Practical advice to fill your appointment book, cut no-shows and grow your hair salon.
A move does not have to cost you your book. Here is the playbook for owners relocating a salon and for stylists striking out on their own.
You cannot answer the phone with gloves full of colour, and the caller will not wait until you can. Here is how to stop missed calls becoming missed bookings.
You cannot pick up the phone with your hands in foils, and the caller will not wait. Here is how a US hair salon stops missed calls becoming missed bookings.
Mangomint might be the most polished salon software in America, and at $120 a month plus $10 per user it is priced like it. Here is who actually gets their money's worth, and what to run instead if you do not.
The £50,000 threshold is turnover, not profit, and a busy chair renter is closer to it than she thinks. When MTD catches you, and what to do before your first quarter.
The LLC question stops being confusing once you separate three things: liability, taxes and paperwork. Here is what each structure actually changes for a US stylist or salon owner.
The quietest month in UK hairdressing is decided in the busiest one. Pre-book January before your Christmas clients leave the chair, then use the calm deliberately.
Likes do not fill chairs. Here is how US hairstylists turn Instagram attention into booked appointments, starting with the bio link done right.
Three separate authorities can each say no to a salon in your house: your state board, your city, and your HOA or landlord. Here is how to check all three before you buy a chair.
A chair in the spare room and no high-street rent. Before the first client sits down, four conversations stand between you and a legitimate home salon. Here is each one.
December is decided in October. When to open your books, how to pre-book November clients into December, which deadline to announce, and how to protect the busiest three weeks of your year.
Your chair is booked three weeks out and you are turning clients away. Here is every CRA account, deduction and deadline that stands between you and your first payday as an employer.
