Katherine, I think it all depends on the salon owner. Some will feel it is a conflict of interest. If you work at a salon close to were your clients live it probably will bring them to that place. I worked out kf a salon just a few miles from my home based salon one day a week to build up some clientele and my regular clients just booked all my time there. So there wasn't room to take walkins. I paid rent for the day a week so the salon really didn't care. You could go to the local schools and have a teacher appreciation month. Give free gel manis. Limit how many you will do in a week or day. Then the next mknth go to the real estate offices, waitresses ect... I know I am going to be in your same situation in a few years. 70% of my clients are over 70.
Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™III, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Katherine Fahrig <[email protected]> Date: 11/08/2013 4:00 PM (GMT-06:00) To: nailtech List <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: Is working in more than one salon a good idea? Hey Techies, I am heavy hearted. I've been doing nails for 27 years and I still love it. I rent booth space in a small salon, off the beaten path. We do not get many walk ins so, as my clientele has aged or moved away I am not gaining enough clients to stay busy. I've tried referral programs, online booking, Facebook, etc.. I'm thinking that the only thing I haven't tried is "location". I prefer the work environment at the no drama little salon where I currently booth rent, but, I'm not building my business here. I'm thinking that I should cut my hours to 3 days a week and work at a busier salon 2 days a week. How would I accomplish this and is it a good idea? Is anyone else working at 2 salons at the same time? How does that work? Should I apply to work at a salon more than 5 miles away from my current salon to avoid any concerns that the salon owner might have about steeling clients away from the salon? I live 14 miles away from the booth rent salon, I could apply to salons in my neighborhood. I have several clients who live within 5 miles of my home. They drive the 14 miles to come to me. I would not want them to start coming to me at the new salon where I will be paid commission or salary. I make more money off of them if they come to my booth rent salon. How would I deal with that situation? Wouldn't the salon want me to bring new clients to their salon or would they hire me without bring any clients with me? I've booth rented for 26 years, I've interviewed salon owners not the other way around. I don't know how to do this. Thoughts? Opinions? Katherine Missouri -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
