
Welcome to the Salon Ownerโs Podcast, Phorest FM Episode 25. Co-hosted by Killian Vigna and Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer, this show is a mix of interviews with industry thought-leaders, roundups of our most recent salon owners marketing tips & tricks, all the latest in and around Phorest and what upcoming webinars you can join. Phorest FM is produced every Monday morning for your enjoyment with a cup of coffee on your day off.
Phorest FM Episode 25
One of Phorest Salon Softwareโs main focus has always been helping our clients get their salon clients spending more, more often. It is not only simpler to sell to clients who are already loyal to you, but much cheaper as well. We have some useful tips here which you can implement in your salon to achieve this. We also have advice from salon consultant Valerie Delforge for approaching layoff rumours, in case these should ever begin circulating in your salon. Lastly, an important subject we discuss is loyalty programs, and the value you could gain from choosing one type of system over a less appropriate one for your business.
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Killian Vigna: Welcome to the Phorest FM podcast, Episode 25. Iโm your host, Killian Vigna.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Iโm Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer.
Killian Vigna: In this weekโs Phorest Salon Software blogs, we talk about seven ways to help your clients spend more, more often, how to handle salon layoff rumors and avoid a catastrophe, and what types of salon loyalty programs actually add value. As always, we top off the show with our upcoming Phorest Academy Webinars. This podcast is produced every Monday morning for your enjoyment with a cup of coffee on your day off. Now, letโs get into the show. So Zoe, just before we jump into the blog today, weโve actually changed the format of Phorest FM a little bit. How can we-
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. You probably noticed that, last week, we had an industry expert in and it filled up the entire episode. The format of the show now, itโs a bit based on recommendations that weโve gotten. Within a month, we usually have, what, four episodes, correct?
Killian Vigna: Yeah. Itโs usually four episodes all around the blogs, the fourth one at the end of the month is the monthly roundup, the most popular blogs of the month.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Exactly. Weโve been asked for a little bit more interviews and stuff like that. Thereโll be two interviews a month and then one thatโs focused around blogs earlier on in the month. Weโll still have that monthly roundup one around the blogs and whatโs going on, and recapping on the interviews that we had that month.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. This weekโs episode is the blog episode. Youโre not going to hear this every week anymore.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Exactly.
Killian Vigna: Youโre going to hear the blog episode once a month, and then the monthly roundup, the most popular blogs and at the end of the month.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Exactly. Yeah. Youโll also have, like we said, the two interviews a month.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. So wanted to add a little variety. Weโre always asking you guys who you want to hear on the show. Now, weโre doing it. Now, weโre listening.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah.
Killian Vigna: Well, weโve always been listening, but now, weโre actually getting who want to hear on the show.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Exactly. I suppose, if we kick it off this week with the โSeven Ways to Help Your Clients Spend More and More Oftenโ. This is an article by Simon Lotinga. Heโs a belief change specialist. We did a lot of collaborations with him in the past. Basically, this article goes through concrete ways to get your clients back in. Because in theory, itโs all good and easy, right?
Killian Vigna: Yeah.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Itโs like you know what to do.
Killian Vigna: It sounds simple.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: It sounds simple.
Killian Vigna: Yeah.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: But what are the things that you can do, actively, today even if you had to only pick one? What can you implement today? He goes through a few, actually seven, techniques that you can pick from. He says, โPrepare the team, first of all, because if you want your clientโs behavior to change, you have to change first. You have to market your products in a different way, market your services in a different way. You need to make your clients understand the benefits of why they should come to you rather than just a hard saleโ. Thatโs his idea behind that first point.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. Weโve touched off it before, like clients arenโt necessarily buying into the company or the brand. Theyโre buying into the people behind the company behind the brandโฆ
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Exactly.
Killian Vigna: โฆand thatโs you and your staff.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Now, his second point, he names it. He says โAdd a silent sales teamโ. What he means by this, because I know youโre laughing right now.
Killian Vigna: Is this someone just sitting in the corner of the salon?
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: No. A silent sales team, what he means by that is, basically, stickers, flyers, posters, windows displays, newsletter articles, blog post, pages on your website, videos, behind the scenesโฆ Whatever you pick as a marketing channel, use that. That is a silent sales team. Because the way that you promote yourself on those pages is what is going to build your relationship with your client and ultimately bring them back in.
Killian Vigna: Itโs, essentially, all your marketing materials and channels you choose.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Exactly. Yeah.
Killian Vigna: Again, be careful on that. Donโt constantโฆ Donโt be the annoying guy in the middle of the room saying โbuy, buy, buyโ.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: No. Exactly. Itโs learning how to market your added value services and added value offers. He goes on to point three when he says โMake impulse buying easyโ.
Killian Vigna: This is like throwing your gift cards at the point of sale, or stuff like that.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Stuff like that. Say, for instance-
Killian Vigna: Throwing your gift cards.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: You know when youโre, letโs say, in a shop, you know when youโre at the cash and youโve got all those chocolate bar stands.
Killian Vigna: Itโs any product thatโs in-line of sight and within reach. Basically, Iโm at the till, Iโm paying for my treatment, and all of a sudden, I see a product that takes absolutely no effort for me to go out of my way and pick up and just point it.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Or even just ask the question, โHey, whatโs this?โ
Killian Vigna: Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. We say โAlways dress up your products, your retail shelves. Make them look presentableโ and stuff, but your point of sale, this is your key, especially for your TreatCards, your gift cards, even your small products. Weโre not saying pack out your till area or pack out where your computer is. No.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: No. We wouldnโt even recommend that.
Killian Vigna: Not at all. No. Maybe, one or two products from each neatly presented there. Like I said, itโs in the clientโs line of sight. Just peaks their interest and like you just said, โWhatโs that?โ Straight away, itโs gone from a question to a sale, nearly.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah, pretty much. Yeah.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. That also goes backton the last point of prepare your team. Because if your team understand the productโs inside out, itโs not selling. Itโs just going, โOh, well, that actually does X, Y, and Zโ. Youโre promoting the benefits of the product.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Exactly. Now, point four, โAdding premium versions of your existing servicesโ.
Killian Vigna: This is a great one.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah.
Killian Vigna: This is the money maker in any store.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Basically, if you package or even just create premium versions of your existing services, youโre brushing up that little look of that one X, Y, Z service and youโre branding it in a certain way that people would just be like โOh, thatโs new. That looks flashy. Iโd get way more out of this than if I just got that one serviceโ.
Killian Vigna: Thereโs a couple of simple ways of doing that. We know if you walk into a shop, youโre always going to see your budget, your medium and your expensiveโฆ I suppose the luxury, or the premium version of a product, but you could do this in a simple way of creating small little hampers. Basically, youโre just getting a collection of products, putting them into a nice little box, put a clean film, put a ribbon. I donโt know, whatever. You guys are the artists here. Youโre more creative, but yeah, itโs just repackaging things and throwing a new price tag on it.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Exactly. Yeah. Some salons might actually find this tactic really helpful for people who have a hard time selling retail or are uncomfortable selling retail. I was chatting with Nilam Holmes Patel when I was writing the retail eBook at the time. She was saying, mixing a service and a product gives an added value, but itโs also easier to sell a benefit of a service, but then that person also has an aftercare product. Youโre selling retail at the same time, but youโre also giving extra value to your service.
Killian Vigna: You could even package these as your aftercare packages.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Yeah.
Killian Vigna: You think about it, someoneโs going in, theyโve spent so much money on a hair treatment. Now, they want to be able to maintain that, to keep promoting that you did it after a service. By creating these little aftercare packages, their friends, their family are always going to keep asking them where they got their hair done because youโre going to have that fresh look. Now, I say โhairโ but this comes across all the services and treatments. Provide the afters.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Exactly. Yeah. Exactly, like Andy Bounds was saying at the Summit this year. Yeah, the afters.
Killian Vigna: Oh, is it? Really? Yeah, I know. I donโt know where I came across that.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Tip number five, โIntroduce new non-competing servicesโ. If someone has been buying the same shampoo and conditioner, for instance, from you for ages, and youโre trying to sell them this other product thatโs going to replace that, itโs not going to work and thatโs mostlyโฆ
Killian Vigna: Yeah. Donโt replace it, complement it.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Exactly. Yeah. Thatโs exactly his point. Yeah. He says โThe important thing to remember here is that if you want someone to buy something totally new, you have to sell it in a different wayโ. It is totally true. Try and understand what your clients already have, try and understand their concerns, and then go and complement what they need to get a better result.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. I think the example you have here is, if theyโre buying a brand of shampoo, donโt try and promote the more expensive branded shampoo, promote the conditioner to go with that. Theyโre going to buy the shampoo anyway. Why replace it? Donโt. Complement it with another product name.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Another way to help people actually cop onto that is by using product samples.
Killian Vigna: I love those sample things. I get caught for it every time. I buy my-
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: So do I.
Killian Vigna: I buy my protein online. For years, there was one particular brand I got. I moved to my different protein supplier and they started giving me free samples. Now, Iโve gone from buying the same product protein for the lastโฆ Well, it must have been about three years. Now, every month, Iโm buying a new product based on the sample that I got free with the last product.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Because itโs a nice introduction, and itโs not costing you, I donโt know, 50, 60 quid for something that you donโt really know how well is going to react with you. Itโs low commitment for the client, but then itโs also a nice introduction at the same time. If it works, then yeah, youโll be more than happy to spend that amount of money on the full product.
Killian Vigna: Now, I will say, the free sample only works because even though Iโve never met these guys, itโs all online. They actually understand me as a client. Theyโll only give me samples to stuff that I regularly buy, anyway, to try out different things. Again, if youโre going to hand out samples, make sure itโs relevant to the treatment or the stuff that youโve just given.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Relevant to the clientโs concerns or needs.
Killian Vigna: Yeah.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Exactly. Point number six, if we move on now, โCreate price time menusโ. This is a concept that he says, basically, that some salons create versions of services that are deliverable in, I donโt know, 15, 20 minutes, right? You create a menu of these treatments that clients can pick three, and itโs X amount of price. Basically, what he says is that it has this attraction and gains clientโs interest because people love having choice and love being in control. By having an option of what they can pick three treatments they can pick, and it covers an hour, youโre set.
Killian Vigna: Youโre saying itโs nearly a minute per currency thing, is it?
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: He calls it, โprice per minute menu,โ but you can price it at whatever rate you want, obviously.
Killian Vigna: Oh, okay. Itโs basically the a la carte.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Itโs creating-
Killian Vigna: Itโs calling for an a la carte.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Itโs creating a menu of different services that are all deliverable in 20 minutes. Youโre booking an hour slotโฆ
Killian Vigna: Thatโs actually a really good idea.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: โฆbut the clients can actually pick three of what he prefers, or he or she prefers.
Killian Vigna: Your clients are coming in, picking your starters, mains, and desserts.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Kind of. Yeah.
Killian Vigna: Theyโre getting it all done in an hour.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Exactly. Yes.
Killian Vigna: Thatโs a genius move. Yeah.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: It may not be suitable for you, but some businesses are doing it and it seems to be working. It is something that you could consider if you are looking for some new ways to market your services.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. I really like that idea. Iโm going to be pushing that more.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: His last point is, basically, โCreating improved result packages.โ Thatโs the aftercare regime that we were talking about. Having product packages together that can help you go back home and get better long lasting results.
Killian Vigna: Cool. So that concludes that blog anyway, and then we move ontoโฆ This is another guest article?
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: It is. Yes. This was written by Valerie Delforge. Sheโs founder and CEO of Delforge & Co. Sheโs been in the beauty industry for 25 years. Sheโs been managing teams, HR-
Killian Vigna: Now, sheโs salon consultancy.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yes. Exactly. She talks in this blog about how to handle layoff rumors and avoid a panic within your staff. Now, bear with me. This is a touchy subject. We have had comments on Facebook around this blog saying that they donโt agree whatsoever with the advice given in the articleโฆ
Killian Vigna: And thatโs fine.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: And thatโs fair enough because you know what, thereโs so many different managing styles that one salon consultantโs opinion is an opinion, after all. Itโs what worked for her in her career. If it doesnโt work for you, and if you donโt agree with that, thatโs totally fine. You, perhaps, have a different managing style and thatโs okay.
Killian Vigna: We say this in pretty much every episode. Weโre talking to a broad audience there. We canโt say, likeโฆ we understand best practices and stuff like those, but at the end of the day, itโs just us giving advice, what routes to go-
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: If you have more advice, feel free to, you knowโฆ
Killian Vigna: Exactly. We give you advice, you give us advice, back and forth. But it comes back to you assessing your staff, your clients, your business. Will this work for you? Will this slot in? Is it something I can do? Or maybe just modify what weโre saying, tailor it.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Exactly.
Killian Vigna: Donโt take this for a givenโฆ Again, this is whatโs worked for Valerie Delforge though for 25 years.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. It might not work for you, and thatโs okay.
Killian Vigna: Take the info, tweak it.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Exactly. If we just go through little things here, I gave her a scenario being like โLayoff rumors have been going around in the salon for weeks now, right? The employees that you manage, they know youโve had several meetings to discuss different options, and you had even a meeting yesterday. During that meeting, you decided that you were going to lay off two or three employees in the following week and somehow, that information got out. An employee comes into your office and says, โHey, I know you guys have been talking about layoffs. Iโm really worried. I canโt afford to lose my job. Do you know whatโs going to happen?'โ
Killian Vigna: Yeah. Itโs an emotional thing.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: It is.
Killian Vigna: Rumors of layoffs, where do you start, like-
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. It affects people, not only these jobs but it affects their personal life.
Killian Vigna: Personal life. What if Iโm moving house, or I may decide now to go and buy a car or something like that. I need to know security.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Exactly. I could go through the whole thing, but I think itโs really interesting if you read it all. But what I will say is that, be mindful. Because whatever you say to that person, if that person comes into your office, itโs going to have impacts after. That person is going to go back to your team and you know what, chances are that that person is going to chat away to your team. You need to make sure that youโre not going to say something thatโs going to create a negative atmosphere within your team afterwards. You need to not take unnecessary risks of things that could backfire on you or deeply affect other people on your team, because then again, youโre going back to a negative atmosphere and youโre putting your salon at risk. Itโs all about being very mindful of your situation in your salon, what kind of policies you have, and being careful of what you say at the time and by all means, have meetings with your team.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. We donโt want to really do too much of a summary of this blog. Because like you said, I think itโs best if you read this and take your own salon into account, but there are simple things of like-
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Common sense, yesโฆ
Killian Vigna: I suppose.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. Take a step back. I suppose, donโt say something for the sake ofโฆ All right. A classic example. Zoe, you come up to me and go โWhat is the story? Are we going to be laid off?โ I would be inclined to turn around and go โZoe, donโt worry about it. Things are okay,โ but thatโs me saying one thing to you, and thatโs how the rumors start. So take a step back and I suppose, maybe, โListen, I canโt address this situationโ.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: At this time.
Killian Vigna: At this time.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Weโll have meetings all across the board next week of one-to-one, depending on how you manage your team, again. Itโs very on a case by case.
Killian Vigna: Emotions are going to be high. People could take what you say and that can be turned into 10 different meanings.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Yeah.
Killian Vigna: Youโre best off, take a step back, think about it, and address each member and staff individually when you have thought of what youโre going to say and do.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: By all means, I strongly recommend you read this article. If you have different experiences, if youโve experienced this in your salon, managing your salon, weโd love to hear how you handled the situation. Weโd love to open a discussion on this because it is a touchy subject.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. Do you agree? Do you disagree? What are your procedures? Let us know.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Yeah. Weโd love to know. Weโd love to hear you on this. If youโre willing to even be on the show to talk about it, by all means, get in touch with us.
Killian Vigna: Even better again.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Moving on to a little lighter subject, I suppose.
Killian Vigna: This is the final blog, yeah?
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yes. What types of salon loyalty programs actually add value?
Killian Vigna: Now, we go through the typical coffee shop example. Buy nine coffees, get your 10th free. Again, we always say โIt doesnโt work for salon ownersโ. Again, if you want to go ahead and do that, if you think that works for you, thatโs fine, but weโve looked at the stats. Itโs like discounting your services. Why would you do that?
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Because that person-
Killian Vigna: Youโre losing out every time.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. If I hadโฆ I donโt know. If I went to get my brows shaped 10 times, Iโll be willing to pay for that 10th time because I get it every month anyways.
Killian Vigna: You donโt need to incentivize me to get something that Iโm already getting.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Try and get me to try something new. Maybe I want to try facial. Maybe I want to try anything else that you can offer, and that I just never really had the opportunity to try before I never even thought of, but if youโre offering me that as a reward for coming in nine times for that one service, then Iโll take you up on and Iโll try it. Chances are that Iโll enjoy it and book it again next time, on top of booking for my brows.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. This comes back to the first blog that we were talking about, the seven ways to get clients coming in more, spending more. Now, then we talked about samples. We said, the samples have to relate to a product Iโm already buying, but with this, a loyalty system is getting clients to try new products and services to see if they book those down the line.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Thatโs how the TreatCard that we have in Phorest works. Youโve been on the Grow Team floor for the past two weeks now. Youโve probably heard loads about it.
Killian Vigna: Iโve been mingling with my team. Yeah so basically, the way the TreatCards is talked about is, you are giving free treats. I worked in a barbers there a couple of weeks ago and I was talking about the TreatCards and they said, โOh, no, it doesnโt work for us because itโs giving free products awayโ. Within about two minutes, I had their mind changed. Not, likeโฆ I wasnโt trying to sell it or anything. Basically, what it is is, it says youโre giving away free treats, but look at it, all right, youโre rewarding a point for every euro or for every pound, dollar spent. In the long run, that free treat youโve given has actually paid for itself six times over. Because with the way the points work, itโs something like 12 times the service price or for a product thatโs six times this productโs price. Youโre not losing at all. Youโve actually earned money by giving that product out, because theyโve paid for it six times over through their Treat Points.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. It is things that we have considered when we created the TreatCard. We have looked at this many, many times before pushing it out. People who use it, our clients who are using it, correct me if Iโm wrong, but itโs working really well for them.
Killian Vigna: Of course. Yeah. My week working down there with Grow this week, I was trying to get some good and bad examples of each section of the department. They were saying, Frank DiLusso, heโs been using the product for a couple of years, and he said itโs earned him an additional 35,000. 35,000, thatโs more than someoneโs average salary. Youโve just earned that using TreatCards, just by offering a few products and services that have cost you nothing?
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Itโs a great return on investment when you think about it.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. Itโs a fantastic return on investment. A.โ The short term goal is, it generates new clients. How? Because itโs brand awareness. A new client comes in, Iโm a brand new client. We know it costs us five times as much to get a new client than it does retain one, right? So Zoe, youโre a salon owner. I go into yours for the very first time. As Iโm leaving, you give me a TreatCard and you go, โOh, now, every time you come in Iโll give you free points,โ and I go โAll rightโ. So six weeks down the line, I need to get my hair done again and Iโm going, where do I go? Pull out my keys to unlock my house door, I see youโre tag and go, โOh, might as well just book online thereโ or something like that or whatever, pop in. As Iโm getting that treatment, Iโm obviously going to scan my card. Think of Tesco, think of SuperValu, all those places. They all have the points cards. Youโre always going to scan it because it costs you nothing, but in the long run, youโre going to earn something.
Then weโve got the long-term goal. Have your clients start purchasing treatments that theyโve received as a reward. Iโve given you a free product or service. You liked it. Youโre now going to come back and pay for it at full price.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Like the example of the brow and facial that I was giving earlier. Yeah.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. Your short-term is, it generates new clients and brand awareness. Iโve got it on my keys, a friend sees it and goes, โWhatโs that?โ I go, โThatโs Zoeโs salonโ. The long term goal is for every product or service I receive free, if I like it, Iโm going to come back and pay for it in full.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Like I said, if you have a loyalty system in your salon at the moment, Iโd strongly recommend looking at the back end of it, if itโs actually making you money or if youโre losing money through it. Yeah, I suppose, just be aware of what youโre giving out, be conscious.
Killian Vigna: Yeah. If youโre still not 100% sure on creating a loyalty scheme, we have business development guys here in Grow. Their whole role is to talk to you and assess how your salon is run to see if this would fit in. You might think itโll fit in. Maybe it does, maybe it doesnโt. Talk to one of our business developers. Say you want to talk about loyalty system. Youโre thinking to set one up, whatโs the best practice, whatโs the best route, and how do you work out how to reward.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Exactly.
Killian Vigna: Give them a call.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: That sums it up for our blogs this week. In terms of Phorest Academy Webinars, what do we have on schedule?
Killian Vigna: Okay. Well, itโs pretty much for everyone, but I recommend this one for a client because we actually talk about the Phorest system. This is today at 3:00 p.m. Basically, what weโre going to go through there is, why activate your online bookings widget? We talk about taking bookings online, on social, and on the go. Youโre leaving your salon open for three different avenues along with walk-ins and phone calls to get your bookings. How to activate that widget, why use it, and then how to market it and how to get your clients using the online bookings. Thatโs a very good webinar to jump on board because weโve seen massive success with the online bookings recently.
And actually, I wasnโt going to say it but I think this just summarizes online bookingsโฆ We actually had a woman send us a message saying, when one of our staffโs clients is made to book online, because sheโs a continual no-shower and everyone knows the pain of a client who books online and doesnโt show up, youโve just lost revenue, youโve lost seed there. They made her start booking online because she constantly cancels. She went and posted a photo of her brows being done by another client. The salon owner turns around and goes โWell, sorry, but itโs just now cost you doubleโ because you can actually charge for no shows using the online booking system. Because we have a credit card system in place where a deposit has to be taken to hold those card details and the benefit of those card details being held for you is, you can charge no shows. You are completely entitled. Itโs in your right with terms and conditions and everything. You will be backed up on that as well.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. That was a funny one I suppose, that made us all giggle a little.
Killian Vigna: It did. Yeah. It is a pain point.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: It is.
Killian Vigna: No shows.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: It is a huge one.
Killian Vigna: The fact that youโre not being left out-of-pocket anymore. You can, and you are in your rights to charge for those no shows. Thatโs why online booking is very important there. Hop on board to that webinar.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Itโs today, 3:00 p.m. at UK Ireland time 10:00 a.m. Eastern US time, New York area. We have the Salon Facebook Webinar on May 22nd.
Killian Vigna: Next week.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Yeah. Exactly. That goes on every month. How to create a โLikesโ campaign, how to boost your post, how to understand your insights on Facebook, all that kind of thing. Thatโs lead by Chris Brennan, our content manager in Phorest. That, again, is at 3:00 p.m. UK Ireland 10:00 a.m. US Eastern time on May 22nd.
Killian Vigna: You can register for those through Phorest Salon Softwareโs Facebook page. Go to โEventsโ and click the purchase or request tickets.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Get tickets. Yes.
Killian Vigna: Get tickets. Itโs free. Itโs just a link you have to click to register to attend.
Zoรฉ Bรฉlisle-Springer: Exactly. I suppose weโll leave you on that today. Have a great week and weโll get you next Monday.
Killian Vigna: All the best.
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