grand opening ideas ?

[estherlou]

Hi guys, my treatment rooms are due to open on april 10th, a friend asked me the other day if i was going to have an grand opening so people could come in and have a look, just wanted to see if anyone had done one of these and how did you do it, daytime/nighttime, by advert in paper or personal invites did you do mini treatments or just let people see the products and ask questions, any advice would be great thanks esther

 

[Noodle]

Here's a link which should give you plenty of ideas:

http://www.salongeek.com/chit-chat/26755-how-do-you-make-grand-opening-grand.html

Wishing you every success with your new venture :hug:

 

[estherlou]

thanks karen, that helps, don't know if nerves will allow me to do treatments and answer questions at the same time, but i'll give it a try x

 

[minime1]

hiya, for my opening night, i invited lots of people and did mini treatments, paraffin wax for the hands, how to choose the right the lip stick shade, which were simple oh and i did a raffle prize, my mum did this and went round and got every ones name & address, so i could post out offers on a later date. I did find that every one wanted to talk to me so if you have got some help, i would take up the offer, as you will want to make all those appts that you get, good luck.

 

[estherlou]

thanks, i think i will have to rope in some family members and friends to help, like the raffle idea too x

 

[Sassy Hassy]

There is a new big beauty salon opened opposite the hair salon I used to rent space in. I asked my hairdresser what it was like and she said she didn't have a clue. They said that if they had invited them over to have a look around and gave them some prices etc then they could have done some reciprocal referrals. As it is they have just come across as unfriendly. So what I am trying to get at is remember to send an invite to all your neighbouring businesses as they will happily recommend you!

 

[estherlou]

thanks sassy thats a really good idea, the salon my rooms are in is on a little parade of shops and all the shop owners seem to know each other so i'll make sure i don't forget anyone x

 

[blossom]

Never done this, haven't any tips, but just wanted to wish you good luck for your grand opening! Hope you get loads of bookings. xx

 

[littlepinkfairy]

when our salon opened, we had a launch party. We held it a month after we actully opened and it was a massive success. We gave out invitations to all our clents and we did a huge leaflet drop in the local area. We had cocktails (pina colada and something else with cranberry's in!) and we did demo's of a couple of treatments, we also gave out goody bags which had sample products, sweets and info about the salon in. The party was between 4-8 and it was a real laugh, the best bit was when our boss treated us to a chinese takeaway after everybody had gone!!:green:

 

[estherlou]

thanks for all the support guys the creative juices are now flowing, i think invites are the way to go, like the goody bag idea, and the cocktails too! xx