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No Assumptions

Recently I hosted a nutrtion seminar on boosting the immune system. My feedback after the class was held was that some people didn’t even know what the immune system is. hmmmm…. When I marketed the event I didn’t explain the … Continue reading

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September 5th and the Season is over.

It is September 5th and it has been approximately one year since I moved my massage practice from Seattle, WA to Priest Lake, ID.  When I first moved to Priest Lake the time was spent recovering from the high speed … Continue reading

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May Madness!

May was a flurry of activity and hubbub! May 5th was Bloomsday in Spokane, WA. Therapeutic Approach in Spokane contracted Kiva Mobile to join in on a vendor tent offering sports massage to the thousands of racers who go all … Continue reading

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Open House at Kiva!

Saturday June 2nd 10-6pm Come and enjoy a couple of hours at Kiva Therapeutics! Festivities include: Root Beer Floats $5 Mini Spa Treatments Animation Cel Exhibit Vizions of Glassware is our guest artisan Meet the Chief! creator of the topical … Continue reading

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Marketing in a Small Community

Marketing Massage in a small community can be tricky. It is a different animal all together than marketing in a city. In an urban setting all one needs to do is put out a sign and run a small little … Continue reading

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Marketing the Business of Massage

My main area to practice massage is in Priest Lake, Idaho. Because it is a resort community the busy season is July 4th to Labor Day. Knowing that my business would be slow in the fall, I did some marketing … Continue reading

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Researching Business Space

The first five years I was licensed as a massage therapist I just took what came my way when it came to where I worked. A very free floating sort of hippie way of doing business. I had an initial … Continue reading

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ON-Line Billing services Office Ally….argh!

I recently switched from a billing service to doing my own insurance billing through an on-line billing service called Office Ally. I was informed by a colleague that it was easy and would only take a few minutes each session. … Continue reading

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The four C’s

My current business model is considered to be successful by some of my colleagues and social peers.  I spent three years growing a full-time massage therapy business out of my home and the 4th year-I moved it out of my … Continue reading

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