#10: Gifting the client

Every month we publish the e-newsletter for our customers to enjoy. I write an article or two, usually from a cosmetologist's point of view, about a particular topic. I just finished a piece for the next issue on retailing e-Cure Treatment products for salon clientele. As I submitted the article, I realized there were no photos of the retail items we offer to salons. So today our marketing guru Michael and I made some gift baskets for clients who are getting married, celebrating an anniversary, having a baby, moving, starting a new job, etc. Whatever the occasion clients become loyal to stylists who give them a personal experience, as opposed to just a shampoo/cut/style. It is well worth it to invest some time into making special thank-you gifts to your clients. Or just wrap up the retail items like gifts for clients to purchase for themselves or as gifts to otheres.
My article is going to look fantastic. Hopefully will inspire others. I would love to see what you come up with. Please post your pics of your ideas on our facebook page. There are so many occasions a client will need a gift for and so many occasions you can "gift" your client:

• Anniversary: Milestone Wedding Annversary- 1st, 5th, 10th, 25th, 40th, 50th; Dating Anniversary: 6th month, annual; Company Anniversary: 1st year, 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th...

• Birthday: 1st, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 75th, 100th

• Graduation: Pre-School, Kindergarten, Grammar/Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College, Graduate School, Technical School

• Religious: First Communion, Baptism, Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah

Baby Shower	Good Luck
Congratulations!	Encouragement
I miss you	Remember when...?
Housewarming	New Baby (Pamper Mom)
Retirement	Bridal Shower
Condolence	Sympathy
Get Well/Feel Better	Bon Voyage
Welcome Home	Hello again
Best Friend	Thank You
What would I do without you?	Love you!
I'm sorry	World's Best Mom, Dad, Brother, etc
Can't live without you.	Thinking about you

#8 Happy Friday! Favorite youtube videos

I love to learn new things, but history and science are two of the topics I am most fascinated by. I keep myself entertained and informed in a variety of ways, including Youtube videos.
Youtube links I enjoy include the Vlogbrothers and The Creepy Bard. Actually, I have met the Bard and seen him perform in Central Park. He was kind enough to autograph his cd for me and we've been friends ever since.

John and Hank Green are the Vlogbrothers. They each have separate channels as well as one together.

http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers Raising Nerdy to the power of awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9 Crash Course World History. John Green teaches you the history of the world in 40 Crash Course episodes.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3EED4C1D684D3ADF Crash Course Biology. Hank Green teaches you biology.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheCreepyBard/videos

Gather round to hear as David Anthony, The Creepy Bard regales you with songs of drinking, roving, fighting, and things to keep secret from your mother. You will laugh, cry, blush and wonder where you left the whiskey.

Throughout his travels, David Anthony, The Creepy Bard, has learned many great songs and ballads, from songs of gallantry meant to stir men to great deeds, to songs rife with metaphor and innuendo meant to make the ladies blush. Whether at a royal court or at a common pub, The Creepy Bard will entertain men, delight children, and charm the lassies right out of their corsets.
 David also frequents the Shire of Sterling in Tuxedo, New York, in the guise of Christopher Hatton, minstrel to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth.

And of course, the videos from Armada-USA, the company I work for:

http://youtu.be/tIqgECdTHPM How to do the e-Cure Treatment

http://youtu.be/eQYeJU5wXic the e-Cure Treatment at the International Beauty Show in NYC


I hope you find these videos as entertaining and informative as I have. Enjoy the weekend!

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Hi there,
I am the newest person to join the Armada-USA Team. As the on-staff stylist, I can answer questions from a behind-the-chair point of view. I've never written a blog before. My goal is to connect with other stylists and clients so that we can share information and experiences in order to help everyone achieve healthy, shiny, hair. I also enjoy discussing movies, cooking, shopping, music, theater, history, culture, travel, and odd news. I am fond of writing top ten lists as opposed to actual paragraphs. As a busy mom of three young boys, I love time saving tips and sales and discounts too!