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Get Your Copy: The Salon Owner’s Email Marketing eBook

Email marketing is still considered one of the very best ways to engage and attract clients while also informing them of the latest deals, news & happenings of your salon. Email gives you the power to connect with customers in a much broader way. You can reach people on mobile, keep your clients informed, inspire … Continued

Enter For A Chance To Win A Bundle Of Business Books!

It’s that time of the month again! Phorest Salon Software and the Phorest Blog are pleased to announce they’re giving away a bundle of three business books to 1 lucky winner from the industry – will it be you?

5 Ways A Brand New Salon Or Spa Can Look Established

There are many challenges to opening a new salon or spa. You need to put a competent team together, build a name for yourself, get your first clients and then build a loyal clientele… I mean, the list goes on. In fact, poor planning and preparation is part of why so many new businesses fail. A … Continued

How To Build Trust As A Leader In The Salon And Spa Industry

Leadership is a much-discussed topic. Throughout the years, I have read many books about it, attended seminars, listened to podcasts, etc. As I quickly realised that my team’s success is my success, I mainly just observed the leaders around me to understand how they built trust with their teams. It was easy to see that … Continued

7 Daily Habits Of Happy And Successful Salon Owners

I’ll admit it: I’m a sucker for those self-development meet pursuit of happiness fiction novels. In fact, I’ve just finished Paulo Coehlo’s “The Zahir” this week. You see, like many others before me, I often wonder what happiness is, when you know you’ve found it, and what you have to do to maintain it. Significant events such … Continued

Introducing Phorest Academy’s Salon Instagram Masterclass

If you keep up to date with Phorest Academy, then you might have already heard of our newest webinar… Introducing the Salon Instagram Masterclass! If not, well let’s start from the beginning. Phorest Academy is an educational hub full of hour-long webinars and masterclasses. Accessible from your phone or tablet (via GoToWebinar for Android & … Continued

Distilling Salons’ Business Performance Down To Two Numbers

As of June this year, I have now spent 15 years in the hair and beauty industry. It is hard to believe really – my entire professional life. A significant chunk of that time has been spent sitting in treatment rooms with salon owners talking about their business performance, or analysing rebooking rates of hair … Continued

Enter For A Chance To Win A Salon Social Media Consultation!

If there’s one thing that doesn’t stand still in today’s digital world, it’s social media. With the likes of Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn, and all the others that keep appearing, it can easily feel overwhelming to manage it all. Where do you start? How do you get clients to engage with you? Which platform … Continued

5 Tips To Revolutionise Your Salon Business Plan

Everywhere you go, you see cheap deals. It seems like customers are always asking for discounts, and so it’s easy to feel beaten down by pricing. The problem we all have at some point is we forget that some of our customers are happy to pay our normal prices. In fact, there’s more of them … Continued