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All Blog Posts Tagged 'Brown' (5)

Here's the Plan

On any given day on my FB page, there will be massage therapists who are excitedly reporting an increase in their practice, talking about the big day or big week they just had, or some other joyful news related to their business. On any given day, there will also be someone posting that they’re closing up shop because they can’t make it, and taking a job they don’t really want because they have to have money to survive. And let’s be real, folks…none of us want to just survive. We want to…

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Added by Laura Allen on January 8, 2012 at 6:47am — No Comments

American Massage Conference Bats 1000

spent the weekend with over 1000 massage students and therapists, plus all the great vendors and support staff in Atlanta this weekend at the inaugural American Massage Conference. I’d have to say they definitely batted 1000! A good time was had by all!

There were just too many good moments to talk about them all, so some of my personal highlights:

Teaching my exam prep class Friday and ethics on Saturday, great… Continue

Added by Laura Allen on May 22, 2011 at 9:21pm — No Comments

Using YouTube to Promote Your Business

You may have noticed recently that I've been adding various videos to my blog here. Why? Because one of the coolest social media and guerrilla marketing tools out there is YouTube. From uploading videos of your own business, staff or services to showing demonstrations, snippets of classes you've taught or even just sharing other people's videos, videos help get people involved in your site, blog or other social sites very effectively. They also help you to educate and connect with your… Continue

Added by Felicia Brown on October 12, 2009 at 7:25am — 7 Comments

Making Your Massage Career Last - Part I

I've been in practice since 1994, a few years longer than I originally planned. Initially I thought I would retire from doing hands-on work after about seven or eight years to focus on managing the busy (and demanding) day spa I opened in 1996. But even as my spa grew to a staff of almost fifty before I sold it four years ago, I never could make the decision to walk away from my massage practice.

Now, fifteen years after I saw my very first paying client, I am actually building my… Continue

Added by Felicia Brown on July 25, 2009 at 7:31am — No Comments

5 Tips for Going Green in Your Massage Practice...(and a cool new web tool to check out)

Going green is certainly a trend of late and of interest to many massage therapists. Although I have written an entire post about this idea on my own blog , I wanted to share this new animated video blog here instead. Hope you enjoy the short clip about 5 Tips for Going Green in your massage, spa or wellness business!

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Added by Felicia Brown on July 13, 2009 at 6:08pm — No Comments