June 18, 2012
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Beauty Changes Lives and AACS are offering currently enrolled beauty school students, in an AACS school, the chance to be matched up with a celebrity mentor to launch their career in the industry. Available mentors include Jan Arnold, co-founder of CND; Ted Gibson, celebrity stylist; Dr. Howard Murad, dermatologist and skin care expert; and Diana Schmidtke, celebrity stylist for Hollywood’s leading men. Get details on how to enter at: http://beautychangeslives.org/scholarships
Keywords: CND cosmetology schools mentoring
May 25, 2012
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Shear Savvy Secrets and Strategies for Successful Salon Apprenticeships is teaching salon’s across the country how to become a school of cosmetology and train apprentices right in their own salon so apprentices can become licensed in the beauty industry.
Keywords: apprentice programs books
May 23, 2012
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The Allied Health Association, a network of spas, salons, and medi-spas,has been providing A-rated insurance to the health and beauty industry since 1991.
Keywords: insurance professional liability
May 23, 2012
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Scheduling on your website is more convenient for clients, and 70% say they’d rather make appointments online than pick up the phone, according to the folks at online appointment setting company Full Slate.
Keywords: appointment tracking web marketing
May 23, 2012
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WebOpenings.com is a marketplace that assists salon and spas in booking those open appointments that would otherwise go unused.
Keywords: appointment tracking web marketing
May 9, 2012
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CEO - Michael Megna addresses Backscratchers product availability and distribution matters.
Keywords: Backscratchers distribution
April 21, 2012
| Article
E Touch Holding Company has acquired the assets of pedicure spa manufacturer European Touch Holding, Inc.
Keywords: European Touch
April 21, 2012
| Article
In his book Raising Eyebrows — A Failed Entrepreneur Finally Gets It Right, Dal LaMagna tells the story of his rise in the beauty industry starting with one pair of tweezers and building it into Tweezerman.
Keywords: books Tweezerman
April 16, 2012
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Neil Ducoff’s Monday Morning Wake-Up! columns have been providing a weekly shot-in-the-arm for salon movers and shakers since 2008. His new book, titled Wake Up!, is a collection of the most powerful and inspiring Monday Morning Wake-Up.
Keywords: books motivation
April 16, 2012
| Article
A cloud-based business management and marketing software for spas and salons, SpaBooker offers a web-based appointment book, which means you can access it from anywhere at any time.
Keywords: appointment tracking business tools online booking salon software
April 11, 2012
| Article
Just launched in a pilot program, Groupon Scheduler is an online appointment service giving merchants an easy way to manage their schedules and accept bookings directly from consumers.
Keywords: appointment tracking client scheduling online booking
April 11, 2012
| Article
SalonSwipe has launched its free Card Reader and app for the iPhone, iPad, and Android phones.
Keywords: credit cards smartphone apps
March 31, 2012
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Hair stylist and Salon Vac user Melissa Knoll demonstrates Backscratchers' Salon Vac system.
Keywords: Backscratchers salon equipment
March 26, 2012
| Article
As smartphones become a familiar appendage on nearly all adults and many teens, salon owners find themselves forced to develop a salon cell phone policy. Will you decide to make your salon phone-friendly or cell-free?
Keywords: cellphones in the salon
March 23, 2012
| News
Nail polish can sometimes go to waste if the entire bottle isn't utilized in time. However, Cosmopolitan, in its March 2012 issue, has a solution to this problem.
Keywords: OPI Products sustainable business