About this episode

In this episode, Lauren Lappin shares her checklist for raising salon service prices efficiently and discusses the common procrastination around price increases in the beauty industry.

Salon Goals Academy - doors are OPEN, 30 founding member spots only: https://www.laurenlappin.com.au/salon-goals-academy Putting your prices up. The task beauty business owners procrastinate on more than any other, and the one that costs you the most while you wait for the "right time". I've been raising my prices twice a year, every year, for a long time. And this year I was almost two weeks late doing it. In this episode I'm sharing why that didn't matter, and then walking you through my exact checklist, step by step, so your next price rise takes an afternoon instead of six months of overthinking. Why price rises get procrastinated, and why this one was two weeks late [00:00] . You can raise your prices any time, you're the one who makes the decisions [02:22] . The profit calculator spreadsheet that checks every service [04:12] . The padding time mistake that quietly kills your profit [06:30] . Checking competitor pricing, and who's actually comparable [09:15] . Updating your booking system and website [12:07] . The Timely trick that fixes hundreds of existing bookings in one go [15:39] . The team script for pushback, plus a golden nugget from Angela Kennedy [17:46] . No…

People in this episode

Host: Lauren Lappin

Topics covered

• price increase
• beauty business
• checklist
• profit calculation
• competitor analysis
• booking system
• team communication

Keywords

• salon pricing
• service price rise
• beauty industry
• profit calculator
• booking updates
• team scripts
• Salon Goals Academy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Salon Goals Academy, Timely

Places: Australia

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