Charlotte Howard Consulting Blog

It may be taken for granted that the hair industry is recession proof. But this recession statistics have something else to depict. How salons are being affected by the economy recession is directly proportional to people cutting down their visits to the salon and taking longer breaks in-between haircuts and coloring.

The statistics of the hair industry depicts that there has been a drop of 20% in the overall business. This doesn’t look to be a good figure for the so called recession proof hair industry and this is how they are being affected by the economy. In closing attracting high value clients in the salon industry is important and here’s how to attract high value clients.

1. Put yourself into the mind of your salon clients.

2. Indentify your salon clients needs. Why do your salon clients need what you offer and how can you help them.

3. Help your salon clients do their research.

4. Provide your salon clients with answers and solutions on your website through content of value.

5. Always be ready and willing to share your knowledge with your salon clients.

6. Allow your salon clients to relate to you by speaking your true voice.

When you do all six of these steps your salon clients will begin to trust your recommendations. To learn more visit Hair Artist Association located on Facebook.

About the Author:

Charlotte Howard is a Beauty Industry Expert, Trainer and Consultant. Grab Charlotte’s FREE training for Beauty Experts and Home-Based Business Owners.

Copyright © 2009 Charlotte Howard Consulting, LLC. All rights reserved.

Sure there are many people looking for work in this economy. We all no in life you must take some risks. If you aren’t willing to take some sort of a risk in life, don’t expect any rewards. We all learn from our mistakes and can turn those mistakes into helpful lessons that can help others.

If you are at a point in your life where you feel things aren’t looking up for you. It is time for you to change your life and make your next move your best move. So here’s what you can do to begin changing your life.

1. Surround yourself with positive people.

2. Get rid of all negative influences.

3. Begin investing into positive resources.

If you want change in your life you must do the things that negative influenced, people won’t do. Starting a home business can be your ticket out of the rat race.

Top 3 Reasons Why a Home Business Can Help YOU:

1. Excellent Tax Break.

2. Full-time or Part-time Income.

3. You Can Work From Home.

About the Author:

Charlotte Howard is a Business Consultant and Founder of Charlotte Howard Consulting LLC. Grab Charlotte’s FREE click by click training for Traditional Business Owners and Home-Based Business Owners.

Copyright © 2009 Charlotte Howard Consulting, LLC. All rights reserved.

Good Morning Guys and Gals,

Customers are stalling more and more each day. If a competitor drops their price they run to them. Like I stated on an earlier post it’s your job to build credibility with current and new customers through various techniques to ensure that you keep them.

I’m not telling you to drop your prices, but you should offer something more of high quality value that your competitor isn’t and it is also a good idea to be friends with your competitor for a better benefit for the customer.

Check The Video! I will await your feedback

Cheers,

Charlotte

About the Author:

Charlotte Howard is a Business Consultant and Founder of Charlotte Howard Consulting LLC. Grab Charlotte’s FREE click by click training for Traditional Business Owners and Home-Based Business Owners.

Copyright © 2009 Charlotte Howard Consulting, LLC. All rights reserved.

Article Marketing is a very great way to explode your business building efforts for free. There are two main ways to make money with articles. You can direct your clients to a product you whole heartily believe in or a service you are whole heartily providing.

When you are directing your clients to either options above, you need to only refer affiliate products, and resources that you trust. Because when you do provide value it will allow you to build credibility.

Most people go online for 2 reasons:

1. They need to solve a problem that they are currently experiencing.

2. They need to solve a pressing need or challenge that they are experiencing.

So all in all these people want relief and your job is to help them solve their problem or pressing need. This is what we in the consulting industry call a consultative approach.

About the Author:

Charlotte Howard is a Business Consultant and Founder of Charlotte Howard Consulting LLC. Grab Charlotte’s FREE click by click training for Traditional Business Owners and Home-Based Business Owners.

Copyright © 2009 Charlotte Howard Consulting, LLC. All rights reserved.

Everyday people get objections from prospective clients and customers. So in order to handle your objections what can you do to cure these common objections. Review the video above and take action, this will separate you from all the rest of the presenters and business owners who aren’t stepping up their game.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

About the Author:

Charlotte Howard is a Business Consultant and Founder of Charlotte Howard Consulting LLC. Grab Charlotte’s FREE click by click training for Traditional Business Owners and Home-Based Business Owners.

Copyright © 2009 Charlotte Howard Consulting, LLC. All rights reserved.

As the year 2010 approaches quickly I wanted to share this video with you on having a positive mental attitude. It doesn’t matter where you are currently with your business or personal life unless you start with a positive mental attitude, you will have a hard time moving forward overall.

From my family to yours, have a Happy New Year and we are looking forward to our continued connection.

Cheers,

Charlotte
About the Author:

Charlotte Howard is a Business Consultant and Founder of Charlotte Howard Consulting LLC. Grab Charlotte’s FREE click by click training for Traditional Business Owners and Home-Based Business Owners.

Copyright © 2009 Charlotte Howard Consulting, LLC. All rights reserved.

Over the holiday season, I was hacked. Luckily I had backup and the proper tools to save my data. The internet is a wonderful tool for doing business and making some strong real good friendships. Yet there are still people trying to get all of your information, because of this main reason:

1. They want to get your business account and personal account data for their own purpose. In the process they do not want any trace to be found by them using your data.

I don’t want anyone to get caught unprotected so I want to share with you a very valuable free tool resource that you can use to stay protected. Some of my favorite ant top ranked software will be listed below and I have found that my computer is faster than before because of the tools as well.

1. Advanced System Care

2. Glary Utilities

3. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

4. CCleaner

5. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Download.com reviews are posted from real people with real results, so check it out and get protected.

P.S If you found this post helpful, remember to leave your feedback below. If you haven’t checked out the video above on staying positive, you should

About the Author:

Charlotte Howard is a Business Consultant and Founder of Charlotte Howard Consulting LLC. Grab Charlotte’s FREE click by click training for Traditional Business Owners and Home-Based Business Owners.

Copyright © 2009 Charlotte Howard Consulting, LLC. All rights reserved.