by Theresa Reed | Nov 30, 2011 | Tarot, Tarot Business, Tarot Community, Tarot Conferences, Tarot Profession, Tarot Readers, Tarot Reading
I’m not going to lie to you: reading tarot for a living is hard work. Now don’t get me wrong – it’s fun and interesting most of the time and I would never want to do anything else. But it can also be draining. Many readers that I have talked to over the...
by Theresa Reed | Jul 20, 2011 | Tarot, Tarot Business, Tarot Profession, Tarot Readers, Tarot Reading
It starts out innocently enough. You walk into a modest, ordinary office for a tarot reading. The reader begins laying out the cards and chatting pleasantly but suddenly a dark look crosses her face. With grave concern in her voice, she takes your hand and starts to...
by Theresa Reed | Jun 15, 2011 | Tarot Business, Tarot Community, Tarot Profession, Tarot Readers, Tarot Reading
If you’re going to commit your time to the daily grind of running a tarot business, you’ll need to be motivated every day because it’s hard out here for a tarot pimp (and even harder if you are a tarot wimp). I look for inspiration everywhere. And I bet you think my...
by Theresa Reed | Apr 24, 2011 | Tarot, Tarot Profession, Tarot Readers, Tarot Reading
True story: I was reading tarot at a ritzy party when an older, well dressed man sat down at my table, eyed my tip jar and sarcastically remarked “I’m going to get me a deck of cards so I can make as much money as you”. He dropped a dollar into the tip jar and...
by Theresa Reed | Mar 24, 2011 | Tarot Community, Tarot Profession, Tarot Readers, Tarot Reading
As trashy as a lot of reality TV can be, there are some really good business lessons that can be learned from some of these shows. Recently, I was watching an episode of “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover” where one salon owner was using all sorts of “gimmicks” to attract...