Advice please - 🙏🏻

[michlee39]

Hello everyone my business partner and I are in a total debate at the moment so I thought I’d come on here and ask for impartial advice please?
We have a salon which has two floors upstairs has the hair, make up and nails stations whilst downstairs is aesthetics and lashes. When we first started I made us a website just so we could own the business name ect.. yes it wasn’t an all singing all dancing website but it did the job.. my business partner calls her aesthetics clinic SKIN she’s been an had another website built which cost her £350 but she’s added the beauty on to it. She has been really upset with me because 1) she doesn’t get why I asked why do we need another website? 2) The colour scheme has changed 3) Shes not mentioning are actual salon name 4) she’s put aesthetics and beauty on it when I wanted Hair & Beauty sticking together. 5) she’s changed the mobile number and email address too. I’ve tried to explain in the nicest possible way that I want SKIN to be separate from lashes and nails and keep that with beauty with hair but she’s really not happy? What do I do to make her see that it doesn’t make sense with what she’s doing? I’m now singled out because I asked her to remove hair off her new website. I’m not being awkward but I feel hair and beauty come under the same umbrella.
Hope this makes sense? Really don’t want to fall out with her.

 

[Beauty Therapy Focus]

Hello everyone my business partner and I are in a total debate at the moment so I thought I’d come on here and ask for impartial advice please?
We have a salon which has two floors upstairs has the hair, make up and nails stations whilst downstairs is aesthetics and lashes. When we first started I made us a website just so we could own the business name ect.. yes it wasn’t an all singing all dancing website but it did the job.. my business partner calls her aesthetics clinic SKIN she’s been an had another website built which cost her £350 but she’s added the beauty on to it. She has been really upset with me because 1) she doesn’t get why I asked why do we need another website? 2) The colour scheme has changed 3) Shes not mentioning are actual salon name 4) she’s put aesthetics and beauty on it when I wanted Hair & Beauty sticking together. 5) she’s changed the mobile number and email address too. I’ve tried to explain in the nicest possible way that I want SKIN to be separate from lashes and nails and keep that with beauty with hair but she’s really not happy? What do I do to make her see that it doesn’t make sense with what she’s doing? I’m now singled out because I asked her to remove hair off her new website. I’m not being awkward but I feel hair and beauty come under the same umbrella.
Hope this makes sense? Really don’t want to fall out with her.

That's an on going challenge.

As an outsider looking in. I must say you're trying to appeal to the general public, and guess what they don't care.

Most people see hair & beauty as the same thing. I swear 9 times out of 10 I'll tell a prospective client I'm a beautician and they'll ask what can I do for their hair, or ask a hair related question.

You sound like a purest, meaning you know the difference and want each section to have it's own identity. Nothing wrong with that.

In truth does it really matter. After all why are yous in business?

As long as what you're doing brings in the funds.

Like you I'd prefer if these sections were kept separate, but we also have to be realistic. You've got double advertising.

Friend or business partner it sounds like yous haven't created a business plan that you both agree on and sticking to it.

I suspect it's time for a meeting to agree where the business is going and who's doing marketing etc. That's crazy that your both doing your own separate thing, that's not how partnerships work.

I'd vote for SKIN [if you're interested] but is it worth getting upset about?

Sending you best wishes and hope you 2 come to an agreeable compromise.