Acara Generates $40K at Smartlipo Event

Exciting news from our Pasadena, CA location.  On Tuesday, August 26th Dr. Robert Tostado, Medical Director at Biologica Medspa presented the benefits of Smartlipo including the reduction of fat cells and increase in skin tightening.
Acara planned, promoted and executed this event which generated almost $50K in Medspa sales.  Onsite was Sandi Unkrur, Acara’s Director of MedSpa Operations to facilitate [...]

Questex Acquires Nancy Griffin’s SpaTrade

NEWTON, Mass., Aug 20, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Questex Media Group, Inc., a global, diversified business-to-business media company and owner of American Spa and American Salon magazines, Medical Spa Report, and the International Beauty Shows, the International Esthetics, Cosmetics & Spa Conferences (IECSC) and the SPATEC appointment events today announced the acquisition of SpaTrade, [...]

Join Me Today for Recession Proof Your Medical Spa

I hope everyone can join me today for my Webinar Recession Proof Your Medical Spa.  I will be speaking on the top 7 ways you can maximize your business during difficult economic times.  Acara has doubled and tripled revenues for same period sales over previous year at locations nationwide during the past 12 months.  Join me [...]

Dr. Lansing Ellsworth and his Medspa Team perish in Crash

Dr. Lansing Ellsworth, noted dermatologist and medical spa owner, along with many on his team, were killed in a plane crash Friday evening, August 22.
They oftentimes traveled to remote locations providing much needed skin care and cancer services.  I know everyone in the Medical Spa Community joins me in offering our deepest sympathy and prayers to all [...]

Medical Aesthetics Conference & Expo 2008

This September don’t miss the Medical Aesthetics Conference, once again, being held at the Jacob Javitts Center in NYC.  This is one of the preeminent medical spa events that takes place each year.  It has a complete trade show with hundreds of vendors and extensive education including a program for medical professionals that offers CME credits.
You can [...]

Acara Exhibits at SpaClique’s Virtual Tradeshow

Online professional networking is exploding!  First we had website resources then came the professional blogs (SpaBIzMD being one of the top medical spa resources…of course) and now we have a very exciting new venue in the Virtual Tradeshow.
SpaClique, a social and professional spa networking site is featuring a Spa Tradeshow online.  Not only can you [...]

Acara’s Webinar Lineup!

We just announced the next 2 months of Acara Medical Spa Educational Webinars to be presented by myself and Deb Roberts, Acara’s VP of Marketing.  This link directs you to the press release announcement.
Announcing Acara’s Upcoming Complimentary Medical Spa Webinar Series
If you click on the above Webinar & Events tab you will be able to read about each [...]

The Pied Piper

I’m sitting here by the campfire overlooking a mountain pond enjoying life in the great outdoors of New Hampshire’s White Mountains.  It’s incredible to think that by 10 a.m. I will have come down off the mountain, stopped by the local coffee shop with free internet access and uploaded this post for the entire world [...]