One of the things that I often see in this profession is that people coming into it think that becoming a massage therapist will be a very easy thing. I am not sure if it is a result of what the massage schools are teaching or people not doing their research before they become massage therapists. Just because it is a more rewarding field working with people who are in pain and under stress and being able to be a part of changing people’s lives doesn’t mean it will not be easy.
One of the things that is needed to become successful in this or any field for that matte is a commitment to do so.
What are you willing to do to be successful?
- Are you willing to learn how to promote yourself?
- Are you willing to stay with it as long as it takes and stay through the process which may include not getting the results you want at first or even for many years?
- Are you willing to hire a marketing manager, a financial manager and a website developer to get the best results?
- Are you willing to keep going even when you do a mailing and you don’t get any client response?
- Are you willing to keep going even if you try raising your rates but you lose too many clients?
- Are you willing to learn how to educate clients and show them what the benefits of massage really are?
- Are you willing to learn how to ask “Do you want another appointment”? and not feel like you are too pushy or feel like it is inappropriate?
- Are you willing to learn to charge people for no-shows or last minute cancellations?
What are you willing to do?
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