I own a small business (very small, it’s just me) and it basically involves doing some writing for advertising, marketing, the web and of course, blogging. None of this will ever replace my full-time career, but it does eat up various costs that my accountant has told me I can deduct from my taxes. And when I looked into it further, I found not ( Read more... )

Right now it seems that in some aspects, the massage business is down almost everywhere.  I do a large part of my work doing chair massage at conventions/events/sponsored shows.  Each year, I average a good 15-20 shows.  This year, I have had one so far.  That's not boding well for my income ( Read more... )

*That Jerry Sienfeld/Bill Gates commercial is really horrible.  It's like umm... ok... whatever.  Didn't Bill Gates retire already?

*speaking of horrible commercials.. what about those olive garden commercials.  Talk about cheezy.

It's a good thing I have tivo.  I love skipping the commercials.

When you landed that new job, the world looked great. Now it's been a while, and one of your worst fears has come true -- you're unhappy in your job. When you're spending at least five days a week at work, it makes sense that you'd want to like what you're doing. But there are times when you're in a position or company that doesn't work for you.
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**It seems that every gas station's air pump only gives you enough time to inflate three tires properly.  No matter what configuration I do for parking the vehicle, it seems that it's always like this.  So I have to always pay another 75 cents.  Ugg. hahaha ( Read more... )

There’s a statistic that 80% of all small businesses will fail within the first 5 years of operation. They can fail for a number of different reasons, such as bad market conditions, poor management, lack of capital and the like. If you want to start a successful small business, you have to be well aware of why many small businesses fail and make ( Read more... )

I found this from wisebread.com  It's basically the same analogy that you should remember when you are providing massage therapy services for your clients.  Remember, there are so many massage therapists out there.  They could easily go to another place if you don't take the extra few moments to provide proper customer service.

"I often get on my ( Read more... )

Hey everyone.  Does anyone have any coke reward codes that you don't need?  I am collecting them and near getting what I want from coca cola.  If anyone does, please send them to my inbox.  Thanks!

I believe that too many massage therapists feel that they need to spend money to generate business.  Others believe that certain types of advertising and marketing is too expensive.  Well, here are a few great ways to promote yourself but cost very little.  Most of these techniques can be done simply by providing your time and some gas/ ( Read more... )

Depending on where you work at, I feel that your verbal intake should be different.  Obviously in a medical setting, there are charts/paperwork that you can rely on to get better information to help assess your client.  But really there is just no substitute to a good few minutes of asking the client/patient what is going on with them ( Read more... )