When Were You Happy Right Down to Your Very Soul?

Posted by Alexander Irving under Building Authority, Editorial Insights, General, Getting Started, How-To, Industry Opportunities, Networking, Ramblings, Strategy, The PR Mindset

Pay Day Yesterday! Like the “Starfish story” … we know we have done something important. We all work hard.  You, in the salon behind the chair, and we, in our BeautyPRpro and Esche & Alexander PR roles.  We do what we do … over and over. We bring our experience and talent to the table […]

And the ABCH Winners Are …..

Posted by Sharon Esche Irving under Building Authority, Editorial Insights, Facebook, General, How-To, Industry Opportunities, Networking, News Releases, Salon Marketing, Strategy, The PR Mindset, Tips & Tricks

Drum Roll Please We’re announcing the winners 🙂 Were you in our “Make Your Clients Raving Facebook Fans” classes at the ABCH ‘Energizing Summit’ on June 12th? If so, you got the secret password to enter our June 19th drawing for a complimentary Day of ‘Ultimate Imaging’ for you and your business.  That’s a full […]

How To Become an ‘Overnight’ Salon PR Success

Posted by Alexander Irving under Building Authority, Editorial Insights, General, Getting Started, How-To, In-Salon Event Ideas, Industry Opportunities, Networking, News Releases, Salon Marketing, Strategy, The PR Mindset, Tips & Tricks

“The World is Filled with Talented, Poor Dreamers” We don’t remember who gets attribution for that quote, but our BeautyPRpro header copy above reflects how we feel about that headline. Several thousand years ago a Roman philosopher said, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity”.  More recently, a guy named Samuel Goldwyn, a Hollywood […]

Money in Your Beauty Industry Pocket

Posted by Alexander Irving under General, How-To, Industry Opportunities, Salon Marketing, Trends

Takes Only 30 Seconds This is an unusual post for BeautyPRpro. We think you’ll understand why we deviate from our usual offerings when you read just a little more.  The action we ask is simple. Click this link and put a few extra bucks in your pocket. Well, not instantly, but eventually it means we […]

Should Your Salon/Spa/Beauty Store be Using Facebook Places?

Posted by Alexander Irving under Facebook, General, How-To, New Media, Tips & Tricks

Our answer is a resounding … Why not?  It’s easy to set up, and although most mobile check-in services are primarily populated by younger, web-savvy techies (only 1- 4% of the on-line adult population according has used the leading on-line check-in service), location-based marketing is still the hot ‘comer’ and early adopters will profit from […]

So You Think You Can FaceBlogTwitLink?

Posted by Alexander Irving under Blogging, Building Authority, Facebook, General, Getting Started, How-To, New Media, Strategy, Tips & Tricks, Twitter

Social Media is Excellent PR We recently shared some knowledge with our class at the American Board of Certified Haircolorists (ABCH) Educational ‘Summit’.  For us it was a snapshot of 40 education-hungry colorists and what they knew about using social media to help them promote their business.  Only a few understood it much at all. […]

Magic Media Interview Moments-Are You Prepared?

Posted by Alexander Irving under Building Authority, Consumer Editorial, Editorial Insights, General, Getting Started, How-To, Strategy, The PR Mindset, Tips & Tricks

Brushing Up Your Interview Skills Although this post is aimed a bit more at those who are newer to the game of getting media attention and what to do with it once you get it, we suspect a few old-timers could also use some brush-up on their interview skills as well.  Only the questions might […]

3 Hot Ideas to Make You Cool News

Posted by Alexander Irving under Building Authority, General, How-To, New Media, Strategy, The PR Mindset, Tips & Tricks, Trends

Early Birds Get the Worms The media loves the ‘bleeding edge’.  News is about ‘new’ after all.  As always, it’s the ‘early bird that gets the worm’.  In this case the ‘worm’ is neighborhood, industry, and even national news pickup.  What’s the scoop? Geolocation, and QR codes … Smart Phone Technology and ‘smart’ marketing!  It’s […]

Where Have All the Mentors Gone?

Posted by Alexander Irving under Building Authority, General, Getting Started, How-To, Networking, Strategy, The PR Mindset

Opportunities for PR happen not only because you are a talented salon professional and send out interesting news and photo releases. They happen because you are a part of people’s lives doing things that distinguish you from others in the crowd. You are a respected member of the community … a player .. you do […]

Internet Press Release Distribution – A Primer

Posted by Alexander Irving under General, How-To, New Media, News Releases, Strategy, Tips & Tricks

It Used to Be Simpler Those of us in the PR game a decade ago remember when internet press release distribution was a paid service offered mostly by PR industry dominant media services.  Bacon’s & Burelle’s  (renamed Cision and Burelles Luce respectively).  These industry biggies offer PR professionals and companies full-service  media research, lists, & […]