Diana, I get why they don't do it. Because they chose not to. It's like you said...
>"Don't you get it, you have to build your biz, get your name out there to >EVERYONE. I don't care how you do it, just do it." I'm one of those people who chose not to donate to these things. I chose not to do it for the reasons you mentioned...because I have found the 'type' of people that have ended up in my chair because of the donations seem to be more trouble than they are worth. It's also the same reason I chose not to take the high school kids at prom/graduation time. Inevitably I turn away my faithful paying clients and somehow always find that it would have been better for my business if I had not taken the other appointment to begin with. I would say let go of caring what the other people are doing. They are doing what they feel is best for them. For whatever their reasons may be. That's what I LOVE about my business...it's MY business and I get to do what I chose is best for me. I like to joke and say that MY world would be much better if everybody did things the way I think they should do them. Thank God it's not really like that...what if we were on the flip side of that and had to live our lives the way other people think we should live it? The cool thing about the beauty/nail business is we can all be in it together, in our own way. Sue Mang [email protected] Louis Anthony Salon Buffalo NY > Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:14:20 -0500 > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: NailTech:: Just don't get it/building biz/donations > > > Okay, maybe you guys can explain this to me. Maybe I am emotionally > involved with these gals, know their personalities, that I can't see. > > The owners (we are booth renters) asked us if we would like to donate > to the annual Children's Museum Charity blah blah, by email. All we > had to do was email them back with what we would like to donate. I > donated a spa manicure. > > The owners made a large basket up, put a gift certificate in it, my > biz card, Creative Nail Lotion, Nail Polish, Nail Envy, a description > of the service. Then they shrinked wrap it with a big beautiful bow. > > The stylist that donated a hair cut, had the same type of basket with > everything but her's had about 6 different hair products, 6 oz bottles. > > All we had to do was to email them. No money, not our > products. zero nada zip. > Just donate the service. > > Only two of us did this. The busiest hair stylist. The busiest nail > tech. The two of us just shake our heads, Like why not? > > These gals sit around and witch how they need 2nd jobs. "The salon > is not busy, I can't get new clients." "I am going to find a new > place. " "The economy is so bad" "I can't afford to advertise" "this > is a bad location" "people can't afford to get their hair (nails) > done because of the taxes" BLAH BLAH BLAH > > I just want to SCREAM!!! Don't you get it, you have to build your > biz, get your name out there to EVERYONE. I don't care how you do > it, just do it. > > I have heard it all, I don't want those type of people, I will do > them once and never come back, it will not work, blah blah. > > But my point of view is, If they don't come in, fine, cost me > zero. If they do come in, it cost me my time and a couple of bucks > in products. If I do them once and they never come back fine. I have > touched someone. They know my name. They may not be able to afford > to come back, but their sister, doctor, friend, family, co-workers > may be able to. Hundreds of people will be there and they will be > walking around looking at all the donations, and my biz card is > sitting right there with my name. Talk about advertising for > nothing.This advertising may not be immediate, but my name is on > someone's mind this month, next month or a year from now. My name is > out there. > > I have given away HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS dollars away in free services > in the eons I have been doing this. BUT, I have made THOUSANDS and > THOUSANDS of dollars because I believe in getting my name out there. > > So if you are trying to build, why wouldn't you do this? I just > don't get it. Maybe someone out there can explain this one to me. > diana from indiana > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_012009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
