A self-service, on-demand social ad platform takes the guesswork out of paid social advertising for franchise owners of this walk-in hair salon brand.
Great Clips recently won a very cool award for a very cool marketing tool that is empowering the owners of more than 4,400 franchised walk-in hair salons with a social media solution to reach customers and potential employee candidates. The Digiday Technology Award for Best Social Marketing Platform was presented to Great Clips for its Salon Social Ad Platform (SSAP).
What’s SSAP? It’s a self-service, on-demand social ad platform that takes the guesswork out of paid social advertising for Great Clips salon owners. They are able to simplify the purchase and scheduling of Facebook and Instagram ads for multiple salons at a time with just a few clicks, while also tracking results in real-time. In the first seven months of the platform launching, more than 400 campaigns were published with a 70% greater click-through rate than the industry average and a 77% lower cost-per-click when compared to the industry average.
Here is what a couple of Great Clips franchisees said about using this tool for their multi-unit franchised hair salons and implementing this platform in their local markets:
Ty Bushart, Great Clips franchisee with 7 salons in the Memphis, Tennessee market
“The salon social ad platform has given us an incredible tool to promote the Great Clips brand in our new market. Not only can we run an ad in the evening and see immediate results the next morning, but it also creates impressions in our market, so we can see an overall customer count lift.”
“It's so convenient just to log in to our internal website to run the ad platform and then see the results. Customers love it because they can access a coupon quickly by clicking on the ad, and they can bring the coupon into the salon to get a discount on their next haircut"
“What I love about the platform is that we can scale the budget for our unique needs. We can look at how the ad is performing, and that helps us evaluate the ad to make sure it's efficient. It’s so scalable and easy to use.”
Dave Hands, Great Clips franchisee with 37 salons in Illinois and Iowa
“I’m not very tech-savvy, so I felt a little intimidated about using the platform. However, the video tutorials from the marketing team at Great Clips, Inc. were all I needed to learn how to do my first campaign.”
“My favorite attribute of the tool is its ability to drive traffic into a salon as soon as the same day. Our organization often relied on shared mail or other mediums to drive traffic, but that takes time to set up and execute. With this, you can do a Facebook ad campaign in 15 minutes through the SSAP and have customers coming through the door later that day.
“The traffic won’t inundate a salon. It just provides a nice trickle on top of the current customer counts. It’s great stuff.”
Great Clips is honored to be recognized for this platform and thrilled to know it’s working for franchisees to attract customers and potential employees to their organization.
Want to know more about how Great Clips, Inc. supports its franchisees with cool tools that make operating a walk-in hair salon easier? Give me a call. I’d love to talk with you.
Beth Nilssen
Director of Franchise Development | Great Clips, Inc.
800-947-1143 | [email protected]