The Illusion of Salon Business
It’s a long time since I started my first salon business in 1985. For me, it was about making the money. Yes, service was key … Read Full Story
Do you have a freedom workforce in your salon?
Do you employ a FREEDOM WORKFORCE?
The way people – hairdressers – work and think has profoundly changed.
If you are still trying to … Read Full Story
30,000 Feet and Climbing
By the time you open this email I will be on a plane at 30,000 feet heading to Aberdeen, Scotland with my little salon punk, … Read Full Story
Life & Time: Something’s Going On
Grab a coffee, grab a seat, get some quiet and read.
I’m on a plane. I’ve just had a moment.
Before I tell you … Read Full Story
Why Would I Want to Come Off the Shop Floor?
When you love what you do, when you are creative, stepping aside is not easy. But as times goes by, priorities change. How you want … Read Full Story
ReDefining Everything
We are definitely in an age where everything is being RE/defined. Salon business, workspace, money, life, death, age and just about anything else you … Read Full Story
Are you a yesterday salon?
Weird question right but your survival might one day depend on your answer.
Here is how to know if you are a yesterday salon.
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A State of Mind
I want to share something with you. It’s more than relevant for your salon.
Many years ago before I wrote my first book I realised … Read Full Story
Are You Infected By Salon Corporate Thinking?
A new salon mentor client I am working with has a problem almost all salon mentor owners have and it is this.
All are infected … Read Full Story
Salon Marketing Is Dead – IDEAS Are KING!
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 … Read Full Story
Who Controls The Hair Salon Industry?
Who controls your salon?
There is a huge problem in our hairdressing or salon owners industry. It is good to know what that problem is … Read Full Story
Why You Should Scale Back To Grow Your Salon
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 … Read Full Story
Why Staff Does Not Care Much
Staff don’t care much in your salon?
It’s most likely that the staff problems are created by yourself, but you have the power to change … Read Full Story
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
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
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
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
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
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
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