Crowdsourcing: Specialties vs. a Wide-Ranging Menu

This month we asked nail techs: Is it best to offer a wide-ranging salon menu or to hone in on a specialty or two?

Crowdsourcing: Client No-Shows

This month we asked nail techs: How do you deal with client no-shows?

Is it Wise to Share Ideas with Other Salons?

We asked a salon owner, an employee, and a both renter this very question, and receive three different responses.

How Do You Keep Others Motivated?

Sometimes keeping yourself motivated can be enough of a challenge. So what do you do when it comes to keeping others up and running? Do you recommend a book for them to read? Offer them words of encouragement? Instruct them how to keep going?

In What Basic Area Do You- Personally- Need to Work Harder?

Getting back to basic can mean different things to different nail techs: perhaps it means improving the way you apply polish. Maybe it means not letting your phone ring so many times before you pick it up. Or maybe it’s keeping a closer eye on how much you spend on nail supplies.

Lessons Learned

If you’re looking for wisdom and inspiration, a good place to start would be to listen to the advice of some very successful people right here within our own industry. Executive editor Hannah Lee asked principals at a number of professionals nail companies for words of advice so you, the nail tech, can get back to basics.