Salon & Spa Owners Cram Sydney Road to Riches Super Conference

by Greg Milner on 20/08/08 at 11:28 pm

On Monday in Sydney, I stood in front of nearly 300 beauty professionals and told them I was under strict instructions from our coaching team back at head office:

"Under no circumstances are you to allow more than 30 of them to join the Inner Circle program – we just cannot handle any more than that!"

Well, maybe I shouldn’t have said anything at all. Because within 30 seconds of finishing my 90 minute session on stage, Jill and the team at the back of the room were beseiged .

More than 45 salon owners were jostling at the tables, thrusting their enrolment forms forward and begging to be allowed into the ‘chosen 30′.

I called the office.

"Peter," I said to senior coach Peter Butler, "go find some more coaching resources!"

It was a cracker of an event. Here are just a few of the comments emailed to us within hours of the event:

"Hi Greg, I went to your seminar in Sydney on Monday, I have to say for the first 15mins I could not imagine ever doing the marketing you were suggesting me to do, My business runs really well with the marketing I do at present. The more I listened to what you were saying the more I couldnt wait to get back to my salons and put your marketing into practice.
"It will be interesting to watch my business grow. I opened my salon in Woy Woy in 2006. The first year we turned over just under $500,000.00 and in 2007-08 we turned over $560,000.00, my other salon was opened in December 2007 and turnover to date has been $225,000.00.

"I’m really looking forward to receiving my (Inner Circle toolkit), everything just makes so much sense.

"Thank you again for enlightening me, I would have to say every speaker was fantastic and I learnt so much firstly about myself, my staff and my business.

"So Thank you,

Tracey Maryska
Company Director
Passion Hair & Beauty
Shop 48 Deepwater plaza, Woywoy"

"Hi Greg, I attended your seminar today, and would like to congratulate you and your team on delivering a fantastic conference.

Regards

Jo Talarico, To-be Hair Skin & Body"

"I was in Sydney today for the Road to Riches conference and can’t tell you how pumped I am tonite. I cant wait to get into the salon and start some well overdue changes my partner (Danielle Cook) and myself called the staff on the drive home and called a staff meeting for tomorrow night to get the ball rolling. We cant wait to get the kit and get started thank you so much it come just at the right time for us…it’s at the stage where it’s sink or swim, so swim! We do thank you all once again, Renae Day from Danielles in Vogue."

Without a doubt, the Sydney event was our best ever. Best energy, best information, best training – and in no small part due to the white-hot enthusiasm of this country’s best (by far) motivational trainer and educator, Pat Mesiti, the inspiring ‘success thinking’ strategies delivered by Perry Mardon, and the sheer fun and vitality of Julie Piantadosi.

For those who were there (and the many who missed out) here are some of the sights and sounds of an amazing day..

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Rating 3.00 out of 5

A post by Greg Milner

The odd idea, a bit of prodding, a nudge here and there, a little fun, and the occasional dose of brutal reality. Greg is co-founder and CEO of Worldwide Salon Marketing, a writer, direct response marketing consultant, specialist marketing systems adviser and coach. He (sometimes) accepts private consulting clients.