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An App to Keep Your Team Organized and Communicating Harmoniously
Meet Salon Symphony, one of the salon technology tools profiled in our "Salon Necessity, Tech Innovation" series. This robust app combines the best features from about a dozen platforms to create the perfect tool for salon team communication.
October 20, 2025
An easy to use App, Salon Symphony keeps the entire team connected and engaged, and important documents easily accessible.
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As the son of a salon owner and later the salon's marketing director, Antonio Stanley knows exactly how challenging team communication can be at a salon, and he decided to do something about it by founding Salon Symphony.
Antonio Stanley grew up in the salon environment, as the son of June Juliano, who owns five Acapello Salons and the Mensroom Salon and Lounge in the Portland, Maine area. After college, Stanley found his first job at the salon as its marketing director.
“I had a desk right behind the managing director, and I constantly heard about the challenges the team had around communication and education,” Stanley recalls. “Things like: I missed the class because I didn’t know about it! Or, where do I find the New Hire Checklist again?”
The salon was using multiple communication platforms, such as Slack, Facebook Events, Survey Monkey, and Google Teams, but it seemed the more apps the salon added, the more challenging it was to find things.
“I decided to take the best parts from about a dozen different apps and created a single specialized platform (both desktop and mobile) for internal communication,” Stanley says. “We called it Salon Symphony because everything is all in one place, playing together, harmoniously.”
For its first year, Salon Symphony was only used by the Acapello team, but as the interface customized for salon business proved easy to use, Stanley believed other salons could benefit, and Mermaid Hair Extensions in Washington signed on as a beta tester. The platform rolled out to the industry at Data-Driven Salon Summit in 2025.
Built for the unique communication needs of a salon, Salon Symphony has:
A Team Chat function where members can send DMs, start group chats and tag users.
A Resource Library where important internal documents can be stored, managed and shared.
Task Reminders (one-time or recurring) sent to groups or individuals.
Events Feed where company events and classes are posted and RSVPs tracked.
Goal setting for staff, where progress is monitored.
Quiz Builder, which keeps talent on their toes, promoting their professional development.
A recruitment function where candidate referrals are collected, streamlining efforts.
Survey Builder to collect team feedback or allow voting on salon initiatives.
Shoutouts of birthdays, anniversaries, promotions, or new hires.
Staff Requests for managing time off requests and scheduling education requests.
Digital Docs, where you can upload, manage, and share all HR docs in a single place.
Today, Salon Symphony is actively used by more than 100 salon companies, with 1,000 individual users. “Another dozen or so are currently taking advantage of our 14-day free trial, and we typically see 80-90 percent of those convert into new users,” Stanley says.
Praise: “Salon Symphony has completely transformed the way my team communicates,” says Bonnie Plummer, owner of Vivid Salon in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. “It’s so easy to use, and I love how it keeps everyone on the same page. I can post all our events, updates, and training in one place, which has made a huge difference in team organization and accountability. It’s become an essential part of how we run our salon.”
To learn more, visit salonsymphony.com.
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