Understanding Massage Business Basics will help you in creating a strong foundation for your massage business. Reading and learning everything you can about business will be an ongoing process and it will never end. There is always something new to learn.
Here are some of the business basics to get you started:
- Figure out Your Ideal Client
- Creating a Business Plan
- Create a Spending Plan -not a budget!
- Start Simply – Share office space
- Setting up your Massage Business Structure
- Independent Contractors
- How to make money and care
- Setting your fees for services
- Raising Your Rates
- Finding office space to share
- Setting up your office
- Setting up a home massage office
- Setting up a mobile massage business.
- Accepting Credit Cards
- Creating your Policies and Procedures – Cancellation policies
- Tipping Policies – Yes or No?
- The Art of Making Appointments
- Choosing a Massage Business Name
- Marketing Massage
- Long list of Massage marketing tips
- Getting Massage Clients to Rebook – Repeat Clients
- Starting a Website
- Create Your Google Business Listing
- Using WordPress for Your Website
- What to write on your Website – a long list of suggested articles/topics
- Using Facebook
- Using Massage Photos on Facebook
- Selling Your Massage Business
- For Male Massage Therapists
- Using Groupon
- Massage Gift Certificates
- Accepting Credit Cards
- Educating Massage Clients
- Evaluate if you want to learn massage insurance billing or not.
- The Dark Side of Billing Insurance