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Why isn't my business working?
10-15-2012, 08:03 PM
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Why isn't my business working?
I started a business around 3 months ago. We have gone from about 5 customers in 1 month to about triple however it's not enough to pay the bills.

I know it's early days but i am worried, the growth is very slow and what if we don't ever make a profit.

It simply doesn't make sense to me because well, i run a beauty salon and hairdressers. We are by far the cheapest around. Some places in our area even charging double what we charge. Our prices mean we need 2, 1 hour customers a day to break even. But we are not even getting that, it doesn't make sense because all these other expensive places are booming, fully booked even. I understand they're not new but i would have thought we'd have taken enough customers by now with our prices and nice salon.

We have been using advertising methods such as Groupon, Wowcher, Leafleting (not much), billboards in the town center, internet, Facebook. We are situated in the town center although in a market hall that isn't exactly thriving but we rely on pre planned visits not simply walk ins.

One of our therapists are constantly being tipped and praised for being able to get their knots out like no one else. With promised rebooks but we never seem to hear back from that many people.

I am going to run out of money at this rate, anyone have some suggestions on how any more advertising or how to build up our client base?

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Why isn't my business working? - erm - 10-15-2012 08:03 PM
[] - Roger - 10-15-2012, 08:11 PM
[] - Kernow Man - 10-15-2012, 08:11 PM
[] - Louise S - 10-15-2012, 08:11 PM
[] - M W - 10-15-2012, 08:11 PM

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