by alaynecurtiss | Feb 15, 2020 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership
The most interesting situation happened recently. While I was doing a client’s hair she received a text message from her waxing professional telling her that she had moved and to come visit her at her new business location. My client said, “Oh shoot, I...
by alaynecurtiss | Feb 12, 2020 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership
So, your sales may be down, or you had a walkout or maybe you just think your having a bad year! Well, before you start feeling down or wonder what you can do to increase sales, let’s do an interesting exercise. Take your sales, profit and profit percentage for...
by alaynecurtiss | Jan 21, 2020 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership
As my research and investigation continues into finding the cause and solution to, stop the walkouts, I recently talked to a spa owner, in Pennsylvania, who was going through yet another walkout. We will call her, Jane. Janes just had a nail tech walk out the...
by alaynecurtiss | Jan 16, 2020 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership
A challenge that many salon owners run into is the need for more staff. Not just bodies, but people genuinely caring, passionate, and most of all motivated to more than just the minimum requirement. There is a lot of competition out there for staff that possess those...
by alaynecurtiss | Jan 8, 2020 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership, Salon Walkout, Stop The Walkouts
So you have just experienced your first walkout, fear runs through your entire body, you can’t stop shaking, everything is blurry. How are you going to pay the bills, you can barely keep up now? How are you going to service all the clients, when all of your...
by alaynecurtiss | Dec 28, 2019 | Alayne Curtiss, Salon Ownership
Becoming a successful salon owner can be challenging, not to mention stressful. But if opening a salon is your dream, don’t let anything or anyone hold you back. As you embark onto this journey here a few qualities that you will need to embody along the way....
