News Archive for January, 2017

Your indoor tanning business isn’t one size fits all; it’s not a factory. However, unless your customers know why you’re different, they probably think they can put their money down on the counter and get the same tanning experience anywhere. …

By Megan Knoll, Seidman College of Business, Grand Valley State University

When it comes to training your employees, is it really best to just have them learn as they go? Statistics and commentary on the subject show that many employees …

By Brandon Cardinal, Norvell Sunless

Are you ever confused as to what it is you do at your salon when it comes to spray tanning, sunless tanning and or self-tanning. It is our job as an industry to define what …

“The dogma, now fossilized in print, is that any tan is a sign of skin damage. Tell that to Darwin. Pigmented melanocytes in the skin are a system that protects it from excessive UV, which evolved long before the advent …

Tanning salon owners and employees are known for going above and beyond with customer service in countless ways, but this one has got to be a first:

When a sinkhole suddenly opened in the parking lot of a Pennsylvania Hollywood …

GQ Magazine provided the world with a fascinating glimpse into the life of a celebrity spray tan artist as part of its “Raise Your Game” series on successful professionals from various walks of life.

Dante Fitzgerald of Beach Bum Tanning …

Are you familiar with the most powerful word in marketing? It’s not the four-letter word typically associated with that claim.

For years, you’ve probably heard that the most powerful word is “free.” Other people will suggest that it’s “sex” or …

While focusing their efforts on bringing more clients in, building new revenue streams, and cutting costs, it seems that too many indoor tanning business operators have overlooked an obvious key to success: Become more efficient at selling to your current …