By Laura George

How do you select the right new hire when almost every applicant states that they have great customer service skills, are trustworthy, reliable, friendly, and fast learners? You interview them for 10 to 15 minutes; they are …

Owning a small business usually means you’re operating on a smaller budget when it comes to your marketing and promotion. Unfortunately, some small business owners experiencing a rough patch or low sales tend to cut marketing and promotion to save …

From GrassrootsHealth

Vitamin D contributes to hundreds of physiological processes each day having to do with a wide array of health effects, which is why a deficiency can lead to so many different negative health outcomes – from brittle bones …

By John Toston, Tan-Link

It’s that time of year again: the time where you notice that your tanning salon, which was once bustling with motivated new tanners, has begun to revert to its previous state of mostly “the regulars,” and …

While some knowledge is universal, each and every tanning salon has its own unique employees, policies, strengths, weaknesses, challenges and issues. Even salons within the same chain or franchise may have slightly different needs. And of course, as we all …

By Scott Nichols, salon GM and consultant

Sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste – five of the most common senses. Senses are used to feed our minds with information and that information helps us make everyday decisions. If these senses …

From GrassrootsHealth

What is Vitamin D Good For? (Part 9: Immune Health) – Vitamin D is needed by virtually every cell in the body, and is essential for hundreds of processes each and every day

The multiple important roles that …

Most owners of independent tanning businesses seem to pride themselves on customer service. But what does that really mean? If you think it’s all about being nice and knowledgeable, your salon is missing some of the components that will make …