How to reduce no-shows in a salon: how I cut mine down (one example)
Intro
I used to dread certain names popping up in the diary.
Not because the clients were rude. Mostly they weren't.
But because I knew there was a decent chance they just wouldn't show.
It messes with everything. Wages. Mood. The day's flow.
And the worst part is the weird awkwardness after.
In my case, once I stopped winging it and put a simple system in place, my no-shows dropped a lot. In one stretch, it worked out at up to 60% fewer no-shows. That's just my example. Results vary. But the changes themselves are simple and worth trying.
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