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The Ultimate Bundle Full Of Salon Marketing Ideas For The Holidays

Planning ahead for the Holidays is the best way to ensure an organized, stress-free, and successful festive season in your salon. As most salon and spa business’ busiest time of year, this gives you the opportunity to attract clients old and new, generate more revenue and have fun while doing so! Over the years, we’ve … Continued

Here’s Why Your Salon Needs An Integrated Card Terminal

Being a salon owner is one balancing act after another. Every day, whether creating a staff schedule, setting prices, or ordering supplies, you have to strike the right balance between time, resources, and goals and keeping your team and your customers happy. So how many days do you actually manage to cross off everything on … Continued

The Salon Owner’s Guide to Black Friday & The Holidays

How prepared are you for Black Friday and The Holidays? For most salon and spa businesses, these events signal the busiest, most chaotic time of the year and can feel daunting to plan ahead for; as if we haven’t had enough upheaval in the past few years! While a busy space combined with a full … Continued

Guarantee Client Commitment With Phorest’s New Online Deposits Feature

We’ve all been there: you have a client booked in for a much-desired time slot, at your busiest time, on your busiest day, and you’ve turned down many other clients to keep it for them. And then, they don’t show up. Not only is this demoralising for your team, but your business has now lost … Continued

The Future of Payments is Cardless

Hardly 30 years ago, plastic bank cards were the height of convenience. Now payment technology is progressing at lightning speed. There are estimates that Canada could be nearing an effectively cashless society as soon as 2030. Still, we are taking it further. Cashless is quickly becoming cardless. Digital wallets like Apple and Google Pay are … Continued

The Salon Owner’s Guide to Hiring & Staff Retention

Staff hiring and retention is one of the most pressing issues facing businesses in the professional beauty industry today. In the aftermath of the pandemic, which saw the emergence of flexible, remote work and a booming shadow economy, many beauty professionals are leaving employment in the salon behind and opting instead to work for themselves … Continued

Make Sharper Decisions With Your Salon’s Data

No one knows more about your business than you do. However, being a business owner can be an all-consuming reality. Along with the mental load of your own daily to-do lists, you have to keep the big picture in the back of your mind.  Your thoughts drift between staff concerns and utility bills, to thinking … Continued

Revolutionize Reception with PhorestGuest

When clients enter your salon, what’s their first impression? Are they greeted with a lengthy line of waiting guests, or perhaps an empty, unmanned reception desk? Do you spend your days rushing back and forth from behind the chair to the reception desk in an attempt to check clients in and pay clients out while … Continued

The Salon Owner’s Guide to Generating More Profit

From the current cost of living crisis to the aftermath of the pandemic, being a business owner in today’s climate can feel unstable and frustrating. As consumers continue tightening their pockets, service-based businesses, especially those that are seen as “luxurious” like those in the salon industry, are worried about what the future looks like.  While … Continued