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The Salon Insider's Guide to a Successful Commission Strategy

  Commissions can be an amazing driver and motivational tool for staff that can really help the business achieve their targets and goals. However, it can often times be difficult […]

The Phorest Hot Seat Salon Video Series Ep 2: Ellen Kavanagh of Waxperts

For our second episode in The Phorest Hot Seat salon video series, we had the pleasure of interviewing the award-winning co-founder of Waxperts, Ellen Kavanagh. Ellen recently won a prestigious award […]

New Phorest eBook: The Salon Owners Ultimate Guide To Twitter

We’ve done it again! After the success of our other eBooks (Retention Marketing: My New Clients Are So Last Season and The Salon Owners Ultimate Guide To Facebook), we here […]

The Perfect Spotify Salon Playlist

  Phorest Salon Software has been chatting recently with salon and spa owners about the kinds of music they play for their clients and if they have a salon playlist.  Some […]

Why Phorest Is The Only Salon Software That Doesn't Allow Cancellations By SMS

Have you ever wondered why Phorest won’t make cancelling really convenient for your clients and let them text back after you have sent them an appointment reminder or confirmation? Many salon owners […]

2 Minute Video: 'The Two Jenns' Tell Us About the Challenges of Running a Salon

  We popped into Jennifer Butler and Jennifer Swaine, or as they’re affectionately known here in Phorest Salon Software, ‘the two Jenns’, to ask them about the challenges of running […]

The Selfie: the Biggest Marketing Opportunity For Hair And Beauty Salons in 2014

As we are over half-way through 2014, this seems like a good time to take a peek at the current state of the Hair and Beauty industry through the social […]

10 Easy Tips On How To Upsell Products And Services In Your Salon

There are several moments throughout your business day that present perfect opportunities to upsell products and services, while at the same time, cross promote your salon. However, sometimes these opportunities […]

Phorest Staff App Update: Manage Staff Members and Rosters on iPad and iPhone

There is a new version of the Phorest iPad and iPhone staff app which was released onto the App Store this week. There are a bunch of new features as […]