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Best Plan for Beauty Professionals: Gratitude & Trust Go Hand-in-Hand

Top Beauty Professionals: You CAN Plan for Prosperity in 2016

Have you noticed?

Between Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve, much talk about gratitude fills the airwaves. You don’t have to look far for words of “encouragement” (often with $$$ attached) to feel the gratitude, love it, and buy it.

As if happiness could be bought.

Yes, appreciating what nurtures and sustains you in your life is a good thing. Many of our Members of the Month live by trust and grati...

Master Barber in Rosedale MD Tells All: Your #1 Biggest Advantage

Being a master barber in Rosedale MD has taught me one thing for sure...

In this competitive, fast-paced beauty industry, your number one most important advantage is not your hair skills. That’s important.

It’s not your location, although that’s important too.

Your MOST important asset is your PERSONALITY

Hi - I'm Troy Williams, Master Barber in Rosedale MD and here's the truth... 

Troy Williams: Award Winning Barber at Golden Ring in Rosedale MD

Meet Troy Williams at Salon Plaza Golden Ring - Member of the Month 

“This would be a perfect shopping center if there was a barbershop here.”

Before Salon Plaza opened in Rosedale MD, the strangest thing happened. I was shopping at Golden Ring and thought, “This would be an excellent place for a barbershop.”

TWO YEARS later Danielle Buckson called me – we used to work next door to each other. The first person to sign a lease at Salon Plaza Golden Ring, she...

Beauty Pros: How Social Media Can Be Easy, Fun & Make You Money

The TRUTH for Salon Owners & Independent Beauty Pros: Social Media Matters!

Winter is fast approaching. Is your salon business facing a cool down just before the Holiday rush?

Maybe your clients are staying warm in their homes, doing what most do, getting on social media. When you have breaks between clients, why not spend time with your connections online?

If you don’t, you could be missing out on a lot of business.

Salon Owners - Use Your Time Wisely

This is an optimal moment to bu...

5 Social Media Marketing 'Must Have' Tips for Salon Success

The TRUTH for Salon Owners & Independent Beauty Pros: Social Media Matters!

Winter is fast approaching. Is your salon business facing a cool down just before the Holiday rush?

Maybe your clients are staying warm in their homes, doing what most do, getting on social media. When you have breaks between clients, why not spend time with your connections online?

If you don’t, you could be missing out on a lot of business.

Salon Owners - Use Your Time Wisely

This is an optimal moment to b...

Open A Salon With Salon Plaza: Newlywed Completes 10 Hidden Rules

Who Else Saw Salon Plaza's... "10 Hidden Rules for Salon Owner Success"? Our September Member of the Month, Dina Sevajian, completes our countdown with Hidden Rules #5 through #1

A Paul Mitchell Educator and Salon Owner in Sterling VA, you may know her as hairstylist Dina Hyman...

This Newlywed just got back from her honeymoon in Costa Rica! If you ever wanted to open a salon, then check out Dina's...

Salon Owners & Booth Renters: 1 Connection Will Transform You 4 GOOD

Salon Owners & Salon Booth Renters: Do you HOPE you’ll succeed in living your Dream? Then this post is for YOU!

If you're a booth renter who wants to own a salon, you may worry that the competition is too great. You might even fear failing if you try.

Maybe you already own a salon and another shop is opening up right next door. Are you stressing out about them taking your business?

And still... you Dream to do what you LOVE without worry, stress or fear

What if I tell you that t...

Hair Salon in Sterling VA: "Dare to Dream" Gets Chosen For Top Honor

Announcing Salon Plaza’s October Member of the Month…

For the first time ever, we chose a duo team – newlyweds who own one of the top hair salons in Sterling, VA...

RORY SEVAJIAN and DINA HYMAN

Let’s congratulate them as they head off to their honeymoon in beautiful Costa Rica! We’ll share more of their story after they return. 

Until then, a brief introduction and description of their hair salon in Sterling is in order.

You'll get a link to their Dare to Dream hair studio, videos of how...

Salon Owner Success: Master the Consultation with These 5 Power Steps

Mastering the Consultation is a Salon Professional MUST DO! Are you just getting started in your salon? Or maybe you're a well-established salon owner!

Either way, if you’re like most beauty industry professionals, you want (need?) to draw in new customers and make more money.

After all your efforts to get someone new in your chair f

or the first time, there is something you MUST do…

Cosmetologists: 7 Days To Closer Relationships With Your Clients

Attention Cosmetologists: What can a 13th Century Persian poet tell salon owners and salon booth renters about how to build closer relationships with clients?

As it turns out:

PLENTY!

A poet of love and joy, Rumi is the most popular poet in the USA. His stanzas have been set to music and performed worldwide.

His poetry expresses what it feels like to be alive, helping us to understand our own search for connection and joy.

Build Lasting Relationships

One consistent quality of...