The Art & Science of successfully starting a pet sitting business.
What do the phrases “mineral eye color, ultimate mascara, satin hands, tinted lip balm, and TimeWise age-fighting moisturizer” mean to you?
If you’re anything like my wife, you certainly recognize them as make up. More specifically, however, they are all part of the Mary Kay cosmetics product line.
Hiring pet sitters to join your team can be a scary, frustrating and confusing process, to say the least.
It requires finding and bringing on the right people that you can trust 100%.
Since hiring the wrong pet sitter can prove disastrous, it is vital to put a strong hiring process in place.
This will make your life easier and save you much agony down the road.
When we need more qualified pet sitters to join the Alitia’s Animals team, we stick to a plan that’s worked very well for us.
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A Chihuahua mix and a Shih Tzu find love, and live happily ever after… My wife brought Puppy with her into our relationship and I brought Clover. Looks like the pair is happy.
Name: Puppy
Breed: Chihuahua-Miniature Pinscher mix
Age: 5
Sex: Male
Favorite Toy: Clifford the Big Red Dog stuffed animal
Favorite Book: Don Quixote
Here For: Friends, Dating, Relationship
Name: Clover
Breed: Shih Tzu
Age: 11
Sex: Female
Favorite Movie: Yentle
Here For: Networking, Relationship, Marriage
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Would you like more pet sitting clients?
Are you trying to take your pet sitting business to the next level but feel like you’re working way too hard for little or no results?
Imagine how you’d feel to discover the absolute one single element that could take your pet sitting business to the next level.
What would you do with more clients? Live happier, less stressed and become overjoyed?
In Part 2 of this series, we sat down with some burgers and focused on the ways to give your clients exactly what they want, without them even knowing they wanted it.
I pointed out a wonderful section the PSI website written for pet owners and how to use it to your advantage.
Today in Part 3, we pull out all the stops and get you to be a better pet sitter by focusing on yourself. We start with a straight forward question:
Are you insane? No, seriously, are you insane?
In Part 1 of this series, we focused on bringing out your best in you to win over your potential clients. I followed that by pointing out the fact that if you don’t do your best to add that person to your new client list, someone else will.
And finally, I revealed the 6 rules to bring out your absolute best.
Today in Part 2, you’re going to discover how to be a better pet sitter by ‘amazing’ your potential clients. How, you ask? Simply by giving them exactly what they want even when they had no idea they wanted it to begin with.
Let’s see if we can make some sense of all that.
Are you a good pet sitter? Are you a great pet sitter?
Chances are we can all benefit from a bit of competitive edge over our competition, wouldn’t you agree? You know, doing something just a little bit extra, better or different from your competition.
First of all, remember this: Every potential client you find yourself chatting with is yours to lose. She is clearly in the market and desperately searching for the highest qualified pet sitter around. If she doesn’t hire you, she’ll be hiring the next pet sitter on her list.
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