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Marketing a Children's Hair Salon!

Written by Jim Otto

In the exciting world of Children's Hair Salons, building brand awareness can be an exciting challenge and another way to run a smarter business. Not only is it important to use clever eye-catching marketing techniques in the community (such as what we discussed in our article Gorilla Marketing Strategies and Erin Nanke's Marketing in Des Moines), but it's also important to engage your customers through having an online presence by developing - and maintaining - a website and social media content.

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Awesome May Memorial Day Specials & More!

Written by Jim Otto

May Fun and Special Sales! 

Don't Forget Mother's DayWe love our moms, and for Mother's Day this year we've decided to offer free carnations as our way of saying "thank you" for all the hard work a mom does. So if you're a mother, be sure to come into your local Shear Madness Haircuts for Kids and receive your free carnation on Saturday, May 9th, as our stores will be closed on Mother's Day! 

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Increase Employee Job Satisfaction (and performance too!)

Written by Jim Otto

In the world of business, it can sometimes be an innocent oversight for a manager or business owner to become so focused on finding ways to connect and meet the needs of their customers, that they forget to find ways to connect and meet the needs of their team.

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Kids Hairstyles: Mousse Vs Gel?

Written by Jim Otto

Mousse or Gel? Our kids hair products are pH-balanced just for children, so baby hair mousse really is for babies, and hair Spiker really can fix a toddler’s Faux Hawk - all without finding the two of you in tears! Nevertheless, there are products that promote promising effects, but can unfortunately leave users wanting more. As an example,  Mousse is an expanding product by definition, which can sometimes damage a child's hair. And while Shear Madness does carry an all-natural foaming mousse that is ideal for course curls and has a fantastic fruity frangrance - we've found that bounce creme works with all hair types, so we recommend it above all others! Meanwhile, gels are too difficult to properly proportion when hair is fine or thin (or both), and tend to leave locks laden with layers of lackluster goop!
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7 Tips to Cultivate Happy Customers

Written by Jim Otto

Most businesses will spend a lot of time and energy working to acquire new customers and build up various products and services, while at the same time possibly causing their current customers to feel a little left out. In our fast paced world, it can be an easy thing to do. But it can also be a costly thing to do as well! Following are seven tips on how you can be sure you're cultivating happy customers, saving time and money - and growing new customers too!

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