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Salon Iris Press Release

The Future is NOW!

Create a Helping Hand for Your Salon or Day Spa with Software Systems
By Tiffany Neumann

For Immediate Release: September 28, 2009

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Many salons and day spa owners may still wonder how utilizing state-of-the-art software technology will help them to become more successful. Computer technology has helped many salon and day spa owners as well as their salon and spa professionals to save a tremendous amount of time, by scheduling appointments in a few simple clicks, automating payroll, easily tracking client formula history, and more.

By selecting one of the many available salon and spa software system programs that exist on the market today, you can grow your business, too. The Salon Iris salon and spa software program is among one of the top competitors in their industry. With all their special features, it’s not hard to realize why. By taking online appointments, calculating payroll, keeping track of inventory, sharing salon packages, storing your client’s service and product information as well as much more, salons now have more time to focus on their clients and provide better customer service.

For example, in 2001, Salon Iris software was the first salon software company to release an easy to use online booking system. Today, salons and day spas can now easily start to create their own custom website within Salon Iris in under ten minutes and their clients can book appointments via the Internet. Over the years, the number of Salon Iris clients using this feature has increased drastically.

Having a customized software system like Salon Iris benefits everyone involved, including the owner, manager, salon and spa professionals and your clients! Salon Iris Software features such as payroll, commission, hourly wages and tax deductions are designed to make running a business easier and more automated.. The old days of manually punching numbers into a calculator are over. There is no need to redo or recheck numbers or statements. These special features help owners with tax deductions while calculating employee’s hourly wage and overtime payments. With software programs, the computer does all the calculations and it will save valuable time, not to mention ensure much higher accuracy.

Spa and salon employees also have special features to help them become more efficient during their work day. The telephone rings with an appointment. Your phone rings to cancel an appointment and the phone rings again to reschedule or check for staff availability. The telephone doesn’t stop ringing! Yes, that is a good thing. With online appointment booking, clients have the ability to conveniently schedule their services on their own, which makes them happy as well as saves time for your front desk staff and receptionists. With the new wait list features, the day spa or salon owner will quickly be notified of the clients who want to fill these spots, once an opening becomes available in your appointment book.

Today, many savvy salons effectively use their computers to successfully create email blasts, newsletters and Internet marketing opportunities. With the proper marketing tools, you can easily promote your new and existing salon services, your new staff and appointment openings via the Internet. Thus, there are fewer opportunities to suffer with empty appointment books when you receive cancellations.

Don’t deal in the past with a pencil, calculator and paper. The future is now! Get involved using and benefiting from state-of-the-art salon software systems like Salon Iris to make your salon business more efficient for everyone.

To help you get started, contact one of the specialized salon software companies to explore their benefits, services, education, and marketing and to receive or download a free trial version. This will help you become familiar with the program and guarantee that it’s exactly what your salon or spa needs.


For further information contact: Lauren Stier | DaySmart Software | (248) 491-0200 | Lauren.Stier@DaySmart.com