Today’s question is a good one. A pet sitter has just completed her website and is ready to publish it online. How does she go about informing the search engines?

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I’m a publicist who’s had the same pet sitter – and I’m not kidding you – for 18 years. My pet sitter has been ‘second mom’ to two generations of dogs in my household so I know how much of an impact your job can make on both the dog and the human’s quality of life!

Since pet sitting is a business that requires a strong level of trust, I don’t believe you’ll win tons of business merely from a good website presence or by leaving your business cards at the vet.
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All too often, a pet sitter will build a website then sit back and hope for the best. Without taking an active role in your visitor activity, you may be missing out on new pet sitting clients.

First, define what the goal of your website is. In order to create a successful website, you’ll need to dig deeper than “To get more clients.”

You need to ask yourself this question: “What exactly do I want each visitor to do before leaving my pet sitting website?”

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I hear plenty of chatter about keyword this and keyword that when it comes to building the perfect pet sitting website. Sure, you need to be keyword-conscious but the trick is knowing which keywords you should be targeting in the first place.

I can tell you one thing for sure. The keywords that I target will not be the same ones you should target. How do I know? Our location is different, for one thing.

If I target ‘pet sitting in New York,’ there is no guarantee that ‘pet sitting in [your town]’ is even worth it for you to target.

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