You've made the decision to become a massage therapist and invested a lot of money in your education, practice location, marketing, and everything else you need to be successful. Now what? Where can you find information on products, continuing education information, and other goods and services to help your practice grow?

"What Are My Choices?" is a periodic column that gives you the information you need, straight from the experts - the companies themselves. This installment focuses on companies that offer software and computer supplies - important components of a successful massage practice.

Central Florida Web Hosting: Practice management software. Program features: appointment scheduling; client tracking and management; therapist tracking and scheduling; point of sale checkout; and reports daily activity, activity by therapist, and soap notes. Phone: 866-411-0960; Web: www.massagemanager.com.

ICS Software, LTD: Specializes in providing leading practice management and billing software to businesses of varied sizes within the health care industry. All writing and maintaining of programs is done in-house to provide clients with software updates that successfully match changes in the medical climate as they occur. ICS Software's extensive product line includes, SammyUSA, SammyNotes, SimpleSam, Pocket Sammy and the new TouchTone Sam. Phone: 212-949-6160; E-Mail: jwd@commassociates.com; Web: www.icssoftware.net.

Information For People: Massage therapists, estheticians, spas & salons...build your practice with our line of over 30 client education brochures, numerous gift certificates, postcards, and greeting cards. Other innovative products include client newsletters, professional apparel, practice management software, hand sculptures for office environments, books, videos, presentation aids, copy-ready client handouts, and website tools. Attract clients you want to serve-and keep. Check our Web site additional information. Phone: 800-754-9790; E-mail: info@info4people.com; Web: www.info4people.com.

Island Software Company: The premier developer of today's leading alternative therapy software. Software is easy to install and utilize. Massage Office Professional 1.0, more advanced than Massage Office 2.2 but still easy-to-use, boasts a new client area, indexing, insurance information storage, onscreen scheduler, new S.O.A.P. notes with anatomical library, new HCFA features, CPT4 and ICD9 codes, more marketing templates, improved word processor, inventory tracking, and customized report generator. Phone: 877-384-0295; Web: www.islandsoftwareco.com.

Land Software: Offer the massage professional the most feature affordable massage management program available. We provide freelance professionals the management tools to efficiently and professionally run their home based business without the prohibitive costs associated with the average business management database. We do this by making databases for the individual. We believe that the home business is a growing market and the entrepreneur should have the same tools as the big boys. Phone: 202-237-2733; Web: www.landsw.com.

Massage Manager Software: practice management software for today's busy massage business. Massage Manager has graphical scheduling, client tracking, HCFA billing and detailed reporting. Additionally, Massage Manager will manage your packages, gift certificates and much more. Phone: 866-411-0960; E-mail: sales@massagemanager.com; Web: www.massagemanager.com.

Massage Marketing: Get new clients, get clients to reschedule, and learn marketing basics. Your success depends on effective promotion and marketing. We have some of the best marketing tools available. New: Practice Builder CDs. Develop a professional image with Staying in Touch(tm) educational newsletters, proven effective by over 1,000 therapists. Eight newsletter issues on each CD, only $120. Also includes valuable marketing info, gift certificate and postcard templates, much more. Phone: 877-634-1010; Web: www.massagemarketing.com.

Marine Agency Insurance Corporation: Provides comprehensive insurance coverage to the beauty and wellness industry. Coverage can include: professional and general liability and property coverage. All policies are written with A & A+ rated carriers. Free quotes given upon receipt of a completed application. Phone: 800-763-4775; E-mail: mlblaesser@marineagency.com; Web: www.marineagency.com.

Massage Suite: A software program designed for massage therapists to help manage their business practice. Features include: groups, advance payments, certificates, packages, custom packages, patient referrals, inventory, product sales, track expenses, print CMS forms, custom forms, point and click/drag and drop SOAP notes, complete history of patient coverage, multiple addresses per coverage, enter payments, print labels, statements, reports, and more. Designed for an operating massage clinic. E-mail: feedback@massage-suite.com; Web: www.massage-suite.com.

Wincity Custom Software: Writing detailed massage SOAP Notes can be overwhelming. WinCity Massage SOAP Notes, a new computer program, will help you write better SOAP notes in less time, communicate more effectively with referring doctors and insurance companies, follow the latest SOAP Notes standard, and produce professional-looking SOAP Notes. Phone: 866-653-9122; E-mail: info@wincityinc.com; Web: www.wincityinc.com.

If your company offers products or services to the massage profession and you would like to be listed in "What Are My Choices," please contact Massage Today at 800-324-7758.