For Image Consultants

How to Become a Certified Image Consultant with the International Image Institute

July 5, 2025

The International Image Institute Inc., founded by Karen Brunger, AICI Certified Image Professional (CIP), is a globally respected leader in image consulting education and training. For over three decades, the Institute has supported aspiring and established professionals in achieving excellence in the field of image consulting. One of the most recognized designations in the industry…

Visualize: Business Lesson #1

September 18, 2024

Create a clear mental picture of your ideal business.

Opportunities with Image Consultant Training

April 17, 2024

Discover Your Path in the World of Image Ready to Transform Lives? Whether you’re planning on launching your own image consulting services or you’re in a profession that could benefit from having an image edge (such as a hair stylist, makeup artist, or wellness coach to name a few), there’s a world of possibilities waiting…

How to Become an Image Consultant

April 9, 2024

Are you passionate about helping others enhance their personal brand and confidence? Becoming an image consultant might be the perfect career path for you. In this guide, we’ll explore the steps, skills, and opportunities to kickstart your journey. If you still have questions about how to become an image consultant after reading this guide, please…

Use Mentors: Business Lesson #10

May 30, 2022

One of my most important business lessons – use mentors who are experts in the areas in which I want to move forward. I have had – and continue to have – many mentors for a variety of functions. Veronica Veronica was the first. When I started playing with image consulting in 1984, I had…

Mastermind: Business Lesson #9:

May 23, 2022

The help I have received from MasterMind groups has been invaluable. A Mastermind group is a vehicle for you to check your ideas and get ideas for business growth in a synergistic environment. The group is ideally comprised of five to seven people who are open-minded, positive, and possibility-thinkers.  Their experience and type of industry…

Industry Research: Business Lesson #8

May 16, 2022

How to Get From Here to There When my business coach, Steve Sobel, asked me to do this industry research, I had no idea how huge it could be.  The ‘aha’ for me was that when you get ‘there’, it becomes another ‘here’.  The only difference between someone just starting in this industry, and someone…

Entrepreneurship: Business Lesson #7

May 9, 2022

As well as servicing our clients, we are also entrepreneurs and business managers.  If you haven’t read Michael E. Gerber’s E-Myth yet, I highly recommend it; it will help you embrace entrepreneurship. As an entrepreneur, how would you rate your abilities for the following on the scale of Not So-Hot, So-So, Pretty Good? Turn any…

Objectives: Business Lesson #6

May 4, 2022

The primary purpose of a business is to help you attain your personal objectives. When this becomes the focus, rather than generating an arbitrary income, your goals become magnetic. Create a chart like the one here, listing your personal objectives in each category. Include the annual cost for each.