Profit over Presence: How to Add £10,000 to Your Bottom Line While Working Less
We’ve all been there. You’re standing in your salon, feet aching, phone pinging with “can you just squeeze me in?” messages, and your head is spinning with a to-do list that’s longer than a Saturday morning highlights queue. You’re exhausted, but you’re wearing that “busy” badge like a medal of honour. After all, if you’re […]
5 Simple Ways to Grow Your Salon Business Without Spending a Penny
Let’s be honest for a second, running a salon can sometimes feel like you’re stuck on a hamster wheel that’s spinning just a little too fast. You’re juggling back-to-back clients, managing a team (or being the entire team!), and trying to keep the lights on while everyone tells you that you need to “spend money […]
How to Find and Attract Your Dream Salon Clients (And Ditch the Tire-Kickers)
Let’s be honest for a second. We’ve all been there. You’re standing in your salon, checking the clock for the third time in ten minutes. Your 2:00 PM appointment, a first-timer who booked via a discount code, is now fifteen minutes late. Your phone pings with a DM asking, “How much for a full head […]
Stop Wasting Time on Admin: Try These 7 Quick Hacks for Smarter Salon Ownership
Let’s be honest for a second, shall we? You didn’t open your salon because you had a burning passion for spreadsheets, filing receipts, or chasing no-shows on a Sunday night while your dinner got cold. You started this journey because you’re a creator. You’re a transformation artist. You love that “wow” moment when a client […]
Value-Based Pricing Secrets Revealed: What Experts Don’t Want You to Know About Salon Profit
Let’s have a little heart-to-heart, shall we? If you’ve ever sat at your kitchen table at 11 PM, staring at a spreadsheet and wondering why you’re working 60 hours a week but your bank account looks like it’s been on a crash diet, you aren’t alone. It’s the ultimate salon owner’s paradox: you’re busy, your […]
Your Real Salon Enemy Right Now
For years people have considered their competition to be the enemy… because if your clients aren’t coming to you, then they must be going somewhere else. However I’m going to say something which many might see as somewhat controversial here. They aren’t your enemies anymore. The real enemy? A full diary. Hear me out, as […]
What All Profitable Salon Owners Have Figured Out
I’m in the thousands at this point, I suspect. I’m not talking pots of hummus destroyed or LEGO models built – although possibly those too – but rather salon owners chatted with. And there’s something which just about every successful one I know has figured out. This is true regardless of where they are in […]
Is It Possible To Earn More Whilst Working Fewer Hours?
I hosted a round table at the Salon Growth Summit last weekend. At the start I asked those in attendance if they all thought that working less and earning more was even possible. At the start they weren’t all convinced… but by the end they absolutely were. I’m considering running an online version of the […]
What Salon Ownership Is Supposed To Feel Like
Some salon owners that I speak with suggest that going through the ringer is all a part and parcel of business ownership. Especially when times are tough and when it feels to some like everyone has it in for local businesses. But owning a salon is not supposed to feel like this. constant pressure guilt […]
When Trying Harder Stops Working
The truth of the matter is that I used to suck at business. Despite the business degree, it turns out that didn’t help all that much – even if I had a great time getting it. Nothing can really prepare you for owning a business until you’re in at the deep end – […]
Why Many Salon Owners Don’t Make The Money They Deserve
I read a simply horrifying statistic the other day… … that 46% of salons make ZERO profit. None at all. Jeez. They aren’t businesses, they are very expensive (and stressful) hobbies at best… or even charities. But I also know that for the most part this isn’t because salon owners are bad at business… and […]
Stop Doing This In Your Salon
Want to know what the most dangerous stage of salon ownership is? Not quiet. Not struggling. BUSY. Here’s why… When you’re busy you stop questioning anything. The diary is busy, the days and full and all of the effort you put in just feels justified. As a result nothing changes. You just keep on going […]