First of all, you should know that starting a business is not a child’s play. You need to have a sound business plan, a vision for your business and, of course, and the finances for it.

Do not expect to become another “Amway” or “Mary Kay” overnight. I do not want to dishearten you. I just want to say that it requires tons of hard work, patience, and determination to be among the top players of the world. So be prepared for burning your midnight oil.

Most of the people are of the view that working for the leading companies like Amway would help you in career growth. It might be true. However, I would suggest starting an independent business. Being an independent beauty consultant is far better than working for someone.

10 Tips To Get Noticed As A Beauty Consultant:

• Contact a local health club. Ask them to distribute leaflets or stick posters denoting that the club members will get 10-15 per cent off on a particular beauty treatment such as manicure, facial, and so on.
• Offer a special service such as “bridal treatment” at the bridal shop of the local wedding planner.
• Offer your services at a lesser rate on certain days. Put up pamphlets stating discount offers to cheer leaders, soccer clubs, or golf clubs.
• You can offer manicure or pedicure services to the mothers at the local baby clubs.
• Local hospitals and other such places are the perfect place to provide your services. People here badly want some pampering and will feel great with your service. You might even make some permanent customers here.
• While offering your services to big hotels, be smart in portraying your services. The big customers can be a gateway to a big break!
• Provide door-to-door service in the initial stages. It works wonders in collecting publicity as well as customers!
• Implement marketing strategies such as providing a beauty club membership to the customers who visit you frequently. Offering discounts on every 5th or 10th treatment or offering half rates on introducing two new people to your services are also effective marketing tactics.
• Advertise your services by sticking your posters in places that provide complimentary services in return of sticking their posters at your beauty salon.
• Another way to attract customers and make them feel special is to offer other services such as coffee or books to read.

Thus, your home-based beauty business should really make your customers feel at home.

Good Luck!

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Any business card is great, but because you are in the beauty business you might want to think about color business cards. Not only will you be able to infuse a bit of your personality into the business card, it will also get and keep the attention of those that receive the card. Many times business cards are all that you get in the way of a first impression, so you want to consider full color business cards that will reach out and grab a potential clients attention. Many clients actually spend a lot of time analyzing business cards and your potential clients may think that you don’t really have an eye for detail if you weren’t even willing to get color business cards! Think about this for awhile by imagining yourself as the customer ad what you would want to see.

Beauty business cards should be more colorful and unique than the average business man or woman’s business card. The reason for this is that the beauty industry is competitive, so you need to do all that you can to get the attention of other people. Also, you want to have a business card that illustrates your abilities. If you do nails and all that is on your business card is your name and your number it simply seems a little bland. But, if you do nails and you have a full color business card that has nice colors and art on it, the business card will get someone’s attention and will show that you are dedicated to providing detail oriented services. Who knew that you could say so much with something as simple as a business card?

Caitlina Fuller is a freelance writer. If you are in business you need business cards, there is simply no way of getting around it. Not only will business cards allow you to get your name out there, it also gives you more of a professional presence when you do meet with new potential clients. Beauty business cards should be more colorful and unique than the average business man or woman’s business card.

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By starting your own home-based business selling natural health care products from the comfort and convenience of your own home, you can not only eliminate the stress and hassle of commuting, punching time clocks and dealing with employers’ power trips, you’ll finally start making the kind of income you deserve while providing a valuable product to those who need them. If you have nothing more than a phone and a pad of paper, you can get started selling beauty products right away. With the increased awareness of harmful chemical substances in so many everyday products, the market for selling natural health care products has never been better!

Imagine…

1. Sleeping every morning until you’re finished sleeping (instead of awakening to a jangling, jarring alarm clock)
2. Setting your own hours, allowing you to give your children the care they deserve instead of entrusting them to strangers
3. Having complete control over the amount of money you make

A home based business selling beauty products can help to make this happen.

The fact is, best-selling natural health care products will always be in demand, regardless of the economy. Partially because health care in the U.S. is priced out of reach for so many, people are increasingly taking personal responsibility for their own health – and as competition in the job market intensifies, people will be looking for every edge in those job interviews, meaning that the demand for the top-selling beauty products will only go up. When you work at home selling beauty products, you’re actually helping these people to get the advantage they need!

You’ve Been There

You may be one of those who has been burned by “work-at-home” pyramid schemes before. In fact, such “pyramid schemes,” while not illegal, are certainly unethical and should be avoided at all costs.

The good news is that there are many alternative business models when it comes to selling cosmetics or anything else. Direct sales and affiliate programs are far better for those who work at home selling cosmetics.

If you already have a website that gets a fair amount of traffic, an affiliate program is an excellent way to start a home based business selling beauty products. You simply place a banner ad on your site advertising the product, and receive a certain amount for each “click-through” that results in a sale. This way, you can actually make money in your sleep.

The other model, direct sales, is more practical for most people – and if you have a prominent reputation in your community, you’re already ahead of the game, because with this business model, you’re selling cosmetics via word-of-mouth. This means you spend little or nothing on advertising.

Either way, if you plan to start selling natural health care products, it is important that you believe in the products you’re selling. Beauty products are personal, and it is highly recommended that you try every one that you plan to market to others. That way, selling natural health care products will be a breeze!

Anne Harvester has years of experience in Beauty products. She can give you advice on simple,safe effective techniques that help promote wellness [http://www.cleure.com/opportunity_about_direct_sales.aspx?ID=grace].

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• How are you going to generate leads?
• How are you going to acquire new customers without knocking on doors like the Avon Lady?
• How will you train your growing distributor force so you can enjoy a six-figure residual income?

These are some very important questions that we’re going to answer right now.

Key to Success #1: Find a team that caters to your strengths. The first key to success in any business is to partner with a team of people who are already achieving the kind of results that you want. How do they build their businesses? Online? With home meetings? It’s important to know this before you send in your application because they are going to teach you how to build your business the same way.

• What kind of training to they provide?
• How available are your upline members for phone calls, consultations and mentoring?
• Do they have a training website already in place or will you need to make your own when the time comes?

In today’s world, you want to find an organization that is internet savvy with a proven marketing system in place that will allow you to take advantage of the various online lead generation tools like “Google Adwords”. Within the company, the primary beauty consulting organization is “The Awesome Achievers” with Color Me Beautiful.

Key to Success #2: Plug-in to an effective marketing system. Leads are the life-blood of any business. Most beauty home business owners simply fade away once they work their warm market (people they know), or they are forced to distribute countless catalogs all over the county to just possibly get more leads. Generally speaking, you want to have the ability to generate 10-20 leads per day for yourself and this can easily be done on Google with minor computer skills if your organization has the proper marketing tools in place.

Key to Success #3: Gather Customers Systematically World-Wide. Having an organization filled with customers who love your products is an important key to achieving a long-term residual income. While most distributors focus their attention on simply recruiting other distributors, you will want to make sure that your business plan involves the acquisition of new product customers on a daily basis. Now, I’m not sure about you, but I don’t want to sell products door-to-door all day long or post fliers on phones poles. That’s not how you build a million-dollar business. The trick to gathering product customers by the hundreds is to market your products online and off-line. Once someone tries your skin care products, they may continue to use it for months to come and then you can begin to introduce them to your makeup line for even more sales. As your evaluating which organization to join, make sure they have a marketing system in place that will allow you to quickly and easily acquire new product customers on a daily basis from your home office.

About the Author

Rena Trepanier is CEO of TEB Associates International and a member of “The Color Me Beautiful Awesome Achievers Team”. She is responsible for the creation of online color analysis and personal image certification training manuals, as well as promoting, supporting and mentoring her consultants. Rena offers the newest color analysis tools and two products lines on her website: Renaud Naturals and Color Me Beautiful products.

If you would like to speak to Rena, receive her new “Skin Care Report”, or learn more about joining the “Awesome Achievers Team” email parasoldayspa@msn.com or visit: http://www.fashionsenseclub.com

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Now, more than ever, is the time to spruce up your marketing! Just because it’s a recession does not mean your services are not needed! Folks are looking for ways to feel good, cheer up, and escape from the headaches that a recession can bring. Also, people are looking for jobs and want to look good when they go in for an interview! Help your business survive by maintaining a high level of quality service that has value and worth every penny of your clients hard earned money!

Create value by being Different and giving your client an Experience when they come in to see you. Make your salon a place to get away from it all, get pampered, relax and unwind, for example. Serve them a beverage and/or some fruit. Give a spa-like hand treatment with a hot towel wrap, give a spa foot massage, or give a 5 minute shoulder/neck message with their regular service. Over delivering on your services and giving customers more than what they expected is a great way to create value and worth.

To keep current clients coming back, have customer loyalty programs in place. Reward continued service with freebies and discounts. Customer loyalty programs such as punch cards that give the 10th visit free or at a deep discount is a great way to tell a client “Thank you” for their business. The idea is to make it easy for them to keep seeing you and being able to “afford” the services they like. Always ask for referrals and make it worth their time to refer someone by offering them a free service, discount or gift when they bring you new business.

If you are not busy, use your downtime to call on past clients you have not seen in a while and invite them back for their favorite service at a discount. Email your client list with your “weekly specials” announcement to entice them to come in. Soon you’ll see your efforts payoff when folks start coming in from your phone calls and emails. Just this little bit of effort is all it takes to get people in to see you!

When you are out, talk to people you come in contact with about your salon and offer a free mini service to everyone you talk to. Try to get as many folks through the door as you can. Once their in, don’t forget to book the next appointment and turn them into a paying client.

Whether you work in a beauty salon, nail salon, or spa use these tips to stay focused and motivated. Yes, your business can survive a recession! Just being a little proactive will help you and your business get through these tough economic times!

Much Success!

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Well, guess what; some would say it’s raining pretty hard out there, outside of the Beauty Profession of course!

Gas price increases lead the way of every news story. The media is telling the average American how bad our economy is. Well here is the catch…. I still have my nails done every two weeks and my hair color, highlights and cut every six weeks. That fact has not changed, even with the price of gasoline skyrocketing out of control.

In this economy families may be having dinner at home more often, taking shorter vacations, buying a few less new pieces of clothes or spending less time at the mall. Those families are still getting products and service from their Beauty Professionals. That is why NOW is the best time to improve your marketing skills and have fun while you do it!

Today, I want to take a moment to move you AWAY from taking client appointments (WAIT, you just told me things were good for the beauty profession!) YES, I did, but I still want to move you AWAY from TAKING client appointments to move you to CREATING client appointments!

The first: taking client appointments is REACTIVE, while the second: creating client appointments is PROACTIVE. Do you see the difference?

We are learning to reach out and take what we need to grow our business. The way we grow our business is to grow our ability to bring business to us:

1. Do you know: Who calls you to schedule and appointment and when, and how far in advance?
2. Do you know: Who always forgets to Pre-Book?
3. Do you know: Who can’t make plans in advance because of their work or travel schedule?
4. Do you know the profile of your clients?
5. Is this something you keep in your head and not on paper?
6. Is this something that you keep in your big black book?

The time has come to take all that great information and put it in a place where you can sort, see and sell from – your Client Management System.

Now let’s talk about your appointments: how is your calendar book these days? Is it full for the next few months? Is it spotty, many marks where you erased appointments, crossed out the no-shows, wrote nasty notes about the lady who keeps coming in 20minutes late and messes up the rest of your day?

What if your calendar recorded history and the future so you could know all about your clients, who came, who didn’t, how often, how much they spent, how many were late, how many were big tippers!

All of that information is somewhere in your records. Today you can only guess how well you are doing. The KEY to success in marketing yourself in this $60Billion Cosmetology Industry is to have Wisdom about your clients. A Beauty/Business Professional knows who buys product and who doesn’t, what makes them happy and what doesn’t. Wisdom is the key to creating more appointments, up-sell of products and a full schedule.

If you were able to communicate on a regular basis with email newsletters, special deals, “tell a friend” specials, product specials and so much more, would you think your clients would remember to make an appointment? The answer, by proof from those who do and those you are financially successful says YES!

Ask any salon owner who goes to seminar after conference, convention after class on business ‘What are you learning and not teaching me?” They will say, “Its business knowledge, not technical skill, doesn’t worry about that.”

It’s time for all beauty professionals to be business professionals. Find your answer in the world of automation, from hand held devices to desktop and laptop software to online programs. This is the future and right now is when your market is best ready for you to deliver the message to them via the electronic age!

My preference is, of course, Client Keeper for the Beauty Profession, because it was written for the individual and not the salon owner.

You, the individual beauty professional, with Client Keeper, have the only automated (works by itself), interactive (between your client and your computer,) email, schedule, calendar system in the world! No salon owner can purchase this for their shop. Your client does not have to log into the internet to find you, you find them! Clients reply to email – it’s as easy as that!

Market yourself – today the financial success is there for you to take if you have the tools and wisdom to take these action steps.

Should we worry about gas prices? No, what matters your income outreaching your former income in today’s economy. Go for it! The Beauty Professional of today is the Business Professional of tomorrow.

Diane Dutton, CEO, Speaker and Business Strategy Consultant. I would love to discuss group opportunities for your spa or salon and many other techniques to improve profitability. For more information on Client Keeper opportunities for area distributorships and group salon discounts see us at http://www.cksystemz.com and http://cosmosuccesskit.com – Look for more ideas and concepts from me in the future!

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Building A Business

Business is about sales, getting more people to pay for what you offer them. And, finding more clients in any business can be very tricky. But, looking at it simply, all a business owner has to do is identify who is the most likely person to use his services and then attract them based on where they already socialize.

For a more specific example, let’s look at the beauty businesses. When providing a personalized service like hair design, makeup application, or skin care, there are two kinds of beauty businesses.

One is a store front or a location where people can walk in.

The second is where business is conducted privately and through appointments only.

Although the first business has the advantage of walk-in customers, this isn’t enough. Both beauty service businesses will have to actively find clients.

So say you’re a makeup artist that works at private functions, such as weddings, and also work by appointment only, how do you gain clients?

Well beyond the obvious, having a good portfolio, complimentary testimonials, you need to figure out who your ideal customer is.

What Do You Do Really Well? What’s Your Style?

Let’s say, for our purposes, that you apply beauty makeup really well. You know how to use makeup to accent a woman’s natural beauty and give them flawless coverage. Now, you can picture who would want your product. Women with an event that are going to want to look their best at, for example brides, bridal parties, girls going to proms, bar/bat mitzvahs, women who go to lots of banquets.

Once you know who would want your services then you can approach them where they already are.

Find Out What Your Clients Have in Common.

The one thing that all these women have in common is that they are either throwing or attending a party. First and foremost, you are going to have to do some research. Where do people throwing or attending parties go? If I’m throwing a large party I will most likely have table centerpieces of flowers and if attending a gathering I may want to bring flowers. This leads me to florists; women who have functions to attend are likely to be here.

With the same train of thought think of other businesses like caterers, party planners, photographers, videographers, dress makers, halls, churches, synagogues. These are all people or places that deal with the hosts and guests of special events on a daily basis.

Here is where you have two options (for best success do both, if possible). First, you want to find where the above businesses are advertising. How are they finding their clients? Then, advertise your makeup business in the same place.

Advertise

“Want to look flawless on your wedding day? Call…” Remember to research smaller businesses because they will have a lower budget for advertising compared to large corporations and you will be more likely to be able to afford similar advertising campaigns.

Joint Venture

The second option is to approach the business owners/managers themselves. Set up a deal. Either, offer them a finders fee for each client they send your way, or tell them to offer your services to their clients and you will do the same to yours. You both find each other clients from your existing base.

Offer Deals

Beyond this you can offer deals to potential clients as well to make your services more enticing. So in an ad or business card you can offer a very low rate per person but require a minimum number of people, a group rate to be split. So instead of paying $400 for a makeup artist, a customer can pay only $200 but has to bring along 10 other people at the same price. For women attending a family wedding they will easily put together a large group, and you’ve just made over $2,000 in one day instead of $400 from one.

Testimonials

Plus, you don’t want to forget that the best kind of advertising is word of mouth and once you do a whole group of women’s makeup wonderfully they will all save your number for the next time and tell all their friends. If 10 women each tell 2 friends about your services you now have 20 more people who know about your services.

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