Maximise your Valentines Day Marketing
To give you some inspiration and motivation, here is a simple business principle that if applied will help you grow your business and increase your bank balance this month. As you create your special offers for Valentine’s Day, remember the following – “When you plan the ad / promotion / special offer, plan the sales behind it.”
In other words, when you plan your Valentine’s Day Ad’s and special offers, do a little sales thinking and make sure that you don’t just plan the the ad, be sure to plan and prepare for the sales that will follow.
Take a look at the special offer I have created below. It is a Nail, Mani and Pedi package that we created for Valentine’s Day in one of our ready-made marketing templates.
At first you might think that the special offer is a discount, but it actually isn’t. Instead of discounting and lowering your prices, we teach our customers how to package services, increase prices and create more value and yet created the perception of huge savings. For more information on how to create irresistible specials offers, click here.
Sample Package – “We’re offering our new clients the chance to experience (Your Salons Name) magic – book in for this (Your Price) package and you’ll receive:
- Full set of French Gel Nails valued at R300
- Complete Nail consultation valued at R50
- Hand Massage valued at R80
- Mini Pedicure valued at R100
- Nail Art to the value of R50
- R35 voucher for a friend to use on her first visit.
That’s a total of R615 value for only R400 You save R215!”
When the average Salon Owner places an ad or a special offer like this, all they think about is the initial sale and the immediate money generated. However, smart Salon Owners know that with a little sales thinking and added preparation, the initial sale is the launching pad for creating huge cash flow.
Smart, successful and profitable Salon Owners don’t just plan the package, they plan for the sale behind the package. So if you study the example above, not only can you generate R400 from the sale of every package, you can also,
a. Generate future revenue by being prepared to rebook the client for her next fill before she walks out of the door. (How much is an extra fill worth to your business?)
b. You can also generate tons of future sales by using information gained from your client consultations to upsell, cross sell. Plus you can add her details to your marketing database. (The question is, do you even perform regular client consultations? Do you even have a marketing database?)
c. You can generate more revenue by upselling the client a Spa Manicure, hand treatment, cuticle treatment and even we can even rebook the client for her next Manicure.
d. You can generate more revenue by upselling a Spa Pedicure, paraffin dip and rebook the client for her next pedicure if you are prepared with ready-made special offers. (The question is, are you prepared for the next sale, the next appointment?)
e. You can easily boost profit by introducing the client to more nail art options on her fingers and toes.
f. Generate more revenue if you are prepared for your clients friend when she comes in to redeem the voucher. The voucher will initially cost you R35 but if you are prepared with ready made offers, your customers friend can become new long term client who will spend thousands at your Salon.
So my point is simple – with a little sales thinking and advanced preparation, the sales behind the sale can make your Salon a pile of money.
So the next time you create a special offer, think about how you can increase the frequency of customer visits, increase the size of their transaction, boost your profit margins and get them to refer their friends because making money this Valentine’s day is much easier than you think.
ABOUT VAUGHAN
Vaughan is the Co-Founder and Marketing Director of Salon Management Studio. He has literally grown up and lived his whole life in the beauty industry. Some of his earliest memories include spending his days in a family owned Hairdressing Salon in the South of Jo’burg. I guess that’s why he doesn’t have any hair today! Vaughan’s experience includes, sales, marketing, setting up beauty businesses, consulting with Spa’s, Salons and Industry Suppliers. Vaughan is regularly invited to speak at leading industry conferences. These include Professional Beauty Conferences, SAAHSP Lectures, Les Nouvelles Esthetique Spa Conference and the EOHCB. He also writes on business for Professional Beauty, Les Nouvelles and Absolute Nails. In 2010, Vaughan was invited to Europe to facilitate business training with Salon Owners from 36 countries around the world
