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The TOP TEN Reasons Salon/Spa Owners Should be Appreciated

For salon/spa owners, leading employees is, without question, the toughest part of ownership. Here are ten reasons why owners should been extremely appreciated by employees. Read More

Seven Keys to Go the Distance — To Go Beyond

For a salon/spa, going the distance means that your business has achieved a level of success that is merely a steppingstone to something greater. In this blog post, we give you seven insights to not only go the distance, but go beyond to achieve your loftiest goals. Read More

10 Tips for Salon/Spa Holiday Gift Card Sales

For salons and spas, the holiday season is the single best opportunity for gift card sales. The question is, are you ready to go for your gift card pot of gold? Here are 10 tips to ensure you have a profitable holiday gift card sales season. Read More

Where Your Salon/Spa Would be Now?

Where would your salon/spa be today if all the hurdles, self doubt, fear and procrastination never got in your way? Here are 10 strategies to get you unstuck and growing the salon/spa of your dreams. Read More

Why the First 10% of Effort Makes or Breaks the Remaining 90%

Remember all those great ideas and projects you had for your salon or spa that never got off the launch pad, or fizzled shortly thereafter? Here are five steps to ensure you get the first 10% effort done so the remaining 90% gets across the finish line. Read More

TBP19 — Reflections on Two Extraordinary Days

In this blog post, Strategies founder and CEO, Neil Ducoff, looks back at Team-Based Pay Conference 2019 and shares insights on what attendees experienced and learned. Read More

2019 Team-Based Pay Awards Winners

Here they are!!! We're happy to celebrate and honor the 8 salons, spas & medspas that exhibited superior performance and financial successes in 2019 using Strategies Team-Based Pay compensation program. Read More

When the Air Gets Thick — Let Employees Vent

Salons and spas can become pressure cookers for drama, rumors and stress. In this blog post, we'll show you 7 proven strategies to blow the emotional funk out of your company and bring fresh air in. Read More

Twenty-Six Years of Strategies

Strategies just turned 26-years old. In this blog post, Strategies founder and CEO, Neil Ducoff, shares his personal reflections on Strategies’ journey and what we learned along the way, and a peek at what’s to come. Read More

“Me” Service to Become “Team Service” – Part 2

The salon/spa business has always been about customer service. In part 2 of 2 blog posts, we explore why the “I/me/mine” mentality in wrecks salon/spa teamwork and the ability to deliver extraordinary customer service experiences. Read More

“Me” Service to Become “Team Service” - Part 1

The salon/spa business has always been about customer service. In part 1 of 2 blog posts, we explore why the “I/me/mine” mentality in wrecks salon/spa teamwork and the ability to deliver extraordinary customer service experiences. Read More