South Dakota’s Top Rated Local® Barber Shop Award Winner: Dave’s Barber Shop

Top Rated Local® is pleased to announce that Dave’s Barber Shop is a 2019 award winner!

A 93.10 Rating Score™, a 4.91 average star rating, and dozens of stellar online reviews make Dave’s Barber Shop one of the top 10 barber shops in South Dakota. Here’s just one of the awesome reviews they’ve received:

“Dave is a VERY good Barber. I like the shoulder massage after the hair cut! Dave is also very friendly and can be very funny at times!”

Not Your Average Barber Shop

Dave Hoiten, the “Dave” in Dave’s Barber Shop, took a few minutes to talk with us about his business’ fabulous online reputation.

First things first, we asked Dave how he manages to set his barber shop so far apart from their local competition. He told us that it is all about service, saying, “You have to be personable, first of all. You’ve got to have a clean operation and just be truly fair.”

Dave’s mission is to treat all of his guests with the utmost care. He told us, “We treat the kids right. I cater to the kids. I just try to leave the kids with good things so they know it’s a safe haven to come to.”

Building Success Through Individualized Service

Of course, we couldn’t let Dave go without finding out what he considers to be his secret to success. According to him, it’s actually relatively simple — he treats every single customer well. “I just do personal business and handle every customer as an individual,” he said.

As an award-winning business owner, Dave knows what it takes to make a business succeed online. Here’s his advice to other businesses that are working on their online reputation:

“If you say you’re going to be there, be there. Don’t close early, don’t leave. As soon as you leave, you’re going to miss people and they’re going to have a bad taste in their mouth.”


Congratulations to the team at Dave’s Barber Shop for being a 2019 Top Rated Local award winner, and thank you so much, Dave, for taking the time to speak with us!

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