http://petsittingology.com/blog/are-pet-sitting-orgs-worth-the-money/ The Art & Science of successfully starting a pet sitting business. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://petsittingology.com/blog/are-pet-sitting-orgs-worth-the-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1364 Free Pets Articles Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:54:28 +0000 http://petsittingology.com/blog/?p=1228#comment-1364 Completely agree with your post - nicely put too! Completely agree with your post – nicely put too!

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]]> http://petsittingology.com/blog/are-pet-sitting-orgs-worth-the-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 Vicki Holt Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:32:06 +0000 http://petsittingology.com/blog/?p=1228#comment-1286 I will reserve my comments for PSI, because I have never belonged to NAPPS. I belonged to PSI when I was a new pet sitter. I averaged about 2 referrals a year from their zip code locator. Since switching to PetsitUSA's zip code locator, I've gotten ten times that many referrals per year. PSI's insurance and bonding partners charge more than an independent pet sitting insurance provider but for the most part do not provide anything extra for the excess charge. I too found the magazine mildly interesting, but rarely educational. I have found PSI very poor at promoting pet sitting in general nationwide. They have partnerd with a franchise and promote that limited group of pet sitters. I have never seen any effective networking opportunities through PSI except the conferences, which can be attended without becoming a PSI member. The best nationwide networking occurs on the independent Yahoo Groups. PSI's health care insurance is not available in all states. And last, in more than 8 years of pet sitting, I have never had a single client ask if I belonged to a professional organization, so PSI has no marketing value for me whatsoever. I will reserve my comments for PSI, because I have never belonged to NAPPS. I belonged to PSI when I was a new pet sitter. I averaged about 2 referrals a year from their zip code locator. Since switching to PetsitUSA's zip code locator, I've gotten ten times that many referrals per year. PSI's insurance and bonding partners charge more than an independent pet sitting insurance provider but for the most part do not provide anything extra for the excess charge. I too found the magazine mildly interesting, but rarely educational. I have found PSI very poor at promoting pet sitting in general nationwide. They have partnerd with a franchise and promote that limited group of pet sitters. I have never seen any effective networking opportunities through PSI except the conferences, which can be attended without becoming a PSI member. The best nationwide networking occurs on the independent Yahoo Groups. PSI's health care insurance is not available in all states. And last, in more than 8 years of pet sitting, I have never had a single client ask if I belonged to a professional organization, so PSI has no marketing value for me whatsoever.

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