Tools to Build the Practice of Your Dreams
During a recent #massagechat, we were talking about using social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc) to market our massage therapy practices and someone brought up the topic of using Pinterest. Now, I’ll admit that I have a Pinterest page, but I haven’t pinned anything yet and I’m not exactly sure how to use it to promote… Continue Reading …
The first ever massagechat took place tonight. We had 13 participants and posted 360 tweets. There were great questions, great answers and, in Michael Reynolds case, ice cream sandwiches. I’ve saved the transcript as a PDF file so that all of you can see what we discussed. We’ll be doing it again next week, same… Continue Reading …
This is an idea I’ve been kicking around for a couple of months. It’s time to make it happen. Tweet Chat for massage therapists Using twitter, we can have a free flowing, realtime chat with one another. The first TweetChat will be this Sunday, July 24th at 10PM ET/7PM PT. All you need is a… Continue Reading …
I’ve mentioned before that I’m an introvert. Based on my informal polling, I’m betting that you are an introvert, too. It seems to be pretty common amongst the massage therapy crowd and it’s not a bad personality trait given that our jobs are somewhat isolated and silent. Introversion has it’s downsides in business For me,… Continue Reading …
Massage is a solitary profession. Most of you work alone and many of you are solo practitioners. This gives you freedom and flexibility but can leave you feeling lost and lonely at times. What if there was a way to fix the loneliness without giving up your autonomy? Massage Networking Groups What if you could… Continue Reading …
Everyone, it seems, is on Facebook these days. I’m friends with people I’ve never met. I have 2 fan pages, one for my massage business and one for the blog, and a personal page. I use Facebook to keep in touch with my family and with friends from as far back as elementary school. It… Continue Reading …
It’s Friday the 13th, so I’m featuring 13 social connections you should make this week. If you’re reading this, I know you have an internet connection and you know that there is good information out there. Did you know that there are other massage therapists out there? You may work alone, but you aren’t really… Continue Reading …
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