How to have successful salon management systems in your salon business. Let me tell you this. A salon that has no salon management will struggle with things that should be…
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How to plan your salon business income goals in 2023? A couple of things always happen around this time every year in your salon. You look back on everything that’s…
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Salon marketing for Christmas? You’ve been working really hard for the whole year to get your salon packed with clients for the serious fever ahead. Christmas is approaching, and it’s…
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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 that running a salon can…
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How do you create a plan to grow new salon clients as a salon owner? Do you need new salon clients? Has your client base been declining recently? Have you…
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What are the new trends you can utilize as a salon owner to grow your sales? As post Pandemic has created new ways of shopping I’ve been doing some research…
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How do you build a salon culture of freedom and responsibility? Everyone can handle the truth in your salon business. Especially post Covid, everyone needs to understand where you stand…
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So many success stories or failures come down to leadership. How can one business owner thrive in times of crisis and another in a similar situation vanish entirely? How can you…
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Digital gift cards have become increasingly more popular among local businesses to supplement the cash flow and support local brands. But not every hair salon has a way to sell…
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You are proposing new ideas in your salon but your stylist who has been working with you for over 7 years does not think it’ll work. She believes your proposal of…
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If you have a strong consultation system selling takes care by itself including the sale of retail products, colour, next appointments, new online tutorials, and more. In times of an unsellable…
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It’s an underrated talent, yet problem-solving know-how helps you make clear decisions during uncertain times and in many cases becomes the key tool to help recover post-COVID business. To become a…
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Opening a hair salon? 9 questions you must ask before opening a hair salon. Listen below as Alan Forrest Smith shares the secrets to opening a successful hairdressing salon.
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Don’t Open a Hair Salon Until You Watch THIS! When I opened my first hair salon I did this. I had an idea. I spoke to the landlord. I signed…
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How to generate £2k in your salon business in 7 days. A short video explains the simple steps you need to take to hit your new challenge. Summary
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For as far as I remember I’ve been buying health magazines, it was around 2004 I saw a free sample offer to try one of then Holmes Clubs in London,…
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Counterintuitive as it may sound your own salon business success can ruin your business. Now that you are more successful you might be dealing with bigger teams, or perhaps you…
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We all make mistakes, anything from being late to a meeting to entrusting a person to do a job they are not suitable for. Usually, no mistake can be such…
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We hear so many times how staff can create serious problems for the salon owners like you. The question is, is it the team or the way you might be…
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Do you have a hidden team within your team? Could your salon stylists, receptionists, managers and juniors all work together in harmony to build the salon where not only you…
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In 1979 I did my first marketing. It was a couple of fly posters and tickets I design for my punk band, Clone Youth. It was easy. Get big posters…
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When my favorite Italian cafe, Carluccios, closed down I was disappointed, but not surprised. Carluccio’s had the best location in our very wealthy village, but while other casual dining places in…
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What happened when one Extreme Stylist decided to break the rules of the hairdressing. A case study podcast every salon owner and stylist should listen to. Also available via Apple…
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On Friday’s make sure to do this and you’ll have full cash register this weekend even if you were quiet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Listen to the episode below…
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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 can do today to make…
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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 the proven tips to managing…
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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 we did it. My own…
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Sombody mentions “customer reviews” and you are probably thinking about the likes, comments and thumbs ups next to your salon’s social page profile. But if you look beyond the salon…
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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 swipes in all the right…
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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 on the official stats your…
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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 why? After all, some 84%…
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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 discover how this was possible.…
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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 this short episode as Alan…
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How To Push Your Salon Into The Next Level .. Read if You’re Stuck Seriously – If results in your salon are the same week in, week out, year after…
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Why is my salon marketing not working is probably the biggest question most salon owners ask me? “ Alan, we do everything in our salon business but nothing works –…
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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 out different ways to take your salon to the…
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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 opinion of another person you…
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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 the excitement of how the…
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I FIRED THEIR MANAGER … What Happened Next Unbelievable! When I started working with this salon they told me about their manager and how great she was. So, as usual,…
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At Salon Punk we’ve been testing what works, what does not work and everything in between for your salon, here’s what we discovered: 1. Discounting – a blunt tool of salon…
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Emily is a 21-year old hairdresser. The problem was when I started working with her and her team was this. She was just a hairdresser. She acted like a hairdresser,…
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From £5,500 to £9,000 Easter time is traditionally slower for most salons. It was traditionally slow even for this salon. We changed everything. The result has been amazing. So ……
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From no clients to 63 new clients a week; From no upsells to every stylist forming a new habit of upselling, while keeping clients happy; From poor management to extremely…
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How do you know it is time to rebuild your salon team? From stylists to salon receptionists what does perfect team mean? How do you hire, fire and promote your…
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It’s Monday, I’m sleepy and recovering a small storm we had here at the weekend… my mother! I really need another week to recover from her arrival and departure! But…
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I’m just back from spending a day over at www.modsalons.co.uk with James and Izaak and team. #LOVEDIT! Yesterday I had forgotten what it is like to drive somewhere. Yes, of…
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Hire fire and recruitment… whats the answer. With personnel the key to salon business success it becomes essential that ownership and management look at ways to maximize the recruiting process.…
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Staff in a shortage? Here are 12 really helpful tips how to deal with the crises 1. Take good, hard look at your ‘draw’ potential. Why would someone that can…
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If your stylist leaves and take all your clients with them and the same process happens all over again every few months how much will it cost you in lost sales? …
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Most hair salon advertising is destined for failure because expectations are too high, budgets are either non-existent or as low as it can be. Decisions on client attractions are based…
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Could licking stamps be the ultimate salon promotion? We all love Internet and agree that Google and the online world is indeed very powerful, but in the world of I…
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How One Sad Faced Stylist Lost His Way To The Darker Side Of Hairdressing By Moving 50 Yards Across The Road … and How YOU CAN Learn From It! Hey…
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