Comments on: 5 Cheerleader-y Things: Encouraging your massage marketing efforts

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:04:25 +0000

Hey Daniel —

Funny you should mention twitter …

I’ll tweet you when I’m up and running. Thank you for the prompting.

Eileen

By: Daniel - TimeCenter Appointment Scheduling

Daniel - TimeCenter Appointment Scheduling — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:32:09 +0000

Hi Eileen,

This article is great, I have twittered about it.
I really like the positive vibe of it. And also the tips are very practical. I could not find you on Twitter, it would be easier to follow your blog that way. You could use something like twitterfeed.com. It automatically posts your blog post to Twitter.

Now I’m off to stare in a mirror!

Have a great day!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:49:06 +0000

Good for you, Honeybee.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with lowering your rates across the board. As a matter of fact, that is something worth writing a press release about. It IS news.

Hey. A thought: If you have clients who “get” that bodywork is a preventative and you want more like them, I gave an example of a message that you might like at the bottom of this entry http://www.naturaltouchmarketing.com/blog/marketing-matters/2009/01/your-work-makes-cents/

It’s clunky and not completely thought out, but you might have fun with it … ?

Keep on buzzing,
Eileen

By: honeybee

honeybee — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:20:59 +0000

I have recently lowered most of my prices by $5. However it was not due to having no appointments. At one place that I work at part time I charge $85 an hour and people are still very willing to pay that.
I don’t feel that my amount of business is based on my rates and neither should you.
Once people know that you are good at what you do and will help them feel better they will gladly spread the word for you. Most of my clients say that they think of massage as preventative maintenance and it saves them money on doctors bills, ex-rays and MRI’s!

I did lower my rates as a way to give back to my community during this time of need. Everyone needs massage, especially now more than ever!

By: honeybee

honeybee — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:12:20 +0000

RA! RA! Thank you for all those wonderful words of encouragement!

We should all be extremely proud of the work that we do. I know that most massage therapists have a passion for healing and helping others. We are all very fortunate to be able to make money doing what we love!

So hold your head high when someone asks what you do for a living as you imagine how much you helped your last person in session and go on to explain to the person you are talking to how you could help them too! Then hand them a business card.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:20:02 +0000

And a Rah! Rah! Siss Boom Bah! back atcha, “Alive”!

No one is “just” an anything. It makes me sad when I hear someone say that. This might be an emotional hold over from the mid-seventies when my mom crawled all over a neighbor for referring to herself as “just a housewife.”

Bodywork is one of the few purely positive professions. There is no “just” or “only” after the “I am.”

Eileen

PS: I see your “Carpe vida” and raise you a “Possunt quia posse videntur.”

By: Alive In AVL

Alive In AVL — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:11:09 +0000

Rah Rah!! Those are some simple, BUT profound encouragements. The one about “not just a MT” is great! Yes, we must own up to the fact that people find more freedom in themselves & their lives do to our work. Thank you for the inspiration!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:01:41 +0000

Hey, thank you!

So what IS working for you?

Obviously, it does depend on where you are and what people are accustomed to.

Your clients need to know how your work will benefit them. They need to be told CLEARLY how your work will benefit them. Then they need to be told CLEARLY that they need to contact you.

That’s been the bulk of the brainstorming/consulting sessions these last couple weeks.

And that will be the topic of my next entry.

Eileen

By: Believe unisex Day Spa

Believe unisex Day Spa — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:51:49 +0000

I love this!
Thank you so much…you are awesome…great tips. Nowadays people want free services.Thank God my husband can support me and I don’t have to waste all my energy giving free massages. You were so right on your last article about not discounting even at a lower price people are not scheduling a massage. I tried it people, it didn’t work…listen to the expert!