They’re No Longer Just Product Middlemen

Education, business planning, product knowledge, technical support, and tradeshows are just a few of the business-building programs full-service distributors offer their salon “partners.”

Publisher's Note: Credibility in Trade Publications

In order to maintain credibility, trade publications should offer news about products or companies without advocating one company or product over the other.

Go, But Not into Debt

Last year, when I broke my wrist, I conceded that I was going to benched for the season. But the “season” runs from the Sacramento show to IBS Las Vegas. (You know, I once Tweeted about

Week 19: Educate Yourself to Give You Business a Boost

With 2010 right around the corner, and New Year’s resolutions floating around your mind, what better time to rededicate yourself to new experiences in the new year? A great way to build your business is to reinvest in your greatest asset — yourself (and if you are a salon owner, your employees too). There are so many different options for continuing education. Here’s a quick refresher of where you can go to increase your knowledge.

Salon Swap: Nail Techs Trade Spaces

Two brave nail techs visited each other's salond and walked through one another's work day to find out what it's like to mind someone else's business. 

One Tech's Take on Premiere Birmingham

The Premiere Show in Birmingham, Ala., (held September 18-19, 2010) is only a four-hour drive from nail tech Jill Wright's home in Kentucky. Here’s a look at her time at the show.

School’s Out

A practical guide to success in the nail business for students, recent grads, and newcomers.

I Taught Them Everything They Know!

I’ve really wanted to talk about the HRTE (High Road to Education) event I attended in San Jose, Calif., last weekend — except now I think it’s two weekends ago? *sigh*  In case you have been

Some Days …

So this weekend I made the trek up to Sacramento (a three- to four-hour drive) to attend a tradeshow sponsored by, ahem, as they say on the talk shows “another network.”  So the BF and I