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8 Ways To Market and Promote Your Pet Sitting Business With A Custom T-Shirt Design

by Joshua

tshirt-moneyDon’t you ever wish it were easier to attract new pet sitting business clients your way?

Fortune 500 companies have the luxury of a huge marketing budget allowing them to advertise on TV, in magazines and on billboards.

Fear not Super Pet Sitter – You’re about to level the playing field.

Plenty of online companies give you the very reasonably priced opportunity to create custom designed t-shirts to promote your pet sitting business with pride.

Simply pick a company from the list below, choose a t-shirt style and color, add text, images and/or your logo, and you’re done.
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Scream These 2 Four-Letter Words and Your Pet Sitting Business Will Grow

by Joshua

scream-shoutDon’t you just love using four-letter words?

They have power.

Use the right ones at the right time and you’ll succeed beyond your wildest dreams.

They make you feel good, keep you energized and have others looking up to you in admiration.

I’m not, of course, talking about those four-letter obscenities. I’m talking about the two four-letter words that most of us forget about.
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5 Small Business Articles I Wrote That Will Help Pet Sitters Succeed

by Joshua

technoratiEarlier this month, I was thrilled to be asked to write for the Technorati Small Business Channel.

Technorati was founded to help people discover great blog content, and their network of media sites was just ranked the 5th largest media property.

Needless to say, I’m stoked to have been given this opportunity to expand my business knowledge to a wider audience.

With that said, below are the first 5 articles published on Technorati. I’m certain pet sitters can find value in these posts.
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I’d Rather Live With A So-Called ‘Vicious’ Pit Bull Than With Most Of The People I Know

by Joshua

racial-profilingOctober 24 was National Pit Bull Awareness Day, which is a nationwide event to bring positive awareness to the heavily misunderstood breed.

Why do I feel so strongly about speaking up for the Pit?

Maybe it’s because I often feel misunderstood myself.  Or that I love all animals equally.  Or that I’d rather spend time with a furry creature than with most of the people in my life.

Don’t get me wrong: I’m a Leo, as social as they come, and label myself a ‘people person.’  But if our focus remains on proposed legislative bills to specifically ban dogs based exclusively on its breed, I’d like to turn the tables for a minute and shine the light on the human.
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Can You Really Make Money As A Pet Sitter?

by Joshua

cash-pileThis was the question I posed to the PetSittingOlogy community after reading plenty of articles online that included pet sitting as a way for kids, teens or adults looking to make money fast.

A sampling of articles claimed that anyone can turn to pet sitting for a quick buck.

Having spent plenty of time running my own pet sitting business, I wasn’t quite sure that pet sitting should be on the list of ways to make fast money.
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Google Voice Invites Available Now

by Joshua

google-logoI love all things technology. Rarely, though, does something as cool as Google Voice come along.

I’ve been using Google Voice (GV) for several months now and I am in awe of the service and capability.

In a nut shell, GV provides you with one phone number that you can tie to all your phones. It’s not a phone service, but rather a way to manage your phones.

Initially, the service was in beta and accounts were given out by Google by invite only. They have now begun to change all that.
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Getting Listed in The Major Local Search Directories

by Joshua

local-mapHow often do you hear the advice to list your pet sitting business in Google Maps?

Well, I recently discovered a cool new website that helps automate the process by keeping tabs on your current exposure while presenting you with a list of the next steps to take.

The site is aptly named GetListed.org and a quick search retrieves any and all current listings you may have on the top four local search engines:

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