Salon Today Recommends: Recruiting Students, Maximizing Your Color Business & Retail Tips
At SALON TODAY, we're always on the lookout for best practices and how-to case studies from salon owners on making business more efficient and profitable, and encourage our community to search for and share solutions. Here is a collection of success stories recently added to the Aveda Means Business blog. This series covers hiring strategies, strengthening retail with new promotion ideas, and helping staff grow color revenue.
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2018 Salon Today 200: Profit Center
On the first day of our 12 Days of the Salon Today 200, we proudly introduce you to the honorees in our newest category—Profit Center. These savvy salons and spas cultivated growth by introducing new services or products to their clients.
by Stacey Soble
What's Worse than a Bad Hair Day? Inadequate Salon Insurance
The Campbell Group's Tom Stauffer helps you review your insurance coverage for loopholes that can leave you and your business vulnerable in today's litigation-happy world.
The Importance of Taking Care of Yourself
As a beauty professional and a certified financial planner, John Lydick is a rare breed. In his first blog for Salon Today, he emphasizes the importance of taking care of yourself--physically, mentally and financially.
Conquering Your Inventory
Inventory is fun! Said, no one ever. While it is one of the biggest pain points for a salon or spa owner, it is a necessary evil that can have detrimental effects on your business if managed improperly. Here are some tips and tricks to best manage your salon or spa inventory.
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How One Salon Owner Built Financial Stability and Improved Culture through Team-Based Pay
Krista Harvey, owner of Studio7 Salon and Spa in Ames, Iowa, describes how converting her salon to team-based pay helped her pull the business out of debt and build a strong and productive culture.
Financial Planning: Making the Most of Your Money
Learn how to make the most of your hard-earned dollars from a financial adviser. Her three-step plan requires you to commit to saving, make it a habit and allocate wisely.
Salon Today 200 Announces Profit Center—Its Newest Competition Category
The Salon Today 200 releases its 2018 application, with a new competition category designed to identify new business growth opportunities for the industry.
3 Keys to Financial Means
Patrick McIvor says these three things will help you on your journey to financial success.
Data Stories: The Commitment List
Laura Ortmann and the management team at Ginger Bay Salons and Spas learn they can accomplish big goals more easily after they developed The Commitment List and started assigning goals and accountability to specific team members.
by Stacey Soble
Experiencing the ISBN Conference
Enjoying scavenger hunts, ice cream socials and eco-tours, salon owners and managers at the 2017 ISBN conference experience prime networking while learning how to create better experiences for their guests.
by Stacey Soble
ShearShare New Partnership Simplifies the Financials for Solo Artists
ShearShare, a global marketplace that allows salon and barbershop owners to rent their excess suites and booths to licensed cosmetologists and barbers on demand, has partnered with Track and First American Payment Systems to provide financial resources to self-employed beauty and grooming professionals who use the ShearShare platform.
Increase Your Mojo with Up-sells, Cross-sells and Add-ons
Get this free guide to start leading a culture that retains clients and increases revenue. Your front desk can do so much more than answer phones. If trained correctly, your front desk has the potential to generate additional revenue by increasing your average ticket. Creating a culture that is focused on maximizing profit at the front desk can be done through up-selling, cross-selling and add-on services. This guide provides industry-proven dialogue to get your team started.
Sponsored by Millennium Systems International
Increase Your Mojo with Up-sells, Cross-sells and Add-ons
Get this free guide to start leading a culture that retains clients and increases revenue. Your front desk can do so much more than answer phones. If trained correctly, your front desk has the potential to generate additional revenue by increasing your average ticket. Creating a culture that is focused on maximizing profit at the front desk can be done through up-selling, cross-selling and add-on services. This guide provides industry-proven dialogue to get your team started.
How To Successfully Retail With Profit-Driven R.O.I Strategies
Salon industry veteran Alan Benfield Bush offers some tips for how to evaluate your product mix and how to set measurable retail goals.
by Anne Moratto
5 Tips To Winning a Hair Photo Competition
Award-winner Daniel Rubin (2016 Goldwell's Color Zoom Challenge) shares his top five tips to winning a hair photo competition.
From Making Ends Meet to Achieving Financial Freedom
Salon Muse and Blow Dry Lounge in Louisville, Kentucky was getting close to closing its doors when owner Angela Nunn sought help from Summit Salon Business Center. Together they steadied the salon's cash flow, calmed its turnover, boosted sales by 90 percent, paid off the loan and gained a loyal staff. See how.