How to get spray tan business off the ground

[becky]

Hi all
Im going on a spray tan course next week and wanted some advice on how to get a mobile spray tan business going?
Any advice you have will help
Many thanks
Becky x

 

[joe90]

Your course should cover all this for you next week. Good luck and have fun!

 

[steve@nouvatan]

it takes time to build up your clients so dont expect to be mad busy straight away,in my experiance news paper adds are a no no does any body really read the adds any more?
word of mouth is by far the best way to build your client base,do a few free tans,the local barmaids,a hairdresser,school teacher at the kids schools,ect just to get people talking "have you been on hols?" and then they will get to see the results for them selves ask the free tan people to pass on your business cards, it will cost you £1.50 in solution per person and they are a walking advertisement,:lol:
also facebook bebo ect are free ways to get it out and about that you have started a new venture, gum tree offer a free internet adds service its also a good way to reach new clients
A leaflet posting is a bit hit and miss, you could be posting leaflets through the doors of africans asians middle aged single men ect much better to stand in your town centre and hand leaflets out to people who look like they would want a spray tan,they get to see you and you can talk to them about prices and pre prep ect
we offer marketing advice to our customers and provide leaflets ect for there use i am sure the company your going with will do the same hth and good luck its a great buisness to be in :lol::lol:

 

[becky]

Thanks guys

Steve the course is with Nouvatan, at the liverpool training centre

Thanks for the advice

 

[realisticbeauty]

Find out if the company you are going with give you leaflets. I trained with tantrick and they gave me some ideas at the training day how to advertise, but they also give you free leaflets with each order and there is space on the leaflets to put your contact details and price. I put all of this down and put leaflets through local doors i went to the local gym and gave leaflets to them to give out and they gave me some to hand out. I went to the local hairdressers and gave them leaflets and again they gave me leaflets also i done a tan on one of the girls in the hairdressers and she got me 4 clients just from that tan and all 3 of them still come to me now. Also i stood outside 3 schools when it came to prom time as they all want tans for their proms. Pamper parties is a good idea to start off.
I would say for the first month or two do the tans at a discounted rate as this will get more people in so that you can build up your tanning skills and it will entice people in with a low price.
hth

 

[bronzebrunette]

when i did my training we were given a business plan example and the lady doing the training talked alot about scenarios on how to gain clients, mostly through word of mouth - your wanting people to see someone you have tanned, stop and ask them where they got that fab tan!! lol with sunlabs they do sell leaflets that have space on the back to write your own contact details and im assuming novatan will do these as well that you can buy from them online or maybe you'll get a reduced rate on your training day??