Archives

Handling the Calls

beauty massage

What to Tell your Client During the Initial Phone Conversation

Before we start, here are some tips to give to your clients when they phone to book a massage.

Prior to their first massage, most people have a worried dialogue going on in their head that goes something like this:  “Gosh, I don’t want to take absolutely everything off just yet until I feel safe that this massage therapist (whom I’ve never met before) isn’t going to do anything inappropriate. Will they be able to work well if I leave my knickers on? Will I get a good massage if I do that? Am I a prude not to take off my knickers? Will my knickers get in the way of her (or him) working on my buttocks and lower back?”  In answer to questions like this, the answer to all of those questions is “no”, however, you’re also not going to get a good massage if you can’t relax, so just do whatever you need to do for now. Continue reading

Providing Beauty Services

October Focus: Home-Based Beauty Clinic

Providing Beauty Services

An Introduction to the Beauty Industry

If this is your first time here, welcome to my site. October’s articles will give you an introduction to providing the services of a Beautician. There is much you can learn from reading these articles and practicing what you learn. Combine these articles with watching videos on youtube to help you learn how to do the work before going on to become qualified as a beauty therapist.

Being a service provider in the Beauty Industry requires many skills, for example: providing hair removal in the form of laser treatments and waxing; nail extensions; manicures; pedicures; eyelash tinting and eyebrow shaping, facials, makeup and massage. You may already know a little about how to provide these services, or this could be your first introduction to work within this field. Whatever the case, rest assured that you can build a very nice income from these repeat services without having to become fully qualified as a Beautician.

Continue reading

Beauty Clinic Selling Your Services

October Focus: Home-Based Beauty Clinic

Beauty Clinic Selling your Services

Beauty Clinic Selling Your Services

The very first thing you will need to develop is your ability to handle the inquiries as and when they come in. The way you do this will determine how many of your inquiries turn into bookings.

There are a few very simple techniques to follow in order to maximise the number of bookings you make from the marketing and promotions that you will do. If you follow these guidelines you will turn a high percentage of your inquiries into bookings. It will then be up to how well you do your work as to whether or not your client decides to return to see you again.

Continue reading

When to Begin your Beauty Clinic

October Focus: Home-Based Beauty Clinic

when to begin your beauty clinic

When to Begin your Beauty Clinic

(Please note: This article is written for the women who live in Australia. You’ll need to apply this information to your own country and area’s patterns and trends if you are reading this from somewhere in the northern hemisphere.)

You may like to ask when to begin your new Beauty Clinic. Well, there are definitely certain times of the year that are better to commence your marketing than others, and I would never suggest commencing your business during a school holiday period. You will discover these times of the year to be so slow regarding business that you may you feel that you are to blame for there being no inquiries, when in fact at this time of the year you have very little control over the number of incoming calls and bookings.

Continue reading

Beauty Clinic Telephone Techniques

October Focus: Home-Based Beauty Clinic

beauty clinic telephone techniques

Beauty Clinic Telephone Techniques

These are your beauty business telephone techniques. The telephone is often the first point of contact with your client, therefore it is very important to handle this introduction to yourself and your services well. It is the first place where you will practice the skills known as selling.

There are six points to consider:

* Be Ready * Be Quick to Respond * Use both your Own and your Caller’s Name * Have a Bright and Cheery Disposition *Be Polite and * Be Accurate

Continue reading

Beauty Clinic Pre-Opening Checklist

October Focus – Home Based Beauty Business

Beauty Clinic Pre-Opening Checklist

Beauty Pre-Opening Checklist 

Here in this article is a list of things that need to be done if you’re opening a home based beauty clinic. Read it and check off your Home Based Beauty Pre-Opening Checklist. Continue reading

Working from Home

October Focus: Home-Based Beauty Clinic

Setting Up

Setting up Your Small Business

How and When to Organise the Details of your Small Business

It will be in your best interests to have the basic details in order before commencing your new small business. Continue reading for a list of what you’ll need to get started. Continue reading

October Focus: Intro to Beauty Services

intro to beauty services

October Focus: Intro to Beauty Services

For the month of October, I am uploading – as articles – various sections of the training manual called Intro to Beauty Services that I put together to use when teaching workshops through the Adult Education colleges throughout Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong in years from 2002 to 2006.  I also taught these workshops from home, so unless I manage to edit out all the references to that, this is why you might see me talk about attending a workshop at my home. Continue reading