Eye Pro, Inc.

November 2009

I’m always thrilled to hear of folks in our industry who are giving back. Like Jenny Bortman of Universal Insurance in Phoenix, AZ. Jenny Bortman loves her little pet pug, Ginger – no different from the rest of the pet owner population, right? Wrong! Jenny had all her friends vote her pug the cutest pug in the Arizona Pug Contest. In doing so, she raised $2,000 to help a no-kill animal shelter!

But Jenny doesn’t stop there – she is also running her first half-marathon to raise funds for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, and has already raised over $3,000 in donations! Read more…

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October 2009

In these tough economic times, it’s so refreshing to see tanning salons and tanning businesses doing things to help others or promote the industry. I decided to give a big pat on the back to the following tanning companies…read more…

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September 2009

Do you struggle to get your tanners to wear eye protection? Bill Berglund, owner of Eurotan USA in Portland, OR has a unique approach!

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August 2009

How would you answer these difficult eye protection questions? We asked easier questions in the last issue…feel free to check them out at IslandSunTimes.com and share them with your tanners! Read on…

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July 2009

How would you answer these basic eye protection questions? Read on…

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June 2009

The focus of my March 2009 column was “the really clean salon,” and I referred to the 104-point cleaning checklist developed by Total Tan Salons in New York. That column brought more responses than any IST column I’ve written in six years! Hundreds of salon owners asked for the 104-point list and asked me what others do to have a clean salon. If you missed it, you can read the column and get the mosttalked-about checklist at eyepro.net/salontips. Let me know what you think of it, and I’ll publish your thoughts in an upcoming column…

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May 2009

Did you know that the earth’s ozone layer is what keeps us from burning up? There’s a hole in the ozone layer, and if it continues to grow, the sun’s ultraviolet radiation (UVR) that reaches Earth will become less and less filtered. If that happens, it will change the way plants function and reproduce. Plant-eating animals will run out of things to eat. And if plant-eating animals can’t find food, they’ll die –leaving us with less and less to eat.

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April 2009

“I was standing in the lobby of a tanning salon recently, when the salon professional asked to see a tanner’s eyewear. The tanner said she didn’t wear goggles. The salon pro replied, “You can get cataracts from tanning without eye protection.” The tanner kind of shrugged and headed back to her tanning room – with no eyewear – clearly believing that cataracts are what happen to her grandma, not to her.”

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March 2009

If you’ve been reading this column regularly, you know that I am a “clean freak.” I’m the person who travels with disinfectant wipes, wiping down my plane seat and hotel room (the TV remote and phones get the fi rst swipe). So, when salon owners tell me that they have a CLEAN salon, I am skeptical. What does “clean” mean? Your version may not match mine… How clean is clean?

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February 2009

Shelly Davis of Dakota’s Fitness & Tanning in Gillespie, IL may have a second career as a stand-up comic! I think you’ll enjoy reading her entry in the contest we ran in a recent issue of Island Sun Times. In Shelly’s own, winning words…

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