Avoid the mistakes that doom so many salon owners to failure. This book covers everything you need to know about establishing and managing a professional salon, including how to:

• Choose the modern salon ownership option that’s right for you
• Ensure legal compliance
• Spend wisely and budget strategically
• Protect your investment
• Create profitable service protocols
• Calculate service prices
• Design competitive and sustainable employee compensation
• Advertise effectively and affordably
• Expand your business…and so much more.

Set your salon up for success by following this strategic planning system that guides you from concept through opening day and beyond, while giving you a thorough education in all aspects of the business of beauty.

This version of Salon Ownership and Management comes signed with a few extra motivational treats and cannot be purchased anywhere outside of This Ugly Beauty Business.

• create clear job descriptions,
• write compelling employment advertisements,
• compose exceptional offer letters, and
• design effective training programs.

In the Handbooks & Contracts section, you’ll discover:

• why salon owners and professionals require contracts,
• why you should design contracts that respect a professional’s existing clientele, and
• how to protect your salon’s clientele without using a non-compete agreement.

I have packed a lot of content into 79 pages, including how to write fair agreements, which restrictive covenants are best for your salon, how to keep employees from taking advantage of your salon’s training program, what constitutes a breach of contract, and how to determine whether to pursue a breach.

The Salon Owner’s Employee Onboarding Kit will also walk you through the process of drafting your employment handbooks while providing examples of practical policies and procedures your salon shouldn’t go without.

This download was made using abridged selections of Salon Ownership and Management.

• The Salon Compensation and Pricing Calculator, an 8-page spreadsheet system that makes salon compensation and pricing calculation as simple as data entry. The best part? The system is enabled with protections to make it impossible to “break” the formulas!
• The Salon Compensation and Pricing Guide, a 44-page instruction manual that not only explains how to use the system but also explains every formula so you’re never confused about what the numbers mean or where they came from.
• A 9-page Employer Obligations Information Sheet to keep you from making very common life-destroying mistakes.
• Be Worth What You Charge, an 11-page checklist and salon evaluation resource.
• An excerpt from Salon Ownership and Management, Competing with Non-Compliant Salons, a kickass 9-page anxiety eraser for stressed out salon owners who dread the words, “But the place down the street pays 50%…”

The Salon Compensation and Pricing Calculator includes projection tables and a method for determining you salon’s hourly performance goal. Every important number you need to know will be calculated for you, including your hourly operational cost, direct labor, and monthly/weekly/hourly overhead expenses.

This system allows salon owners to evaluate three compensation systems:

• Hourly Pay plus Tiered Commission Bonuses
• Commission vs Hourly
• Hourly plus Commission

NEW: UK Features
Within the file, you’ll find two versions of the Compensation & Pricing Calculator. The UK version supports VAT calculation, includes a field for calculating national insurance, and shows all currency in pounds sterling.

After clicking the Buy Now button, you’ll be directed to Paypal. Once your payment is complete, you can expect two email receipts—one from Paypal confirming your payment, and one from me with a unique download link and instructions for opening the zipped folder. This unique link will expire after 24 hours and spam filters are very aggressive, so if you don’t receive your receipt with your download link at all, don’t sweat it! Just click the Your Account button in the menu bar. You’ll be able to access your downloadable files from there whenever you like.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

I absolutely do not advise trying to use this system on a mobile device. (Have you ever tried to work Excel on a small screen without a mouse? It’s a nightmare.)

This system is only compatible with Microsoft Excel and Excel for Mac. I cannot guarantee compatibility with any other program.

This file is a ZIP file (compressed). The contents will need to be extracted after download in order for them to be accessible. If your phone/tablet does not have this capability, there are apps you can download to extract contents from zip files, but for best results, download the files on a laptop or desktop computer, extract the files there, and then send them to your mobile devices if you like to read on the go. (If you attempt to access a zip folder on a mobile device that doesn’t know what a zip folder is, you’ll get a screen full of random jibberish, which is pretty in its own way, but definitely not useful.)

The text files are PDFs and will require an application capable of reading PDFs to view them.

NO RETURNS OR REFUNDS

Downloadable items aren’t eligible for returns or refunds since there’s no way to verify deletion of a downloadable file. All sales are final. If you have any pre-purchase questions that aren’t answered in the item listing, email them to letstalk@thisuglybeautybusiness.com. Please note that I only reply to emails Monday-Friday during business hours. Thanks!

UPDATES

8/27/2018: Some users were experiencing wonky permission issues on Apple devices that were locking certain cells that should not have been locked. While I still cannot guarantee compatibility on Apple devices, I can (mostly) guarantee that the permission issues have been fixed.

11/4/2019: New content added! The Salon Compensation and Pricing Megakit now includes the document Competing with Non-Compliant Salons. I made some cosmetic changes to the spreadsheet, altering some colors to separate certain tables from others on the same sheet. A few erroneous notes were deleted as well.

6/24/2020: New content added! The spreadsheet now has a UK version with tools for calculating VAT and national insurance.

• Rental Salon Ownership 101: A 22-page comprehensive guide to rental salon ownership that breaks down everything you need to know in language you can understand.
• The Rent Calculator: A spreadsheet system that will automatically calculate your rental rates for you.
• The Rent Calculator Guide: A 6-page instruction manual that will walk you through the spreadsheet in simple steps so you understand what your numbers mean.
• The Rental Salon Owner’s Lease Component Checklist: What makes a perfect lease that’s appealing to tenants, protects landlords, and fair to both parties? This checklist covers the terms and covenants every great lease should contain.
• The Sample Lease Agreement: Against my better judgement, I have included a sample lease agreement. This lease is not meant to be used as a template, but to illustrate what a formal lease agreement looks like. Feel free to use this tool when drafting your lease terms, but never, EVER use it in your own business until a qualified attorney has reviewed and approved it.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

The Rent Calculator is only compatible with Microsoft Excel and Excel for Mac. I cannot guarantee compatibility with any other program.

This file is a ZIP file (compressed). The contents will need to be extracted after download in order for them to be accessible. If your phone/tablet does not have this capability, there are apps you can download to extract contents from zip files, but for best results, download the files on a laptop or desktop computer, extract the files there, and then send them to your mobile devices if you like to read on the go. (If you attempt to access a zip folder on a mobile device that doesn’t know what a zip folder is, you’ll get a screen full of random jibberish, which is pretty in its own way, but definitely not useful.)

UPDATE LOG

• No updates or additions yet! When changes are made to this downloadable, you’ll find information about it here!

NO RETURNS OR REFUNDS

Downloadable items aren’t eligible for returns or refunds since there’s no way to verify deletion of a downloadable file. All sales are final. If you have any pre-purchase questions that aren’t answered in the item listing, email them to letstalk@thisuglybeautybusiness.com. Thanks!

• templates for every salon policy imaginable
• placement and wording recommendations
• scripts for communicating policies
• enforcement tips, and
• enforcement correspondence.

I’ve also provided guidelines for creating and effectively communicating any additional polices your salon may require in the future and a suggested appointment reminder schedule with reminder templates.

After clicking the Buy Now button, you’ll be directed to Paypal. Once your payment is complete, you can expect two email receipts—one from Paypal confirming your payment, and one from me with a unique download link and instructions for opening the zipped folder. This unique link will expire after 3 hours and spam filters are very aggressive, so if you don’t receive your receipt with your download link at all, don’t sweat it! Just click the Your Account button in the menu bar. You’ll be able to access your downloadable files from there whenever you like.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

COMPATIBILITY: To view this PDF file, you’ll require a PDF viewer like Adobe Acrobat. (Most computers and laptops have this already, but if you’re on a mobile device, you may need to install an app to read PDFs.)

DOWNLOADING ON MOBILE DEVICES: This file is a ZIP file (compressed). The contents will need to be extracted after download in order for them to be accessible. If your phone/tablet does not have this capability, there are apps you can download to extract contents from zip files, but for best results, download the files on a laptop or desktop computer, extract the files there, and then send them to your mobile devices if you like to read on the go. (If you attempt to access a zip folder on a mobile device that doesn’t know what a zip folder is, you’ll get a screen full of random jibberish, which is pretty in its own way, but definitely not useful.)

NO RETURNS OR REFUNDS

Downloadable items aren’t eligible for returns or refunds since there’s no way to verify deletion of a downloadable file. All sales are final. If you have any pre-purchase questions that aren’t answered in the item listing, email them to letstalk@thisuglybeautybusiness.com. Thanks!