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Director of Brand Content Strategy
Stacey Soble has been involved in the conversation of salon business for more than two decades—as a reporter, a consultant and as the editor in chief of SALON TODAY. She has been responsible for growing the brand's celebrated recognition programs, SALON TODAY 200 and SALONS OF THE YEAR, and has launched two new competitions in recent years--STAMP (SALON TODAY's Annual Marketing Program) and the SALON TODAY Total Makeover Competition. She is a frequent speaker on the topic of salon business at industry events.
Luxury home hair color lines, customized DIY color, and haircolor websites—David Adams and Virginia Meyer, the founders of Red Chocolate discuss your new color competition and how you can customize your services for a can't-beat experience.
In the 15 years of history of the SALON TODAY 200, the way salon owners share their exciting news has changed rapidly. Look at how they're telling the world now.
Throwing a last-minute staff holiday party? Here's some tips to get you started.
P&G's Reuben Carranza discusses the newest science related to thinning hair issues and how stylists can handle this delicate conversation with their clients.
Andrew Finkelstein, editor of The Beauty Resource, shares this insightful blog about how to get your salon business recommended by Apple's new voice recognition software, Siri.
When Hello Gorgeous! Salons' Lisa Fiorentino learned of the kindness of a stranger, she decided to pay it forward.
When New York’s Scott J Salons and Spas adopt an automated marketing program, the company realizes a big boost to the bottom line.
ONE THING I’VE LEARNED in covering this industry the past 17 years is you all love to share. I never have a problem calling an owner and soliciting a quote.
With nearly 750 million users on Facebook, it is no longer a question of whether your salon should have a presence there, but how to do it. In a free webinar sponsored by the National Association of Eco-Friendly Salons and Spas, Social Media Coach and Strategist Kathy Sipple will demonstrate how to make Facebook a smart and sustainable part of any salon marketing program.
As a successful salon owner, Scott Buchanan knew about marketing strategies that boost business, such as appointment confirmations, online surveying of clients, referral programs, and customized promotions to the salon’s database. As a busy owner of three New York-based salons, he and his staff had a difficult time finding time to manage all those mundane efforts. In November 2010, Buchanan adopted DemandForce, an integrated marketing and communication platform that automated all those efforts. Now, a year later, he credits DemandForce with generating an additional $64,000 of revenue over the past 12 months.
The president and founder of Millennium Software shares the story of Angela and Amber Cope, twin hair stylists who are pursuing their dream of racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and how Millennium became their new sponsor.
This October, we are committed to celebrating the powerful and inspiring women in the professional beauty industry in the pages and on the websites of both SALON TODAY and MODERN SALON. Recently, I learned the story of Angela and Amber Cope, ...
This month we celebrate the thousands of talented, fierce, passionate, visionary and leading women in our industry.
As Hollywood's leading stylist for male celebrities, Diana Schmidtke knows men, and in this exclusive podcast with SALON TODAY's Stacey Soble, she opens up about what it's like to work on a film set, how she's involved with John Paul Mitchell Systems' MITCH launch and what your male clients really think.
Millennium Salon Software is happy to announce that beauty icon, Charles Penzone, is the newest Be-cause honoree.
With his roots in a salon family and a business degree from Boston University, Israel Cronk brings an interesting blend of spiritual creativity and analytical thinking to his role as general manager at Bangz Salon and Wellness Spa in Montclair, New Jersey.
At a distributor meeting held before2011 Cosmoprof, Rick Kornbluth, president and CEO of Cutter and Stiles (an umbrella company that also includes Kevin Murphy), announced the launch of Bangstyle.com, a new, hip website to introduce stylists around the country to the Bangstyle movement.
