Burnaby, British Columbia -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/09/2012 -- Dan Lok, the internationally renowned salon business coach, has launched a new salon forum to help salon business owners reach new heights of success in a highly competitive industry.

The forum, at http://www.salonbusinessexpert.com/community/, allows salon owners to interact with each other and swap tips on everything from how to get more referrals to how to sell more services to clients.

Lok also stops by frequently to offer advice.

"I created this forum to help my fellow salon owners build successful businesses and not just to succeed, but to thrive in these trying economic times," Lok explained.

Lok was an entrepreneur from a very young age, and after successfully launching his own business, Sweet Nail, and becoming profitable with the first few months of opening, he focused his energies on creating a business model which maximized profit even in an area saturated with competition and in the depths of a recession.

Once he'd perfected his own system, he became a sought after paid consultant and speaker at industry events worldwide, and released the bestseller "Lies Salon Owners Believe And The Truth That Sets Them Free."

Now, his valuable insight is available for free in his new forum. It covers using social media and the internet to get more clients, finding and keeping qualified staff, and much more.

Those wishing to learn more my visit the forum and sign up for free at http://www.salonbusinessexpert.com/community/

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Burnaby, British Columbia -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/02/2011 -- Dan Lok, internationally renowned salon business expert, is pleased to announce the launch of a new, limited access one -on-one coaching program where Dan Lok will personally coach owners, available at http://www.salonbusinessexpert.com/coaching.php, for owners who want to grow and transform their businesses quicker, easier and faster!

Lok is a successful entrepreneur/business owner who launched a six-figure beauty salon called Sweet Nail in the middle of a recession, which became profitable in its second month. After years of continued success with his salon, Lok has become an internationally-sought after speaker at salon business events, and now is launching his new program in which he offers his services as a salon and spa coach.

Lok believes in working "smarter, not harder", as well as working "on" your business and not "in" your business so one can create a business which can be profitable without the salon owner being forced to show up from opening to closing hours seven days a week.

"It's important to run a profitable business, but it's also important to be able to be able to spend time with your family and friends," Lok said. "I've learned how to create a successful business that doesn't depend on deep discounts and sales, and that can run just as well when I'm not there as it does when I'm there."

It's these skills which have caused Lok to be a sought after speaker at events where he has been featured side by side with entrepreneurs like New York Times Best Selling Author Robert Kiyosaki, George Foreman and Dan Kennedy. For another one of his businesses he created a Facebook fan page which has more than 100,000 fans.

Lok has perfected a system which helps salon owners to build a devoted following of loyal customers who are willing to pay top dollar for quality service, even in the depths of a recession, and he now wants to share this system with others. He is now offering personalized, one on one coaching to a limited number of salon and spa owners, so that he can help them not just reach but exceed their highest business goals and double or triple their income without working twice as hard.

Because of the personalized, one on one nature of the coaching, Lok can only accept a limited number of clients to this new salon and spa coaching program.

Those seeking more information may visit http://www.salonbusinessexpert.com/coaching.php

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Burnaby, British Columbia -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/22/2011 -- Dan Lok, internationally sought after speaker and successful owner of a beauty salon which earns him six figures a year, is pleased to announce the release of his new book, Lies Salon Owners Believe And The Truth That Sets Them Free.

In it he reveals the secrets that propelled his popular Sweet Nail beauty salon to success, even though he and his fiance opened it under the most adverse of circumstances: during a recession, in an area saturated with competition, and with no prior experience in the beauty business.

Nevertheless, Lok used sound business principles that he had learned from years of launching businesses in numerous industries, resulting in the salon already lining up a list of eager customers before it even opened...and turning a profit in the second month.

Lok's book is already earning multiple five star reviews on Amazon, and has attracted the attention and praise of marketing superstars such as Jay Conrad Levinson, the creator of the Guerilla Marketing series. Levinson was so impressed with the principles taught in the book that he offered to write the introduction to it.

Dan Lok and his co-author DJ Richoux expose the lies that keep salon owners frustrated, overworked, and underpaid.

Then, he reveals how to make any salon business a profitable one, and at the same time, how salon owners can spend less time working and more time enjoying life.

"I teach people how to succeed by working smarter, not harder," Lok explains. "Running a successful salon is no joy if you're trapped in the salon 7 days a week, from opening to closing time, with no breaks and no time to do the things that you enjoy."

In his new book Lok reveals how he has set up his business so that he frequently works only 3 or 4 days a week, while spending quality time with his family and enjoying frequent vacations. He also lays out step by step instructions for how any salon owner can do the same.

Lok is now a sought-after salon success coach, as well as a business and motivational speaker who has shared the stage with celebrities such as George Foreman, Robert Kiyosaki, Mark Victor Hansen, Brian Tracy, Harv Eker, Jack Canfield, and Les Brown.

Those wishing to find out more or order a copy of Lok's book may visit http://www.salonbusinessexpert.com/book.html

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Burnaby, British Columbia -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/08/2011 -- Dan Lok, successful entrepreneur and salon business expert, is pleased to announce his latest endeavor: fundraising for the microloan charity Kiva, which supports mainly women entrepreneurs in developing countries with small business loans.

Kiva is a nonprofit organization which helps women establish and run successful businesses in developing countries by providing "micro-loans". On average 80% of their loans go to women.

Loans as small as $25 are used to sustain or launch new businesses, allowing women to support themselves and their families, and to contribute to their community's economic success.

The loans are repaid in a series of small payments.

To support Kiva and their efforts, Lok has set up the Salon Business Expert Community Kiva Lending Team, with the goal of enlisting fellow salon and spa owners to help other, less fortunate business owners build a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Lok's goal is for this Kiva Lending Team to lend $1 million over the next ten years to women entrepreneurs around the world.

Lok is also donating 100 percents of the profits from his upcoming book "Lies Salon Owners Believe, And The Truth That Sets Them Free", to Kiva.

In his book, which will be available in August, Lok reveals the secrets behind his success, and how readers can use his methods to transform any salon or day spa in any city into a profitable business, while still maintaining quality of life and having time for themselves.

Lok, who first went into business for himself while still in high school, spent years of trial and error before perfecting the system which enabled him to launch a profitable salon business during a recession, in an area oversaturated with direct competition.

He is now internationally recognized as a salon business expert, and is a sought-after public speaker and consultant to salon owners.

Those seeking more information or wishing to join the Kiva Lending Team may visit http://www.salonbusinessexpert.com

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Burnaby, British Columbia -- (SBWIRE) --05/11/2011 -- Dan Lok, multi-millionaire entrepreneur and owner of the popular Sweet Nail salon in Vancouver, BC, announces the launch of http://www.salonbusinessexpert.com, a website dedicated to helping owners in the spa business and salon business achieve success and increase profits, even in recessionary times.

Lok is a sought-after business and motivational speaker who has shared the stage with celebrities such as George Foreman, Robert Kiyosaki, Mark Victor Hansen, Brian Tracy, Harv Eker, Jack Canfield, and Les Brown. He speaks at events such as the Salon Business Summit and Salon Profits Intensive.

On his new website, he offers the free CD "3 Secrets To A Six-Figure Income From Your Salon While Having More Freedom And More Fun!"

In it, he shares the strategies that allowed him to finally create a successful, profitable salon business after years of suffering through one failed business venture after another.

"Salon owners who achieve the most success are not necessarily the hardest workers; they are the smartest workers," Lok explained.

Lok's site is full of tools, resources, and free tips on how to bring in more clients, make more profit per client, overcome price resistance, increase income while cutting back on hours, and more.

Lok had been struggling to find the secrets of success since his teens, and over the years he learned from his mistakes.

He and his fiancee finally hit on the winning formula for success when they founded the salon Sweet Nail. Although they started their business during a recession, in an area saturated with competition, and they had no beauty business experience whatsoever, they managed to build up a client list even before they opened, and were profitable by their second month. Lok also managed to position his salon in the number spot on Google's search engine before his salon even opened. Even today, 60 percent of his new business comes from the internet, and in his book "Lies Salon Owners Believe And The Truth That Sets Them Free" he tells customers how to
achieve these same results.

Lok reveals the secrets of successful salon promotion and also how to avoid some of the pitfalls of success, such as having a business that is too dependent on the salon owner to the point where it can't survive the owner's absence.

Those seeking more information or wishing to purchase his book and listen to his free audio CD may visit http://www.salonbusinessexpert.com

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