In The Know
Save the Date: Be Inspired at the ISBN Conference
This year’s power networking occurs April 15-17 at the beautiful Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
Coffee Talk
With a stack of Starbucks gift cards, Blo's Bryan Nunes devised his 'Take Five' strategy for diffusing tension among staff members in the salon.
by Stacey Soble
Create a Code of Honor
Inspiring Champions' Lauren Gartland helps you minimize salon drama by developing a salon Code of Honor.
by Stacey Soble
Keeping Chairside Conversations Professional
Inspiring Champions' Lauren Gartland offers some sage advice on building client loyalty through the art of conversation.
by Stacey Soble
The New PR Machine
Peter Shankman, who will be a keynote speaker at the International SalonSpa Business Network Conference, shows salon owners how great customer service will get your their clients to do their PR for them.
by Stacey Soble
Milano Software Training Events Announced
Milano Software has announced two up-coming business and software training events in Las Vegas and Niagara Falls. These events, entitled “Milano Exchange Destination 2012,” challenge businesses to focus on where their business is headed in the future.
5 Questions for Don and Beth Bewley
Don and Beth Bewley, founders of Eufora, talk about the importance of local salon owner networking and how they formed the Eufora Salon Owner Network.
by Stacey Soble
Salon Industry Study Indicates Strong Growth
The 2011 Professional Salon Industry Haircare Study, recently released by Professional Consultants & Resources, indicates strong growth for 2011. Here, Consultant Cyrus Bulsara points out the highlights.
by Stacey Soble
Salon Hosts Event for Students Wanting to Help Their Teacher
At Bella Bethesda Salon in Bethesda, Maryland, 25 female students donate 10 inches or more of their hair in honor of their fifth grade teacher who is battling leukemia.
by Stacey Soble
Putting Salons at the Clients' Fingertips
Procter & Gamble debuts BookUrLook, an exclusive, yet free Facebook application that connects people with their stylists like never before.
by Stacey Soble
2012 Strategies' Business Education Classes Announced
Strategies, a provider of business education for the beauty industry, has announced its 2012 line-up of seminars. The schedule includes flagship offerings, such as the four-day Incubator and the popular Extraordinary Guest Services seminar. See the classes available for 2012.
Not to Miss Business Management Seminar by Jon Gonzales
Hairdresser Career Development Systems has announced its next business management seminar, Roadmap to Thriving in a Tough Economy for salon owners and managers to be held on Monday, March 26, 2012, at the Town and Country Hotel North, in San Diego from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Get the details!
New Blog Celebrates How Beauty Changes Lives
An extension of the Beauty Changes Lives initiative, a new blog offers an inspirational forum that celebrating careers in beauty.
by Stacey Soble
Mindbody Deals
MINDBODY, an online software provider in the health and wellness industry has just launched MINDBODY Deals, which allows the company’s 15,000+ subscribers to control the parameters of their social discount offers—from pricing to quantity to redemption limitations—all from within their business management site.
How to Get Your Salon Recommended by Siri
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.
by Stacey Soble
Eurisko to Design Furniture for Nick Arrojo
Eurisko Design has been commissioned by Nick Arrojo to design a retail furniture collection exclusively for their ARROJO Ambassador Salons.
Esche & Alexander PR/BeautyPRpro 2012
Esche & Alexander helps salon owners get more and better media visibility, while giving them insight into the ‘process’ of public relations, including how to earn the attention and respect of the media and understand what writers and producers really need.