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Salon Owners Summit Conference

Written by Jon on July 24, 2010 – 3:32 pm -

“ where there is unity there is always victory” – publilius syrus  -roman author

It is Time for Unity Among Salon Owners

Dear Friend and Colleague,

Since you have shown an interest in Hairdresser Career Development Systems, I want to share some exciting news and proposals with you.

As I travel throughout the United States and Canada, it is apparent that it is time to unite as professionals and take back our profession and our salons.

For too long salon owners have been isolated in having to battle the many deep-rooted challenges and obstacles of salon ownership.   Staff turnover, price and commission wars, staff pirating, turnover, inability to find quality staff, lack of an apprentice on-the-job training program, rising business costs;  the list goes on and on.

Unlike the product companies that have a vast amount of time, money, and other resources to serve their self interests, salon owners have little time and resources to express their business and educational needs.

I an inviting you to be a part of a new grass-roots movement in the form of a salon owners summit conference.

The purpose of this conference is to learn from each other and to form a united front in addressing the many deep-rooted challenges that are affecting our salons, our profession, our personal lives, and the livelihoods and standard of living of hairdressers and salon owners.

My personal goal is to provide an open forum where salon owners can exchange business ideas, voice their concerns, learn from each other, and seek proven solutions to the many obstacles affecting our businesses and our standard of living.  “Salon Owners Helping Salon Owners” will be our theme.

The vast knowledge and experience from salon owners can be both powerful and over whelming. Who better understands our educational and business needs than those of us working daily in our salons?

In order to stay objective and focused on your needs, free of any product companies and special interest groups, only salon owners who share our goals and vision will be invited.

This will be your conference and your opportunity to share your business concerns and to provide money-making ideas that come from you and your fellow colleagues.  Utilizing round-table discussions, we can address issues and find solutions that will help you and  your staff reach their full potential –  personally, professionally and financially.

I have enclosed topics that I feel we must address.  If you have any suggestions, I welcome your comments.  Please visit my discussion group on my face book business fan page found on my web site. I have created this discussion group to serve as an open  forum for salon owners, where we can exchange ideas and promote this grass-roots movement.  It will be our venue to share our thoughts and business needs.  Please spread the word; I need your support.

If we get enough interest in this proposed summit conference, I will move forward with more details and planning.  We can have these social networking groups on a local or regional basis to start with, and, possibly schedule a National Salon Owners Summit Conference on a  One-Week Eastern Caribbean Cruise planned for 2^nd week in Jan.2012

If you’re concerned with the future growth and development of your business and our profession in these difficult and challenging times of economic uncertainties, and tired of the same old status ideas of the past you have a unique opportunity to take back your salons and our profession.  There is power in numbers, if we are united.

Isn’t it time for change and new direction? Salon owners learning from salon owners will be powerful.

I will need volunteers to help start this grass-roots movement in your local area. If you’re interested, please call me at 1-800-390-4237 or e-mail me at jon@hcds4you.com , or leave comments on my blog, at www.hcds4you.com .

I am also on Face Book and Twitter as well.

I look forward to hearing from my fellow salon owners.

Jon Gonzales

****P.S. See below for sample topics of discussion.

Please mark the topics of interest and e-mail your choices to me.

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• Combating Staff Turnover and Business Instability

• Guidelines for Staff Recruitment and Staff Stability

• Petitioning our State Agencies for an on-Job Apprenticeship or Internship Training program

• Combating Staff Pirating

• Promoting Educational Reform to Better Meet Job Market and Consumer Demands

• Bridging the Gap between Staff and Management

• Creating Resources for Employment Opportunities

• Cost-effective Marketing and Promoting to increase Salon Traffic

• Create a Social Network – Salon Owners Helping Salon Owners

• Promoting Honesty and a Code of Ethics

• Addressing  Booth Rental Issues and Creating an Equal Playing Field

• Sharing our vast experiences and learning from one another

• Forming a Better Partnership and Networking  with our Beauty Schools

• Creating a Hotline for Salon Owners in need of Support and Help

• Finding Quality Educational Resources

• Sharing Compensation and Benefits Guidelines

• Establishing Group Buying Power to Reduce High Product Cost

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