Special Message to all our Loyal Customers: Here is a sample letter you should send all your customer by staying in touch with your customers as you get ready to reopen your salons when this pandemic is over soon. Feel free to edit and add your salon's name. get your message out via youtube or your social media resources.   As the owner of Chez Jon Hair Salon and our artistic team, we wanted to let you know that we are thinking of you and [Click here to read full article...]

Staff Retention Identifying and Avoiding the Causes of Staff Turnover No salon can maintain continued growth and profitability with a constant merry go round of staff instability and turnover. The following guidelines will help you address this very critical business challenge. Salon Owners Avoid These Pitfalls Poor Hiring Decisions --- is one of the leading causes of staff turnover and internal salon challenges facing salon owners? Make sure you develop your staff development program to minimize making hiring mistakes. My book Creating Your Salon [Click here to read full article...]

An Invitation to attend my Business Only Seminar. By Jon Gonzales Hello, my name is Jon Gonzales President and founder of Hairdresser Career Development Systems. Thank you for visiting my new education only web site. I want to share my 43 years as the former owner of 3 of the top salons in southern California and 10 years as an educator, business consultant, author, blogger, and mentor to young talent who have chosen hairdressing as a career, and yes it is a career. As I [Click here to read full article...]

                                       How to Rebuild Your Business after the Corona Virus The first thing you need to do is stay healthy, safe, and positive. Follow the instructions at Corona Virus.com. You will find all the answers you need to stay safe and healthy. This Virus will end. Most of us are confined to our homes due to the closings of our salons. Use this valuable time to reflect on 2019-2020 before the virus hit us. The way you operated your business in the past is now [Click here to read full article...]

A Special Message: By now you know most people throughout the U.S. and the world are concerned about the spread of the Corona Virus and how it’s affecting our families, our business, our health, and personal wellbeing. We will get over this crisis, don’t worry or panic, just use common sense. And stay positive. There is plenty of advice on how to protect yourself and your family available. Type in CDC or Corona -19 for information on how you can prevent this disease. Sadly all [Click here to read full article...]

Salon Owners Are Not Greedy   There seems to be a growing contempt, misunderstanding, 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 towards their efforts to grow their business and improve profits. Some of [Click here to read full article...]

"Some of the best lessons we ever learned , we learned from our mistakes and failures."   It’s no secret that salon owners are facing many challenges. Lack of business management skills is one of the leading causes of salon failures. Sadly many salons will fail because far too many salon owners are in denial and will not adapt to change because it will require new thinking, effort, and a lot of hard work. It is much easier to stay in their comfort zone, Rather [Click here to read full article...]

Tough Love By Jon Gonzales Hello, my name is Jon Gonzales President and founder of Hairdresser career development Systems. I want to extend an invitation to attend my 2-day business only seminar in November in Las Vegas. Thank you for visiting my new education only web site. Click here to view the benefits of attending. I want to share my 43 years as owner of 4 of the top salons in southern California and 10 years as an educator, business consultant, and mentor to young [Click here to read full article...]

Thinking of Owning Your Own Salon? Here are some of the biggest challenges of salon ownership Do you have what it takes? Do you know what it takes? Have you measured your strengths and weaknesses? Here is a quiz that will help you measure your strengths and weaknesses Click here. Business planning and organization Do you know your break even analysis Your business plan Legal structure Aware of the new labor laws Are you misclassifying your workers? Fictitious name Name of your salon What are [Click here to read full article...]