coupon ideas...

[Banana tree]

Where I work we had a meeting today and the owner is having a big sale on products and also wants us all there to bring more people in and offer like discounts etc..she told me I could promote my hot stone with coupons or some kind of thing to get them in to try it..SO..KNOWING how creative you all are , does anyone have any good ideas???? :grin:

 

[Hawk M]

How about a free hot stone session? (please send me directions to your office.) t044

Ok, seriously now ...
Would you be comfortable doing a free upgrade? Or a 'partial' free upgrade? In other words, include stones during just the back part of the massage. Then what you could even do is start with the back and the stones and if they like it, they could upgrade to stones for the entire session for $xx more. You would need to explain this before the session started so he/she would know what was going to happen, and they could understand the options. But if they like the stones enough to continue the entire session like that, they could decide to upgrade the session. Otherwise the session would continue as a regular massage for the regular massage price. The client really would have nothing to lose.

I really hope that made sense. Plus, I don't know much about using stones and don't know if this makes sense for a session or your set-up or work load.

 

[Vegas Matt]

Hi Brian
Its actually a great idea! Thank you!!

any other ideas? maybe I will do more than one thing?

 

[coopyey]

What about a "bring a friend" kind of discount? If your setting could accommodate a couple of people at a time you essentially give a referral discount on the spot.

 

[Evan A]

I did something similar last winter to get more people into the stone thing. For every client who came in for a 90 m. massage, they could have the use of warm stones included in their session. Except, I would just use the stones heat up each body part before massaging and maybe again after working the area. I used a double stone introduction to the back. In areas of inflammation or that were bothering the client, I would also combine the marble (I am trained in LaStone therapy) It was so popular that this winter I am going to add it to my menu as an add on service.

Many clients wanted to try a full LaStone session after that whereas some others still wanted the massage part but were willing to pay extra to add some of the stones in to the session.

Another combo is to offer free foot/hand work with the stones.

Something to think about: when combining hands-on massage with hot stones, be careful not to do too much of both or the client may end up feeling tired and sore for a couple days. In LaStone we are taught not to combine massage with a full stone body sequence, the reason given was that massage brings heat to the tissues as well as the hot stones and that could lead to too much inflammation in the body.

I'm not really sure if that's the real science behind that reasoning but here's my anecdotal evidence: a friend of mine wanted hands on massage in her LaStone session (which I wouldn't do for clients but she is a close friend), so I gave it during her session and she felt like sore for a couple days after. I have also had clients who have recieved my work mention afterward they were nervous to try it at first because post-soreness had happened to them when getting regular hot stone massage from other therapists as opposed to a LaStone and the other therapists had used the hot stones in with the massage more often than I did.

 

[ksbcrocks]

what about if you buy a session for hot stone you get a half-hour free..they could either use as a gift for someone or themselves?

 

[kothandam]

You could have coupons for a "free hot stone add-on" to any length massage- just use 4 or 5 when doing the back, people love that! And if it's a hit, add it to your menu for $x more per session.