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Old 08-14-2007, 11:07 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Re: quite literally @ WAR with other salon! haha

you def have b al ls! i also agree this is not cool. it makes u look desperate. you could easily out do them without rubbing it in there face.....worry less about their salon and more about your own.

PS: your making it personal. Competition is about business.
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Business practices like these don't win clients. Just keep the clients you have and give them incentive to tan with you, and never badmouth the competition, it makes you look weak.
That is exactly what I was thinking while reading his novel.
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Old 08-14-2007, 11:50 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Youve got 2 years of life on Nigel and hes got 10 on you in wisdom.
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Re: quite literally @ WAR with other salon! haha

Your posts amuse me always something odd. Your business practices are not ethical nor do they represent you in a good manner makes you look like a "TOOL".
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I have a salon that opened across from me. I have made a special effort to not say anything negative, nor solicit their parking lot. Even when one of my tanners roamed over there and they were saying some horrible things about me, I just responded "oh well, guess they have never been here." I don’t even shop them so they don’t think I am trying to start something. I figure I have been here for 8 years it will all work out. I have had my tanners that ventured off for a bit over there come back to me since they could not handle the negative attitude they had towards other salons.

Be careful, there are always a million reasons one can get sued. In your story alone there is harassment, video taping/recording without permission, trespassing, libel. If the other salon wanted to stoop to your level they would could sue you and own your salon also...at least take a large portion of your money and make you go under.

If you are so great, why do you have to bribe your customers with trips? It does not seem cost effective to do that. I would spend my marketing budget on just getting my name out there in a positive way and stop using all my energy towards trying to damage another salons reputation. It just makes you look catty and unprofessional.

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Re: quite literally @ WAR with other salon! haha

first thing that popped into my head is how long have you been open? Are you wasting all this money on trips and printing flyers and then gonna be hurting in the slow season? Regardless.....this is not something to be proud of....
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While I would never engage in the kind of guerilla marketing tactics he's talking about, I can't help but admire him a little for his guts in doing it. I mean let's face it, business is "war" in a sense, and those who fail to recognize that early on do not always succeed to the levels they could have otherwise. Of course nobody wants their competition fishing for their customers in their own parking lots - but it only makes sense if you want to make sure the "right" people see your ads.
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I have to concur with the majority here. Pretty wise ideas but not good ethics. JMO
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If I was one of their employees I would sign up for the sign on bonus and learn what you are doing then quit and go back my old salon, taking my sweet sign on bonus. Heck if you were closer I would take you up on the sign on bonus.

Wait, doesnt war require two parties actively participating?
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