How long before you get really busy?

[^_^]

Well, first I would advertise. You can always send notes to your clients informing them of your move should you decide to go somewhere else. I don't know how long you should expect it to take to really get busy without any advertising.

 

[Jen jen]

How long before you get really busy?

Susana,If you are a booth renter (rent a room), then the clients *are* yours. You are not an employee of the salon. Advertise for them, work em well, cultivate your business & even if you move, most will follow you if you provide what they need & are the best fit for their tastes. Ask the few clients you do have to refer you to 2 friends this month. Ask them. Look them in the eyes when they are happy & noodley & about to tip you. tell them the best tip they could ever give you is to rebook before they leave today & tell a friend about how great they feel.My point is, you cannot build your practice by just showing up for the appointments you have on the books. You can take the approach that you feel most comfortable with & be as soft or as hard a sell as you like, but you have to take action, unless you just want to leave it up to fate.Jill/Sagetherapist

 

[mitchell]

I am just wondering for those of you who started your own business, how long before you had a good flow of clientelle?I have tried to begin a thread that may help you to figure this out on an individual basis.  Hope it helps! http://www.massageplanet.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=bus;action=display;num=1101755760

 

[Alyce S]

I think it varies for everyone.  I was fortunate enough to find a room to rent 10 minutes from my house that I'm splitting with another therapist so it's only $175/month and while I have seen enough clients to pay the rent, it's not enough to pay the rest of the bills  I have decided that January is going to be my big marketing month....I'm going to do the fishbowl idea, I've gotten in touch with a running store about doing a discount for their runners, and well, it's time to sh*t or get off the pot and well, I guess I'm gonna be sh*tting for a while because I don't want to go back to the spa!