Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

On Friday, March 30th the Minardi Hair Salon at 8 Park Avenue in Madison, New Jersey, will “spin hair into gold” with a fundraising event to benefit the American Cancer Society. Entitled Beauty Will Cure, from 10 AM until closing

time, one hundred percent of the proceeds from all washes, cuts and color at the Minardi Salon, will be donated to the fight against cancer.

Salon owner Salvatore Minardi, is hosting the event in honor of his late sister Mari Minardi Goldberg, who passed away in 2004.  He is inviting other salons in the area to participate in this year’s fundraiser, and hopes that eventually, Beauty Will Cure will become a national event, with hair salons all over the country donating one day of their proceeds to the American Cancer Society.

“Beauty and hair are central to making a person feel confident and good about themselves,” says Minardi. “In the fight against cancer, feeling beautiful is half the battle.”

The Beauty Will Cure event at the Minardi Salon is one of the kick-off events leading up to the American Cancer Society’s Starry Night Gala taking place on Saturday, May 12th at the Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, NJ.

The Minardi Salon was named one of America’s best hair salons by ELLE Magazine, and is celebrating its 11th anniversary. To make an appointment for Beauty Will Cure, and for more information, call 973-443-4455 or visit www.salvatoreminardisalon.com.

Modern Salon TV’s Jack Panico interviews Salvatore Minardi, Fashion Week 2012

Anyone that knows me, knows that I am all about making a plan and putting it into action. This is what I call “Dream into Action.“

As a hair professional, you have to asked yourself, “what am I going to do this year to grow my business.” If you hoping that things will miraculously go well and the business will grow, you might be in for a surprise. Leaving things to chance is a recipe for disaster. How can you make your employees more productive, how can you maximize your merchandising and floor space, how can you incentiv-ize your employee performance?

Part of my educational offering to Salon Owners is help in “Creating a Vision” for your business, creating a business plan complete with strategy, action plan, benchmarks and ways to measure your success and return on investment. My consultation is geared towards helping you jump start your business, with the most efficient use of your time and resources and getting your business on track to sustainable and measurable growth.

As artists, we are often guilty of not paying attention to the actual business part of our business. I invite you to give me a call to set an appointment so I can begin to help you realize your full potential as business owner. 201-443-4455

Chao Chao, Salvatore

This article is from my good friend Andrew Finkelstein’s, “The Finkelstein Report.”

It’s no secret that owning and operating a successful salon isn’t a walk in the park.

Anyone who’s telling you different has to get their head examined.

But just like any other successful businesses in this world every successful salon started with a person’s dream – the dream was communicated to others who “bought into” it.

And their collective energies made the dream come true.

More than likely you have a dream about your salon, too. But in the daily grind of running the business, you may have forgotten that dream.

And if you did, then now is the time to resurrect it. And if you didn’t, now is the time to review it – using your heart, your mind and your imagination.

Why? Because you’re the leader, and your people are counting on you – because they want to be part of a successful salon – a salon that has direction – that’s “going somewhere” and they don’t want to be part of something that’s drifting – because something that’s drifting is listless and has no energy.

So you’ve got to give your salon energy and channel its power, so that you can transform your dream into a reality.

Remember you’re the leader, and leaders need to show their followers the “promised land”, to give them the road map on how, together, you’re going to get there.

The question then becomes – exactly how do I do that?
You do that by starting with a road map or plan.

Ok so you’re thinking – oh no not a plan!

• Plans are for big companies and we’re just a local salon business
• Plans seems so stogy and I feel like a “suit” when I try to create one
• I’m afraid I’ll be trapped by my plan – and I work best when I feel free
• I’ve planned before and nothing happened
• I planned but when I shared the plan with my team they  thought I was smoking something.
• I really don’t know how to plan
• I could never achieve but a small fraction of what I planned
• I planned but then things got so busy I couldn’t execute on the plan

Believe me all these statements are very real.

But I can tell you one of the biggest lessons I learned when operating a group of salons, and a lesson I followed my own salon business with was this: making a plan and using it is the only way to create a successful salon business.

But the plan has to be practical.

And practical means short – not some big fancy document that only would end up collecting dust.

No, it’s One PAGE! YES, One Page long – no nonsense here – who has time for that! I didn’t – you don’t.

There can’t be a wasted word in this plan…you want beef – not hamburger helper!

And it has to be SMART.

So what does this look like?

I’ll break it down for you. Your One Page Plan has only five parts to it.

1. Your vision: describes what you want this salon to be in a few years.
2. Your mission – describes why your salon exists
3. Your objectives – lists the measurable results you want to accomplish this year.
4. Your strategies – describes how your salon will achieve its objectives
5. Action Plans – Lists the projects you’re going to do this year

Sound simple to create? It is – and I’ve never found a salon owner who after putting their mind to it couldn’t create a plan for themselves.

For example Salvatore Minardi creates a One Page Plan for his salon every year.

At the beginning of the year he meets with his eight person salon and reviews the plan with them – making sure to have everyone on the same page.

The results? Salvatore told me “instead of being paralyzed (you know how easy it is to become stuck with all the doom and gloom news we’ve had) he follows the plan which gives him “a purposeful course of action”.

And what does that purposeful course of action lead to? Salon sales and profits that have grown three years in a row.

Salvatore’s secret weapon is his One Page Plan. For a copy of Salvatore’s plan click here.

Want to get started with your own plan?  Book yourself out for an hour, download the FREE TEMPLATE and start filling in the blanks.

Quotation: Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending – Maria Robinson

Wild, Wavy and Red

Salvatore Minardi, explores red, really red, wild and wavy style for 2012. Modern Salon Magazine Artist session was the venue for this exploration of wild and vibrant color.

On Friday, May 20, 2011, Salvadore Minardi Salon, in conjunction with the American Cancer Society sponsored “ Beauty Will Cure”.

“Beauty Will Cure”  is an annual all-day haircutting event held at the Minardi salon. The proceeds of which, were donated to the American Cancer Society to fight breast cancer.

The Minardi family, has been touched by breast cancer in the most profound way. The fight to cure this disease is personal for them.  For the past several years, this has been an annual event. This year, we are proud to say, was our most successful year ever.

The salon and the entire staff dedicated the entire day to this event.  The salon and staff donated 100% of their fees for every cut color and treatment to this great cause. Thanks to generous support of clients of the Minardi Salon and the community for the outstanding support, the event raised $2450.

Later that evening, the American Cancer Society held a black-tie affair titled  “ Starry Night Gala”. Salvador Minardi,It’s auctioned off a cut, color and style in Minardi Salon, New York City which raised an additional $1500.

“American Cancer Society at our 4 th Annual Starry Night Gala. The event was a tremendous success and we could have not done it without you. Together,we raised over $250,000 for the American Cancer Society’s vital programs and services.”

Been a good couple of weeks for Salvatore Minardi

Salvatore Minardi Salon wages war against cancer with a special beauty event- ALL proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society

The renown Salvatore Minardi Salon is fighting cancer in a big way! On Friday, May 20 from 10 AM – 5 PM at the Salvatore Minardi Salon located at 8 Park Avenue in Madison, NJ, will be are using their unique talents to serve others, creating beauty for clients and hope for victims of cancer.

The Minardi Family has a special interest in this cause as breast cancer has touched them in the most profound way.

We are asking everyone to do their part by scheduling appointments or dropping in for haircut, color, design, and/or styling services. To show our appreciation, we will be offering a 15% discount on our services and the proceeds got to a great cause.

Salvatore Minardi Salon is celebrating its ten-year anniversary and also its tenth year of cutting for the cure. Salvatore Minardi Salon has been named by ELLE Magazine as one of the best salons in the United States for the past several years.

This year, the Salvatore Minardi Salon has the direct support of the American Cancer Society which has pledged its support with outreach to a wider public and we anticipate a very busy event.

For the first time, the Salvatore Minardi Salon is donating 100% of ALL services, not just haircuts, to the cause. We will also be auctioning a personal hair color, cut and design experience with Salvatore Minardi at the NYC Minardi Salon.

Join Us for this festive event. Coverage Invited. Sponsors encouraged. Interviews welcome. Refreshments will be served.

Please support this great cause. If you are unable to attend please make a donation.

For more information please call 973-443-4455

What: “Beauty Will Cure” All-Day Event
Where: Salvatore Minardi Salon, 8 Park Avenue Madison, NJ
When: Friday, May 20, 2011 from 10 AM

I’m attending Artist Sessions in NYC this April 11 & 12 and suggest you do too.  Last year I was re energized by the wide range of creative professionals essential to the making of a successful photo shoot that consequently builds our reputations and our businesses.  Last year, this landed my model on the cover of Modern Salon. Check out my Paris inspiration that was covered by Modern Salon http://modernsalon.com/ArtistSession.aspx to promote the many benefits of the upcoming Artists Sessions.

Roberto Ligresti, my long time friend and colleague, expertly captures my vision

Intercoiffure Miami Salvatore Minardi

Go behind this scenes of this year’s amazing Intercoiffure America•Canada (ICA)’s Spring Symposium in Miami! Watch for ICA President Lois Christie, celebrity stylist Oribe, ICA Fashion Director Vivienne Mackinder, John Moroney of P&G Salon Professionals, Daniel Langer of Oribe Hair Care, colorist Salvatore Minardi, celebrity colorist Jo Blackwell-Preston—and more