{"id":21266,"date":"2019-04-01T09:38:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T13:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=21266"},"modified":"2019-04-01T09:38:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T13:38:28","slug":"people-over-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/people-over-products\/","title":{"rendered":"People Over Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an industry full of energetic, gregarious personalities, Lisa Parsons still stands out as the consummate \u201cpeople person.\u201d It\u2019s a quality that makes her both enjoyable for salons to work with and very good at her job \u2013 because in this business, putting people first is a big part of the recipe for success at every level.<\/p>\n<p>Salon sales and service are just as important as equipment and products. Hiring and retaining depends on management\u2019s ability to cultivate relationships. And, who\u2019s there to help them learn how to do those things more effectively? People like Lisa at the companies salons look to for operational expertise. In this Smart Tan exclusive interview, the Devoted Creations Director of Brand Development shares her perspective on the importance of the people you work with, new products that people love, hiring and training your people for the busy season, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: How have things changed as far as how vendors and salons do business together?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> We are seeing a lot of salons that are switching from one product line to another, not necessarily because of the products, but because of the people \u2013 people they like doing business with and learning from, and people they see developing their company. It\u2019s less about, \u201cThat company has such great bronzers.\u201d It\u2019s, \u201cOh, that company can help me succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epro2.com\/publication\/?m=45993&amp;l=1&amp;p=&amp;pn=#{%22issue_id%22:571858,%22page%22:48}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an industry full of energetic, gregarious personalities, Lisa Parsons still stands out as the consummate \u201cpeople person.\u201d It\u2019s a quality that makes her both enjoyable for salons to work with and very good at her job \u2013 because in this business, putting people first is a big part of the recipe for success at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>People Over Products - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In an industry full of energetic, gregarious personalities, Lisa Parsons still stands out as the consummate \u201cpeople person.\u201d It\u2019s a quality that makes her both enjoyable for salons to work with and very good at her job \u2013 because in this business, putting people first is a big part of the recipe for success at every level.  Salon sales and service are just as important as equipment and products. Hiring and retaining depends on management\u2019s ability to cultivate relationships. And, who\u2019s there to help them learn how to do those things more effectively? People like Lisa at the companies salons look to for operational expertise. In this Smart Tan exclusive interview, the Devoted Creations Director of Brand Development shares her perspective on the importance of the people you work with, new products that people love, hiring and training your people for the busy season, and more.  Q: How have things changed as far as how vendors and salons do business together?  A: We are seeing a lot of salons that are switching from one product line to another, not necessarily because of the products, but because of the people \u2013 people they like doing business with and learning from, and people they see developing their company. It\u2019s less about, \u201cThat company has such great bronzers.\u201d It\u2019s, \u201cOh, that company can help me succeed.\u201d  Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/people-over-products\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"People Over Products - Smart Tan News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In an industry full of energetic, gregarious personalities, Lisa Parsons still stands out as the consummate \u201cpeople person.\u201d It\u2019s a quality that makes her both enjoyable for salons to work with and very good at her job \u2013 because in this business, putting people first is a big part of the recipe for success at every level.  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