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Nailcare Academy Offers Discounted Courses
Unscheduled time off is stressful – so use the time in a positive way: be ready for your clients with obvious improvements when they come back!
by Staff
March 21, 2020
2 min to read
Janet McCormick and Karen Hodges, Co-Founders of Nailcare Academy, encourage nail technicians to take advantage of their time off to get ready to impress their clients with new methods. Their online advanced career development programs are geared to guide nail technicians in looking at their businesses with fresh eyes. “Recharging your ‘business battery’ is a sure-fire coping mechanism for the stress of unplanned time out of the salon,” shares McCormick. Nailcare Academy is offering technicians a 20% discount off any courses on www.nailcare-academy.com to encourage them to use their time wisely while out of the salon.
Nailcare Academy’s online programs, the Advanced Nail Technician (ANT®), the Medical Nail Tech (MNT®), and the Foot Care Nail Technician (FNTTM) certifications are each ten modules of high-level information designed to train nail technicians in how to work safely with regular and chronically ill clients, the elderly and fearful clients. The courses also train technicians in how to attract referrals from physicians and podiatrists in their communities, as well as how to properly recognize and refer clients appropriately for care.
Committing to the methods from this education to attract new clients and referrals can expand your clientele quickly as well as your income. A bonus course, the Safe Salon Concept, provides further proof to your clients that you know what you are doing!
People love their hand and foot treatments, but now will be even more aware of their safety needs. Show them how much you care with obvious safety improvements when they walk in after the pandemic is over and nail salons are supposedly safe again. Yours will be “certified safe” with the certificates and activities to show for it.
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