How To End Discounting Forever And Make More Money

Are you discounting your services to get business? It’s a common practice among salons, but it’s an expensive and ineffective way of attracting good, solid repeat clients.
What makes it so expensive? Let’s say you offer a $10 discount to 5 clients each week.  That means you will lose $2,600 per year in cold hard cash.  That’s like paying an extra month of rent. Just think how much back bar and retail product you could buy with that kind of money!  
But many salons and spas use discounting as a primary marketing tool. I think it’s largely because they don’t realize [...]

The Savvy Social Media Report By Charlotte Howard

Online Branding & Social Media with Pam Perry, PR Coach
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Charlotte Howard Shares Hair Education: Organic Salon Systems on YouTube

As we all know, online training is really taking off in the Beauty Industry. From consumers sharing their experiences, favorite products and techniques to Beauty Industry brands providing free and pay-for videos. One company that has done an excellent job of establishing an online training presence is Organic Salon Systems.
Organic Salon Systems has made great strides in organic haircare. Some highlights from their company ethos are:

Nurture the beauty, dignity, respect, health, and well-being of all;
Pursue uncompromised integrity;
Deliver excellence in all that we do;
Only distribute the highest performance, healthiest, most natural, and gentlest products available;
Continually recognize that the best way to [...]