Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Patient Focus - Marketing Your Massage Practice Internally


Marketing theory tells us that businesses can to obtain 3 ways - go beyond, product differentiation, and patient focus.

Which of these do you consider is the easiest to get? And which will be unique effective? Let's see what these 3 things decide to us as Massage Therapists:

Cost: after we decide to compete on price and cut our fees to complete ourselves cheaper than the others, will this have necessary effect of building a potent Massage business? It really does bring us more prospect initially, clients for whom price is a crucial factor in choosing to invest in services/goods. However, this group of clients doesn't always come back again for the long-term, as they are continually on the look-out for one more bargain. Lowering fees may also, of course, put off clients who equate price with quality - they'll perceive our bargain price such as indicator of an cheap treatment and service. It will also reduce how much money we take each month; how little can we afford that can be earning and still believe that it is a fair exchange for the efforts? And is it sustainable ultimately? We will be doing the maximum amount work for less money - which the future can often lead next to us feeling resentful if you want to our clients, even though we set the prices to start with!

Product differentiation: a fancy way of a lot of saying "What sets us in addition to the Massage Therapist down the trail so that clients will choose us rather than them? " Some shoppers love new, different, exotic therapies and extra special touches. It's definitely worth finding just one way of making your own Massage forecast, or way of practicing Massage, unique to they, as this will make you memorable and special; clients will be certainly going to return and refer others into your arms. But - make several you are memorable for the best reasons! By trying to make yourself different for the sake of being different, you likelihood becoming "gimmicky", and this can trivialise that which you are. In fact, it seems to me all by "just" doing fantastic hands-on treatment, offering what to look for, and showing a real commitment to improving your knowledge and skills you may already be head and shoulders above the competition! What clients really want is a superb Massage from a great, professional practitioner - yet sadly that seems to pretty difficult to get according to many people that I speak to.

So you should find your own exciting style, but not for this detriment of your "core" net sites - excellent Massage and great customer satisfaction.

Customer focus: in short, customer service, or client care - putting the client critical for everything we do, and making sure we are providing what they need and not what we believe they want.

There are many Massage Therapists out all offering pretty very similar treatments as you, and all at the same price. Making your levels of customer service network the absolute best is probably the simplest, quickest, and cheapest methods to getting clients, keeping them for most people, many years, and getting numerous recommendations referrals.

I say simplest - but simple doesn't necessarily mean easy; it may mean a drastic change in your mindset if consumer support hasn't really been on your radar up until now. But that's also why it's relatively quick after which it cheap to implement - zhanging your attitude costs nothing more than taking a little time to give it some thinking. Figuring out ways to alter your practices needs to clients their best Massage memories ever is a sure-fire method of getting and keep loyal clients; the foundation of every single successful Massage practice.

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