Kitomba blog

Valentine’s Day promotion ideas for salons, spas and clinics

15 Jan 2021 by Kitomba

Valentine’s Day is a fantastic opportunity to attract new clients for your salon, spa or clinic and increase profits. Here are our top marketing and promotion ideas and tips to help you make the most from the day!

Before you decide what marketing you’ll do for Valentine’s Day, it’s important to set campaign goals that will help you measure your success.
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Salon owner goal setting and creating plan on laptop

SMART goal setting tips for salons, spas and clinics in 2021

16 Dec 2020 by Kitomba

A new year presents the perfect opportunity to reflect, plan and set new goals for your business. It’s important to take a step back to look at how your salon, spa or clinic performed over the year, and use these learnings to set goals for the year ahead.

To help you achieve this, we’ve got a framework you can use for setting SMART business goals to help ensure you achieve them.

Here’s how you can reflect, plan and set new goals for 2021!

Feature release: New Kitomba POS and more…

2 Aug 2013 by Kitomba

Happy days! We’ve made some improvements to Kitomba which will be rolled out to all Kitomba customers over the next 2 weeks. Kitomba’s point-of-sale (POS) screen has been given a new facelift and we’ve introduced a prompt asking you to assign client genders to help tidy up your database. Read on to learn more about these improvements. Continue reading…

Feature release: Kitomba One and Enterprise enhancements

13 Mar 2013 by Kitomba

Our latest development update includes a number of enhancements, particularly to Kitomba One Enterprise with the launch of Centralised Client. This enhancement is designed to help you deliver a local experience across your salon and spa group.

To benefit from all the latest updates, you will need to upgrade your in-salon Kitomba to the latest version. Call our Helpdesk and we can upgrade you today. As always, our software updates are FREE. Continue reading…

Rebook your salon and spa clients and reap the rewards

9 Mar 2012 by Brenda Perham

As salon and spa owners and managers you’re always seeking new ways to grow your business and attract new clients. But first you need to look and see if you’re maximizing the potential of the clients you already have stepping through your door! Continue reading…

Your clients and you

13 Jan 2012 by Kitomba

US hair and beauty academy Pivot Point recently conducted a research study engaging 500 consumers to find out more about their relationship with their stylist and the salon overall. Continue reading…

Using Facebook pages in your salon & spa business

3 Nov 2011 by Kitomba

Facebook is now well and truly integrated in our personal lives. If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest country in the world after China and India, with more than 600 million active users. It’s how we stay in contact with old and new friends, share news, invites, photos, videos, jokes and scandal. And more recently, it’s become the way many of us stay ‘in the know’ with our favourite brands and products. But the real beauty of Facebook is the voice it gives to small, local businesses, such as salons and spas. Never before have we had such a direct way to ‘talk’ with our clients and community on a daily basis.