The holidays are just around the corner, and I’m going to give you a holiday gift – this podcast!  I’m going to share with you a checklist that I implement each and every holiday season.

I have been a spa owner, a practicing esthetician, and I’ve been in the treatment room every week for the last 15 years. The reality of the holiday season is that we want to be with our families and having fun, but it is also the time when our business can get really crazy busy.

This is an extra special gift because the content in this show is usually only available to my VIP-ers. You’ll definitely want to get on that list if you are a beauty business practitioner looking for really solid steps on how to market your business, how to become a better sales person, and how to keep clients flowing in to your practice. Click here to sign up if you’d like to become a VIP-er.

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It is all about working smarter, not harder.” – Lori Crete 

Show Notes:

• How to stay stress-free during the holidays
• What to do to prepare your business for the holidays
• Why online booking and online gift certificates help
• Which online resources I love and where to find them

My phone hardly ever rings anymore, and I just love waking up and grabbing my smartphone and seeing that appointments have been booked while I was catching some ZZZZs.” – Lori Crete

• Who to meet with and when to prepare for the holidays
• What to keep on hand at your business during the holidays
• How to prepare your personal life for a busy holiday season at work

Make sure you have your babysitter and your carpool systems in place in case you are planning on working a few extra hours. Now’s the time to start thinking about this.” – Lori Crete

My Holiday-Prep Checklist:

1. Get online bookings
2. Get online gift certificates
3. Get your inventory in order
4. Set up a coaching meeting with skin care vendor representatives at the end of October to create structured holiday inventory and gift offers
5. Create some special holiday spa protocols, and let your clients know about them
6: Make sure you have gift bags, pretty paper (I love Nashville Wraps), and physical gift certificates on hand, organized, and fully stocked
7. Have adequate backbar supplies
8. Make sure you have your babysitter and your carpool systems in place
9. Get your POA (Plan Of Action) into place if you are hosting a holiday event at your biz
10. Make time to do your own holiday shopping

What are you always running low on? And that is where you want to double the amount that you normally would order, at least to get you through the holiday season.” – Lori Crete

Links Mentioned:

• Schedulicity is an online booking site that gives you free booking up to your first 20 appointments
• This is where I get my Gift bags and Paper 
• The Gift Card Cafe is where you can get 50% off the set-up fee because you are visiting through my website
• You can also get other gift cards at VistaPrint or Moo
• My clients and I love The Soi Company candles

I am committed to having at least 10 of my best selling units on the shelves as of November 1st each year..” – Lori Crete