Marisa Dimitriadis started her career in this industry at age 19.  After 3 short years, her abilities, attitude and fortitude catapulted her to management and on to heading up the skincare division for a large professional beauty brand distributor. She was instrumental in the division seeing turnover tripled in two years and doubled again, after another two years – all this before age 25.  This experience was the catalyst that lead her to launch her first solely owned venture, Spa Consultants, answering a need in the market for a turnkey consultancy to drive spa projects from the ground up. Today, they have successfully managed over 60 contracts in this space.  Marisa has also formulated her own skin (Six) and body (Spalicious) ranges, using only the best ingredients, recyclable packaging, offering value for money and very importantly, product education. The onset of a global pandemic did not deter Marisa. This drove her to launch an online retail platform (Send me That) for spa’s and salons. Offering a full drop-ship service for their clients and a way to remain profitable during lockdown.  Marisa’s latest project. Spa Professionals Guild is a GLOBAL online platform for ongoing business coaching and transformational management courses. The platform offers networking, bi-monthly group coaching sessions, templates, spreadsheets and systems of best practices that have been perfected over the last 20 years to help business owners run profitable and sustainable businesses and offer therapists an opportunity for growth, increased income and to be considered for promotion.  To get in touch: Website: www.spaprofessionalsguild.com Instagram: @spaprofessionalsguild Keep a notepad and pen handy, get comfy and enjoy the episode. Instagram: @redlipss_stilettoss Podcast: Redlips & Stilettos Podcast Website: www.thesaleshabit.co.za