Do you stop giving treatment that do not seem popular ?

[jayt]

Hi Geeks

I just wanted to know if you take treatments off your list if you find you are not doing them, Or do you try to remarket them ? Also do you take treatmnet off your list for other reasons ? for example I have eyelash perming but do not offer this as I have only managed to practise on a few people and really dont enjoy giving the treatment, so I have never put it on my treatment list.

what do you do ?

 

[satinbaby]

Hi hun up to you really i dont have any treatments on my price list that i dont enjoy doing !!!! For example im trained in tanning but hate it so dont offer it ... i specalise in the other treatment areas and love it.... Eyelash perming can be a very profitable treatment if done correctly .... you could put up some b4 and after pics and im sure you will have more interest ... however if you dont like doing it theres no point but you have to look at how much you have lost in training and products.... etc etc
good luck hunnie watever you decide to do xx

 

[LADY STARDUST]

I agree you dont have to do everything you're trained in, just the ones you're comfortable and confident doing. Eyelash perming is one that i offer that i dont really get much call for but ill still do the treatment if anyone requests it.
Having said that i've taken nail enhancements off my treatment list as im just not confident in them what-so-ever. So until i can afford more training i wont be offering it...xXx

 

[Martin Duffy]

If you have an unpopular treatment it's sometimes worth analysing why; has it been promoted, do you tell clients about it, do you enjoy doing it (sometimes lask of enthusiasm comes across to the client), is it too expensive/cheap & so forth.

But before ditching it alltogether try taking it off the pricelist & then relaunching it under a different name, or in a package, at a seasonally appropriate time & then promote it like mad. I've done this with body treatments in the past & have found it works really well. In particular I have done it with chocolate pedicures in the autumn, leg & thigh treatments at the beginning of the summer & sinus drainage treatments in the winter.

 

[Blue Rose]

I've had many menu changes over the years where I've added treatments then due to lack of interest, taken them off again. Eye lash perming is a good example - no matter what promotions we've done for this treatment, it's just not sold. So much so that the solutions have become ineffective so I've not replaced the stock.

We're very service led in the salon so our facials & body treatments aren't popular in that we don't get new clients phoning up to book in for them. Once they become a client they see our monthly special promotions for the face & body so tend to book in that way.

I'm in the process of getting new price lists done & have taken the decision this year to take a lot of our treatments off the menu as this will save 000's of £££ in printing costs :green:. These treatments will still be listed on my website & I will still continue to promote them with our monthly offers.

It's surprising aswell how just changing the name of a treatment can work at getting more bookings.

 

[hippy-chick]

firstly, we go into this business to do what we want not because we feel we outta.
if you don't like doing something - don't do it.
I trained in mani and pedi and don't enjoy doing them so don't advertise them although I am covered to do them by my insurance. I sometimes take elements of treatments and add them to others.

if a treatment isn't popular I sometimes over it in a package (as Sarah above does).

some treatments I have decided not to re-purchase the products and have taken them off my menu.

I also find that I get feast or famine with some treatments, at the moment I am getting a lot of facials and hopi ear candle treatments booked, usually I do a lot of massage and reflexology.

 

[~cHeRiSh~]

We are just finishing the re-writing of our price list for 2010 and have taken off some treatments that just aren't popular despite promotions etc and have renamed others, and added some fresh new up to date treatments to keep the clients interested.

 

[Blue Rose]

I think it's important to update your treatment menu at least once or twice a year as there's nothing worse (IMO anyway) than getting 'menu fatigue'.

Like going to a restaurant that very rarely changes the menu. What happens? You stop going...

 

[champagne]

The whole Idea of my career change was to do something I enjoy doing.....

If I dont like it im not doing it lol ...Oh how bad does that sound....

But for me .... Its all about the enjoyment ......God I love my job lol