Category: Staff

Should Beauty Salons Use Staggered Pricing?

In our last article, we discussed how to make pricing irrelevant. Today, we are going to follow that up with a new type of payment model: Staggered pricing. This is […]

Salon Motivation: The incredibly important lesson you can learn from the humble Jigsaw puzzle!

Most salon owners don’t do Jigsaws but ask those who’ve got small children if they do them and the answer is yes! But how does a child choose a puzzle […]

Don't Let Business Problems Overwhelm Your Salon's Success – Simon Lotinga GUEST POST

If almost 20 years as a mentor, coach and consultant to salon owners has taught me anything, it’s that salon owners (enjoying long-term success) share one key attitude. This attitude […]

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 […]

60 Second Hot Topic: how do I keep staff motivated while keeping my overheads down?

You may have a great team of stylists or therapists, but you also have a business to run and money to make. It’s a balancing act – managing to keep staff […]

Starting up a Salon – 5 Real Lessons to Learn from a Newborn Entrepreneur

  Jennifer Fox started Cherry Red hair salon just over six months ago. Like many salon owners, aspiring or current, she faced great uncertainty and learned some hard lessons along […]

Teaching Your Staff to Sell…

Selling can be viewed as a chore by your staff because it is something they think does not come easy. Therapists and Stylists often have a non sales mind set, […]

How to create excitement for you, your staff and your clients…

I was driving into Dublin city a few days ago I couldn’t help but notice a huge image of Madonna on the back of a bus. I thought to myself […]

How To Avoid The 'New Client Trap!'

You need more turnover, so you need more clients … Right? NOT NECESSARILY! Chasing new business could be a trap … a trap I call THE NEW CLIENT TRAP! It’s […]