Salon Management

Culture Club: Take Us Out to the Ballgame

The team at Ginger Bay Salon & Spa in St. Louis, Missouri, are huge Cardinals baseball fans, and they show their support throughout the season. “We wear Cardinals gear for the home opener and certain playoff games and of course, when ...

How to Motivate Your Employees with Goals

How are you motivating your staff to increase their service ticket and total sales? What drives them to up-sell, promote add-ons, or sell product? Your answer to these questions should be goals. Goals help maintain a forward-focus on growth. ...

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Remodel Your Salon and Change Your Image

Have you considered upgrading your salon, expanding or even moving into a new space, but wondered if now is the right time? This might be the best time to start planning an image upgrade and a salon remodel. Many things have changed in the way ...

Zotos AGEbeautiful Introduces Tint Shine Anti-Aging Haircolor

HINT OF TINT Zotos AGEbeautiful introduces a haircolor line for clients wary of taking the color plunge. AGEbeautiful's Tint Shine Anti-Aging Haircolor delivers high shine with a subtle touch of translucent color in 10 minutes. The ...

Avalon's Bonnie Conte Reflects on the Salon Today 200

As the Salon Today 200 gears up to celebrate its 20th year, we’ve invited past honorees to share their thoughts on the value of entering this salon business competition. While Bonnie Conte, owner of Avalon Salon and Spa in Deer Park, ...

Performance Tracking Helps Boost Your Business

Salon software is so much more than a glorified appointments book. Scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll see that the real value of any salon technology system lies in the data – and the ability to drill down into your numbers and ...

15 Tips to Help Stressed Out Professionals Better Manage Their Time

Ask any working professional what they could use more of, and you'll probably keep getting the same answer. Time. In the frantic pace of the digital age, time is something everyone seems to be short on now. (It's almost laughable that we ...

Growing a Salon Business from Rootz to Endz

After losing three great stylists to booth rental salons, Sheila Barco and Jen Tryon, owners of the employment-based Salon Rootz in Medina, Ohio, created their own experience for free-spirited, successful stylists who were ready to be their own ...

5 Tips for Handling Bad Salon Reviews

Criticism for any business can be difficult to navigate. Social media and review sites provide countless opportunities for customers to voice their frustrations. Missteps in how you handle these complaints can have a tremendous ripple ...

Salon Tour: RPZL Hair Extension Bar in NYC

RPZLrpzl.comOwners: Monica Thornton and Lisa Richards  Date of Opening: February 5, 2015Description of Style: minimalist, girly, welcomingSquare Footage: 2,000 square-footNumber of Styling Stations: 12Number of Treatment Rooms: 2 (Wash ...

Glamiris of Butterfly Circus Offers Instagram Tips

Butterfly Circus artist educators share their favorite social media tips and successes.Iris SmithLUX Salon inStockton, CAWhere to find her: @Glamiris on InstagramFollowers: 145KKnown for: “Creating versatile work and major color ...

Instagram Tips from LaLa's Updos

Laura KaszoniOn location stylist in Sacramento, CAWhere to find her: @lalasupdos on Instagram, Lala’s Updos on FacebookFollowers: 276K InstagramSpecialty: “Bridal, upstyling and education.”Known for: “Braids, updos and ...

Jay Wesley Olson of Butterfly Circus Offers Instagram Tips

Jay Wesley OlsonThe Bespoke Salon of Scottsdale, ArizonaWhere to find him: @jaywesleyolson on InstagramFollowers: 93KSpecialty: Balayage techniques and progressive colorOn joining the circus: “It’s an amazing platform and it’s ...

Ash Fortis of Butterfly Circus Offers Instagram Tips

Ash FortisXo Hair Studio inVirginia Beach, VAWhere to find her: @XoStylistXo on InstagramFollowers: 129KSpecialty: “Custom tailoring hair—I love being able to give clients one-of-a-kind hair.”Known for: “Creative Color, ...

Instagram Tips from Butterfly Loft Salons

As David and Alexis Thurston, owners of Butterfly Loft Salons and founders of Butterfly Circus, started hosting dinners with their stylists to discuss social media best practices, they developed a solid list of tips for creating the best social ...

The Butterfly Effect: How Social Media Grew Butterfly Loft Salons and Gave Birth to Butterfly Circus and Pulp Riot

If you’re like most people, at one point in your childhood you fantasized about joining the circus. Perhaps you were drawn to the idea of traveling to distant lands. Maybe you wanted to immerse yourself in a new family of interesting and ...

SALON TODAY RECOMMENDS: What to Know Before Opening a Salon

Launching a new salon business is no easy undertaking. Aveda Means Business cites the voices of a range of salon owners who share the most important considerations to take into account before opening a salon. Scroll through for insights into the realities of owning a salon, as well as a look at the areas of the beauty industry that are being redefined in 2016.

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