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As mentioned in my blog of last week, I want to give you my assessment of the Premiere Beauty Group show, held in Orlando Florida last weekend. I would like to begin by saying ALLELUIA. This was the first show since our Covid days which there was excitement in the air and optimism for the future […]

We’ve covered in my past two blogs, what I consider to be very important aspects to the art of promoting retail. Yet, even if you have the tools, both mentally and physically, can you expect to cover your rent with your retail $$$’s right away? The answer is an astounding YES!!!!  It is absolutely possible

In my blog last week, I talked about “promoting” retail not “selling”. I also talked about having confidence and belief in what you are recommending to your clients. I remember in my old Office Supply days when I was first growing up in Business, there were meetings I would go to and I would hear

In every class I teach, there is one common denominator. Our Technicians don’t like “selling” retail, they know they should yet don’t and/or they are “selling” very little. First of all, the language needs to change. There is a reason I am putting “selling” retail in parentheses. We don’t “sell”. We recommend at home care products

During my years of teaching, I have always been a firm believer we need to have a good referral base within our Businesses. When I owned my Salon, I was always part of a network group which afforded me the opportunity to meet many people from many different fields. to the outside world (my clients)

This is not a new topic to me, yet as with most of my blogs inspiration comes to me in many forms. I realize I can repeat some of my topics, as our outlook on topics can change. Whether that change is from growth or just opening our minds to something different, it doesn’t matter.

Isn’t it funny how life Is similar to a self driving vehicle?  We can direct it a certain way yet, it is in automatic motion. If you had asked my teenage self, I would never had said I would be in the Beauty Industry. I started out working when I was very young. I moved

Leaving March and heading into April, I can’t help be reminded of what life was like just a short four years ago.  The health concerns of the pandemic was only one part of the stresses myself and many other small Business owners were facing. Life as we knew it would never be the same….and it

If you ask anyone who knows me, I am not a pessimistic person. For whatever reason, I’ve always had the ability to look on the bright side of things and not question what is happening and why. I always try to keep the faith. These past 3-4 years I have seen a big shift in

Isn’t it crazy? The New Year begins and we feel like we have a whole year ahead of us…when suddenly we are springing forward and having to prepare for our summer Business.  Where does the time go? After our Missing Pieces class this past week, I was speaking with one of the attendees. I shared