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Tips for increasing appointments, trends in the beauty industry, and salon management best practices
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Salon Public Holiday Surcharges and Closures Made Easy
Part 7 of Spring Sorted: the 8-week series on getting your salon Christmas ready. A salon public holiday surcharge is a five minute job that you will otherwise do badly, in a hurry, forty times at…
Salon Promotion Ideas: Promo Codes and SMS Offers for Spring
Part 6 of Spring Sorted: the 8-week series on getting your salon Christmas ready. Most salon promotion ideas fail for the same reason: they discount the whole week to fix a problem that only exists…
Who Really Owns Your Salon’s Clients?
By the Simple Salon Team Your clients should belong to your salon, not your software. Salon client ownership comes down to that one idea. The relationship, the contact details and the rebooking…
Automated Salon SMS Reminders That Fill Your Book
Part 5 of Spring Sorted: the 8-week series on getting your salon Christmas ready. Salon SMS reminders are the only member of your team who never forgets, never gets busy, and works at ten o’clock at…
How to Get Salon Clients to Rebook Before Christmas
Part 4 of Spring Sorted: the 8-week series on getting your salon Christmas ready. To get salon clients to rebook you mostly have to do one thing: ask, at a moment when saying yes takes one tap….
Salon Booking Deposits: How to Protect Your December
Part 3 of Spring Sorted: the 8-week series on getting your salon Christmas ready. Salon booking deposits are the quietest confidence trick you can play on yourself, in the good way: they make your…
Salon Online Booking: Stop Losing Clients When You Are Busy
Part 2 of Spring Sorted: the 8-week series on getting your salon Christmas ready. Salon online booking exists for one reason: the busiest hour of your week is also the hour you are least able to…
How to Set Up Your Salon Roster for the Christmas Rush
Part 1 of Spring Sorted: the 8-week series on getting your salon Christmas ready. It is September. Your December is still mostly empty, and that is exactly why this is the week to sort your salon…
The Booked Solid Checklist: Set Up Your Salon for a Fully Booked Spring
Part 6 of Booked Solid: the 6-week series on filling your salon’s calendar automatically. Your busiest season is about to book out. The only question is whose calendar it lands in. A fully…
5 Salon SMS Templates That Fill Quiet Days
Part 5 of Booked Solid: the 6-week series on filling your salon’s calendar automatically. Instagram wins you new clients. Your client list brings them back. The people on that list already…
The Real Cost of Salon No-Shows (and the One-Text Fix)
Part 4 of Booked Solid: the 6-week series on filling your salon’s calendar automatically. It is 3pm. The chair is empty, the hour is already paid for, and nobody is coming. You blocked out…
How to Add a Book Now Button to Instagram (Salon Guide)
Part 3 of Booked Solid: the 6-week series on filling your salon’s calendar automatically. Your Instagram gets the likes. Does it get the bookings? Somebody watched your transformation reel…