We’ve partnered with Trish Ross from First Class Services to provide a free 30-minute online training on Monday 17 July 2023 at both 12pm and 7pm (NZST) to help give you the tools you need to motivate and incentivise your team (without necessarily spending more) so you can bring in more revenue.

To register for the free 30min training session, click one of the sessions below and enter your details:

Morning session: 12pm NZST / 10am AEST click here to register

Evening session: 7pm NZST / 5pm AEST click here to register

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When it comes to elevating and optimising your salon, spa or clinic’s Instagram profile, one of the most crucial aspects is posting content regularly. 

Consistency is key to maintaining an engaged audience and growing your follower base. In this post, we’ll delve into the importance of posting regularly on Instagram and provide you with some practical tips to help you stay consistent and maximise your profile’s performance.

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Do you know there are 6 places where money is hiding in your salon, spa, or clinic? We spoke with senior coaches from The ZING Project, Marie Drever and Jay Chapman who specialise in helping businesses in the beauty and hair industry thrive in all aspects of business.

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Selling retail can be an uncomfortable task for a lot of hair and beauty professionals. It can feel awkward to “push” your clients to buy products when you’re trying to build a strong relationship and turn them into regular clients.

But it doesn’t need to be that way!

Watch the video below or keep reading to hear from Paul Carbis about the best way to approach this topic with a client, and his top tips for helping us to get comfortable selling retail.

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If you’re taking deposits for online bookings and selling vouchers online through Kitomba Online Booking, you can choose Kitomba Pay as your online payment gateway.

Kitomba Pay is a simple, smart and secure online payment solution for salons, spas and clinics in Australia and New Zealand, which is designed to streamline the payment experience for you and your clients.

If you’re currently using PayPal for your online payments and want to know the key differences, this guide will tell you everything you need to know to make the switch to Kitomba Pay.

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In today’s digital age, social media has become an essential tool for any business to reach a wider audience and attract potential customers.

With the hair and beauty industry being so creative and visual, it’s no wonder that Instagram has become one of the most popular platforms for salon business owners to showcase their services and connect with their target market. However, with over one billion active users, it can be challenging to stand out and reach your target audience. This is where utilising the power of the Instagram algorithm comes into play, and one of the best ways to optimise your content for it is by consistently posting original content.

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In an ideal world, we would have enough time to take care of our clients and focus on our business, all while having ample time for ourselves and with friends and family.

Unfortunately, that isn’t usually the case. We run out of time and tend to drop the ‘non urgent’ things like marketing our businesses, but this should be the very thing to focus on! Marketing is a way to stay connected with your clients when they aren’t in the salon, spa or clinic, and with the power of marketing automation, you don’t need to spend any of your precious time on it.

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