When are your busiest days?

[Aerohead]

Hey folks,I think there was a thread about this, so if anyone can point me to that I'd appreciate it.Anyway, I just got done looking at office space. A "day of the week" kind of deal, e.g. all Saturdays or all Tuesdays. It's available Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun, and I want to start with just one day... trying to figure out which one.Any input?

 

[La chick]

Oddly enough my busiest days tend to be Wednesdays for my local clients and since I live in a resort area and had worked  in a day spa, my Saturdays were often booked with a mixture of tourists and local clients who worked the traditional 9 to 5, M-F.I'm now working out of a small office type space in health food store. I'm still rebuilding my practice @ this new location. My busiest day so far in the new location, is still Wednesday.

 

[John S.]

From the very beginning, Thursday has been my busiest day consistently.  My weekly clients seem to gravitate to that day for some reason, so I basically have the same people all day long, with only 2 appointments open for "non-weeklies"  I see 8-9 clients that day.  The other days I average 6.

 

[swimmergirl247]

When are your busiest days?

Is there any chance of taking a half of day two days a week.Maybe. Any advice on before versus after noon?

 

[fat_arsehole]

My evenings are usually the busiest with Thursday being the most consistent.If you don't mind working weekends, I would think both Saturday's and Sunday's would be great business builders, however, I have found that once you start someone on a weekend it is difficult to switch them to a week day. :-/Most people I know prefer early appts on Saturdays and afternoon's on Sundays.  During the week I would think the after 12 would offer you the most business.Hope it works out for you.

 

[Lian]

My busiest day seems to be Thursday.  I would say late afternoon/early evening is generally busier than morning, but I do have clients to like to have their massage in the beginning of the day, rather than worry about whether they are all sweaty from the day's work when they come to me.  My preference has been not to work much on the weekends.  When I do, I only have Saturday morning appointments.  This has not been a problem for me.  In fact, I've been quite surprised that very few clients ask for Saturday, and those that do ask almost apologetically.

 

[Kaori]

When are your busiest days?

My busy days seem to be thursday nights and friday mornings. They always book up first and further in advance. My weeklies also tend to like these days. I don't know why, but that is how it seems to work out.

 

[storys of are champion]

Mine are Wednesdays and Fridays.  I have 3 weekly regulars that come on Fridays and several that come every other week/once a month on Fridays.  I haven't had a new client on a Friday in months because they're always booked with regulars.Wednesdays are my long days and they are almost always booked through the evening.  I usually only take one am appt (have a daughter in kdg who I need to drop off and pick up in the am) then my day really starts around 12:30, going til about 9pm.I rarely have anyone ask for a weekend.

 

[Lady Silver Rose * Wolf]

When are your busiest days?

Have you had previous clients?  A great way to tell your busiest day is to make a list on a sheet of paper with the names of days, then go through your past appt. book and put a mark for every client that came in on a particular day.  Add this up and you will determine which days are busier or slow.  I use to do this about twice a year to see which of my days are the busiest and which are the slowest.Nowadays, I don't have any slow days but at one time, Wed and Fri were the two slowest days for me.

 

[tott1]

When are your busiest days?

That is like asking when to sell your stock. You can't time the stock market, nor can you predict which one day on a consistent basis will earn you the most money.Everyone has different busy days. Almost every week, our busiest day was different from last week's busiest day.What you should take away from the various answers is the most common thread - don't bet all on one day. Two half days, at different times, gives you two chances to catch the peak of the wave.

 

[pinky]

When are your busiest days?

Thanks folks. I'm thinking about doing two full days... I can afford it at least for a month, and then won't have to worry about that second day being rented out from under me.

 

[preppychick44]

When are your busiest days?

EgoM,Please try to decide based on what works for you. Set your availability (and be flexible, if you want), and advertise to fill that time. Don't worry about jumping through too many hoops, or you'll soon be a great hoop-jumper & a tired massage therapist. My first year as an MT, I worked all kinds of crazy hours. Outcalls, office calls. It worked out fine, but it took me a long time to establish some healthy boundaries for myself. Now that I have, it makes running my business so much easier!Jill/Sagetherapist

 

[saleem]

When are your busiest days?

Don't worry about jumping through too many hoops, or you'll soon be a great hoop-jumper & a tired massage therapist ... it took me a long time to establish some healthy boundaries for myself. Now that I have, it makes running my business so much easier!

Jill/Sagetherapist

That's so true Jill. I got a call Monday afternoon just as I was going into a session with a client. The woman had been in pain all weekend and wanted a massage that day, she'd found out from the health food store that I was going to be there for another client that afternoon from 3-4. So, she was VERY upset that I could only offer her a 30 min. session  at 2:15. She said,"Only a half hour, do you think you can help me in a half hour? I haven't had a massage in a long time." (*snorts* Like that's MY Fault?)

And I told her, "I think you'd have some pain relief, yes." (Though I knew it was going to be very hard for me to squeeze in the 2:15... I wanted to help.) And then, against my better judgement and because she sounded frantic and in pain... I offered to see her from 4:30 until 5:30... though I had to be @ a funeral @ 6 pm.  So, she says she'll think about it and call me back.  And of course I obsess about what I did wrong and why I couldn't get the client to book if she was in such pain. *sigh* I offered her Wednesday morning or early afternoon as well.

And I get a call back at 3:59 on Monday... that she's just going to sit still and try to get better.   :

I KNEW better. *kicks self*

There Is No Such Thing as a Massage Emergency!!!

I don't remember if it was you Jill, or someone else on this board who said, nobody has died from lack of massage and if they're hurting that bad... they should go to the emergency room.

*repeats to self* "Boundaries, boundaries, boundaries..."

So, Ego, how's it going? Which 2 days did you choose?

LOL  ;D

 

[ying ting]

It's going well! I took Tuesday and Thursday and I have to say I'm glad I didn't take a Saturday. Last weekend I was able to go down to Santa Cruz for a marketing workshop Really great stuff.By the 16th I had finally made enough $ to pay next month's office rent... only halfway through my first month. Woot! Hopefully I can keep it going.Right now I'm depending on craigslist, dragonflyvillage.com, and wrangling friends into my treatment room... my give to get stuff isn't quite ready to come back yet, although 20 coupons will be raffled off at a charity event this Saturday. I think those will be the first.  

 

[Pompal 09.]

When are your busiest days?

Thursdays, & Fridays are my busiest. And I mean busy from 9 in the morning til 8 or 9 at night.