How to make Facebook your most effective marketing tool!

Make sure that first thing a visitor notices when they visit your Facebook page is your online bookings. By incorporating your online bookings with your Facebook or Twitter page, they can be quickly transformed into additional revenue streams for your business. As you discuss the latest looks from the red carpet with your clients they … Continued

Grow Your Facebook Likes with Consistent Posting

Make sure you are posting consistently so that people don’t forget about your presence and to drive additional traffic to your page. With Facebook this means posting daily. Your clients might not visit your page every day but they might still see your posts coming up in their newsfeed’s which act as a constant reminder … Continued

Jessica’s Tip of the Week : Bring Social Media In-House To Increase The Response From Your Clients

As a business you really can’t afford to ignore social networks. Whether you embrace it or not conversations about your brand are occurring all the time. A lot of salon owners are wary of using social media and after talking to some of you, there appears to be a common misconception that you have to … Continued

Twitter From A Salon's Perspective

Twitter is a great way of reaching new clients outside of your current client database. It gives you a new platform to get to know clients and not only will you build relationships with them, but the information can be priceless too! Tweet out tips and tricks in the beauty industry or whatever tickles your … Continued

Why Our Bespoke Twitter Consultations Will Maximize Your Salons Online Presence

At Phorest we are committed to bringing you the most up to date information, to make sure your marketing stays in the game. We do everything in our power to help your salon or spa maximise its revenue. With this in mind we have developed special salon Twitter Training’s for 2013. You are probably wondering … Continued

Kickstart your Facebook Page’s Growth Rate By Launching A Facebook Competition

Editor’s update: like and share competitions are now against Facebook’s terms and conditions. More here and thanks for reading!   Competitions are one of the best ways to generate more likes on your Facebook page. They are the best way to guarantee that people actually like your page and don’t just visit it on occasion. … Continued

Here's What Elizabeth Henry from The Coach House Thought About Phorest's Facebook Training

Elizabeth from The Coach House in Harrogate recently participated in our Facebook training and her only reluctance in recommending it is she doesn’t want other salons to learn the same great tips she did! Here is what Elizabeth had to say about the training: “Yes I would recommend the Facebook training to other salons only … Continued

Promoting a Post and Why You Should Boycott the Facebook Charge

Anyone with a business page will have noticed the new feature popping up under their posts. “Promote post”, some of you might have clicked into this, in blind panic, and then increased your blood pressure considerably when you realised that facebook were indeed asking you to pay to promote the post. Basically, they are offering … Continued

Why Checking In, Is The One Facebook Feature You Need To Check Out!

More powerful than the like button, a comment on their wall, or even posting a picture of your salon. Is when your clients check in at your salon. Check in, is a tool that allows your clients to boast about where they are. It’s been around awhile, at first people were cautious about checking in… … Continued