By opening their hearts and minds, owners are creating cultures that embrace diversity. They're creating safe spaces that welcome transgender clients, building private rooms that protect a religious client's need for modesty, and hiring team members that can speak the languages reflected in their clientele. In turn, they're discovering their judgement-free attitude is a solid business strategy.
Sometimes the best advice is something you already know. Marketing expert Zane Hagy drops in a valuable reminder of the importance of saving and storing your social media passwords.
Donna Means is keenly focused on growing her team at Salon DM3 and giving back to her local community of Athens, Georgia. See how this successful salon owner stays focused, while building a multi-million dollar, fashion-forward company.
It's human nature to see the world through your own perspective, but when you're designing a marketing message, your target market may be very different from yourself. Marketing guru Zane Hagy helps you keep your target market in mind.
As a salon owner, one of your management responsibilities is to lead your team and yourself to happiness, but best-selling author and happiness coach Neil Pasricha stresses the key is practicing happiness. Before he takes the stage at Serious Business, Pasricha talks to SALON TODAY about reprogramming your brain and how he discovered his own happiness.
Hearst Connecticut Media Group names Whip Salon as one of its "Top Workplaces 2019," and gives it an additional nod for being a company that employees value for being open to new ideas.
With headliners Olivia Smalley, Jay Williams, Ashley Toliver-Williams, Josh Hafetz and Rachel Ringwood, Phorest's Salon Owners Summit Roadshow hits Philadelphia, October 21.
With her fourth child on the way, Posh Salon's Nadia Duncan discusses her journey toward salon ownership, the critical support she's received from her husband and how she balances the salon versus motherhood.
Between diversifying her beauty portfolio with real estate investments and encouraging her team to be the best they can be, Michaella Blissett Willams is carving an inspiring niche in Brooklyn, New York.
The technology needs of different salons can vary dramatically, depending on the size and complexity of the operation. But these two case studies proves that Shortcuts fits the bill no matter the size.
Sponsored by Shortcuts Software USA
As an organization dedicated to helping salons reduce, recycle and repurpose the waste they produce, Green Circle Salons is certified as a B Corporation.
All beauty professionals need to cultivate a strong personal brand if they want to stand out--especially online. Find out why your face is the most important business asset you have and how to cultivate your own unique brand.
Get a glimpse into the leadership style of Mechelle Khodayari, co-owner of Aria Salon Spa Shoppe, with two locations in Alpharetta, Georgia, with the first in our new series, Profiles in Leadership.
In the fourth installment of Kati Whitledge's Leadership Series, she offers a variety of recommendations for salon owners to keep honing their leadership skills.
Business mistakes can be embarrassing, expensive and painful, but when you harvest the lesson within, they also can represent growth opportunities. Heed the advice of these nine owners who shared the important management lessons they've learned.
Sponsored by SalonCentric
At the Data-Driven Salon Summit, Kristi Valenzuela details all the different ways the programs and systems from Salon Summit Business Center can help them grow.
At the Data-Driven Salon Summit, Steve Gomez led owners on a path of introspection, then showed them how their goals are achievable.