Hi Womble, welcome to Salon Geek, this is a great forum, we come on here to get advice and give it - a lot of geeks are very successful business people who kindly take the time to advise other who are less successful (me) or working on their own. I for one value their time and experience immensely, quite often we don't agree with each other and some make stronger points than others.
I realise you came on here for specifically for a reason and asked a question regards specific laws or rules relating to advertising your new highly paid stylist and as no-one seems to know specific regulations relating to this they have told you what they would do as advice.
What you have done today is the equivalent of coming into a room where mostly people are chatting and exchanging ideas and you've shouted above them all because they aren't agreeing with you and then started hurling sarcastic comments around - all I can say is, take a step back, get to know some of our high ranking geeks (who have answered you) and 'play nice'
Hang on just a minute!!
I have taken a lot of abuse for not agreeing with the other posters!
I asked a very genuine question and then because no one could actually give me a genuine answer except for "it's not nice" & "i wouldn't like it" i then have had to defend myself, being accused of calling other salons crap, ruining other salons, being told "i hope your business goes down the pan, being told we must be **** etc etc....Why? because i had the nerve to not bow down to pressure.
I have been accused by Bluerinse of dodging tax, treating my staff like **** blah blah, that seems to have disappeared now but i have a screen grab of it just incase.
This person knows nothing of me or our salons but has chosen to make stupid comments.
I asked a genuine question on something i/we were thinking of doing.
no one who posted had anything of relevance apart from attack and it seems to have been made worse because we are successful at what we do.
It seems i'm supposed to take crap and not defend myself.
We were unsure what to do until the insults started and if the people who are responsible for the comments are a representation of the salons in the UK, i find it hard to feel sorry for them if i take customers away from them.
Our salons are a business, and as such need to preform be this through advertising, offers or anything else then we have a right to do it.
Just because we are going to take a controversial route with some we will not be bullied by a few on a forum.
We treat our staff with the up most care we offer high pay and commissions on everything possible, also rewarding them very well be it pay or gifts.
This then produces the best performance from them and for our loyal customers.
Our customers do not care what happens behind the scenes, they care about the service they get once sat in the chair.
Yes our new stylist has been away from the area for a while and we are lucky to be able to add her to our team.
Of course we want everyone to know she is with us because i'm afraid she needs to earn her worth.
I just want to point out to everyone who has chosen to attack me.
Only one person actually decided to ask a question as to why would we do this from a business point of view, and that was Happyfeet.
We must be doing something right with two new salons opening in one year!
Anyone who owns a business is taking business away from the competition.
The arguments from the most who replied are hollow at best and worst two faced.
By the fact they are in business means someone down the chain is missing out and loosing customers.
So accusing me of be being ruthless is a little crazy, i/we are just getting ahead.
The salon down the road really doesn't care about me or you, if we/you go out of business thats more profit for them and one less salon to worry about.
I/we will continue to forge ahead, we are not doing anything illegal and never have, we are business making the best from bad times and succeeding, we have to constantly find new ways to keep ahead.
If people don't like this then i'm sorry, actually i'm not sorry.
Parting advice for those wearing rose tinted glasses.
You stand still and look around for too long you won't know whats hit you from behind, there are thousands of people like me and a lot bigger and more hungry in the industry.
I just decided to raise my head and you obviously didn't like what you saw.
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