davidguide on Sep 17th, 2008Mobile Spa Business - Bringing the Business Right to Clients
Mobile spas are starting to proliferate and operate actively in most markets. Conceptualized and developed on the principle that clients are more at home and comfortable having spa services provided right at the coziness and privacy of home, mobile spas are truly patronized well. In fact, mobile spas are most in-demand in busy markets across [...]
davidguide on Aug 21st, 2008Medical Tourism
International professional organizations, non-governmental organizations, and other international institutions work to make sure that medical training, medical practices, and medical equipment are standardized around the globe. Diagnostic terminology is set; medications from prescription drugs to anesthesia are globally-available.
Medical tourism takes advantage of this standardization of medical procedures. Doctors overseas—many of whom have trained in the [...]
davidguide on Aug 8th, 2008Adding Services and Diversification - Add Services, Extend Your Hours and Diversify
Adding cosmetic procedures is a great way to add services to your existing salon or spa. The only way for any salon or spa to stay in business is to constantly evolve. Adding services that are extensions of the services you currently offer is a good way to get started.
Like any plan to expand, start-up [...]
davidguide on Aug 7th, 2008Start-up Guide to Hair Salon Furniture
Hair salon furniture is one of the major expense when starting a hair salon business. This is critical in giving a pleasant experience to the customers of your salon. Hair salon furniture includes styling chairs, shampoo chairs, facial steamers, massage table and other items such as rolling carts and cabinets. The furniture can be selected [...]
davidguide on Aug 6th, 2008How Owning Your Own Business Can Change Your Life
If you are like most people today, you are running around in circles looking for more ways to make money.
With having two jobs out of the question, and how can you afford going to school with gas prices so high?
Lets face it, with the cost of living so high today can you afford not to [...]
davidguide on Jul 14th, 2008Getting More Massage Therapy Clients, Without Expensive Advertising - Part 2
In Part 1 I discussed how you can get more clients without expensive advertising by what not to do. And that is not doing general advertising to ‘everyone’, I was talking about getting specific to marketing to people who want massage, and that the secret lies in your own practice.
It’s easy to see what groups [...]
davidguide on Jul 14th, 2008Getting More Massage Therapy Clients, Without Expensive Advertising - Part 1
Many times a Massage Therapist will feel as if, in order to get clients, they need to do expensive advertising in the newspaper. When I first stated, I had no money to do advertising with, so I had to find another way to market myself. It took longer, but the clients I got as a [...]
davidguide on Jul 13th, 2008How To Open A Massage Therapy Business
If you are thinking of opening a massage therapy clinic, you may not get much of an education in business administration from a massage therapy school. Most massage courses spend many hours on the various massage modalities, from aromatherapy massage to Zero balancing, but they often skip over how to get started once you graduate.
What [...]
davidguide on Jul 12th, 2008What’s All The Hype? It’s Just Water - Creating Memorable Spa Experiences Without A Wet Room
It was possibly the most luxurious treatment on the planet, the smells, the sensation……As I lay there, swaying in my hammock reminiscing about my luxurious day at the spa, I couldn’t help but think about how it compared overall to spa treatments around the world and the spa menu promise of a tropical escape.
Elements of [...]
davidguide on Jul 12th, 2008If I Was Going To Start Up A Day Spa
For several years, I dreamt of opening my day spa. I would spend hours in my 10×10 cubicle planning the service menu, the decor, the marketing theme, the perfect location. I spent zero hours thinking of managing staff, bookkeeping, dealing with plumbing issues.
BUT if I was going to start up a spa, I would do [...]