New salon owners blog about the unique trials and tribulations of getting their brand new nail salons running, including passing building inspections, building a clientele, and developing services.
Last week the weather changed all of my plans (and everyone else’s in the state of Georgia). We were hit with a snow and ice storm that had everyone homebound for at least three days. (Some people
Happy New Year everyone! I am so excited about the business success that comes with a new year. I have taken the time to sit down and write down my plans for 2011.1. Plan an event
We’ve had some new developments with our Princess Spa Parties and Princess Services. We rent an additional 600-sq.-ft. that is still warehouse space and not in use as part of the salon (it just needs floor
Several years ago, I manufactured bath and body products. I still have all my old recipes and kept notes on the ones that were most popular and that had the best results. I’ve finally gotten some
We had a Christmas party at the salon as a customer appreciation event. My day got off to a late start. Due to inclement weather, there was a two-hour delay with the elementary school opening, so
I placed an ad in the local paper for January. I also have signed on with a local magazine to do an ad. My goal is to get the word out. In the ads, I offered
I am so excited — I’ve made a lot of business progress. After researching ideas, I discovered that existing nail tech networking groups were either a little expensive or out of my area. So I decided
Now that we’ve gotten somewhat settled in our new location and with all of our services, we are thinking about our retail products. The dilemma has been whether to purchase premade retail products or to have
The soft opening was this past weekend. The event started out slowly, but as the day went on the people filtered in and inquired about services. I was excited that, with very little marketing, there were
