Webershealinghands.com is up and running!

This summer after work at night, I learned a bit of html and created a website on Notepad . For a while though, I kept putting off getting my website online since I had no idea how to get started. Thankfully, a few friends started helping me out with referrals so I HAD to get it up. It’s actually much easier than I thought and this is coming from someone who knows close to nothing about this kind of stuff. Anyways, after an hour and a half of clicking buttons, I got it online here. In case others have this same problem, I will outline what I did.

Bringing website online for first time on GoDaddy.com

1. Go to GoDaddy.com.
2. Type in what you want your domain name to be where it says, “Start your domain search.”
3. Once you have one that you can use, click shop on more products.
4. Click on the “Hosting” tab and choose what you want. (I chose the website hosting.)
5. Click on your plan and your operating system. (I chose the economy plan for 1 year since I only wanted to start a small business. In addition, the Linux operating system is on default so if you have Windows, change it to Windows.)
6. Click on Check out.
7. Follow the check out instructions. I created a new GoDaddy.com account and I didn’t get any extras (since I don’t need anything fancy.)
8. Pay for it.
9. Once the confirmation shows, go to “My Account.”
10. Click on “Hosting” and add your domain to it.
11. Click on “Manage Account.”
12. Sign up for GoDaddy’s FTP Client through the Hosting Control Center.
13. You should be sent an email within 24 hours.
14. Go back on GoDaddy’s Hosting Control Center and upload your file. (I created mine on Notepad.)
15. Rename your first file you uploaded as “default” or “index.”
16. It should show up. Mine did. 

**This information is just for informational purposes only and if you have any problems, talk to someone who really knows what they’re talking about. For example, GoDaddy.com customer service representative or a professional website designer**

Live life, Save money

1. Walk/bike on nature trails or wherever you need to go. It saves gas and since we’re traveling slower, we have more time to experience the beauty of the world around us.

2. Get a few friends together to split groceries and experience the joy of cooking together. We save money, we have fun, and we improve our cooking skills.

3. Plant a herb, vegetable, or fruit garden. It is a great way to get in touch with our green thumb and it really does taste better when we grow it ourselves.

4. Meet up regularly with someone who knows a language you’re interested in but needs help with English. Devote half of the time to learning their language and half of the time to teaching English.

5. Empty your head of any worries and take a day off to relax in a serene place. I’m thinking along the lines of laying down, having a picnic, observing the beautiful world and its inhabitants, napping, and pondering the mysteries of life — all while sprawled under the shade of a tree.

If anyone else can think of any other good ways to enjoy life and save money at the same time, please comment.

Massage Biz To-Do List

Because when I go back to school, I want to start off right away with my massage business. I will update my list I previously posted to make it a realistic to-do list. However, for those things that I will be able to do now, I will bold. At the same time, for those things that I have finished, I will give it a strikethrough. And for those things that I am not sure whether I should do it or not, I will italicize.

• Decide what to put in the Sorority Gift Basket and whether it is more financially feasible to make or buy soaps, potpourri, lotions, etc. to put into the basket
• Create a resource list of stretches and exercises for injury/pain
• Place Biz cards placement in strategic places such as library during exams week.
• Write on the back of biz cards, “This was the therapist I was telling you about.”
• Write a letter of introduction about my massage therapy business
• Massage business website for online presence and to make appointments
• Volunteering at nursing home giving massages
• Integrate myself into massage lifestyle (use sauna, talk to LMTs at massage school, visit massage classes, etc.)
• EDIT: Free membership card to be stamped for a free massage every 10 massages.

By the way, I finished my massage website though it is not online yet since I have to first buy a web domain. However, it uses very simple html. Everything is on one page and I color coded it in orange and blue. It is very likely that I will tweak it more in the next week or two to make it just right before I take it online.

Active Income: Massage business ideas

Though I have been a licensed massage therapist for almost half a year, I have not done much with massage. Starting in September when I am back in school, I plan on vigorously pursuing massage therapy as a source of active income. I have made a list of some ideas that I have below:

• Gift Basket (soaps, potpourri, lotions, etc.) to sororities
• Meditation CD for clients
• Resource list of stretches and exercises for injury/pain
• Referrals – $5 off for every referral
• Biz cards placement in strategic places (write on the back of card “This was the therapist I was telling you about.”)
• Letter of introduction about my massage therapy business
• Massage business website for online presence and to make appointments
• Volunteering at nursing home giving massages
• Integrate myself into massage lifestyle (use sauna, talk to LMTs at massage school, visit massage classes, etc.)

I talked to a friend who would be willing to let me rent her massage office for cheap (i.e. $5/hour). Because it is already a massage office, the atmosphere of the room should be fit for a massage. I will just have to see how the location is. For example, how close it is to campus or where I live and whether it is in a good part of town or not.