Guides
Guides for salon and spa owners
How to handle the parts of running a beauty business that cost money when they go wrong. Written to be useful whether or not you ever use Self Vibe.
How to reduce no-shows at your salon
A no-show costs you the slot, the products you prepared, and the client you turned away for it. Most of them are preventable, and the fixes are mechanical rather than confrontational.
7 min read
How to set up online booking for your salon
Online booking works when the times it offers are times you can genuinely work. Most of the setup is getting your service list and hours honest; the booking part is the easy half.
8 min read
How to price your salon services
Most salons price by looking at what the salon down the road charges. That tells you what the market will bear, but not whether the service earns you anything. Both matter.
8 min read
How to move your salon off a paper appointment book
The risk in switching is not the software. It is the fortnight where half the appointments are in one place and half in the other. Plan that fortnight and the rest is straightforward.
6 min read
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