces in the chair.

5Channels to keep alive
1Owner, cutting hair all day
0Hours he had spare to do it
02 · Five platforms, one plan

Film in the shop, cut it five ways

We filmed in the shop, cut the footage into Reels, TikToks, Shorts and posts, and published to a calendar so the channels stayed busy without the owner touching them. The style was the shop’s, not ours: fast cuts, the chair, the finish. The Google profile was kept complete and active alongside, because a barber lives on the search for one near me.

4Formats from one shoot
1Calendar the whole thing ran to
GoogleProfile kept complete and active
03 · The advert

The piece that pins the profiles

We wrote, filmed and cut an advert for the shop, the piece that ran in the paid placements and pinned the profiles. Then we filmed Atmirald himself, on camera, talking about working with us, which we would rather show you than paraphrase. Both films are below.

1Advert, written, filmed and cut
1Testimonial, the owner on camera
0Stock footage
04 · The website

A site for a shop that lives on its phone

We built the website: the shop, the cuts, the prices, the hours and a fast route to book, on a phone, because nobody researches a barber on a desktop. It is the page the five channels point at.

1Website designed and built
PhoneThe screen it was designed for
5Channels pointing at it
05 · The result, and the door left open

Boosted visibility, and new customers

In the owner’s words after six months: seriously boosted online visibility, and new customers rather than just more likes. His review, below, also says something about how we work that we would never have dared write ourselves. The shop now runs its own channels, which is fine by us, and the footage bank, the advert and the website are theirs. If they want us back, they know where we are.

Booking and revenue figures are the shop’s own and are not published.

6Months in when the review was written
5Stars, January 2025
OpenThe door, if they want us back

How it unfolded

From a full chair to five channels and a website.

  1. Mid 2024The brief

    New customers, not likes. Filming starts in the shop.

  2. 2024Five platforms

    Reels, TikToks, Shorts and posts to one calendar, the Google profile kept active.

  3. 2024The advert

    Written, filmed and cut in the shop; pinned across the profiles.

  4. 2024The website

    The shop, the cuts, the hours and a fast route to book, on a phone.

  5. January 2025On camera, and the review

    Atmirald's testimonial film and his five star Google review, six months in.

  6. 2025In house

    The shop runs its own channels now, with the footage, the advert and the site we made.

5Platforms run from one plan, from footage shot in the shop.
2Films below: the advert and the owner on camera.
1Website, still the shop's.
What we ran

The work, in the open

his words, not ours

Measured in new faces

A barbershop does not need a lead chart; it needs people it has never seen before sitting in the chair. The owner says that is what happened, in his review below, and he says it better than we could. Booking figures are his. The shop runs its own channels now, and the work we made is still doing its job.

The client, on camera

Hear it from the chair, not from us

Atmirald on camera in the shop, talking about working with us. The advert we made for him is below it.

His Google review from January 2025 is here, word for word.

They set me up with a CRM system that fits my business just right, and their skills in crafting content have seriously boosted my online visibility. This isn't just about getting more likes; it's actually helped bring in new customers.
AM Barber LoungeAtmirald Alshabani · Google review · 7 January 2025Read all 30 reviews on Google
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The film we made for them
Questions

Questions

How do barbershops get more customers from social media?
Post real cuts from the chair often, on the platforms where your customers actually are, and make it one tap to book from any of them. AM Barber Lounge ran on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Google from one calendar.
Should a barbershop be on TikTok?
Yes, if the content is real work from the chair. Short cuts of transformations do well on TikTok and Reels and bring in younger customers who never search Google for a barber.
How much does social media management cost for a barbershop?
We quote after a call based on how many channels and how much filming the shop needs, so there are no set prices here.
How do we get more bookings, not just more followers?
By making booking the only obvious next step. A barbershop with 10,000 followers and no booking link in the bio is running a hobby account. Live availability, one tap from every platform, and an automatic reminder so the chair does not sit empty. Then content that shows the cuts rather than announcing that you exist.
Do we need to be on every platform?
No, and trying usually makes all of them worse. Two done properly beats five done badly. For a barbershop that is normally Instagram and TikTok, with Google carrying the search and the booking. We would rather run one calendar across the platforms that suit you than post the same clip in five places.
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