Advanced Business Strategies: Take Control of Your Massage Schedule business massage therapy Mar 31, 2022

 (Massage Magazine Column: "Advanced Business Strategies" March 31, 2022; Author Amy Bradley Radford)

If you find yourself daydreaming about a different schedule, then it’s time to make that dream a reality! In this article, I am going to walk you through creating your own personalized massage sche...

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Advanced Business Strategies: Save Time By Batching Business Tasks business massage therapy Feb 25, 2022

 (*Massage Magazine Column: "Advanced Business Strategies" February 25, 2022; Author Amy Bradley Radford)

When starting out in business, we look forward to the time when our massage schedule is full, when we do not have to spend so much of our time and energy finding clients or worrying about findi...

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Advanced Business Strategies: Take Control of Your Email business massage therapy Jan 28, 2022

 (*Massage Magazine Column: "Advanced Business Strategies" January 28, 2022; Author Amy Bradley Radford)

As a business coach for massage therapists, I find myself working the most with solopreneurs who are well-established with clients but searching for business solutions to take the next steps in ...

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Harness the Power of the Hour! Create Financial Reliability with 60-Minute Appointments business massage therapy Oct 22, 2021

 (*Massage Magazine Article October 22, 2021; Author Amy Bradley Radford)

In this article, we are going to discuss how to create financial reliability in your business and budget by using more 60-minute scheduled appointments.

This in no way implies that the 30-, 45-, 90- or 120-minute appointment...

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MTs Ask: What Are Exact Steps I Can Take to Raise Fees? business massage therapy Aug 27, 2021

 (*Massage Magazine Article August 27, 2021; Author Amy Bradley Radford)

You want to raise fees for your massage sessions, but you don’t want to lose clients. If you are providing a solid, valued service and you have put the time into growing your clientele and business, you are perfectly entitled ...

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Get Massage: This is How to Choose the Right Massage Trade Partner business massage therapy Aug 13, 2021

 (*Massage Magazine Article August 13, 2021; Author Amy Bradley Radford)

Massage trades are so important to health and longevity in this industry. Hopefully, like me, you have a fellow massage therapist you can do massage trades with to contribute to each other’s self-care.

Finding and picking the...

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The MT's Guide to an Independent Massage Career: An Exploration of the 3 Main Types of Practice business massage therapy Jul 15, 2021

 (*Massage Magazine Article July 15, 2021; Author Amy Bradley Radford)

Are you a massage employee thinking of launching an independent practice as the next step in your massage career? 

Are you ready to start your own business and just don’t know what you should do? Do the options seem vast and yo...

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What Does "Pay Yourself First" Mean? (Hint: It's a Support System for Your Financial Health) business massage therapy Jul 02, 2021

 (*Massage Magazine Article July 2, 2021; Author Amy Bradley Radford)

Learn to pay yourself first as a way of taking control of your finances—and making sure you get a regular paycheck

As if it wasn’t enough that you do everything for your massage business, including the never-ending piles of laun...

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Is This The End of Competition? Meet the New Heart-Centered Approach to Professional Networking business massage therapy Dec 24, 2020

 (*Massage Magazine Article December 24, 2020; Author Amy Bradley Radford)

There is a very important mental shift occurring in the massage industry: to continue to be independent but to work together as a community—such as in professional networking—in approaches to client care.

This approach to c...

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Start a Massage Practice. The MT's Guide to Budgeting for Startup Costs & Monthly Expenses business massage therapy Dec 07, 2020

 (*Massage Magazine Article December 7, 2020; Author Amy Bradley Radford)

It takes more than enthusiasm to start a massage practice; it also takes budgeting your money to be successful

Based on my experience helping new massage therapists put together their first-year business plans, I know there ...

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Too Much or Not Enough? This is How to Apply Corrected Massage Pressure business massage therapy pain management massage Oct 27, 2020

 (*Massage Magazine Article October 27, 2020; Author Amy Bradley Radford)

Corrected massage pressure is one thing that gets a client to return for another appointment with you, because he liked how he felt after the massage he received.

However, there is more to getting a client to return than jus...

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Start a Massage Practice: From Massage School to Professional Touch business massage therapy Oct 05, 2020

 (*Massage Magazine Article October 5, 2020; Author Amy Bradley Radford)

When you start a massage practice, much of the first year of your career is spent repeating and learning how to develop your skills.

At a basic level, massage school is a technical training of sorts.

To become a professional...

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