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Tag Archives: Start Up
Rising Supplier Costs = Raising Spa Prices – Part 2
In Part 1 of this 2-Part Blog Series on Rising Supplier Costs, we talked about ’reflecting’, not ‘absorbing’ price increases, as well as the importance of setting standards for price increases in your business, ongoing.
In this Part 2, we’ll discuss the importance of cost containment in 3 vital areas; and how to increase your prices by using a spiraling method that will minimize the ‘shock wave’ and maximize your chances at profitability. 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…
Staffing Up Formula made Easy
Staffing up your Spa Service Professionals is a key component to the success of your spa business, not only on a week to week basis, or as you plan for campaigns and promotions, but most importantly, when it’s time to forecast (re-evaluate) your service staff requirements for each new year. Continue Reading…
5 Lessons Spas learn too Late
If you’re planning on a visit to your doctor’s office, you are probably also planning on taking at least some of the advice he gives you. So my hope is that if you are planning on reading this article, you may also plan to take some of this advice too…
Lesson #1: Finances - Numbers are boss
A beautiful spa without spreadsheets, is like a sports car without wheels…
Misconception: “I’m not good at finances.”
Lesson: It’s your fear, not your ability that’s preventing you from knowing the truth. Continue Reading…
Spa Staff Compensation – FREE Webinar
Make Compensation an opportunity!
Webinar Length: 1 hour 23 minutes – (It’s worth this investment in time)
A great compensation package has a combination of fixed and
variable pay options, as well as cash and non-cash rewards.
In order to hold on to your superstars, you will have to sell your spa as an opportunity. Continue Reading…
Spa Business Plan – FREE Webinar
Constructing your Spa Business Plan
Webinar Length: 51 minutes
Your Business Plan should focus on potential and opportunity,
while generating interest and excitement in those you are targeting.
Download your copy of our FREE Business Plan eBook
Join us for this informative webinar so we can help you do just that! Continue Reading…
Financial Management
No matter whom it is you consult with, spa industry experts will tell you it’s all about the numbers and how to take them from paper, to profits. So the focus of this article will be how to take the information your financial statements is providing you with, and turn it into something tangible that will help sustain your businesses well into the future. 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…
1 Year Marketing Plan
Each year you should be developing a newly revised Marketing Plan. Your plan should be multi-dimensional, allowing you to reach your clients 7 times through 7 different mediums, and always viewed as a long-term, repetitive-messaging project.
At the end of each year, survey results: Have you gained market share? Continue Reading…
