Recalls of Chinese manufactured pet foods continue to regularly be in the news. Pet food have been found to be contaminated with melamin and it is now suspected that pet foods in Australia have caused over 12 cats to fall ill in…
Read moreIf you’re a football fan you already know that this is Super Bowl weekend. But have you heard about the Puppy Bowl? The Puppy Bowl is some comedy relief puppy style as a pre-game Super Bowl alternative just for pet lovers.
Read moreThis month VPI Pet Insurance is holding it’s third annual pet cancer awareness month to benefit the Animal Cancer Foundation (ACF). ACF devel0p and support research to advance the prevention and treatment of cancer in pets and people. They give pets that…
Read moreThis month Donald Trump is back on NBC with a new series of the Apprentice with a cast of business-savy celebrities. A great opportunity to see some celebrities left out in the cold you could say but how does that…
Read moreA friend alerted me to the Animal Rescue site this morning – and what a great idea! At The Animal Rescue Site all you have to do to help feed animals in need is to click on the button on…
Read moreI have three great free tools to tell you about this week. The first is a free online survey tool by Kelly McCausey and Lynette Chandler. You can use surveys to find out more about your customers pet care habits or find out…
Read moreTonight I interviewed Rachel Monroe – pet industry copywriter – to learn her tips on writing press releases this holiday season. It was a great call – I took 5 pages of notes and wanted to share with you just…
Read moreIn the past three years I have spent a lot of time working on the web presence of my pet sitting business. I realized that more and more of my clients were searching for their pet sitter on the internet…
Read moreOne of my greatest struggles in my past 4 years of business has been finding effective wasy to advertise and attract new clients. I have tried magazines, high school sports sponsorships, ads in coupon books etc and still find that…
Read moreWhen owning your own business it’s important to know how to provide exceptional customer service. Without it, you may end up with unhappy customers, and that can cause you to lose business to other pet sitting competitors.
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