As a BOBSA Professional Member, you are entitled to many business consulting services. Being an entrepreneur is challenging. Being an entrepreneur in the competitive $9 Billion Dollar Black Hair Care Industry can be even more challenging.
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BOBSA's Business Services has partnered with seasoned leaders in the industry to be able to provide you with industry specific consulting services to lead your new or established entrepreneurial venture to success.
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Below is a listing of the many business services we are able to offer to our BOBSA Professional Member entrepreneurs. If you do not see a service you require, our Business Consulting Services should be able to cater offerings specific to your needs.
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BUSINESS PLAN SERVICES - Whether you are starting a new business venture or you feel you need to 'retune' your existing business, BOBSA Business Plan Services is able to leverage it's business partnerships, and vast knowledge in the Black Hair Care Industry to review, revise or build an effective business plan. Whether your focus is to improve the bottom line, attract investors or qualify for a business loan, BOBSA Business Plan Services can help you reach your goals.
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BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE CONSULTATION PACKAGES - Opening your own brick and mortar beauty supply store is an exciting and complex venture. Whether you are in the process of opening a new store, or have an existing store front, a customized consultation package is your key to entrepreneurial success. Our Beauty Supply Store Consultation Packages 'bundle' many of the most popular Business Services in customizable packages to meet the needs of your specific venture. Standard consultation services with an industry professional are via phone, with personal consultations at additional cost. Fees cover 3 months or 24 hours of phone consultation. Extended periods are available at additional cost.
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BOBSA BRAND LICENSING - Name recognition is very important to your current and potential customer base. In the crowded and competitive hair care market, having brand recognition is a matter of business success or business failure. To offer the black owned beauty supply store, beauty salon or barber shop a competitive edge, BOBSA presents 'limited' use of the BOBDSA brand (logos) to new business startups and existing businesses that need a more nationally recognizable identity in the marketplace.
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CONTRACT REVIEW SERVICES - Understanding and running your core business is hard enough, but when faced with binding contracts for most all of your business needs, you need a business partner who is able to provide guidance. BOBSA Contract Review Services will use its resources to review your commercial leases, property purchase agreements, manufacture agreements and many other contracts and agreements to ensure you are aware of key components that impact your business. This contract review is non-binding and does not take the place of your attorney. BOBSA Contract Review Services will serve as an 'educated' eye on contracts and agreements to ensure the entrepreneur is aware of common issues that may impact your business success.
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PRIVATE LABEL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT - Creating a product or line of products to introduce to the marketplace, can be a challenging and expensive venture if you do not fully understand the process. However, or it can be a exciting and rewarding experience that includes a sense of pride once you are able to market your very own product or product line. BOBSA Private Label Product Development provides consulting services to take you from product concept, market analysis, product development, package design and the actual production and delivery of your very own Private Label product or product line.
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INVENTORY SERVICES - Whether you have an existing store, website, salon or shop, or you are looking to open a new business, managing your product inventory is essential your business success. Having the wrong product mix can have a negative impact on your bottom line. BOBSA Inventory Services offers consultation to assist with product selection and product ordering all tied to your store, shop or salon's size, traffic volume and clientele mix.
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INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM PACKAGES - Managing your store product inventory is essential to retail business success. BOBSA's Inventory Control System Packages are based on BOBSA's extensive knowledge in effectively running profitable beauty supply stores. Systems are offered in several complete Point of Sale (POS) Packages, with the ability to integrate your complete product line or can come preloaded with a complete inventory bundled through BOBSA's Inventory Services.
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PRODUCT MERCHANDISING SERVICES - If you own a beauty supply store, salon or barber shop, it can be frustrating to have products that sit on the shelf collecting dust and tying up your revenue? BOBSA's Product Merchandizing Services understands product placement and can help you place products to increase and maintain the sale of high profit and high demand products. BOBSA Product Merchandizing Services provides recommendations on physical shelving design, product placement, product promotional placement and obtaining product samples for new store openings.
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MARKETING SERVICES - No one is more positioned to market black hair care products to the African American market than BOBSA. Our large number of black owned businesses and consumer members, who are actively seeking black hair care products and services, put BOBSA's Marketing Services ahead of rest.
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The power behind any marketing campaign is the accuracy of the customers in the database and identifying your target market. This puts BOBSA Marketing Services in position to offer local, regional and national marketing campaigns to its Professional Members. Our list services, cross promotions, event promotions, advertising space on BOBSA.ORG, BOBSA Online Stores, and through BOBSA Communications enable our marketing consulting services the ability to blanket the black hair care market client base.
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY LISTING PLUS - You already understand how valuable it is to have your business listed in the BOBSA Professional Directory. Whatever service you offer to the black hair care industry, your listing in the BOBSA Professional Directory will attract new customers to your business that may never have known about you. To add more impact to your listing, the BOBSA Professional Directory Plus offers in addition to your email and web site link, we offer a pop up advertisement for your business
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BOBSA QUALITY SERVICE PROGRAM -The level of service and quality of service provided to your customers determines if your business will be successful or not. By participating in the BOBSA Quality Service Program, you will be able to get real world feedback about the level of service, pricing, and overall experience of your customer base. Surveys are offered in various methods such as office cards, mailing post cards, and web based surveys. Each program is customizable to meet the needs of the individual business owner.
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As a professional member of BOBSA, you are able to participate in BOBSA Service Recognition Program where each quarter one Salon, Beauty Supply Store and Barber Shop will have the opportunity to earn our Quarterly Quality Care Member for that quarter. Promotions for the business will be on BOBSA.org and on BOBSA Online Stores throughout the nation.
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BOBSA WEB DESIGN AND HOSTING SERVICE - As you know, having a web presence is an important component to your business. Customers review your service offerings and many would rather purchase products online than drive to your shop. BOBSA Web Design and Hosting Services will build a Micro Site, 3 to 5 page website, which enables your customer to gain an understanding of your service offerings, schedule an appointment, complete a service survey, or purchase products right from your online presence. Your Micro Site will be built, hosted, and maintained by BOBSA Online Stores.
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