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What makes a successful massage therapist?

Posted by Julie Onofrio on July 27, 2009 at 3:07 pm

What makes a successful massage therapist?  What is it that will make the difference between being able to make the money that you need as a massage therapist and having to quit and change careers?
What qualities make for a successful massage therapist?
Is it having a certain technique?
No, people can be successful using any technique or [...]

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How to give a perfect massage

Posted by Julie Onofrio on July 14, 2009 at 2:10 pm

How to give a perfect massage was one of the questions being asked on yahoo answers.  Actually what they were asking more specifically was what would be your perfect massage?
I thought it was quite an interesting question since it really couldn’t be answered.
What makes a perfect massage is what is right for each individual.  It [...]

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Hope is not a business strategy

Posted by Julie Onofrio on July 11, 2009 at 7:57 pm

Setting achievable goals and planning for you massage business is what is needed in order to be successful as a massage therapist.  Often massage therapists say things like “it isn’t about the money” or ‘what about having presence with the client’.  They also use hope as a business strategy because they don’t want to do [...]

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Doing Massage For Free

Posted by Julie Onofrio on July 8, 2009 at 7:41 pm

One of the things that massage therapist seem to get caught up in is doing massage for free at various community events or at fairs and open houses to promote their business.
I did it when I first started 20 years ago but quickly found out that people who want free sample massages are very unlikely [...]

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How to set your massage rates.

Posted by Julie Onofrio on June 18, 2009 at 7:46 pm

Setting your massage rates involves knowing what you need to make to be successful and stay in business along with pricing your rates to be affordable by your target market or ideal massage client. So often massage therapists set their rates low thinking that it will get you more massage clients because you will [...]

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