THURSDAY to do list in your salon
How to increase your takings on Thursdays when you’ve had a quiet week? Listen to the short episode as Alan Forrest Smith explains what you … Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY: increase your takings
Did you create a list of things to be done? Did you get more clients through your door?
Don’t worry I get it I understand … Read Full Story
Secrets to Salon Management
How salon management will grow your salon business and create busy columns for any stylist.
Listen to the short episode as Alan Forrest Smith shares … Read Full Story
TUESDAY: fill the columns
How do you fill columns on Tuesday? Yesterday we talked about creating a list or two on Monday’s (not my fav thing to do) but … Read Full Story
MONDAY: Do this in your salon for an amazing week
Even if you’re off on Monday in your mind you’re still at your salon. Do this simple exercise and it’ll give you an amazing week … Read Full Story
Why a successful salon is a well-managed salon
Here’s a fact: A successful salon is a well-managed salon.
But let me tell you this. A salon that has no management will struggle with … Read Full Story
Salon Sampler, The Book Interview
“Alan if you had to do just one thing to pack out any salon what would it be?”
SALON SAMPLER – IS That Program
We … Read Full Story
How To Turn Customer Reviews Into A New Currency For Your Salon Business
The Birmingham Gig – Pictures & Videos – Meet Mr. Paul
IMPORTANT: Apologies for late delivery of THE SALON PUNK BOOK. The truth is it keeps selling out so fast we literally cannot re-order them fast … Read Full Story
Why salon promotions have the most influence on your client’s decision to rebook, keep this one tip in mind
- Beauty salon flyers
- Social media posts updated, clicked and liked
- Salon Ad is in the newspaper
- Refer A friend cards done and printed
- Salon website
How to promote your salon services using email and get busy
In today’s highly commercialized digital world you’d be forgiven to assume that your clients don’t care about getting another email from your salon, but, based … Read Full Story
Why Referrals Will Explode Your Salon Business
Next time you hand over a recommend a Friend voucher ask yourself, is this exploding my salon business? And if it is not, ask yourself … Read Full Story
How One Stylist Increased Salon Takings by £88,400
How is it possible to increase salon income by £88,400 from one stylist? One graduate stylist did just that. Listen to the podcast episode to … Read Full Story
How to Create Salon Promotions That Work
How do you create hair salon promotions that actually work in your shop?
How do you turn your salon into a proper business?
Listen to … Read Full Story
How To Level Up Your Salon
How To Push Your Salon Into The Next Level .. Read if You’re Stuck
Seriously – If results in your salon are the same week … Read Full Story
How to Save Your Salon
It’s Alan, The Salon Punk here.
Last December I had a call from a salon owner that had just 4 weeks to survive. By the … Read Full Story
Why Is My Salon Marketing Not Working
Why is my salon marketing not working is probably the biggest question most salon owners ask me?
“ Alan, we do everything in our salon … Read Full Story
Quick, innovative examples how to do and be different to grow your salon brand
Do you know what does Valentino and Alibaba have in common or for your salon brand?
This week we’ve been sending out some ideas … Read Full Story
The Salon Punk Book (Podcast)
After writing The Salon Column Builder in 1999; After Creating a big how-to guide for salon management SalonExtreme 21; and around 10 other books … Read Full Story
Salon Extreme 21 vs Salon Extreme Mentor
This is a quick one. You guys keep asking so it’s easier to reply like this.
SALON EXTREME21 (SX-21) VS. SALON MENTOR EXTREME?
“Alan I’m … Read Full Story
7 more ways your salon can make the most of the Halloween
Scary monsters aside, it’s a great time for you to reconnect with your salon clients. Halloween-themed hair salon promotions and creativity can help your … Read Full Story
The Christmas List … My Mother!
I’m not sure why but as soon as the kids are walking back along the street to school my brain goes into something that is … Read Full Story
The Ultimate Proven Direct Mail Salon Kit
Missing Salon Client Kit – has been updated for 2018.
Good news for salon owners, if you already purchased the product in the past you … Read Full Story
My Accountant The Bee Gee
My salon accountant, Graham, looked like one of the Bee Gees. His hair was perfectly coiffured with every 120,000 hairs held in place with at … Read Full Story
NEW Salon Punk Book
Exciting news.
My new book The Salon Punk can be ordered from today.
So what do you get for £10?
Around 250 pages that I … Read Full Story
What Every Salon Owner Should Know: Salon Group Q&A
From salon management to solving staff problems;
From pricing up to successful salon marketing;
From running a hair salon during a bad economy to figuring … Read Full Story
MOD SALONS & Mentor Extreme … They Reveal All
SALON MENTOR EXTREME can transform your salon – proof below.
Let’s be honest … £10,000 is a huge amount to invest in the advice and … Read Full Story
Marketing for salons: 5 Ways to Make Your Brick-And-Mortar Shop Mobile Friendly
How can you make your salon shop more mobile friendly and get better results from your salon marketing? In the previous article, I have shared … Read Full Story
Focus on THIS not THAT
Tell me where is your salon business focus right now?
A salon owner emailed me and told me how hard they push on their retail… Read Full Story
Is it worth keeping in touch with clients via mail?
Yes, Yes, Yes and it does work.
But let me tell you, I am amazed by the amount of salons that try a letter, send … Read Full Story