My new wife, a certified, year massage professional from America , has recently joined me here in the Paris region. Any thoughts about how to reach out to the ex-pat crowd? Will share all this with Andria. Hi Jeb, I'm a massage therapist and reflexologist in Hossegor 40 and one of the main thing to do first as a massage therapist in France is: don't say that you are doing therapeutic massage.
Only the kines are allowed to say they do therapeutic massage. Your wife needs to keep positive though as we ex-pats do not massage like French people do. Anglo-saxon training is different, more anatomical, using deeper techniques There are a lot of ex-pats around me and I'm in lucky to work in partnership with the nicest hotel in Hossegor, so i get a bit of buisness through them, but most of my non hotels clients are ex-pats, for the simple reason that word of mouth is working slowly but surely and that i am the only Massage Therapist doing Deep Tissue massage here and that they are as a rule more used to getting massages.
Still, I do massage some french people that are totally receptive to my treatments, have discovered something new, and are recomending me to their friends. Word of mouth, Flyers in a couple of health shop, maybe patnership with a pilates or yoga center and she should be picking up clients in no time.
Good Luck. Thanks Jeb. But I'll pass on the info and get my wife on here as I'm sure she'll find all your thoughts more than useful. Every country has it's tools for it's own healing. It takes adjusting, than you find out the tools are very similar and may be are just called differently.
People are curious and like to try new things, just staying around and enjoying what you do and what you are brings you clients one by one. Internet is a great way to link you with those that are searching. Word of mouth makes wonders. A workshop given here and there wakes up curiosity and interest.
