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Business Tips, Marketing, Salon and Spa, Salon Software, Spa Software
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Defining a niche is a critical step in establishing a luxury salon business in India. Your niche not only sets you apart from competitors but also helps you tailor your services to meet the unique needs and preferences of your target audience. Here's how to effectively define your niche: 1. Self-Assessment: Reflect on your expertise, passions, and strengths within the beauty and wellness industry. Consider your specialized skills and areas of interest that can serve as the foundation for your salon's niche. 2. Market Research: Research the local market to identify gaps or underserved segments within the luxury salon industry. Analyze customer preferences, trends, and demand to pinpoint potential niches. 3. Target Audience Analysis: Understand the demographics, psychographics, and preferences of your target audience. Determine which specific group of customers your niche will cater

Business Tips, Marketing, Salon and Spa, Salon Software, Spa Software
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Market research and analysis are vital steps in understanding the dynamics of the beauty and wellness industry, identifying customer preferences, and tailoring your salon's offerings to meet market demands. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you effectively conduct market research for your salon business: 1. Define Your Research Objectives: Clearly outline your goals for conducting market research. Are you looking to understand customer preferences, evaluate competition, or identify growth opportunities? 2. Identify Sources of Information: Gather data from both primary and secondary sources. Primary sources include surveys, interviews, and focus groups with potential customers. Secondary sources encompass industry reports, online databases, competitor websites, and social media. 3. Understand Your Target Audience: Define your salon's ideal customer persona based on demographics (age, gender, income), psychographics (lifestyle, interests), and behavior. Use this information to tailor your

Business Tips, Marketing, Salon and Spa, Salon Software, Spa Software
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Invoay Software, a leading salon and spa software services and technology solutions company, showcased the "Power of Touch" at the prestigious Professional Beauty event held in Delhi on 3rd and 4th July 2023. With the rapid advancements in technology, salon and spa businesses must adapt and redefine their relationships with clients throughout the entire buying cycle. As a technology partner and exhibitor, Invoay Software presented its cutting-edge solutions designed to enable digital transformation in the salon and spa industry. The highlight of the event was the Invoay 'Touch POS' solution, an offline-to-online platform that provides a seamless and differentiated client experience. Visitors were impressed by its user-friendly interface and its ability to cater to the needs of standalone salons as well as chain of spas. Additionally, Invoay

Business Tips, Marketing, Salon and Spa, Salon Software
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We understand the importance of Salon digital marketing solutions, especially now that the majority of consumers head online before visiting your salon. Traditional marketing is still very much alive and well, but consumers want information at their fingertips, when they need it, so being present online is more important than ever before. Invoay is a leading salon software marketing tool, developed over years to help salons boost bookings, marketing, sales, service, analytics, loyalty, and digital experience solutions. Invoay provides the hair and beauty industry with first-class digital marketing solutions. From responsive and mobile first e-commerce websites to online advertising campaigns, we provide exceptional customer service. Simple Salon Marketing Invoay industry leading technology in automated salon marketing. Once your system is set up, you’ll have a stream of new

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Invoay Software Redefining Salon & Spa Industry in India- Showcased “Power of Touch” at Professional Beauty Show at Mumbai (16-17 September 2019) Technology is changing salon and spa businesses, their client behaviours and structures. Salon and spa businesses must rethink their relationship with clients at every stage of the buying cycle—from discovery, transaction right up to post-purchase engagement. Whether they realise it or not, most salon and spa in today’s connected economy are already going through tech-driven transformation. What is required for salon and spa to thrive in this connected age is a leadership that understands the change and embraces it. Invoay Software, a leading salon and spa software services and technology solutions company participated as a technology partner and exhibitor at the Professional Beauty event, held

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Business Tips, Marketing, Salon Software, Spa Software
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There are many reasons for salon and spa owners in India to build their own loyalty program as it can help them engage their clients, grow revenue, and increase client retention. It is essential to invest time in setting up a salon and spa loyalty program to make it successful and actually work and help grow your business in India. Don’t do mistake to just randomly assign points and launch without a plan in place. SET YOUR OBJECTIVE Beyond loyal clients, what do you want to achieve through your loyalty rewards program? Build your program with a goal in mind. This will help you to ensure that you are not throwing away profit but rather investing it to grow your salon and spa business in India. A few possible goals

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Customer retention is essential for long-term success. Having a loyal base of customers who come back on a regular basis for appointments will sustain your business. Adding a new client is both more challenging, and more expensive, than encouraging an existing client to make a return visit. In fact, research shows that acquiring a new customer can be 10x as expensive as retaining a current client. Here are some other stats that show the value of client loyalty to your overall ROI: A 2% increase in customer retention can decrease costs by 10%. Increasing retention rates by 5% increases profits by at least 25% and up to 95%. Repeat customers spend 67% more on average than first-time customers. However, it’s not always easy to get first-timers committed to coming

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In a digital world full of so many options, creating customer loyalty can be a challenge. Consumers are more aware than ever of the abundance of choices, and with so much happening online these days, this problem has spread across all industries and businesses of all sizes. These days, customer retention requires a new and improved understanding of the customer relationship, especially in the beauty sector. Unhappy customers tell 36% more people about their experience than satisfied ones do. U.S. businesses lose an average of $62 billion a year to poor customer experiences. To stay ahead of these stats, leading brands like Drybar and Skin Laundry make sure revenue never walks out the door in the first place. They use comprehensive customer feedback methods to stay aware of what customers

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IN-SALON SERVICE & RETAIL ANALYTICS Life can be tough for a beauty and hair business. There are a hundred of things to do and never enough time to do them all. Sometimes it can be hard to know where to focus your time and energy. That’s where in-salon analytics solutions come in. This advanced technology is designed to give salon and spas business like you the data that you need to understand the inner workings of your business, so you can put your effort into the projects and tasks that improve the client experience, keep them coming back for more, and help you run your salon and spa more efficiently. What Are In-Salon Service and Retail Analytics? Let’s first start with a basic explanation

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Raising your salons profile is something very important, and a task that should never be out to the side – you want to make potential clients aware of your salon/spa, the services you offer and what you can provide them in terms of pampering and of course, up to date products and services, as well as a level of professionalism and customer care. Locally, there are many things you can do to engage with those in the area. It’s all about networking and getting your name out there. Digitally the world is your oyster. Been seen and be heard. Ways to boost your salon profile Hire a PR Agency who specialises within your industry. They will be able to guide you and put together a plan to

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The old paper loyalty punch-cards have been widely upgraded to electronic loyalty programs. Taking off from the success of the Starbucks Gold loyalty program, a large number of  these programs are now in the marketplace, including such national brands as Belly, FiveStars, Perka and Fishbowl, as well as many white label products.  All tend to complement other promotional efforts, such as digital coupons and prepaid deals. Most loyalty programs not only reward returning customers with free items after a certain number of visits and/or spending, but they also help SMBs recognize customers, and to  take the personalized data from transactions to  spur further engagement with customers via immediate feedback and reviews.   The goal, clearly, is to make the SMB engagement with customers more like "Cheers"

Salon Software, Business Tips, Marketing, Spa Software
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Are you looking to switch to a salon and spa management software that actually works the way you do? If you run a hair and beauty salon, spa, or any other wellness business, it is the perfect time for changing salon software so you can set yourself up for success. The field of contenders is large though, and it can be tough to narrow down which is the best salon software for your business. It all starts with asking the right questions. Questions to ask when switching salon software Before you go looking at any salon software, start by analyzing your actual business needs to figure out what features and functional benefits will be the most valuable to you. Make a list of ‘must to have’ and ‘good to

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Business Tips, Interior Design, Marketing, Salon Software
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Despite the substantial risks and the tough hours, owning a Salon business is one of the most rewarding experiences of your life. If you too have nurtured a lifelong ambition of starting up a salon, and don’t know how to go about it, or are currently in the middle of setting up your first Salon, then this article is just for you and will tell you in detail, how to start a salon business in India. Hair & Beauty Industry in India The overall Indian Hair & Beauty is one of the fastest growing in the world, and the size of salon industry is expected to cross $ 5 billion mark by the end of this financial year all because of rising incomes, rapid urbanization, increasing working population and technological advancements, more Indian

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As an accounting firm working with salons, spas, and distributors for several decades, we have identified many key traits that make these businesses successful. Using specific tactics, we can see what is working right with a business and what is wrong and then base any advice on successful strategies. Below, is an overview of accounting industry secrets that we feel will help put your salon or spa on the road to success. Naturally, this is just a small part of the big picture and cannot replace the advice and services of a qualified CPA, but it’s a good starting point to get your business on track. Be a Business Person First Running a salon is a business. To be successful, your salon or spa must be run

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Whether your salon and spa business is relatively new, or mature, you need to attract new clients in order to keep your business healthy.  Many Salons and spas believe they can survive purely on word of mouth and their existing customer base. However, even a busy Salon and spa will experience slowdowns for various reasons; clients move away, have children, get new jobs, or just shift their priorities. Savvy owners know that having a strong salon and spa marketing plan that targets their potential clients will help them to attract new clients, in order to augment the loyal core audience. The Challenge: Today, there are so many options for reaching out, including: Print advertising Broadcast advertising (radio, television) Referral programs Events Email marketing, Social media outlets The downside to

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Running a business requires you to use many skills, but the one that matters the most is communication with your team. In order for hair and beauty salons to grow and flourish, you must create an effective teamwork culture that also encourages employees to be good salespeople and to do this you need good communication. Your team must all be on the same ship and your role as the leader is to bring them together, all working towards your business goals. Meetings 101 Salon team meetings offer a foundation of good communication and gentle guided direction but they can feel daunting if they aren’t done regularly, or done only when something is not going as you had hoped. Here are some simple guidelines for effective team meetings. 1) FIGHT THE FEAR AND COMMIT TO

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In a time where discounts account for a huge percentage of business, it is very important to build a loyal clientele, to keep business booming and clients returning. With the likes of Groupon offering extreme discounts with many brands and business across many sectors, it is essential that salons and spas have a strong clientele to avoid the rise and fall of the discount client. Here we take a look at ways in which you can encourage clients to return and become loyal. First Impressions Count! As with everything, your first impression always lasts, therefore it is essential that you create a great one, to really impress those who visit your salon/spa. Greet the client promptly, professionally and simply, treat them how you would like to be

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What are you doing with all that customer data you're hoarding? From names and contact information to the frequency of purchasing,  total lifetime value and beyond, these insights are good for more than file cabinet filler. With the right pieces of information about your clients, you can craft your entire lead generation strategy around solid facts instead of educated guesses. If you keep any kind of record of your business interactions, then you are already sitting atop a honeypot dripping with profit-driving details, even if you don’t realize it. Recognizing and understanding concrete evidence about the people who fuel your business can propel your marketing farther than hunches or “gut feelings” could ever accomplish alone. The best part is, you don’t have to be a corporate giant

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When you think of taking advantage of holidays to increase revenue for your salon, Easter may not be one that springs to mind first. See what I did there? However, as a salon owner, there are multiple ways that you can maximize Sunday, April 1 to result in a surge in business. That’s right, Easter is right around the corner and with that comes a great opportunity for your salon to rake in the dough. Think about it - Easter is a time of massive family get togethers and fancy Easter Sunday brunches. Who isn’t concerned with looking their Sunday best for Easter? That’s why it’s no surprise salons typically witness a significant spike in business when Easter rolls around… IF they use some grade-a Easter

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Making friends can be easy for many people; it’s keeping them that can often be difficult. Actually, maintaining any type of relationship takes work. So it should come as no surprise that you’d have to devise creative ways to get your clients returning to your salon on a regular basis. Some of these tips are pretty simple. And, hey, you might even just have some fun while you’re at it! If your head isn’t already brimming with ideas, here are 10 tips to help get you started! 1. Develop a Rewards Program How do you ensure your clients are loyal to you? By starting a loyalty or rewards program! What’s great about loyalty programs is that clients are rewarded for their continued business! Whether it’s a simple punch

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It may be hard to believe, but Spring is just around the corner - in fact, it starts next Tuesday! With the dawning of a new season comes ample opportunity to allow your marketing efforts to really blossom. Now is a great time to start thinking about new ways to promote your business throughout the new season to help bring in new customers and increase revenue. Here are some creative ways to ramp up your marketing this spring. Let’s spring clean your advertising Springtime is a time for new beginnings, and comes only second to New Year’s in terms of starting anew. It’s time to get rid of the old and bring in the new--think “New season, new you” for your messaging. Use this as a means to

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With more than 700 million users, Instagram is one of the top online destinations for both consumers and businesses. And when more than 50% of those users follow a business and 60% learn about products or services on the platform, using Instagram for promoting your business is a must. For businesses where an image speaks a thousand words—such as salons and spas—Instagram can be the best social media platform for brand awareness and growth. Whether you’re new to Instagram or have been building your following for years, follow these essential five tips for leveraging the platform for your salon. 1. Use Targeted Hashtags Using hashtags for your posts helps you reach new audiences and build your following. For every post, include several hashtags that highlight the image you’re

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Choosing the right software company and software package can be a hard decision when ensuring all your needs and wants are met. Here Darren Pick, Managing Director of Invoay Software gives his top ten tips when choosing the best brand and package for your salon. Explain what you are looking for in order to meet the goals of your business. Many people don’t realise that our packages can be tailored to their business needs and wants. Explain fully, and in as much detail as you can, what you feel is required to make your business as efficient as possible and allow your chosen company to explain how their package will work for you. Research – you can never do enough research! There are many brands

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Everyone loves to look their very best and no service helps to achieve the perfect look better than a hair salon does. The only problem that salons sometimes face is that they are considered a premium service, so the costs are eliminated from a budget if times for a customer get tight. Is there a way a hair salon can market their services to new clientele so that they can have a consistent level of income streaming through the door? For many hair salons, the end results are what provide the best marketing tools of all. When people know they look good, then their confidence levels soar and they’re able to do great things! If you help others accomplish their goals because you’re making their hair

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This guide takes you on a journey, from the definition of marketing right throgh to listing some tried and tested salon marketing campaigns. The benefits of salon software to your marketing capabilities as a salon cannot be underestimated. Investing in salon software gives hair and beauty salons the power to target marketing messages, review the effectiveness of campaigns and harness cost-effective ways of communication such as text messaging. This troubleshooter guide, produced by Invoay software, answers the following salon marketing questions: Why is marketing important? Who should I contact? How should I contact them? What are my obligations under Data Protection? Which marketing campaigns will work for me? What are the common pitfalls? Many thanks to our team of contributors who have made these guides possible; from industry

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Within the India a recent survey has found that 95% of the population now owns a smartphone, with an astonishing 55% looking at their phone within 15minutes of waking up in the morning. Looking more in-depth, 90% look at a text message within 90seconds of receiving them. Today, more often than not, we see clients using their smartphones at every opportunity, whilst in the salon and out and about, especially whilst using transport links. This is a prime opportunity for business to target their clients with text marketing, to increase noticeability and increase client retention. Here we look at into text marketing as a whole and how it can help engage and entice customers, resulting in increased revenue which in turn can benefit the business as

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