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It’s been personally rewarding working on this series of “A Year of Giving Back” and it’s inspiring me beyond my usual promotions.  For example April is more than Easter and Tax Day. It has Foot Health Awareness, Youth Sports Safety Month...

Just when you thought you had figured out (or almost figured out) millennials and how to market your spa and massage practices services to them, here come the Gen Zers. Also known as iGens, this is the generation born between the...

Successful marketing requires strategy and planning. To maximize holidays and other special treatment and retail promotions, you’ll want to plan ahead to ensure you achieve your goals. This is where a marketing calendar can be extremely helpful...

It wouldn’t be a New Year without a range of forecasts about trends expected to influence the industry. From all accounts, wellness will continue to shape the spa industry over the next year. As 2017 came to a close, ISPA released its 2017 “US...

Even if you have a healthy client roster, you don’t want to put marketing activities on the back burner. After all, market conditions change.  New competition may come into the area. Existing competitors may decide to step up their marketing activities and...

Are some people just born with a more positive outlook on life?  Maybe it’s a matter of nature and nurture. Whatever the cause, there is no question some people see the glass as half full most of the time rather than half empty. While being too optimistic..

Swedish massage therapy (SMT) may be effective in providing significant relief from cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in breast cancer survivors, according to a study published online in Cancer. The study conducted at Emory University in Atlanta...

Managing your reputation online is more important than ever before. The Internet can be unforgiving and rush to judgement even before all the facts are in. That’s why you need a proactive plan in place to make sure that you are on top of what clients...

Even with Black Friday and Cyber Monday drawing in millions of shoppers, many people still are in the midst of working through their holiday shopping lists. If you haven’t stepped up your marketing plans to capture holiday buying, there’s still...

"Change is easy!" said no one, ever! Change can be incredibly difficult and often requires us to look past our current situation to where we would like to be. Planning and organizing what changes we need to make, how we need to make them, and determining...

Thanksgiving is the time many take time to reflect on the things in life they are most grateful for.  But being grateful or living a more grateful life isn’t something to reserve for one day of the year. In fact being grateful and conveying that feeling to friends...

Are any of your clients looking for skin lightening treatments?  The global market for skin lightening products is on the rise. Global Industry Analysts projects the market in the U.S. alone will reach $31 billion by 2024. While there is a growing...