Category Archives: Salon Memo

Having a Happy Holiday Season – Ideas to Help Your Salon Thrive in a Shaky Economy

The holiday season is a time where spending is on the rise and preparations for parties, family gatherings, and events take center stage. While people tend to spend more in some areas during the holiday season, it’s not uncommon for them to tighten the purse-strings in others. Self-care can take a back seat to caring […]

Color Matching Your SHE Hair Extensions

October is a month of many colors, with clients changing their hair color as much as the leaves change color for the fall. With these changes comes the need to find just the right hair extension colors for your clients. Color matching isn’t as simple as looking at a flat photograph or holding a color […]

Lateness & Excuses & No-Shows, Oh My! – How to Deal with Clients Who Show Up Late or Always Cancel

As a business owner your livelihood relies on your ability to draw in clients, meet or exceed their expectations, and to keep them returning to your chair. While there are many ways to do this to boost your business and your bottom line, you can run into problems if the clients themselves aren’t cognizant of […]

Mind the Gap – Adapting to Economic Uncertainty

As the economy continues to step into uncertain territory many consumers are finding themselves tightening their purse-strings and being more cost conscious. With rising costs of goods and services in many areas of the economy people tend to focus more on essential spending rather than personal or discretionary spending. This could mean fewer trips to […]

Slammed Summer or Sluggish Summer

Salon business ebbs and flows throughout the year and while the changes in intensity can differ from one salon to the next, what is always true is that everyone can make themselves ready for a summer rush or work to create one if their business usually slows down. Every season brings new trends and events […]

Five Best Practices to Run Your Salon Promos in 2025

New Year, New Opportunities! The clock starts now fight to keep that ledger well in the green and keep your client base walking in the door and leave your happier than when they sat in your chair. If you haven’t started planning your marketing and campaign calendar for the year yet – START NOW! Creating […]

BY THE NUMBERS: START PLANNING FOR 2025!

With 2025 just around the corner, the rush is on to wrap up 2024 while also looking ahead to the new year. We put together two of the biggest opportunities (and why) in this issues “By The Numbers!” 1 in 3 Clients Are Cheating On You… The reason they “strayed” in the first place were […]

BY THE NUMBERS: THE HAIR EXTENSIONS BIZ

When it comes to hair extensions, they’re swiftly becoming a juggernaut of profit, growing at a rapid pace through the close of the decade. We round up some of the surprising and shocking numbers you should know to ride the wave of add-on hair! Social Media Accelerated Extensions Popularity! What’s Trending and Why The top […]