Massage & Bodywork

JULY | AUGUST 2015

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Be creative with how you reach the public during your Ever yBody Deser ves a Massage Week (July 12–18 ) events. Promote yourself on Facebook and use your social media presence to its best advantage. Make sure your business website, and its content, are timely, fresh, and focused. Donate massage gif t cer tificates to nonprofit causes ; it brings in new clients and promotes goodwill recognition for your business brand. A sk your regular clients to be your cheerleaders and reward them for it ; client referrals are the easiest way to bring new clients in the door. Make sure your contact information is updated on A BM P's Find a Therapist referral tool at w w w. massagetherapy. com. Determine your niche — is it new mothers, long- distance athletes, weekend tourists? How can you target yourself to that group? Take advantage of all the tools available to you in A BM P's Marketing Center. Log in to w w w.abmp.com today. *Statistics from ABMP's 2015 National Consumer Survey conducted by Harstad Strategic Research, Inc. By Karrie Osborn ABMP Senior Editor | karrie@abmp.com T here is a lot of competition in the massage marketplace these days. Home-based practices compete with therapy clinics, which compete with medical spas, which compete with MTs working in chiropractic offices. When massage franchises started opening their doors 13-plus years ago, some therapists worried that the competition would become too fierce, there wouldn't be enough clients to go around, and they would quickly be put out of business. Yet, today's consumer tells us something different. Consider this: 64% of US adults have never had a massage.* Of this group, research shows that over half* (which equals approximately 81 million adult consumers) are "somewhat-to-very- open to getting a massage." That sounds like opportunity knocking! F r e e S O A P n o t e s w i t h M a s s a g e B o o k f o r A B M P m e m b e r s : a b m p . u s / M a s s a g e b o o k 95 Here's How to Reach Them A simple could lead to 81 million good things.

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