Marketing for Male Massage Therapists
Marketing for male massage therapists is one of those interesting topics to be written by a female – me! But I have seen too many men shoot themselves in the foot. Men don’t want to get massaged by men. Women don’t want to get massaged by men. So who is left for men in the [...]
Top ten things to keep massage clients away
Sometimes I am just amazed at some of the things massage therapists do that work to keep clients away. I am not sure what the problem is though. It just seems like simple customer service to me for the most part. 10. Be late for your appointment 9. Don’t call people back within a few [...]
Are your referrals getting to you?
Getting referrals from clients or other health care professionals can be a big part of building and maintaining a massage business. Connecting with people and developing a relationship with them is the foundation of a referral network. Every client you work on has the potential to refer many people to you. They will go back [...]
Getting Doctors to Refer to your massage business
Getting doctors to refer clients to your massage business is a big challenge still today even with massage being more accepted and having more research available. Doctors are usually very busy and don’t have time to learn about something like massage. There are many doctors and health care providers that would really be helping their [...]
Getting traffic to your Massage Website
Getting traffic to your massage website is one of the challenges with websites these days. A website that doesn’t get any traffic or doesn’t get found by the search engines is not worth creating. What search engines and people like is information – that is the driving force of the internet. That means the more [...]
The Therapeutic Relationship in the Massage Profession
The therapeutic relationship that occurs between a massage therapist and a massage client is one of the keys to being a successful massage therapist. The therapeutic relationship is what allows healing to happen for both the massage client and the massage therapist. The therapeutic relationship is talked about by many authors in the massage profession. [...]
Massage Independent Contractors
As a Massage Independent Contractor you are basically self employed and work for yourself providing massage services for another company such as a chiropractor , salon or spa. There is much confusion over this position for massage therapists. I have written about it extensively on my other website but this post will combine some of [...]
Massage Business Plans
Massage Business Plans can help you create a plan for your massage business and help you set goals for yourself. In most cases your business plan can be just a simple plan that only you see. If you are trying to get funding from a bank or other company you will need to write a [...]
Massage Client Relationships
Understanding massage client relationships will help you in building your massage business just as much as any marketing plan or website. In learning about client relationships and learning to develop them you will be learning about yourself and your own needs -personal and business needs. As you become more aware of your needs you will [...]
Supervision for Massage Therapists
Supervision is a fairly new concept in the massage profession but one that I feel will be the way for massage therapists to get the recognition and the clients that one needs to make a really great living while doing something that you love. If you aren’t familiar with supervision, it is quite simply just [...]
