Don’t Neglect Great Opportunities to Get Good PR

Posted by Alexander Irving under Editorial Insights, General, Industry Opportunities

All It Takes is an Hour or Two Our whole raison d’etre here at BeautyPRpro is to share information and ideas to help you “get good at getting press”. Our job includes covering your back and bringing your attention back to remember those all-important fundamentals while you are distracted working on your local and national […]

HAIRCARE Live to Give – Damn Newsworthy!

Posted by Alexander Irving under Building Authority, Editorial Insights, General, In-Salon Event Ideas, Industry Opportunities, New Media, Strategy, The PR Mindset, Unique Promotions

Help for the Unemployed is News – Catch the Wave! Maybe you should think about catching this wave. With unemployment a daily headline, human interest stories about people helping people who have lost jobs are sure-fire regional and local TV, print and internet news coverage. Industry icon and former Vidal Sassoon Artistic Director Maurice Tidy […]

Getting Passionate About Your industry – WOW!

Posted by Sharon Esche Irving under Building Authority, General, In-Salon Event Ideas, Industry Opportunities, Strategy, The PR Mindset, Unique Promotions

Alex and I Are Passionate About Our Industry. We thought we’d share some of that with you in this post. It’s something we volunteer for and a good example of how industry volunteerism is valuable for building your personal brand. Yes, we do heed our own advice 🙂 I’m Still on a High What am […]

Facebook: Beyond Friend-Ups, Chats, Photos and New Business Pitches

Posted by Alexander Irving under General, Industry Opportunities, Networking, New Media, The PR Mindset

I love having found so many industry friends from over the years whom I get to see and speak with all too rarely during the busy industry events we attend.  I get to see your smiling (and occasionally silly photo) faces peering back at me from my Facebook dashboard and it makes me smile inside.  […]

Beauty PR Opportunities Galore this Weekend

Posted by Alexander Irving under General, In-Salon Event Ideas, Industry Opportunities, Strategy, The PR Mindset

We’ll See you There. If you’re within reach of getting to the 2009 International Salon & Spa Expo in Long Beach, CA this weekend (Jan 31-Feb 2), we strongly suggest you get a move on and get there.  ISSE is a golden opportunity to gather up great PR material and opportunities for you, and your […]

Seeing A Beauty Industry Event Through The Eyes Of A Beauty PR Pro

Posted by Sharon Esche Irving under Editorial Insights, General, In-Salon Event Ideas, Industry Opportunities, News Releases, Strategy, Tips & Tricks

Beauty PR professionals attend industry events ‘differently’. It’s how we maximize the ‘show’ experience for our clients. With a few suggestions, you too can make every industry event work toward your PR success. The beauty show season is underway early this season, kicked off by the International Haircolor Exchange (IHE) in Anaheim this coming weekend […]

Digital Photos for Salon PR – Ready for Prime-Time?

Posted by Alexander Irving under General, Industry Opportunities, Photography

Photos are Everything for Salon PR If you are headed for an industry show here are a few photo tips for getting good editorial shots with your digital snapshot camera. Occasionally, we (or the magazines) get emails with photos that are simply too pixel-lean … too small.  They look fine on a computer screen at […]

PR Opportunities at The International Haircolor Exchange (IHE)

Posted by Alexander Irving under Building Authority, General, Industry Opportunities

Opportunity Knocks If you are serious about moving your PR efforts ahead, in our recent post (Get Out of the Salon . . .  And the Neighborhood), we recommended several unique event activities to expand your personal universe and give you some great material for local media. Well, the International Haircolor Exchange is coming right […]

Get Out of the Salon and the Neighborhood

Posted by Alexander Irving under Building Authority, Editorial Insights, General, Getting Started, Industry Opportunities, Strategy, The PR Mindset, Tips & Tricks

You’re a successful salon professional. Your regular clients think you’re terrific and you are very good at what you do. That’s great! But you wouldn’t be here if you didn’t know there was more to be done. Recall the adage, “Do what you always did, and you’ll get what you always got”? Getting ‘newsworthy’, locally, […]