What Do You Do When You Can’t Massage?

We recently got dumped on with a foot-and-a-half of snow at my house. It was cold enough to freeze my dog’s whiskers to his face. And yesterday was the first day in a week that I could get out of my driveway (I live at the top of a very steep hill).

And when I did get into town, I ran into a colleague at the post office. She told me that she had to reschedule ALL of her massage clients for the entire week because of the weather. It reminded me of when I was 100% dependent on my massage client income for my livelihood.

But now I make money from a variety of sources, some of them pretty much passive. For example, I have written a number of programs to help other massage therapists build successful practices. Once the initial work of writing the program is done, I continue to make money each time someone buys it.

I have spoken to other massage therapists who have written e-books for their target market, or on a specialized subject, such as proper stretching techniques. Some therapists teach teleclasses or live workshops. Many have websites that promote a variety of products through affiliate links (where they don’t actually stock and sell the products - but they refer folks to a website like www.Amazon.com and make a commission on any sales made).

So I was wondering how many other therapists have found interesting ways to make additional massage income streams that don’t depend on them doing hands-on work, or that maybe are even completely passive (in that you do the work once, and continue to make money).

If that’s you, please hit the comments link below and let us know what you’ve done. We’d love to hear from you.

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