News Archive for February, 2014

In her teenage years, Shell Kalka lounged at her local indoor tanning salon, dreaming about what she would do if she had one of her own and enjoying a rare moment of independence. For her, it was a relaxing place …

Vitamin D supplementation significantly decreased the severity of congestive heart failure and also improved other markers of the disease in a study published in 2013.

The research, published in the journal Congested Heart Failure, found that raising mean vitamin …

Handled properly, responding to criticism online is more than customer service – it’s marketing, the Inc.com article “How to Deal With Customer Complaints Online” explains. With hundreds, or even thousands, watching your social media pages, you have the opportunity to …

In a recent SmartTan.com poll, nearly two-thirds of indoor tanning businesses said that they have never updated their logo.

While this finding may be skewed by the presence of recently established salons, it’s somewhat concerning because your logo tells people …

Most people have very short memories about almost everything. Many salon owners also suffer from this as well. They wither forget or they lack the motivation to seek out and discover what was successful in the past. Here’s how this …

Eight new mini training courses are now available in the Smart Tan online store, designed to help salon supervisors and managers master their multifaceted roles as recruiters, trainers, motivators and more.

With tons of valuable information crammed into each …

The Inc.com article “Biggest Obstacle to Business Growth,” discusses the possibility that your own assumptions and self-limiting parameters may be the primary factor holding you back from business growth. Stop dwelling on the external limits that you can’t change, and …

Profit. Everyone wants it, but the journey to find more revenue leads us on many divergent paths – some of which never reach their fiscal destination. Others pay off with no end in sight, like striking a vein of gold.…