Hair Salon Pro Blog
Expert advice on pricing, marketing, and business growth for salon owners and stylists — by Scott Farmer.
I spent 15 years working six-day weeks at JScott Salon before I seriously looked at passive income ideas for hairstylists. What I…
Eighty percent of stylists set their prices by looking at what the salon down the street charges. That is not pricing strategy.…
TL;DR 7 salon KPIs matter. Average service ticket, client retention rate, pre-book rate, retail-to-service ratio, chair utilization rate, new client acquisition cost,…
The complete salon SOP guide with 4 real templates — opening, booking, no-shows, and cash reconciliation — plus the weekly education system…
TL;DR Only 45% of first-time salon clients book a second appointment. Best-in-class salons hit 70%. The gap is not talent. It is…
Nobody sat me down and explained this when I got my license. Thirty years behind the chair, thousands of clients, and not…
You love this industry. You chose it. You built something real — a clientele, a reputation, maybe a whole team. And yet…
The exact commission structure Scott Farmer uses after 30 years behind the chair. Scaling tiers, dollar figures, and why 50/50 breaks most…
TL;DR Most salon non-competes are unenforceable: Courts reject agreements where the geographic radius is too wide, the time period is too long,…
Every stylist hits a point where they ask: do I go booth rental or suite? It sounds simple. It is not. The…