I am starting 2 new websites to help massage therapists learn how to make extra money online.
www.massageschoolnotes.com is one of my latest creations. My first site www.thebodyworker.com makes me about $1000 a month in Google Adsense income alone. I basically started that site just sharing my massage school notes. Now you can learn the process of creating a website to create residual income for your self to help support you in your career in massage. The reason I am starting this is also that I was never a writer. I started with collecting my notes and putting them into pages on a website. When I first started in 1999, I actually had a hand written notebook that got me started. I would then put the info into pages on the website. One of the biggest concerns of massage therapists who are wanting to create residual income is the ‘fear of’ writing. You don’t have to be a writer. All you need to be is an information junkie.
With this site – www.massageschoolnotes.com you can begin learning the process by sharing your own massage school notes, projects, test questions, study guides or any of your favorite books and resources. When you do, the whole profession will benefit making massage school easier to get through!
My other project www.massagebusinessjournal.com is a similar concept. I am seeking massage therapists who want to share their stories of how they are starting and building their massage business. It will start off with your practice profile/author page and then progress to writing posts on just about every aspect that you were faced with and have overcome – finding office space, negotiating leases, creating flyers/business cards and other marketing materials, overcoming challenges with difficult clients, creating your policies and learning how to enforce them….anything and everything you have gone through on the way to becoming a massage therapist.
I started this really as a result of hearing so many people saying things like “I don’t have any clients because of the economy”. The economy doesn’t need to be a factor. There are many that are very successful and doing well. There are so many books and resources out there for massage therapists but the one thing that is missing is the thoughts that go into taking action and getting/keeping clients. I would love for people to start sharing that with others to help others learn that they can do it too!
With both sites you will be able to make money in various ways:
- You can become a mentor for others and start working with local massage therapists or create an online mentoring program and promote your services on each site.
- You can become an affiliate with various websites such as www.amazon.com and write about books that you have read or DVD’s that you have seen and get paid when people who click through your links buy the product. (There are also tons of other affiliate programs)
- I will be implementing a few different montetization systems testing one at a time. One possibility is Google Adsense Sharing which is sharing the income from clicks on Adsense ads that will be on the site. Each author will have their own account with adsense and the ads will rotate. The other option will be to create a membership site after I get about 30 authors and share the membership fee with them. People will have to pay for a membership to read the full text of articles. This will all be done through clickbank.com where you will need a free account with them.
- You will need to promote your author profile which will have a link to the membership area and/or a list of your articles. Promotions can be anything from just writing a short article (300 words or so) on free article marketing sites such as ezinearticles.com. It can also be posting in forums and on other people’s blogs with your unique page referenced attracting new readers. The more you promote it the more you can make.
This will take time though before you are making money. It takes about 2000 visitors a day or more to make anything substantial. The more people write and promote, the better it will work for all. This is a team effort!
Be sure to contact me for more info through one of those sites or through my contact form below (but go look at the sites first and let me know what you think!
Thanks
Julie Onofrio
www.thebodyworker.com
www.massage-career-guides.com
www.massageceguide.com
www.workless-playmore.com
www.massagebusinessjournal.com
www.massageschoolnotes.com
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Kudos to you! Its great that you are helping other massage therapists transform not only their businesses but also themselves. All the best.
I want to participate in these opportunities. I love to write and am currently in massage school at Sky Hill Institute in Petaluma, CA. I will be graduating at the end of September and will then have a lot more time on my hands to re-start my business and do things like this on the internet. My current website is http://www.mayagracemassage.vpweb.com I used to have a practice after I did my 150 hour training, but decided to go back to school to get my 650hr certificate. I would love to be a part of your endeavors. Sounds like fun! It seems like you really understand what you are doing online and I would love to learn the tricks of the trade from you. Thank you for all that you do for all of us massage therapists!
Which site would you like to participate in? http://www.massagebusinessjournal.com or http://www.massageschoolnotes.com – try one first and then get the hang of it.
Let me know and I can set up an account for you.
Julie