Massage Business Plan

Do you want your own business? Then create a massage business plan. Don't just hope that you will blindly get clients. Do some planning.

First, get yourself a daily or a weekly planner. You can find a nice one at Wal-Mart, an office supply store, or you can get a cheap one at a dollar store. Fill it out each day and use it. Carry it with you wherever you go.

Treat your free time as business time. Write down any scheduled massages (if you already have some clients) in your planner. With whatever time is left, schedule business planning time in your planner.

Next in your massage business plan, get a notebook and write down how you want your business to be in about a year.

What days and times of the day do you want to work? What days and times do you want to keep for you and for your family?

How many clients do you want to see each day? Will you give table massage, chair massage, spa treatments, or a combination?

Will you have an office or will you have an outcall practice? Will it be a combination of both?

How much will you charge? Make a list of all of the services you plan to offer and how much you will charge for each. Make this a part of your massage business plan.

Make a list of all of the equipment you will need for your practice. Write down the cost for everything and how you plan to pay for it. Will you take out a loan? Will you use business or personal credit cards? Will you buy as you get cash? Plan it all out.

If you want an office, begin looking around for one. Record all of the information you obtain.

Get liability insurance if you have not already done so.

Purchase a cell phone that is just for your business. Prepaid phones are the way to go if you do not want surprise high bills.

Get business cards printed and begin handing them out everywhere to let people know that you are a massage therapist.

Make advertising part of your massage business plan. Begin to advertise by word of mouth and through family and friends. Allow those friends and family members who are willing to hand out your business cards.

Build a massage web site to establish an internet presence in your community. A web site will allow those in your town to know you are there. Schedule time in your planner to build pages for your web site.

Stick to the schedule in your planner each week as much as possible. Things won't always go as planned, but once things are in writing, you will find your massage business becoming a reality for you.

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