Tips on Staying Busy After the Holidays
Written by Jon on November 19, 2011 – 9:36 pm” Finding ways to keep yourself and your team motivated will be your challenge.” Jon Gonzales During the Holiday season, most salons will be busy. Unfortunately, after the holidays, many salons will struggle to overcome the slow months of January, February, March and April. A tough economy doesn’t help matters. If your one of the top well managed salons that are able to stay busy throughout the year, you’re to be congratulated. If your business is not as busy as you would like to be, please follow these tips’ Now is the time to start planning your marketing strategy to Continue reading…
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Seven Tips to Preventing and Overcoming Staff Turnover
Written by Jon on October 22, 2011 – 11:14 pm“When you show a caring and sincere attitude towards your team, you will earn their loyalty.” — Jon Gonzales Most of us have lost a staff member from time to time. Some leave because they feel they can advance their career elsewhere, and some are lured by being offered more commission or booth rental options and of course client lists are expected to follow. No business can continue to grow with a constant merry go round of losing members from your team to your competitors. Any interruption to building and growing your business is a major challenge to salon owners, Continue reading…
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Six Tips to Overcoming Time Restraints
Written by Jon on October 8, 2011 – 11:12 pm” Time is what we want most,but what we use worst.” -William Penn Lack of time is a constant challenge facing salon owners. We all also know the keys to owning a successful and profitable business and still have a family life requires a lot of time and hard work. In today’s challenging economy time management will play a major role in your efforts in developing powerful business management skills and grow a successful and profitable business. Learning to work smarter,not harder will be a good start. The question I am asked over and over by salon owners is how Continue reading…
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Money Tips for Women in the Beauty Industry
Written by Jon on September 30, 2011 – 10:51 pm“They got married,they got divorced,and half their money goes out the window.” Suze Orman Although many of these tips are geared towards women’s financial retirement needs, they also apply for men as well. As hairdressers and salon owners we invest most of our time developing our artistic skills, we seldom think of planning for our financial future. In today’s tough economy, the cost of living will continue to escalate as evidenced by the rising cost of living as an example. It’s really not how much you earn that will determine your financial future; it’s what you do with your money Continue reading…
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The Greedy Salon Owner ?
Written by Jon on September 8, 2011 – 9:06 pm” Let us join together to better understand each other. “ There seems to be a growing contempt and jealousy towards pharmaceuticals, oil companies, financial institutions, Wall Street, rich people, or anybody who is successful and surprisingly salon owners throughout the United States. I was recently reading some chat rooms comments where hairdressers were commenting on their salons and owners. I was alarmed by the degree of animosity, misunderstandings, and negative attitudes towards salon owners and managers in their efforts to grow their business and improve profits. Some of the comments from some hairdressers : Salon owners are greedy, why Continue reading…
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Why Do Hairdressers Change Jobs? Who is at Fault?
Written by Jon on August 28, 2011 – 10:48 am“Integrity is telling myself the truth, and honesty is telling the truth to others.” One of the leading obstacles to business growth and long term success is turnover. No business can continue to grow and remain profitable with a constant merry go round of staff turnover. Our business is such that we must rely heavily on the performance and stability of our staff to maintain business growth and stability. In order for us to make this a reality we must examine the causes of staff turnover and find solutions to this business challenge. Who is at fault? Salon Owners? Hairdressers? Continue reading…
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Five Tips to Growing Your Business
Written by Jon on July 9, 2011 – 6:40 pm” Customer service should be a high priority in growing your business.” Salon owners face many challenges in today’s competitive and difficult business environment. Rising business costs, rising competition, price wars, and the list goes on and on. Finding answers to these challenges by trial and error is just too costly” The key to owning a successful and profitable business will depend on many factors. One of the key factors to growing your business and owning and growing a successful business will depend on your ability to create a demand for your salon’s services. The following tips will help you Continue reading…
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Seven Tips for Beauty School Graduates on Finding Your Winning Salon for Employment
Written by Jon on May 21, 2011 – 5:06 pm“ Your graduating from beauty school — now what !” Congratulations for choosing cosmetology as your chosen profession. You have chosen a profession that offers unlimited opportunities provided you know what it takes and have what it takes to be a winner in a profession that can be fulfilling, challenging and potentially financially rewarding. Sadly many new beginners fail to maximize their full potential, due to unrealistic career and earning expectations before they even give their new career a chance to grow, they want to run before they learn to walk. Many believe that graduating from beauty school will prepare Continue reading…
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Money Tips for Women in the Beauty Industry
Written by Jon on March 25, 2011 – 3:29 pmAlthough many of these tips are geared towards women, they also apply for men as well. As hairdressers and salon owners we tend to invest most of our time developing our artistic skills, we seldom think of planning for our financial future. In today’s tough economy, the cost of living will continue to escalate as evidenced by rising gas prices as an example. It’s not how much you earn that will determine your financial future; It’s what you do with your money that will determine your financial future. I’ve listed a few important guidelines that will help you in the Continue reading…
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Five Business Tips for Improving Your Business
Written by Jon on February 26, 2011 – 3:47 pm” Work hard to take your business and team to a higher level.” In today’s tough economy improving the growth and profitability of your business, should be a high priority. You can no longer afford to just hope that your business is going to grow with out effort. As leader of your team it is your responsibility to take your business and staff to a higher level of excellence. Your staff’s livelihood depends on your decision making efforts in growing and making your business more profitable and fulfilling, not only for yourself, but also present opportunities for the people that Continue reading…
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