FingerNailFixer® Blog

Blogging since 2010, FingerNailFixer® as a brand ideal is an industry advocate that believes in education for all.

As the FingerNailFixer®, I look to share information, education and resources to help nail professionals advance the industry by advancing themselves individually.

Past Blogs can be found on the NAILS Magazine website, I'm so thankful to Hannah, Cyndy, Judy and so many others at NAILS for giving me a start in blogging so many years ago.

https://www.nailsmag.com/blogs/fingernailfixer

To bring you more voices than my own, I am excited to announce that I will be bringing additional bloggers onboard. Please extend a warm industry welcome to the first blogger to join our team, Sherrie Tennessee of SpaSOS. Sherrie brings many years of business experience and knowledge to the table with a different perspective, I will let you read her blogs to get to know her as I have over the years, her insight and business acumen will help you balance your creativity with your bank account.

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COVID

Holly L Schippers - FingerNailFixer

Oct 14
1 min

Welcome to Guest Blogger Melissa!

Please give a warm blog welcome to guest blogger Melissa! She brings a West Coast perspective along with a lot of other unique touches.

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Holly L Schippers - FingerNailFixer

Sep 30
2 min

Salon Extras

What extras do you offer in the salon in addition to services and traditional retail? I'm considering magnetic lashes.

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Holly L Schippers - FingerNailFixer

Sep 25
2 min

Are You Raising Your Prices Soon?

Sherrie of SpaSOS mentioned in her blog - nails are the new lipstick! When people gesture on their Zoom meeting or go out in a mask.

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Retail is King - Especially in the Holiday Season

Sherrie Tennessee

Sep 22
2 min

Retail is King - Especially in the Holiday Season

The trend this year, as seen on Pinterest, the holy grail of trends, is multi-colored manicures.

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Sherrie Tennessee

Sep 10
2 min

Nail Business is Alive and in Demand

One of the most searched phrases on Google in 2020 has been “How to Open a Nail Salon”

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Holly L Schippers - FingerNailFixer

Sep 9
2 min

Do You Know Your Demographic?

Instagram is very visual so your photo needs to make someone want to read the caption which means it needs to appeal to the right person.

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Holly L Schippers - FingerNailFixer

Aug 26
2 min

What's Your COVID-19 Gig?

The quarantine created a need for a lot of nail professionals to put their skills to use in another way to generate income.

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Holly L Schippers - FingerNailFixer

Aug 7
2 min

FingerNailFixer Virtual Classroom

The FingerNailFixer Virtual Classroom is a Live Webinar experience designed to give you the opportunity to earn continuing education hours.

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Holly L Schippers - FingerNailFixer

Jul 30
3 min

Not if COVID, When

Realistically these days it is not a matter of if you come into contact with COVID, more of when. What do you do when that time comes?

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Holly L Schippers - FingerNailFixer

Jul 20
2 min

Post About Your Safety Measures

With clients venturing back into the salon after a prolonged absence, some of your marketing strategy on social media should be different.

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Client Perspective of the New Salon Normal

Holly L Schippers - FingerNailFixer

Jul 16
1 min

Client Perspective of the New Salon Normal

This video is a great way for clients to visualize the safety standards they can expect at a basic minimum when coming to see you.

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Freaks, Raising Prices, and a New Release

Holly L Schippers - FingerNailFixer

Jul 14
3 min

Freaks, Raising Prices, and a New Release

Are you ready to see the newest design!!? I hope this reminds you that your time has value. I see you, and I see your value, xo.

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