Loyalty Schemes

Loyalty Schemes

Nearly every business has some form of loyalty scheme, whether it is your Boots, Nectar or Tesco Clubcards, Costa or Nero coffee cards, or your free meal after nine paid…

Forget model scouts, hire client scouts!

Forget model scouts, hire client scouts!

It’s common to have a scheme in place to encourage your clients to recommend their friends to you. But, have you ever thought about taking it a step further by…

Organising SIY (Style It Yourself) evenings

Style It Yourself evenings are a great way to build better relationships with your clients, educate them on using products and tools correctly at home and help to increase your…

Linking to local businesses

Linking to local businesses

When you’re running a business costs can be high, so if we’re able to make relationships that can help us out, it makes it all a bit easier (and more…

From catwalk to look book

From catwalk to look book

Look books are a fantastic tool to inspire clients and get them to try something new. Often they are split into different categories: long, short and mid-length styles, brunettes, blondes,…

Activity calendars

Plan, plan, plan… and then plan some more. Thinking ahead will not only help grow your business by planning more effective promotions and activities around annual or local events, for…

Charitable causes

Charitable causes

A survey found that globally, 91% of consumers are likely to switch brands to one associated with a good cause if it is similar in price and quality (according to…

Hair Plans

Hair Plans

If a client chooses a particular style from a magazine or lookbook, they may not be able to achieve it in one visit. They may need several colours, treatments, or…

Our tips on using ‘deal-of-the-day’ sites

Our tips on using ‘deal-of-the-day’ sites

Deal of the day sites like Groupon are like Marmite; you either love them, or you hate them. Having said that, however, they are extremely popular, as people are constantly…

Services: Creating service packages for your clients

Services: Creating service packages for your clients

You probably offer a host of different services in your salon, but do you offer tiered service packages? If you don’t, perhaps you should, because if you do, you’ll be…