I think creating a facebook business page is a great way to advertise..if you have a website you can advertise on there too for a reasonable price.Meryl----- Original Message -----From: Angela R Wingerter Date: Friday, February 4, 2011 9:04 amSubject: Re: NailTech:: question, help, advertisingTo: [email protected]> I hear you Pam. I have hardly worked this week due to the ice > and bitter > cold. Several of my appt have just decided to come in at their > next scheduled > appt because it will get them off of their normal week. So I > have just lost out > of most of my pay this week. > > > Angie > > > > > ________________________________> From: "[email protected]" > To: [email protected]> Sent: Fri, February 4, 2011 12:07:29 AM> Subject: NailTech:: question, help, advertising> > I contacted Groupon and was concerned by several things , one > was that the scale > they were requesting was WAY beyond my means and financial > capabilities. First > of all.. they want you to discount your services by at least > 50%. So.. I was > going to have a spa manicure with paraffin treatment and a > pedicure special. > Total value, $58.00, groupon value $30.00. Wait, YOU don't get > the $30 for > providing the service, THEY get 50% of the $30, so $15 goes to > them. Then, > they wanted to charge ME 2.5% for the credit card fee on top of > that! They told > me that they were splitting the credit card fee with me 50/50. > Dang! Why > don't THEY get a Square and then it would only be half of > 2.75%!? Hmmm? They > also wanted me to offer 100 of the specials. So, calculating > that I would need > 3-4 hours to set up/clean up and do the service, then figure > that I would only > be collecting $14.63 for each service, minus the cost of > products such as > paraffin, files, soak, scrub, etc. I would be working for less > than $5.00 an > hour! I thought about it and decided that there was no way I > could agree to > such terms, since it is just ME and I would be the one > responsible for honoring > the 100 certificates requiring 4 hour blocks of my time over the > next 9 months! > It was a deal breaker for me, because of my standing > appointments it is hard to > find a 4 hour block of time to dedicate to this project. So.. > it was a no go > for me.. I will have to find another avenue in order to avoid > working for half > of minimum wage. I'm open to ideas.. I've got so many clients > who went south > for the winter then add in the weather with the snow and ice > storms and its just > financially killing me! > Pam> Nail Designs> Ohio > > > > > -----Original Message-----> From: Angela R Wingerter > To: [email protected]> Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 12:38 am> Subject: Re: NailTech:: question, help, advertising> > > Great ideas Anna!> > Angie > > > > > ________________________________> From: Annazjames > To: [email protected]> Sent: Thu, February 3, 2011 9:30:36 PM> Subject: Re: NailTech:: question, help, advertising> > > Try contacting living social to run a special I did and got 65 > certificates sold > it was free and they did a 50/50 split I ended up with a lump > sum check for > 1250. I was tied but ended up with !t least 3 that have returned > of course you > get chair hopers but at least your name and business gets > exposure and my web > sit had over 500 hits the day it ran so I'm exposed for sure! > Ther is crowd > savings and groupon too...check with some local tv stations too > cause I did the > same type of deal with our channel 8 its called the daily > deal....also can try > to do a raffle and have your clients get their friends to fill > out info cards > with email address' and for every card they bring give them $1 > off a service and > then you have a data base to send out specials....best of luck!> > Anna> > Connected by MOTOBLUR™ on T-Mobile> > -----Original message-----> > From: "[email protected]" > >To: NailTech > >Sent: Thu, Feb 3, 2011 19:18:53 PST> >Subject: NailTech:: question, help, advertising> >> >Hi there, I live in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Im deseperate> >to earn some clientele trafic, i know it is slow everywhere as the> >economy is hurting every body but, I love what i do, and i want to> >earn my living doing what i love to do. does any body knows what> >works, the best to attract new clientele in the nails part of the> >businesses? Im pretty new in the beauty businesses industry; need> >everybody advice, please sujest and advice. is the internet, the> >newspaper, flyers, around the neighboorhod, or what you guys think> >will work the best? i really dont want to give up on my dream. > I do> >also offer therapeutic chair massage at my salon!!> >> >-- > >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.> >> >-- > 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.> -- > 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.> -- > 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.> > -- > 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] more options, visit > this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.> >
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