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How To Be A Better Pet Sitter – Part 2

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

best-petsitter-2In 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.

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How To Be A Better Pet Sitter – Part 1

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

best-petsitterAre 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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Struggling With Your Pet Sitting Business? Simon Cowell Can Relate!

Sunday, July 26th, 2009
Part 1 of our ‘What Can We Really Learn From Celebrities?’ series

strugglingThink you have absolutely nothing in common with Simon Cowell?

Well, the British-born American Idol judge wasn’t always bringing home $50 million per year. In fact, there was a time in his life when he didn’t even have a place to call home.

Just imagine how defeated you’d feel if after starting your own pet sitting business, you went bankrupt. Twice. Staying down when the going gets tough is like the kiss of death for any business owner.
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Is That Pet Sitter You’re Hiring An Independent Contractor or Employee? Find Out Here.

Friday, July 24th, 2009

ic-employeeIt’s perhaps a pet sitter’s dream: to become so busy that you can no longer perform all the pet sitting jobs yourself.

What do you do? Hire another pet sitter to do the job for you.

However, it is imperative that you, pet sitting business owner, determine if the person you’re bringing on to do pet sitting jobs for your business is actually an independent contractor or an employee.

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How To Increase Your Chances of Succeeding As A Pet Sitter

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

increase-successRussell Simmons, the famous music mogul, once said, “Making money is a pedestrian activity. The challenge is in creating a product or service that the world really needs.”

There is no question that the service we provide as pet sitters is something of value and that the world really needs. The challenge then in becoming a successful pet sitting business owner lies a little bit deeper.

Whenever I find myself chatting with someone who isn’t really sure exactly what a pet sitter does, they are amazed and impressed by the service we provide.

So according to Russell Simmons’ quote, we should have no problem becoming a success in our business, right? Why then do some pet sitters struggle to even get off the ground?

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5 Ways To Build A Lasting Relationship With A Vet And Become The Preferred Choice As Pet Sitter

Monday, June 29th, 2009

building-relationshipsObtaining a competitive edge or advantage is one way to ensure success as a pet sitter. Referrals from happy clients can be one of your strongest tools to winning more clients.

However, word of mouth from vets, groomers and pet store business owners could prove to be your sharpest tool yet.

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Why Pet Sitters Are Wasting Their Time Trying To Partner With A Vet

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

vet-balanceIt sounds like the perfect plan. You become a qualified pet sitter in your area, get business cards printed up and are ready to get some referrals from your local vet, groomer or pet store.

How ideal. You’re a savvy business owner and see the power in partnerships. Naturally, every person walking in and out of any of those places has a pet and is a potential client.

You start making the rounds with business cards in hand and quickly realize not everyone is as excited as you are about leaving your cards on the counter. You are told no and sent on your way.

You walk away confused and defeated. Not to worry, we’re going to get you back on your feet while showing you how to stop wasting your time and actually get your cards displayed on those counters.

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