Inspiration: Our Beginnings as an Entrepreneur
Golden Goddess Mobile Spray Tans is run and operated by Amanda Castro Scales in Charlotte, North Carolina. I earned my biology degree and teaching license from University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2011. While being a middle school science teacher, I had to work other part-time jobs. I've always been a motivated person and one day I had the idea to start my own business (this was while I was working my second job that was making minimum wage). After a few failed business ideas, I heard about airbrush spray tanning and started researching about the training. I've always enjoyed creative things like painting and knew I would really like it. Plus, I love a good tan. As a teacher, I encourage my students to be creative, take risks, and I decided to follow my own advice!
Soon I realized that a mobile business was possible and I knew that would be a great option for me just starting out. Plus, I still wanted to teach as well. Mobile spray tanning in 2017 wasn't really popular in Charlotte yet. There were only a few spray tan artists, but it was really popular in LA, NYC, and Miami. I knew it would only be soon before more people in a growing metropolis of Charlotte would want this service. After months of planning and training, I pulled the trigger to buy the equipment. My husband encouraged me to make the leap and even helped spread the word. His business degree came in handy during the early days. We were making signs and flyers posting them around Charlotte. I was sharing it with all my family and friends, posting all over social media. We kept putting in time to spread the word.
Business was very slow at first and I started to get discouraged. However, after investing time into building my website, Google Business page, and attending vendor events in Charlotte, more appointments started to get booked! A local newspaper, Gaston Gazette, caught wind of my entrepreneurship and published my story in the paper. Eventually word started to spread from one happy client to the next. The one piece of feedback I heard from every client: THE TAN IS SO NATURAL and NOT ORANGE! Many clients loved the mobile service like I knew they would! Now 7 years later, Golden Goddess Mobile Spray Tans is still in business and staying booked up. Charlotte has changed over these years, but one thing has stayed the same. Golden Goddess is still spraying clients with the best, natural looking color that makes people happy!
To book your spray tan in Charlotte, NC, visit cltgoldengoddess.com or call/text Amanda at 980-819-1327.
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