Raising Your Massage Fees is often a difficult part of being in business for yourself as a massage therapist.  On one hand you want to be able to provide affordable massages to people and on the other hand, you need to make a living to stay in business so that you can continue to serve [...]

Every year I track my income and expenses on what is called a spending plan.  I learned this from a money coach – Mikelann Valterra who I worked with for a few years.  The system is quite unique in that it isn’t about creating a budget but it is about creating a plan of what [...]

Raising your rates for massage can be an intimidating experience for massage therapists.  I recommend that you raise your rates every few years.  It is really a part of good self care.  The cost of living goes up and your expenses go up each year so it is important that your business be able to [...]

Selling massage gift certificates can help to get you new clients as well as providing a influx of cash especially though holidays like Christmas, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. There are some things that you need to know about selling gift certificates that can help you take advantage of the holidays to help build your [...]

There are many ways to set up your massage business structure.  The best information will come from your accountant and business advisers.  The Small Business Administration (SBA) has a lot of information to assist you in setting up your massage business structure. The most common for massage businesses are being a sole proprietor of forming [...]

Deciding to take business cards or not is one of the things you will have to decide for yourself.  There are many sides to the topic.  I personally have never taken credit cards in my 23 years of doing business, but I also have my office centrally located in downtown Seattle where there are cash [...]

Selling Your massage business is not something that everyone thinks about when they are just starting a massage business but it should be taken into consideration.  Every massage business can be sold if you approach it right and build it with selling your massage business in mind.   The challenge in selling your business though is [...]

The idea of setting up a home massage office can seem appealing to many for the simple reason – it’s cheaper than renting an office and it is more convenient.  The challenge though is to create a home office space that people can feel comfortable going to.  As massage therapists working out of your home [...]

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 [...]