working for myself mum/baby massage

chloecc

Hi there,

I currently work in a corporate environment and have completed 9 months back in the office after spending a year with my little girl. I have decided I really need to escape the rat race of this city.

My main interest area of developing currently is the possibility of baby yoga/massage classes in my local area. There are a few held by the local sure start centres but seems not an overly subscribed area. I took part in these classes when my little one was a baby and thoroughly enjoyed them.

Has anyone else set up in this field? I have researched the internet and there seems to be a multitude of companies that offer this training. (I am not a qualified yoga teacher currently) but most offer the franchise options which I am not sure if these are really the right idea for me. I'd quite like to go it alone really but not sure if the support option of a franchise would be better. Does anyone have experience of this and also in relation to the licence you would obviously have to buy to trade - is this an annually renewable thing?

Just wanted some ideas first really before I start price checking options and researching local venues that could cover this.

It's going to be a big leap for me but I know I will be much happier out of the current working environment I am in

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated

InsideInsurance

What you get from a Franchise varies massively, along with what they take in return.

Arguably something like Pizza Hut franchises get the advantage of a massive amount of national marketing and exceptionally well known branding. I couldnt mention a single brand for baby yoga let alone a national one.

Going it alone can be a better option but you need to be honest with yourself about the diversity of your skills (marketing, book-keeping, sales, teaching, buying etc). If you have both the time and skills to do all of these yourself then great but you need to factor in the time you're doing other things so cannot be teaching/ running classes. If you cant do it all yourself (skills or time wise) you need to factor in the cost of hiring others to either train you or do it for you.


I am coloured by my background but I would always argue that for any business idea you must do a business plan as this gives you a good way of structuring your thoughts and ensuring you've considered all the relevant elements.

RichardD1970

chloecc wrote: »

Hi there,

I currently work in a corporate environment and have completed 9 months back in the office after spending a year with my little girl. I have decided I really need to escape the rat race of this city.

My main interest area of developing currently is the possibility of baby yoga/massage classes in my local area. There are a few held by the local sure start centres but seems not an overly subscribed area. I took part in these classes when my little one was a baby and thoroughly enjoyed them.

Has anyone else set up in this field? I have researched the internet and there seems to be a multitude of companies that offer this training. (I am not a qualified yoga teacher currently) but most offer the franchise options which I am not sure if these are really the right idea for me. I'd quite like to go it alone really but not sure if the support option of a franchise would be better. Does anyone have experience of this and also in relation to the licence you would obviously have to buy to trade - is this an annually renewable thing?

Just wanted some ideas first really before I start price checking options and researching local venues that could cover this.

It's going to be a big leap for me but I know I will be much happier out of the current working environment I am in

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated

If people don't use the existing services how will you ,make a success of it?

Sounds like a nice idea but if you're not even a qualified yoga teacher yet it will take a lot of hard work and time.

Kayalana99

I find these services are not widily marketed, I had to search high and low for a baby signing course and the one nearest to me is really far..that I can find!

If you advertise pple will come I bet :-) Thiers always ways to get it out thier lol

chloecc

RichardD1970 wrote: »

If people don't use the existing services how will you ,make a success of it?

Sounds like a nice idea but if you're not even a qualified yoga teacher yet it will take a lot of hard work and time.

People do use it, but there is not a lot of choice is what I meant - sorry probably used the wrong word there.

I've looked into the qualifications and am confident I could achieve and sustain a good level within this area.

chloecc

Kayalana99 wrote: »

I find these services are not widily marketed, I had to search high and low for a baby signing course and the one nearest to me is really far..that I can find!

If you advertise pple will come I bet :-) Thiers always ways to get it out thier lol

Thanks I think you have to be a 'new mum' to even want to search for this type of thing. I live in a suburban area and there are plenty of yummy mummies springing up all the time. I think it would be an enjoyable way to pursue a passion. Maybe you should set up in baby signing ;-)

chloecc

InsideInsurance wrote: »

What you get from a Franchise varies massively, along with what they take in return.

Arguably something like Pizza Hut franchises get the advantage of a massive amount of national marketing and exceptionally well known branding. I couldnt mention a single brand for baby yoga let alone a national one.

Going it alone can be a better option but you need to be honest with yourself about the diversity of your skills (marketing, book-keeping, sales, teaching, buying etc). If you have both the time and skills to do all of these yourself then great but you need to factor in the time you're doing other things so cannot be teaching/ running classes. If you cant do it all yourself (skills or time wise) you need to factor in the cost of hiring others to either train you or do it for you.


I am coloured by my background but I would always argue that for any business idea you must do a business plan as this gives you a good way of structuring your thoughts and ensuring you've considered all the relevant elements.

Thank you - agree with every point of this. I am confident I could sustain the business myself in terms of the advertising/book keeping and buying etc as would use current skills in these areas and always look to improve what I already know of course.

I agree, I think my next step is a decent business plan and see if I can turn an idea into reality.

Thanks for your help