Build High-Performing Teams: Turn Performance into a Team Habit

Your staff are the heart of your business; they drive client satisfaction, revenue growth, and champion your unique culture that keeps people coming back. When they’re aligned, everything runs better. But on busy days, it’s easy for their focus to drift. The solution isn’t to work harder, but to make performance visible, shared, and easy … Continued

Maximising Appointment Value: From Securing Higher Tickets to Flexible Add-Ons

When you’re trying to grow, ‘more bookings’ isn’t the only solution. Often, the biggest win comes from protecting existing revenue and maximising the value you get per appointment while still delivering exceptional service. In a busy salon, spa, or clinic, the diary can already be full, yet revenue can seep through the cracks: a deposit … Continued

Amplify Client Connection: How to Stay Present & Prepped with Phorest AI

Your clients expect the best from you. Fast replies, personalised service, and streamlined communication are all part and parcel of a modern client experience. These expectations put pressure on beauty and wellness businesses to deliver consistent results. That pressure shows up in two places: During these peak moments when your schedule is packed, you and … Continued

Why AI Isn’t Replacing Salon, Spa, and Clinic Professionals — It’s Giving Them Their Time Back

Let’s start with the obvious — because it’s the part that tends to get lost in the noise. The human touch will never be replaced. No algorithm can replicate the way a great therapist reads a room the second a client walks in. The subtle shift in tone when someone’s had a hard week. The … Continued

Delegate to Elevate

Booked and busy – what every business owner wants. While desirable, it does have its costs: sleepless nights and overwhelming stress.  Heather Harris knows this all too well.  A nationally recognised stylist, salon owner, business leader, and celebrated speaker, Heather brings a plethora of insight around entrepreneurship and leadership. As the Founder and CEO of … Continued

How Modern Software Helps Your Salon, Spa, or Clinic Save Time and Increase Profit

Between the back-to-back appointments, the “Can I just check?” questions from your team, and the texts from clients wondering if their appointment is actually at 3:15 or 3:30… It’s a wonder you’ve got time to drink your coffee while it’s still hot. This blog is part of the 2025 August Collection, and today, we want … Continued

Tom Kuhn: The ‘Gridy’ Art of Getting Things Done

Tom Kuhn, CEO of Qnity – an organisation offering education and tools for economic empowerment in the beauty industry – ran an excellently practical workshop at the 2024 Salon Owners Summit.  Addressing the room, Tom asked, “Who here is an ‘ideas person’, but finds their ideas rarely make it to fruition?” Unsurprisingly, in a room … Continued

Between Alienation & Belonging, Never Just a Haircut or Beauty Service

“You’ll be on in roughly 10 minutes.” the Salon Owners Summit A/V team tells me quietly. Here I am, after a little over six months of brainstorming, ideation, research, and preparation culminating in a keynote on the power of cultivating inclusive spaces for clients and employees alike. As the adrenaline starts rushing through every cell … Continued