Meet Sam Austin-Smith. Sam knows about hairdressing from the inside out. Sam’s dad is Alan Austin-Smith, founder of The Fantastic Hairdresser, so she was raised from a young age to know what good hairdressing business looks like and how it can run.
From watching Alan at work, to becoming business manager for the family company and working with thousands of salon owners and teams, Sam has immersed herself in the hairdressing industry. Now she’s ready to share what she knows. And what Alan knows, too! The launch of the Floomly business coaching to software means you can access a fuss-free, user-friendly salon softwareprogramme designed to make running a profitable salon business as easy as 1, 2, 3.
Meet Floomly
It’s no secret that hairdressers and salon owners are often right-side of the brain thinkers, ie arguably more creative and artistic than analytical or methodical. Floomly runs with this and is devised as a programme that is appealing to use – with exciting graphics and upbeat layouts, comments and quotes to prompt you. In short, it’s very accessible and intuitive. Sam tells us: “We get so much feedback from salon owners who were dreading the changeover andworrying how the team would react, but it’s extremely user friendly, with lots of littlequirks that we’ve made with the individual in mind, (and quite pretty if we do say so!)…People fall in love with it pretty quickly.”
For example, the Dashboard is a simplified snapshot of your business, including ONLY the information you need to know, in an incredibly fast and clear way. So you’re not wasting time searching for reports or functions. Importantly, it is focussed on profit.
What’s the Floomly ethos?
Sam is clear on this: “We do feel that we have a responsibility to support growth, not only with salon owners and their businesses but to the salon industry as a whole. It’ssomething we’re extremely concerned about that desperately needs time and attention -areas such as recruitment are only going to get more difficult for salon owners.”
Putting profit above all else, Floomly is all about helping you achieve the profits you need to keep your business flourishing. Floomly is the response to 30 years of working with thousands of hairdressing businesses of all shapes and sizes. Part of the USP for Floomly is being in the story with you. This is a salon management system that takes away thanks so much guess work. You load it up with information about what you are offering service wise, your costs and your aspirations for profit. Floomly helps you stay on track as you can constantly reference your salon’s position in real time. From first thing on a Monday to last thing on a Sunday, you can access where you are in achieving your target for that month, quarter or year. This gives you the option to make alterations and be responsive while you’re working. No more staring at a profit-and-loss sheet at year end wondering what happened?!
A Team Hub
A team hub in the programme means you can also drill down into the figures in real time and assess how any part of your business or team is performing. You can set individual targets, and Floomly offers you help and guidance in how to motivate your team, reward achievement and keep everyone upbeat.
For all users, you and your team (you can limit access to certain areas obviously), there is a wonderful look and feel to Floomly. The layout and graphics have been designed with hairdressing in mind – the high percentage of people with Dyslexia (some undiagnosed) informed the choice of fonts and the use of lots of white space to help. Adapting to new technology can also sometimes be overwhelming or scary but there’s a 4-week on-boarding period to give you time to get familiar.
Partnerships
Floomly gives you instant access to the industry’s leading education platform built by Alan Austin-Smith and The Fantastic Hairdresser company. It’s embedded in the Floomly software. There is also an automatic sign up to Salonspy to help you monitor reviews and grow your visibility!
There’s so much more to learn about Floomly; it’s best to see for yourselves! Jump over to the Floomly site to admire the view, and read the content. We’ll leave you with the key quote from Sam and her team of salon experts. “Our core belief is that business data is worthless unless you know what you need, you know how to find it, and you know what to do with it when you find it!”
Visit: www.floomly.com
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