Is This You? Just … so busy.

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

“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” How many times have you read or heard that? More than once we’ll bet. It has to be several hundred times for me. Why do we see it so many times?  Because it’s a universal truth and we all […]

Salon Pro Facebook ‘Sins’ – Part I

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

Do You Use a Personal Facebook Profile for your Salon Industry Business? Many salon pros (and businesses) are using their Facebook personal profile for their professional side. You may have originally chosen to use your personal profile because: You could send ‘friend requests’ to anyone you wish (who will friend you back). You could comment […]

Hair Photos – Slapping Posters Up on Walls?

Posted by Alexander Irving under Building Authority, General, Photography, Ramblings, Salon Marketing, Strategy, Tips & Tricks

Is it About Hair Photos, or Storytelling? There’s no shortage of salon professional hair photos in the beauty social media universe. Thousands of stylists spend hours uploading their hair photos to salon pro websites hoping to attract new clients, and show friends their good work. Sadly, with all that time and effort, most are just […]

Goodbye Boring Cut-A-Thons!

Posted by Alexander Irving under Building Authority, Consumer Editorial, Editorial Insights, General, How-To, In-Salon Event Ideas, News Releases, Ramblings, Salon Marketing, Strategy, The PR Mindset, Tips & Tricks, Unique Promotions

What is a Newsworthy Salon Fundraiser? A talented salon owner/manager asked us: “I think perhaps we are not doing things that are “press” worthy enough for our salon fundraisers. We want to do community salon fundraiser activities, but on a more personal level than just a walk-a-thon.  It has been difficult to find a cause […]

Your Salon VIP Card – The Media Attractor Factor

Posted by Sharon Esche Irving under Building Authority, Consumer Editorial, Editorial Insights, General, How-To, Salon Marketing, Strategy, The PR Mindset, Unique Promotions

What’s a VIP Card? It’s a sure-fire way to catch the attention of your local media. Looking and feeling like a credit card, a salon VIP card is a ‘flexible’ discount device for salon or spa services and/or product purchases.  Although you will think of many other uses, our focus is on how you can […]

What’s Your Excuse?

Posted by Alexander Irving under Blogging, Building Authority, Consumer Editorial, Editorial Insights, Email, Facebook, General, Getting Started, How-To, In-Salon Event Ideas, Industry Opportunities, Networking, New Media, News Releases, Photography, Ramblings, Salon Marketing, Strategy, The PR Mindset, Tips & Tricks, Trends, Twitter, Unique Promotions, Your website

Some writings resonate We’ve heard every reason and excuse in the book for salon professionals not doing anything about their PR. “I can’t afford to hire a PR agency.“, or, I can’t afford monthly commitments“.  Those two have always been the biggies. Well we’ve figured that one out for you. Check out PR a la […]

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 […]

Making Your Salon PR ‘Larger-Than-Life’ In a Smaller Market

Posted by Alexander Irving under General, Getting Started, In-Salon Event Ideas, Industry Opportunities, Salon Marketing, Strategy, Tips & Tricks

Your ‘Appearance’ is a Basic Salon PR Ingredient Salon Bogar in Londonderry, New Hampshire, http://www.salonbogar.com and http://www.facebook.com/salonbogar is a ‘brilliant’ example of how a salon owner with commitment and determination can: Re-image their salon without going broke. Make the internet and social media work harder. Motivate their staff. Expand and grow their connections with their […]