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 […]

Cool Salon/Spa PR Ideas to Sizzle Up Your Summer!

Posted by Sharon Esche Irving under Consumer Editorial, Editorial Insights, General, In-Salon Event Ideas, Tips & Tricks, Unique Promotions

Slow Summer? Not Here It’s great to see salons and spas taking on the recession’s summer season with some sizzlin’ hot PR ideas that your clients – and the media – think are just plain ‘cool’.  Gone are the days when the term ‘slow summer’ in the salon was expected, and accepted until the ‘back […]

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 […]

Is Your Salon or Spa ‘Beloved’ in Your Community?

Posted by Alexander Irving under Building Authority, Consumer Editorial, Editorial Insights, General, Getting Started, In-Salon Event Ideas, Strategy, The PR Mindset, Unique Promotions

This post inspired by a recent discussion with 27 year salon industry veteran Robin Gribbin and charter beautyprpro subscriber prize winner Meghanne Gibbon Haran of You Salon in Maryland. Also, it was a recent question by a new salon owner in the Salon and Spa Business Forum on Facebook who asked, “How can I become […]

Deadline for Free ‘Charter’ Subscriber Goodies – Monday, April 6th

Posted by Alexander Irving under General, The PR Mindset, Unique Promotions

Last Week to be a ‘Charter’ Subscriber When we first announced the March 31st midnight deadline for charter subscription to BeautyPRpro, we neglected to factor in that the Chicago “America’s Beauty Show” fell on this weekend and that many of you would be going to the show.  So, we’ve extended the ‘charter subscriber’ deadline one […]

Newsworthy ‘Added Value’ for Your Clients – the Total ‘Look’

Posted by Sharon Esche Irving under Consumer Editorial, General, In-Salon Event Ideas, The PR Mindset, Tips & Tricks, Unique Promotions

Here’s an example of creativity from a really ‘style smart’ blogsite www.thestylhouse.ca that … Doesn’t cost you a dime. Helps your clients get a total ‘look’. Develops a relationship with surrounding fashion- oriented boutiques you think would make good promotional partners AND Gives you something to crow about in the local media. What if you […]

PR isn’t Just About Media

Posted by Alexander Irving under General, Getting Started, The PR Mindset, Unique Promotions

We often forget that PR strategically impacts every level of our organizations. It’s not only about the consumer or your client, it’s about your staff too. After all, it’s their perceptions, attitudes and actions that ‘color’ your client’s lives as well as their hair every day (pardon the pun). There’s not much for me to […]