This is a guest post by John Van Olden of the Canine Trade Group. John has been in the dog training and pet industry for 23 years. He has owned sole-proprietorships, was the owner of the first dog training franchise…
Read moreI’ve just finished putting together a brand new website to announce the new coaching sessions that I’m offering to small business owners. You all know that I run a pet sitting business in Dallas Fort Worth called “Protecting Max”. Well…
Read moreWell here we are at Friday already – almost a full week into the new year. What plans do you have to market your business this year? Do they include any video?
Read moreOne way to connect with pet lovers in your community is through Meetup.com – the place online to find like minded people gathering near you. If you haven’t already gone to take a look – when you do I’m sure…
Read moreToday at the Association of Pet Sitting Excellence we launched a brand new website for the pet industry – ThePetIndustry.com. We hope that this site will become the wikipedia for our industry and give pet business owners like you a place…
Read moreThis is a hot off the press post to let you know that we just published our first virtual magazine (that means a downloadable Adobe pdf file).
Read moreLast week I was invited to a new Facebook group – DFW Pet Business Owners. This group was created by a pet business directory here in Dallas and has already been of immense value to me.
Read moreWe don’t like to think about the worst case scenario – but as pet sitters we carry the responsibility of caring for the pets of our clients who are many times out of town. What would happen to those…
Read moreLast week I got some great advice that has really helped me in the last week to relax more at networking events – and also follow up more effectively with people I do feel a connection with.
Read moreToday marks the official start of Pet Sitters Week – a week dedicated to celebration of the role of professional pet sitters in today’s pet care industry.
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