Cross Marketing

[MikeyKid!5]

Has anyone had any success with cross marketing?  I have thought about approaching florists and possibly tanning salons to help market my work.  A little late for the florists since V-day and Mother's day have passed.  If you have, how did you work it out with them?  I was thinking of giving them a series of numbered certificates and a control log, for each one they sell as an add on to their services they would get either a perceneforum.xxxe or set dollar amount to compensate them for the time and effort.  Any thoughts or ideas?

 

[Tanysha]

Cross Marketing

This also applies to the recent posts in other discussion areas about Warm Spirit....I approached a Warm Spirit consultant last year about creating an informal partnership: I massage the people at the Gatherings for free, bringing bus. cards, coupons, gift certificates, etc., and she could promote her Gatherings as having something the others didn't -- a licensed massage therapist to give hand, foot, or shoulder massages using the Warm Spirit products. I also kept Warm Spirit catalogues and samples in my office and spread the word about her business.It worked OK for a while, but I think the consultant was more interested in getting me to sell the products, which I was not interested in doing, and had stated so from the start. And I couldn't afford to use the products in my practice, as they are decidedly *not* priced for professional use. I dunno. It kinda fell flat. I guess that's not much help to your post, but I'm sure there's something I or she could have been doing differently to make it work more solidly... it seemed like a great idea at the time!For what it's worth ~Andrea

 

[Violent John]

Hi Andre & Gator,I am an LMT in NY AND a Warm Spirit consultant.  I wasn't approached by anyone, but I sort of got myself into it.  With all the research I had been doing regarding  marketing my massage business, I kept hearing the same re-occuring theme...Make sure you have a marketing aspect of your business in place so that when you're not physically able to give a massage, there's still an opportunity for your business to be profitable through the sale of your retail products.My initial thought was..."I'll make my own massage oil". I took a class at a local health & wellness institute where we learned how to make our own oils, creams, body butters & the like.I was really gun ho at first, then I started to realize that it would be more of a hassle than I had originally thought.   The ideal situation for me would have been to sell someone else's already made product, and still somehow profit from it.Enter Warm Spirit (I'm sure there are many others out there like it, you just have to do the foot work to find them).Anytime I massage someone (mostly chair massage at various events throughout the city), I give them my business card with a sample of a WS body butter.  I tell them about my massage business which includes pamper or spa parties, where the guests get free mini massages.  9 out of 10 people have been quite eager to host a party for me, simply because they'll be getting something free (the massage), and seeing a new line of skincare that they most likely hadn't heard of.I think Warm Spirit, or any other skincare line like it, is a perfect partner with a massage business.  You definitely need to find a product line that you believe in, that way other people will see your excitement and enthusiasm & will want to know more about what you do.Good luck

 

[Lance]

All,I am a Warm Spirit as well.  My husband is a massage therapist.  We actually became consultants to help him market his massage practice.  Andrea I think your idea to partner was great. However, you should be looking at a larger scale.  We charge for chair massages during the gatherings.  Freebies are provided from the Warm Spirit booths at large events where you can market on a grander scale.  I would think that if you were willing to provide services for free, a consultant should gladly welcome you into their booth.  (After all, the massage will draw more people around to check out the product).Good Luck!P.S.Good to hear a fellow consultants doing her thing!JB

 

[i less than 3 u]

Cross Marketing

Thanks for the input, Lorkie & Joy! Sounds like you found great ways to make the cross-marketing work.Best,Andrea

 

[dnn_brttn]

I am interested in selling a line of products in my office next year. Can someone please send me more info on Warm Spirit or any other company similar to this. Please PM more info. Thanks!

edited by Talenyn, to make email address harder to skim.

 

[Hayley-May]

OmGrl, I'd suggest you edit your last post and remove your email address and just ask for people to PM you - otherwise you will get a lot of spam listing your email on a message board.

 

[beauty]

Thanks Talenyn and Meld! I sure don't need more spam in my inbox.

 

[PossiblyNotMaybe]

OmGrl, I'd suggest you edit your last post and remove your email address and just ask for people to PM you - otherwise you will get a lot of spam listing your email on a message board.

Huh, I don't get much, if any...I must be living right. LOL