My grooming salon is celebrating our 1 year in about 2 weeks. It has been a very turbulent year. And I am questioning myself, Did I make it? Groomers around me are ALL booked out acouple weeks, I can't even book out 2 days!
I have had LOTS of clients come once, and NEVER return. Many have said "I don't like the way you groom" and I think they are just using that as an excuse to use my 10.00 off coupon, JUST to save money, then return to their previous groomer.
I opened my salon just 2 weeks out of school, and although I was still wet behind the ears. I can groom with the best of them now.
There are weeks that I am grooming 20+ dogs per week, and then I have weeks where I groom maybe 10.... Am I doing something wrong. I am just curious how other new salons were doing their first year.
Last week, I only had about 25 dogs. This week I have 12 booked *CHRISTMAS WEEK* That scares me. It makes me wonder if my business is slowly fading.
I have had LOTS of clients come once, and NEVER return. Many have said "I don't like the way you groom" and I think they are just using that as an excuse to use my 10.00 off coupon, JUST to save money, then return to their previous groomer.
I opened my salon just 2 weeks out of school, and although I was still wet behind the ears. I can groom with the best of them now.
There are weeks that I am grooming 20+ dogs per week, and then I have weeks where I groom maybe 10.... Am I doing something wrong. I am just curious how other new salons were doing their first year.
Last week, I only had about 25 dogs. This week I have 12 booked *CHRISTMAS WEEK* That scares me. It makes me wonder if my business is slowly fading.
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