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Tag Archives: Operations
4 Ways to Calculate Client Value and Grow your Business
Not all clients hold the same (potential) value when it comes to your business. So it’s important to consider why you might be handling a client you only see twice a year, the same way you are handling a client that comes in every week. Continue Reading…
Rising Supplier Costs = Raising Spa Prices – Part 1
This Part 1 of our 2-Part Blog Series on Rising Supplier Costs will cover the importance of ‘reflecting’, not ‘absorbing’ price increases, as well as an introduction to setting standards for price increases in your business.
Running a profitable spa business takes experience and know-how
It’s very important that you watch that thin line between profit and loss like a hawk. Continue Reading…
Top 10 Signage ideas to boost Spa Sales
In-house signage will help you and your staff do your jobs even better.
If you are opening or renovating a Spa, put signage on your task list…and in your budget.
An effective signage program shouldn’t be an afterthought
Signage is important from both a guest’s perspective and a business’s point of view. Continue Reading…
S W O T vs. Swag?
It may not win the popularity contest…
SWOT: Strengths; Weaknesses; Opportunities & Threats Analysis
vs.
SWAG: Spontaneous Wild @ss Guess!
BUT
Which is preferred….? SWOT definitely
Which is more popular….? SWAG most definitely !
Continue Reading…
Retailing for Dollars – Free Webinar
Let’s Improve your Paycheck!
Webinar Length: 66 minutes
By Leslie Lyon and DeeAnn Lensen, Advanced Spa Technologies Inc. (www.advancedspatech.com)
Retail is very important as a revenue stream in your spa because you can sell a lot of it in a short period of time! Continue Reading…
Chess and Spa – Part 1 of 2
This blog is all about using one world to improve in another. Today, we’re going to apply the principles of chess, to help you position your spa business ahead of the competition.
Even if you don’t know the first thing about chess, I know you will still enjoy the benefits that you can extract from the book “Every Move Must Have a Purpose” by Bruce Pandolfini; a leading chess expert. Continue Reading…
Chess and Spa – Part 2 of 2
You might say Part 1 of this blog was about positioning yourself and your business for gains. And perhaps you could say Part 2 is about checking that position, in order experience the pay-off: business wins.
7. Don’t Over-Extend
There are two times in life you should not speculate: when you can’t afford it and when you can. Continue Reading…
Top 5 Business Inspirations
Now is the time that the “luxury” of spa, must become the “business” of spa
When I see any of these 5 items in practice inside a spa, I am impressed. The business of spa has to dominate the luxury of spa, now more than ever. Continue Reading…
Spa Water Consumption
A question submitted to Spas2b:
Can you tell me how I can best estimate how much water my spa will use and therefore the type of water heating system I will require?
Our Response:
This is a very good question, and is covered in greater detail in our Spa Start Up Business Manual, as well as our Spa Start Up, Management & Operations Distance Learning Course #1. Continue Reading…
Improve Business Outcomes with our 5 Business Basics
1. On Demand Monitoring System
It should be quick and easy for you to obtain an instantaneous status report on sales and services, any time of the day. When you aren’t on site, or simply when you need to know, your front desk should be able to call up this data and recite results, on the spot. Continue Reading…
