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  • Guest speaker Lisa Barber’s tips on how to get to the top of Google

    In this week’s blog post, Marketing Teacher and Business Mentor Lisa Barber at Roots and Wings, will help you get to the top of Google. How to get to the top of Google I get emails from people most days offering support to get me ‘to the top of Google’. And each time it pains me…

  • What to put on your Facebook business page

    You’ve set up a Facebook page for your therapy business. And now you’re wondering, “What on earth do I share? There’s only so much I can say about aromatherapy, reflexology, massage etc…” Am I right? It’s important to view Facebook posts as adding value for free to your followers. Not just self-promotion. But thinking up…

  • How to spend less time marketing (and still get clients)

    It’s so frustrating when you have all this passion and not enough of the right people seem to notice. After all (and let’s be honest here) you are actually trying to help them! You got into this work so you could help people. And you didn’t invest in your training so you could spend your…

  • Top tips for creating a website that works for you

    Your website greets your ideal clients when you can’t. In the middle of the night, it can give someone a sense of hope. While you’re shopping in Tesco, a potential client can find out more about your business. When you’re on a training course, someone can figure out if you’re a good fit for their…

  • My perfect retreat – Kagyu Samye Ling

    Meditation and yoga are fast becoming everyday tools, helping us cope with the pace of modern life, writes FHT Vice President Maria Mason. I have been studying and practicing yoga and meditation for many years and have been fortunate enough to have traveled to and stayed in a number of monasteries around the world. With a keen…

  • The real reason clients aren’t calling

    When you know you get great results for clients, it can be hard to understand why someone doesn’t want to book an appointment with you, when they need the exact service you offer. Perhaps you’re getting plenty of enquiries. Maybe there’s a lot of polite interest. You may even be getting a healthy number of…

  • 4 reflections on sticking to your prices

    “Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.” – Anna Taylor If you’re anything like me, you were raised to believe that generosity is about giving. You were taught the importance of sharing at a very…

  • A place for supplemental tools within the massage industry

    By Una Tucker, FHT accredited provider at Kneader On-Site Massage In our world of technology and fast-paced 24/7 lifestyles, getting a relaxing massage can be like stepping back into a simpler time. Although there are electric and battery-operated options, the majority of massage therapists have kept routines reliably simple and hands-on – a strategy that…

  • My Journey with the Total Release Experience (TRE)

    By FHT accredited training provider Caroline Purvey My journey started over four years ago when I was about to embark on opening my own yoga studio. A dream I held after leaving full time teaching in a 24/7 boarding school. I was trained to trainer level and taught yoga to staff and pupils as well as…

  • The 3 ways to grow your holistic practice

    In our new blog series, marketing teacher and business mentor Lisa Barber at Roots and Wings will help you to market with integrity and attract new clients… You’ve thrown heart, soul and savings into your training. And now you’re ready to receive money in return for the valuable service you offer clients. You’re doing something that’s…

  • Guest post: Julia Urquhart, MFHT

    Massage tools I’ve been a practising massage therapist for 12 years now and it’s been an interesting journey, learning new skills at courses and workshops, and meeting other therapists who have been a great source of support and knowledge. About a year ago, a sports therapist I was swapping treatments with used a massage tool on…

  • Guest post: Helen Roach, MFHT

    It is possible to enjoy touch therapies and beauty treatments from the point of cancer diagnosis and beyond? I qualified as a beauty and complementary therapist 20 years ago. Back then, anyone that had been diagnosed with cancer was excluded from having any therapy sessions; a definite no-no, a contra-indication of treatment. Since then there…