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Ep 428 – Lower Expenses and Increase Income in Your Massage Business: “Business or Pressure” with Allissa Haines

04/05/2024

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Small, practical adjustments help your massage business run more efficiently, so you take home more of the money you earn. Tune in to this episode of Business or Pressure to hear money saving tips, as well as how to generate more income.

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Website: www.deepbreathdigital.com/community

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deepbreathcommunity/

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Allissa Haines is a practicing massage therapist and business owner and columnist for Massage & Bodywork magazine. You can find her building a community of massage therapists at deepbreathdigital.com/community.

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Avoid Pulling Clients' Hair

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Faces of Bodywork: Adriane Maxwell

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A client was recently treated for colon cancer—and it didn’t go well. She had surgical complications, a bout of sepsis, and more. Is massage therapy safe? We discuss on this episode of “I Have a Client Who . . .” Pathology Conversations with Ruth Werner.

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