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[eqqkhogq]

does any one know if you can get a job (maybe one day a week) doing indian head massage, maybe in a salon or something like that? as i'm not really sure about how to put my new skills to good use? would it be better advertising to do home visits? i'm in the north yorkshire area? any help would be appreciated. thanks x

 

[UnlimitedPorn]

Dear Emsie,

I finish my course in the next 3 weeks. I have decided to go the corporate way - sell IHM and try to get the company to pay me per hours to offer this to their staff over lunchtime (12 to 2) - think if I can get 3 or 4 clients in a week I will be happy.

Busy doing business cards, list with pro's etc to start selling this service. Suppose I am lucky as I worked in a big business park 5 minutes away from home and know quite a few of the directors in different companies. I will thus be selling this to people I know and who know me (as a professional, reliable, trustworthy person), and hopefully this will work.

Quite a few salons rent out therapy rooms per hour - so if you have some clients so that you can fill up a few hours right away the room should pay for itself. If you go through some old threads you will get all sorts of advise and ideas about advertising, how to start, how much to charge etc.

I (personally) do not think home visits are such a good idea unless they are people who are known to you.If you don't know the person and their home situation/issues etc. so you could end up trying to give a treatment with 6 kids and 5 dogs running around in a not so clean environment where you could feel uncomfortable (giving worst case scenarios here!!!). As there are some very strange people around in this world of our I think you need to be careful.

Same goes for doing treatments from your own home, inviting strangers into your comfort zone.

Hope this gives you a bit to think about. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

Regards,
Jo

 

[MANNEQUIN]

thanks very much for the advice-especially about the home visits, its given me something to think about, thanks x

 

[Slapstick]

Hi Emsie

I started off doing free sessions for Agencies I had previously worked with as a counsellor in the voluntary sector. From there when they had funding available they would bring me in to work with staff, service users and at annual conferences. I was fortunate that they already had a working relationship with me prior to doing treatments. Perhaps getting someone to write a testimonial for you, and including it with a mailshot and such like might be an idea to get started.
I'd also suggest doing good quality promo stuff, the minute you hand your business card over you say something about yourself and create that vital first impression.

Good luck