HEALTH MEANS WEALTH

10 ventures to help you cash in on the trend toward healthy living.

Americans—despite their battles with weight and other ailments that have become synonymous with signs of our times—are trying to get healthy. There is a large interest in aromatherapy, massage, spa visits, exercise, lifestyle counseling, stress reduction, sauna, healthy foods and diet. You can cash in on this trend. We’ve rounded up 10 businesses you can start to help you. You don’t need a lot of experience in the field, either, because most of these businesses we mention will help you every step of the way. Contact the companies for more information on how you can get started. We present the businesses in no particular order.

Spa a la Carte
The demand for quality spa products is booming, fueled in part by a growing population of aging baby boomers, over-worked professionals and busy parents. In fact, experts agree that the spa and wellness business is the next trillion-dollar industry! With the Spa a la Carte quality line of products, you can offer your customers immensely satisfying ways to take home a spa experience. Spa a la Carte products are proven year-round profit makers for mall carts, fairs, festivals, airports, hair salons, spas, chiropractors, massage therapists, health clubs, nail salons, hospitals, physical therapists, gift stores and, as corporate gifts, according to the company website.

As a Spa a la Carte independent Spa-tician you receive:

Excellent Profit Margins
Manufacturer direct purchasing—no middlemen
Innovative and protected products
One-stop shopping for all your spa product needs
High-quality packaging & marketing materials
Defined sales territories
Outstanding customer service
Free sales training & support
Immediate shipping
100% sales guarantee & “no questions asked” returns

There are 5 ways you can build your own business as a Spa a la Carte Spatician:

Home Parties
Internet Sales
Wholesale Accounts
Carts & Kiosks—Mall Carts, Fairs, Festivals, etc.
Retail Sales (open your own store or sell from your existing business)

This business opportunity packs a lot in one package. You’ll become a trained spatician and demonstrate a wide variety of “feel good” spa products you will sell. There is no experience required; the company will teach you everything you need to know to start selling.

“Getting started as a Spa a la Carte Spatician couldn’t be easier. Our Distributor Starter Kit includes all of the best-selling items—everything you need to start your business—for only $149. That’s 50% off the retail price! Spa a la Carte makes it easy for you to cash in on the billion-dollar Spa and Wellness industry with your very own business,” says the company.

The website (www.SpaALaCarte.com) contains plenty of testimonials from individuals who say they made six figure incomes in just weeks with the program. Others say they make $5000 a month working part-time only. Check it out. The phone number is 866-826-3984.

GNC
Vitamin and health-related product sales are a booming $18 billion market. Wouldn’t you like to be a part of it? You can open your own GNC store and take full advantage of their proven system of doing business with your own franchise. You’ll benefit from their products, marketing systems, national advertising efforts and receive all of the necessary training to get started. Operational systems will keep your shop rolling.

Since 1935, GNC has been building a global reputation as the largest specialty retailer of high-quality vitamin and mineral supplements, sports-nutrition and herbal products. Our expertise, experience and innovative approach to health management distinguish GNC throughout the world.
Depending on the type of store you open, you will need approximately $132,681 to $182,031. Your best resource to get started is the company website at: www.gncfranchising.com. There you will learn about startup costs, total investment information, training and other requirements. The company is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The phone number is 800-766-7099.
Wellness Products

John Greene is a master distributor and creator of Wellness CEO, an online marketing company that is looking for distributors to give away their wellness products. He’ll send you (details are at his website (www.profitCEO.com) $85 worth of products for the shipping and handling fee of $12.95. You distribute them at no charge, follow up to take orders from satisfied customers and start building your own business. They say it is not all that uncommon to create a six-figure income while working from home with the tools they utilize.

Vitamin Sales
You can start your own business selling more than 300 health and wellness products that are available from Vitamin Power Inc. of Freeport, New York. Log onto their website at: vitaminbusiness.com to learn how you can get started. They’ll tell you about their product line and their drop ship program. You don’t have to stock inventory, just take the orders and the company will ship product to your customers.
Visit the website or call 800-645-6567 and ask for the free startup business kit that comes with a catalog and dealer price list.

Firma Taux
We all hear on the nightly news how much consumers are spending to look younger. Botox injections are one of the popular programs many have embraced. But there are many potential customers looking for a more youthful appearance that don’t want to be injected with the Botox bacteria. You can offer a topical alternative to Botox by teaming up with Firma Taux. You purchase the products from Body of Confidence Inc. and start your own business offering this product to your customers. You can even talk to the company about private labeling opportunities and sell the products under your company name.

Visit www.firmataux.com or call 800-329-5111 to learn more. The investment is $500 to get started. The search for the fountain of youth is here to stay; why not cash in on what promises to be a never-ending booming market?

Professional Teeth Whitening
There are plenty of products on the market to cater to this booming market, but sometimes the pro touch is what is required for quick results. Americans spent more than $1 billion last year trying to make their pearly whites—well, whiter. The trend is likely to grow. You can start your own small business and take your little bag of whitening supplies wherever you go.

For more information on how to get started, visit www.professionalteethwhitening.com or call 888-257-2455 to request more information.

Thermal Massage Bed
Responding to the growing demand for alternative health care products that help integrate Eastern and Western medical practices, South Korea’s Migun Medical Instrument Co. is making its Thermal Massage Bed more broadly available to the U.S. market through its Los Angeles-based Migun USA Corp. The Migun Thermal Massage Bed gives users many of the benefits of Eastern acupuncture, acupressure, massage therapy and heat therapy all in the convenience of their own home, says the company. Using Western helium heat technology, the self-care Migun Thermal Massage Bed actually improves on these techniques by applying both pressure and heat to healing points along the spine.

The unit has been popular in South Korea and in China for some time. In 1999, it was introduced to the Asian American community in the U.S., where more than 20,000 beds have been sold. Migun is now pushing to make a broader U.S. market aware of the product, especially health-conscious baby boomers and seniors. Migun recently received a medical instrument classification approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the first company in the thermal massage bed industry to receive such recognition.

Migun beds are sold directly to customers at Migun Demonstration Centers, which are individually owned by local business partners. Migun USA has 47 Demonstration Centers in 16 states. At these Centers, the public may use free trial sessions. The company is participating in trade shows and other promotional and marketing activities to build a network of Demonstration Centers. You can find out more about starting this business selling the Migun beds by visiting www.migunworld.com or by calling 213-388-3300.
Tara and Renee McKinley of Ann Arbor, Michigan, are sisters who opened their own Migun Center in January 2004. They sold 21 beds in one month (about $2700 per bed). That translates to $56,000. The initial investment to get started is about $100,000 so it is possible to recoup the startup in a relatively quick timeframe.

Mobile Spa Business
First, mobile hairdressers came to you, then massage therapists, then came the makeup artists. Now it is time for mobile day spas. MobileSPA, a full service day spa that travels to you at your office, hotel or home announces aggressive expansion throughout the United States and Canada due to increasing demand from clients.

“Our concept emerged from the demand of society and now we identified a serious need for expansion. We receive calls from all over the United States and Canada enquiring about our services,” says Devika Mukherjee, Founder and Managing Partner at mobileSPA.

“We envision mobileSPA to have a very high standard at every location. In order to provide top-notch services, we are in the process of carefully selecting our partners.

“Our commitment is organized into two major groups—Partner location development, which focuses on branding the chain, and partnership Support Services, which is dedicated solely to supporting our mobile spa owners. This concept means that mobileSPA is committed to building a strong company of individual mobile spas as well as increasing brand recognition through the development of new locations.

“Depending on your location you will be given the website name—for example, if you are in Florida, you get mobilespaflorida or mobilespaorlando, or mobilespanyc, etc. With our Internet marketing efforts this will ensure that your site comes up whenever the popular keywords are searched for. Additionally, being listed under LOCATIONS on our website will provide you with great exposure. Design your website maintaining the theme of mobileSPA.com with one flash page similar to mobileSPA.com,” according to the company.

Help is provided in the areas of hosting setup, email setup, corporate presentations, hotel presentations, house party programs, hotel accounts, classified ads, information on hiring and much more.
For more information, please visit them at www.mobilespa.com.

Spa Capsule
The Spa Capsule is a water jet massage unit that enables your customers to have a “finger tip” massage with adjustable water pressure, temperature and pulsating frequency, relieving pain and tension in just 10-15 minutes. The individual never gets wet.

Spa Capsule says this is a great business for you to place in hotels, resorts, golf and tennis clubs, malls, tanning salons, beauty salons, airports, rest stops, and more.

The company is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and you can learn about the opportunity by calling their headquarters at 877-262-2771/954-318-0105 or visiting their website at www.spacapsule.com.

Massage Therapist
The field of massage therapy is booming. Americans spend billions every year on massages and now that many medical insurance companies are including massage coverage as a form of alternative health care, the practice will grow even more.

Massage therapists work at resorts, hotels, spas, gyms and workout centers, at golf courses, clinics, physicians’ offices, on cruise lines and much more.

You can start this business on a full- or part-time basis. You will need to call licensing agencies in your state to see if you need a license to practice. While you’re investigating your options, check out the home study course from At-Home Professions. They have a Massage Therapist course you can work on and complete at home. Call 800-361-4631 for information.