In the media

The conversations we get invited into.

Ten years of reading brands earns you a few interesting rooms… mastheads, microphones and stages where the question is always some version of the same one, why do some brands hold while others quietly date? We never get tired of answering it. Here’s where those conversations have happened and what got said in them.

As seen in
ABIA, Australian Beauty Industry Awards
AHIA, Australian Hair Industry Awards
AMBA, Australian Modern Barber Awards
ABIC, the Aesthetic and Beauty Industry Council
Beaute Industrie
Beauty Expo Australia
Kristina Russell, colourist
Home of Aesthetics
Inskin Cosmedics, Branding Your Social Media 101 logo
Kristy Gray
Mocha Group
Salon Owners Collective
Salon Pay
Socials for Salons
The Educated Owner
The Sales Catalyst Academy
The ZING Project
Timely
Your Growth Coaches
ABIA, Australian Beauty Industry Awards
AHIA, Australian Hair Industry Awards
AMBA, Australian Modern Barber Awards
ABIC, the Aesthetic and Beauty Industry Council
Beaute Industrie
Beauty Expo Australia
Kristina Russell, colourist
Home of Aesthetics
Inskin Cosmedics, Branding Your Social Media 101 logo
Kristy Gray
Skincare Business Foundations
Mocha Group
Salon Owners Collective
Salon Pay
Socials for Salons
The Educated Owner
The Sales Catalyst Academy
The ZING Project
Timely
Your Growth Coaches
Skincare Business Foundations
Press

Press

Carrie Bradshaw made the column look glamorous. She never mentioned that the real trick is having something worth saying when the masthead calls… Here’s what we said when they did.

12 Personality Archetypes and Branding

Hair Biz, Year 18, Issue 3
Infusing a personality archetype into your brand strategy allows you to create a special connection with your target audience.

3 Reasons To Strengthen Your Personal Brand

Beauty Biz, Year 16, Issue 3
As people's interest in your personal brand grows, they naturally find themselves learning about your business and offerings with a pre-existing understanding of the qualities behind it.

Branding With Our Senses

Beauty Biz, Year 14, Issue 6
Every smell, taste, sound and touch has the ability to craft a memory about our brand, to the point that every time our audience experiences something similar, our business is at the forefront of their minds.
Regular feature contributor, 2018 to 2024
Six years of bi-monthly features on branding, design and business, written for the people running the salon, not the people selling to it.
Regular feature contributor, 2018 to 2024
Six years of bi-monthly features on branding, design and business, written for the people running the salon, not the people selling to it.
Podcasts

Podcasts

The long-form ones. Where there’s time to get past the tidy answers and into the real mechanics of why a brand reads the way it does.

Timely Appointment Software
Sarah talks consistency with the Timely team, and why Canva is a brilliant place to deploy a brand and a poor place to invent one.
According To My Astrologer with Kristy Gray
Part expert takeover, part listener questions. Sarah swaps branding for natal charts with Kristy, coffee firmly involved.
The ABIC Podcast
Sarah on why traction matters, how to get more from the marketing you're already doing and how to cut through the noise of social so your brand stands out.
Colour Kristina Talks Podcast for Hairdressers
Sarah's three tips for a salon brand glow up... consistency, knowing your dream client and the review and refresh most businesses skip.
The Salon CEO Podcast
The three basics Sarah says every salon brand has to nail before its marketing stands a chance.
Get To Yes by Listening, Not Telling with Neil Osbourne
Sarah on the money side of running a studio, and how the Profit First system and its five foundation accounts let her fund growth and build a team.
Salon Conversations with Lisa Conway
Lisa and Sarah talked almost daily for years. This one is about showcasing creativity when time and tech skills are both in short supply.
Speaking
and awards
panels

Speaking and awards panels

The rooms where the audience takes notes on their phones and pretends they’re checking messages. We see you (and we love you for it).

Sarah Garner speaking on stage

Skincare Business Foundations, Label Launchpad

Regular guest masterclass speaker, online. Beyond Pretty Labels: Building Brand Foundations That Make Everything Else Work
2025, 2026

Inskin Cosmedics, Branding Your Social Media 101

Masterclass, online
April 2020

Beaute Industrie, Strategy Summit

Keynote speaker, Melbourne and Sydney
February 2020

Secret Salon Society, INFLUENCE Conference

Keynote speaker, Gold Coast
July 2019

The ZING Project, ZING Mastermind Summit

Keynote speaker, Melbourne
February 2018
Expert panel judge, branding, design and business
2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
Expert panel judge, branding, design and business
2021, 2023, 2024
Expert panel judge, branding, design and business
2021

Want the longer version of any of these conversations?

The best one happens on a groundwork call, where the brand being read is yours and where the questions, for once, go the other way.

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