Press releases
THE LOTUS EFFECTS WILL SPONSOR THE BEAUTY SHOW
RED CARPET EVENT IN HOLLYWOOD
e are proud to be part of this exciting multi-media and public relations event in Hollywood that promotes all avenues for "Living A Beautiful Lifestyle." As a strategic media event geared towards the spa and hospitality industry, we will enjoy the power of presence, literally, with our product placement and PR growth opportunities at this celebrity red carpet event. According to The Beauty Show, Executive Producer, Maria Camille, there will be a Spa Pavilion and Green Room, along with a live television production just like at any other red carpet event.
As a sponsor, our company will have the chance to work with key people in the industry along with inviting celebrities and VIP's to become familiar with our name and services. As a spa consulting and concept development company, we will provide people with invitations to personalized business consultations, as part of our introduction. Our partners have also provided us with a key part of the coveted gift bags for this event, a can't miss opportunity for name dropping. Affiliates, Raw Botanical Ogranic Labs, Costa Rica, Issimo Suites-Body LIfe Spa, Costa Rica, and Andee Smits—Barotz Dental, Denver, USA, will provide a combination of product, spa retreat and image makeover, to showcase our reach for clients and compliment the business consulting and networking abilities of The Lotus Effects for a winning package, that will make up our "Serious Spa Survival Kit."
SPAS BUILD HOMES: NOT JUST BEAUTY:
How you can be involved in sustainable global Living
9-15-06
hat if you had the ability to make a difference in a stranger's life, would you do it? A few selected spas, and resorts will do just that. Joining with the Executive Director of a television show, a non-profit foundation that builds EcoShells, and individual supporters we will produce the first on site, Beyond Borders segment of The Beauty Show, happening in early 2007 around Costa Rica. Our collective goal is to provide awareness of fundraising efforts that will help us build homes for native indigenous tribes in the jungles of Costa Rica, while establishing the effects of the humanitarian side of spas, and spa go'ers. We will be highlighting strategic partnerships, exotic spas, resort properties, along with thoughts from tribal leaders, and the local representative of the foundation for the cultural and social develoment of indigenous peoples. (Fundeico.com)
Your support can make a difference simply by making a purchase of spa product. Twenty five percent of all sales will go directly to aid in providing sustainable housing with technology that uses 50% less than traditional building, leaving the natural resources entact. Product purchases can be made for this fundraiser at rawbotanicals.com. As an added thank you, buyers will receive a free gift with purchase using our sustainable global living code # 4W6SCMA. Spas can provide more than just a relaxing environment, they can change the environment.
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For final show dates, and coverage on pre and post production, you may contact me personally anytime. You may also find more information at any of our partner sites: thelotuseffects.com, thebeautyshow.com, monolithic.com, wellnesscapital.com, and rawbotanicals.com.
Lotus Spa Affiliate Raw Botanicals Supports
Spa Quality and Sustainable Living
ave you ever been traveling and forgot your facial product? Did the TSA confiscate your toiletries? Don't worry you can find a quality line of facial, sun and body care right in the jungles of Costa Rica. Former successful spa owners have now dedicated themselves 100% to developing healing therapies and giving locals and travelers a great solution to their skincare problems with their products. Each batch of RAW BOTANICALS product is carefully prepared by hand in small quantities to ensure only the finest concentration of therapeutic benefits per bottle or jar. Chose from a wide range of certified organic products: organic skin care, organic hair care, organic body products, and other goods made with certified organic herbs and certified organic essential oils.
Not only do they employ local labor and share their proprietary skills and development, but they wholly support the immediate community. As one of our spa business affiliates they have come on board to support our sustainable housing project and raise awareness for the need to help at risk group of indigenous people.
Key Points:
100% Certified Oraganic
No alcohols
No artificial fragrance
No petroleum products
Easy U.S. Shipping
Free gift with Lotus Effects affiliates reference #4W6SD3B
25% of sales goes to building homes in Costa Rica
Lend your support to our affiliates at RAW BOTANICALS and the need for sustainable housing and receive a first time business consult at no cost or obligation with Lotus Effects. www.rawbotanicals.com
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Learn about how to take care of your skin in the tropics, and once you return from your vacation. You can take home a spa kit, or other product line, to continue your home care.
You can also continue to get your favorite products online, easily shipped to you at your US address.
These savvy spa enthusiasts and contribute to the support of the Costa Rican enviroment, and help to raise awareness and funding to build housing for at risk groups in the area.
Lotus Spa Affiliate Raw Botanicals Supports
Spa Quality and Sustainable Living
an Jose, CA – Newly created Preston Spa Business Solutions, the education and consulting company created from Preston Inc., has formed a strategic business alliance with companies offering tools, education and products that promote profitability to day spas, resort spas, medical spas and wellness centers. The group’s first summit was held in Saratoga, CA over September 28-29, 2006.
“It’s long been my goal to assemble some of the key players in the spa industry to collectively help spa owners achieve business success,” said Douglas Preston of Preston Spa Business Solutions.
The Strategic Business Alliance includes:
The two-day meeting was used to outline group and individual goals that included discussion on where the industry is most rapidly advancing. The group plans to develop programs, tools and training to systematically improve all aspects of spa operations, including marketing and branding.
"This was an exciting chance to collaborate as a dynamic organization and identify our individual business strengths. The desired result is to deliver exceptional strategic value to our clients unlike any other consulting group. This will set the stage for influencing future operating standards in the spa and beauty industry. I look forward to working with this remarkable professional team and continuing to help my clients achieve their business goals," said Liz Galloway, Lotus Effects LLC, Spa and Hospitality Consulting.
For more information about spa consulting or information on the alliance partners, please contact Keith West-Harrison at 1-866-668-3753 or keith@prestoninc.net.
Alliance Partners:
Preston Inc. and Preston Spa Business Solutions
With over 20 years of experience in the spa industry as a product retailer, management consulting team, educator and day spa operator, Preston has captured the attention spa business entrepreneurs in search of a successful operating formula. Our quickly expanding private label, seminar and spa consulting divisions enjoy close working relationships with some of the world's top day spas, resort spas, and medical spas. We can show you how to avoid common, expensive mistakes, find your bottom line profit, and get the most out of your business without sacrificing quality, ethics, or professional satisfaction. www.prestoninc.net
Spa Boom
SpaBoom helps spas to take full advantage of their online spa marketing efforts by providing instant online gift certificate functionality and management, appointment requests and dynamic website design. Simply put, we’re here to make your website work as hard as you do to build your business and boost your bottom line.
www.spaboom.com.
Wellness Capital Management
With over 30 years of financial and operational consulting experience in wellness, hospitality, natural foods, real estate and manufacturing, Wellness Capital Management provides comprehensive cash flow management and financial strategies to businesses in the wellness industry. Wellness Capital Management equips a business owner with the financial tools necessary to operate a successful business based on their passion to help people live a healthy lifestyle. Wellness practitioners include: owners of day spa facilities, medical spa facilities and salons, physicians, chiropractors, massage therapists, natural food retailers and manufacturers, alternative health practitioners, yoga studio owners, resort proprietors and other entrepreneurs in the wellness industry. www.wellnesscapital.com
Campaign Mojo
Campaign Mojo is an Application Service Provider (ASP) for the Aesthetics market. Developed internally, our flagship marketing platform, "Mojo Manager", is the only fully- integrated solution enabling aesthetic service providers to execute and manage permission-based, multi-channel, behavior-based marketing campaigns. Mojo Manager allows you, in a matter of minutes, to create multi-channel campaigns including the following elements: Direct Mail, E-mail, Pay-Per-Click, Print Marketing, Campaign- Specific Landing Pages and Web Banners. All with fully-Integrated campaign reporting. The Mojo marketing team is focused on one thing: driving more traffic into your spa or practice. Their expertise in the aesthetic market and our experience in developing feature-rich enterprise level software applications are focused on that goal. By limiting our efforts to a single vertical, we can leverage these experiences and offer services at a fraction of what it would cost for you to obtain them independently. www.campaignmojo.com
elementalsTM Health
elementalsTM is dedicated to providing the best possible supplements and nutritional education available. Our products are produced by one of the country’s largest privately owned supplement manufacturers; they are a 30 year old licensed pharmaceutical manufacturer and one of just five soft-gel capsule producers in the U.S. A foundation requires simple and steady building blocks - building blocks like the elementals health and wellness system. elementals provides a simplified step-by-step approach to health management through convenient and precise nutritional supplementation. elementals delivers the high quality nutrition your body requires - effectively, affordably and simply. www.elementalshealth.com
Inspiration Inc.
Jaya Schillinger, President, is a professional coach with over 20 years of business ownership & management experience in the fields of personal development, health, and beauty. Her business mantra “Purpose. Passion. Profits.” is a principal that says an inspirational business needs to have meaningfulness, emotional connection, and material results to be truly successful.
Jaya specializes in working with owners and employees of holistic-based businesses such as spas, salons, alternative health practitioners, life coaches, healers, and sustainable business entrepreneurs.
She supports clients through all phases of business development, helping them to implement their business activities in a way that is integrated with their personal values & ambitions. This results in improved performance and profitability, as well as higher satisfaction ratings from company principals, team members, and customers. Her services include small business coaching & consulting in the form of monthly coaching packages, workshops, customer service evaluations, on-the-job coaching, staff training, & team development. www.inspirationinc.com
On Purpose Salon & Spa Consulting
Ana Loiselle has a 17 -year career in the salon/spa industry as a product sales representative, educator, management consultant, and spa owner. Her leadership vision was instrumental in making her former business, Anna Luis Salon & Day Spa a
two time National award winner of Salon Today's Top 200 Fastest Growing Salons. She holds a license in both cosmetology and aesthetics and brings a unique perspective on the subject of growth and profitability in the modern salon industry. Ana has the benefit of hands-on human experience, proving her to be not just a consultant, but a true mentor and life coach. She most recently has been featured as a guest writer for Day Sap Magazine focusing on profitability and management in the industry. Building on her distinctive On Purpose Foundation, Ana believes every salon owner must build their own unique brand from the inside, or few will believe it on the outside. www.onpurposesalonconsulting.com
Spa Clientele Solutions
Salon, day spa and medi-spas are experts in providing personalized and memorable experiences to their clients on-site. Yet after their client leaves, most rarely reach out to their client to continue that experience outside of their business location. Spa Clientele Solutions are experts in helping wellness businesses increase their return clients and overall profitability through coaching, marketing and training programs. Spa Clientele Solutions founder, Heather Gallegos, spent 12 years in marketing, communications and operation roles in the high-tech industry before becoming a consultant to the wellness industry. Her unique perspective as a salon and day spa client, strong marketing and business background, and affiliation with Preston Businesses Solutions complement one another to provide a powerhouse of practical and straightforward solutions. Heather holds an undergraduate degree in business from CSU, Fresno and an MBA from Santa Clara University. www.spaclientele.com
The Lotus Effects
Executive Director, Liz Galloway is involved with spa and resort launch support and business consulting in the USA and Central America. Experience in design, management, and overall operation of spas, allows her to bring a more defined level to the work. Years of experience that include, having created a sports clinic early in her career, worked with top athletes, and the creator of Ki Shen HeikenTM, a combined innovative therapy for total body balance. A freelance writer for spa trades and wellness, dividing time between the U.S and Central America, she travels frequently to research spas, and support client management. Also a DSA member, and invited to be featured in the educational speaker line up for, Club 2006 Latin America, she continues to provide forward thinking concepts, and is passionate about speaking out in this industry. www.thelotuseffects.com
