Posts Tagged massage

Gratitude journal: day twelve

By Paola Bassanese Gratitude is working its magic. My second yoga blog was published on kingsroad.co.uk http://kingsroad.co.uk/articles/2011/09/20/triyoga-yoga-499. Next month I will start a new yoga blog on Ashtanga in a heated room, it will be hard work but I am relishing the challenge. This week I’ll participate at a video shoot to advertise Indaba Yoga, [...]


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Massage in Jakarta

A guest blog by Paola Sorrentino It’s horribly hot in Indonesia, the concrete reflects the heat like an oven in urban Jakarta. At best you will feel drained and sluggish all day, at worst you will faint (sadly, talking by experience). The locals take it graciously but the bule, the whites, need some pick-up. So [...]


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Diary of a truly craptastic day

Diary of a truly craptastic day by Paola Bassanese The term “craptastic” was coined on 26th August 2011 by Allissa Haines, twitter: @bluestreakblog (she’s an expert on unicorns according to Klout, don’t you know?), whose day job is to be a “Shameless Agitator, Massage Therapist, Writer & Frequent Snacker”.   “Craptastic” describes a situation that [...]


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Living Social: when a deal is a no deal, final instalment

by Paola Bassanese This is the last update on my experience as an independent massage therapist and small business owner using Living Social to promote my massage practice.  I started seeing new clients from Living Social a month ago and this is a summary of the experience so far. Overall, the new clients I have [...]


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Week 3 of Living Social deal: when deals are no deals

by Paola Bassanese. Week 3 of my experiment with web offers. First of all I must express my gratitude to the team at the Hale Clinic for handling all the calls, enquiries and bookings so brilliantly. I wouldn’t have survived without their help. My diary is fully booked, I am working like an athlete  (long [...]


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When deals are no deals: one week on

By Paola Bassanese. One week on since the start of my Living Social special offer and these are my interim results. 1. If you are contemplating doing a special offer through a website like Wahanda, Living Social, Groupon etc you should have a proper back up team to handle all the calls and book clients [...]

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