Access Your Business From Anywhere
TouchSuite Cloud | Salon offers all the benefits of a point-of-sale system with no need to purchase additional hardware.
Connect With Clients — New and Old
Lots of techs are loving StyleSeat’s online booking — and not just because basic services are free.
Educate Your Front Desk
Front Desk Strategies is a three-part bundle of educational recordings from salon consultant Lisa Marie Arnold.
The Best Ever Holiday Gift
Of course their patronage is gift enough, but it’s still nice when clients acknowledge us with a little something extra around the holidays.
Opting In — A Second Look at E-mail Marketing Campaigns
E-mail marketing is one of the best, most cost-effective ways to help spas and salons grow. When properly utilized, e-mail marketing campaigns can be an effective tool to promote products and services, increase client retention, and bring in new clients.
Show [Us] Your… Private Label Logos
Your logo not only says who you are, but is used to brand your products and merchandise.
Pop Goes the Gift Card
Your salon gift cards are probably on everyone’s wish-lists this year.
Brush with Greatness
Heidi Milliner was getting frustrated by not being able to tell all of her #10 brushes apart.
Did You Get Your Copy of The Big Book?
NAILS’ 2013-2014 Big Book is the ultimate resource for those in the nail industry. With information on the latest statistics and trends, this annual issue also contains a state board directory, salon safety guidelines, and a marketers directory.
Nail Art Without Limits
“Our motto is ‘nails with endless possibilities.’ We do whatever we can to live up to that,” says Tanaya Middleton, who owns Treasure Nothing Better Nail Studio in Baltimore, Md., along with her partner Sheena Smith.
Easy Salon Management
SalonPOS, an innovative point-of-sales solution, has a user-friendly interface and easy accessibility features that allow users to manage clients, employees, and schedules anytime, anywhere. It also provides excellent mobility to the users including a boundary-less monitoring system.You Might Also Like: SalonPOS (article)
Marinello Launches Military Scholarship Program
Marinello Schools of Beauty is now offering a scholarship program for all direct family members of active military.
What's more important for a newly licensed tech to build her business: technical skills or people skills?
With required school hours varying across the country, and some states requiring less than 100 hours to graduate from a nail program, we asked a cross-section of the nail industry — from school instructors to salon owners to veteran nail techs — a timely question: For newly licensed nail techs, what is more important initially in building your business: top-notch technical skills or top-notch people skills? Why?
by Sree Roy
Nail Tips for Nail Techs: A Facebook Group for the Pros
“For me, being part of the group has resulted in improved skill level and a nail art portfolio, which means more money in my pocket, improved salon standards, and a bunch of great friends who just happen to be nail professionals,” says site member Raji Venugopal of Kelly’s Country Cutter in Grand Blanc, Mich.
Attracting the Busy Client
Bursting the “Too Busy” Bubble: Employees these days aren’t taking their vacation days... or even their lunch breaks. How can nail salons capture this time-strapped clientele?
by Sree Roy
Do You Put Clients Last?
Author and businessman Joseph Callaway points out 10 ways well-meaning business owners may be selling their customers short — and shares the deceptively simple solution to erasing these habits once and for all.
The Importance of Rebooking
You could be losing a mountain of money each year just because you aren’t rebooking your clients. “Most salon owners don’t push clients to rebook.