December 2007
Monthly Archive
Year in Review
Posted by Julie Onofrio on 29 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News
It is that time of year to take a moment to look back at the year in review. Sometimes it doesn’t seem as good until you take a real good look at it all.
You did Great this year!
I did accomplish alot too and I feel much better than I ever have.
Not too bad in one year!
I have already been planning new things for next year. I can’t wait to see what evolves.
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Win a Free Website
Posted by Julie Onofrio on 24 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News
As my way of saying thanks to everyone for reading and visiting my many websites through the years, I am giving away a years subscription to a Site Build it! webhosting and business building system.
You can enter to win at my site www.massagetherapycareers.com
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Colorado Massage Licensing
Posted by Julie Onofrio on 23 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Licensing and Legislation
Colorado made an attempt to license massage statewide but after their research decided that there wasn’t a need for it. You can read the about the process they went through to look at whether or not licensing is needed in Colorado. The Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) in CO is in charge of consumer protection.
The report discusses the question of whether there is a need for regulation in order to protect the public from potential harm, whether regulation would serve to mitigate the potential harm, and whether the public can be adequately protected by other means in a more cost-effective manner.
The results show that there is no proof of harm or need to protect the public from harm.
Keith Grant gives us an update on his blog- ramblemuse.com
Part of the problem in licensing massage is that there is no clear definition of what massage is or isn’t. There are also no professional competencies created to guide the profession in determining what massage schools need to be teaching. Right now the testing procedures are multiple choice questions (some not even directly related to massage) that do not tell anything other than a person has studied how to take a test. It doesn’t show whether they really can do massage.
One of my goals for the next year is to keep looking into the licensing dilemma and start writing about it more. Part of the problem is that many massage therapists don’t understand the issues involved other than what it means for them to practice massage where they live. What happens to massage therapists in other states seems to be out of our hands, but it reflects on the profession as a whole.
Our lack of unity, understanding and a clear definition of what massage is nation wide is making the massage profession look unorganized and unprofessional. No wonder we are so often confused with prostitution and thought of to be masseuses and masseurs.
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Posted by Julie Onofrio on 21 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News
I’m evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they’re letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.
It covers:
- The best blogging techniques.
- How to get traffic to your blog.
- How to turn your blog into money.
I’ll let you know what I think once I’ve had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it’s still free.
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Site Build it! - Buy one, Get one Free
Posted by Julie Onofrio on 15 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Building Your Practice, Massage Marketing, The Wealthy Massage Therapist, Websites for Massage therapists
ABMP reports that:
*65.6 percent wish they had more clients
* 21.2 percent indicated that (more clients) was the one change they would most like to make to their practice.
*Nearly half of the respondents (51 percent) report supplementing their income with another job, a job at which they spend an average of 25 hours per week. The top five second occupations include: office/secretary/clerks; massage instructor; medical, including nurses; teacher/education; and sales/retail.
Now you can do both -get more clients for your massage business by creating a website that works and make additional income that will allow you to focus on what you do best -doing massage- because it is time for the Site Build it! annual Holiday Sale. It doesn’t get any better than this!!
If you have been putting off starting your website because it is too expensive, because you don’t know where to start, or because mercury is in retrograde - now is the time. This sale only comes once a year. Can you afford to wait another year to save $299?
You can buy one SBI! business building system for $299 and get a second one absolutely for FREE! You can use it yourself with 9 months or give it away for what will be the most amazing gift of the season - a gift of financial independence!
I have started most of my sites through this sale. It helps ease the stress of outlaying cash when you don’t have enough coming in until your sites can start making you money. My site www.massagetherapycareers.com started making about $200 a month within a month of starting it. I know that doesn’t seem like much but now I make that in Ebook sales and about $500 a month in Google income. My other site www.thebodyworker.com that I built using all of the principles I learned from SBI! is making me a few thousand a month. The thing is that it keeps growing and if I stopped writing today, I would continue to make money.
The sale ends at midnight on Dec 25th so don’t wait till the last minute - or actually you can! When you order your site is immediately set up so that you can start right away creating your site or give that extra one away to that hard to ‘buy for’ friend or family member!
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