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Buying a Business: Converting Booth Renters to Team Members
Karie Bennett, owner of two Atelier Salon locations near San Jose, California, is no stranger to opening salons. She has built out new locations three times in her history as a salon owner, and is very familiar with all the bumps in the road […]
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5 Minutes With Aveda Artist Frank Rizzieri
Aveda Artist Frank Rizzieri joins us as lead artist to create some of the runway ready looks. Along with working fashion week, Frank is the owner of Rizzieri Salons, Spas and Schools in New Jersey and was recently named a “2015 Circle of Excellence Winner” by Philadelphia’s SmartCEO magazine. Get to know more about Frank in this[…]
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Helping Shy Stylists Connect with Clients
Have you noticed a certain type of stylist who is often avoiding the floor? Stephani Wolfe, a stylist at Breeze Salon and Day Spa (four locations in the Austin, Texas area) always struggled with an important part of her career—talking to clients. A naturally low-key, quiet person, Wolfe found starting conversations with strangers to be awkward [...]
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Lessons Learned: Seasoned Stylists Share Advice for Newbies
When you’re starting out as a new stylist—or in any career—it’s difficult to know what you don’t know. And while you may have gone to a top-notch cosmetology school and learned from the best educators, there are still many things you must learn on the job from your peers, managers and salon owner. We asked [...]
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The Power of the Written Goal
Before Jessica Martindale, stylist at Insignia Hair and Body Studio in Nottingham, Maryland went through the Qnity program in 2015, she was struggling with a bad habit—tardiness. Chronically late to work, she would scramble around to get organized when she got to the salon, barely ready for her first client every morning. When her boss
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