In this comprehensive training call created exclusively for Association of Pet Sitting Excellence (APSE) members, you’ll discover the 4 steps that you must successfully achieve in order to gain new pet sitting clients.
As you’ll see, if any of the steps are skipped, you simply can not LOGICALLY gain a new client.
I outline each step in detail and explain why
In this video, Nancy writes asking the following question:
How do you pay your ICs?
Great question, and as you’ll discover inside the video, there are 3 distinct ways you can choose to pay your pet sitters.
It all depends on the number of pet sitters you are paying, how often you are paying them, and a variety of personal preferences.
Since starting our pet sitting business, we’ve gone through each of the methods outlined in the video.
Can you believe September is here already? I was browsing the aisles of my local Walgreens yesterday and was shocked by the wall full of Halloween ghosts and goblins.
Doesn’t life just move too fast at times?
Maybe it’s the anticipation of the Fall (my favorite season), but each time September rolls around I begin to feel all warm, fuzzy and cozy inside. And that tends to make me overly giving and sentimental.
I have a special gift to share with you below.
Want to hear a scary fact? If you are only focusing on keywords when it comes to SEO and your pet sitting website, you are going to consistently miss out on a ton of new clients.
Why is that? Simply because choosing the best keywords and implementing them on your site is just ONE part of a full SEO strategy.
Unfortunately, just focusing on keywords alone is like just getting partially dressed to start your day.
Sure, you might be decent enough to answer the door, but you’re a ways off if, let’s say, you have a meeting to attend.
In that case, you’ll have to finish getting dressed, put on your shoes and socks, brush your teeth, do your hair, put on some makeup, gather your belongings and get on your way.
Optimizing your pet sitting website for the search engines is an equally as involved process.
And as you’ll see in my video, it’s not that difficult or mysterious.
In case you can’t tell, I’m pretty excited in this video below. And the reason is simple…
I just got off the phone with Amy — a potential independent contractor (IC) candidate, and she sounds perfect!
You see, there are at least 10 qualities you need to look for before inviting any pet sitter to join your team, and Amy nailed all of them in our first 20-minute phone call. (I list all 10 under the video.)
Who wants to hear the actual phone call I had today?
By the way, at Alitia’s Animals, we started recording all our phone calls (with permission, of course) and at the end of this video, you’ll learn how you can listen to the complete perfect phone call I had with Amy.
How often do you update your pet sitting forms, documents and tools?
For Alitia’s Animals, we aim to take note of what’s working and what’s not at least once a year. And it’s that time of year for us.
I started gathering the resources we use on a daily basis that all fit together to effectively run, manage and grow our pet sitting business.
These are everything from the intake form we use while taking that first new client phone call to the welcome home email we send to complete the job.
Do you have all your ducks in a row?
You need to consistently evaluate the tools you use day in and day out in your business to not only determine if they’re working, but to determine if they’re working the best that they can be.
Wow, it sure does look like Facebook is all the rage these day, huh?!
No matter who you are, or what line of work you are in, most everyone suggests Facebook is the way to go.
Or at least part of the way to go.
But I’m not so sure…
Every once in a while, something comes along to disrupt the status quo.
Some months ago, I received an email from fellow pet sitting business owner Danielle Chonody asking if we can set up a time to speak.
I already knew Danielle from the industry and was excited to hear what was on her mind.
Early into the conversation, Danielle cuts to the chase and says, “I want to start a pet sitting association!”
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Pampered Pet Care of Atlanta company owner Sarah Paulk on the subject of independent contractors.
Sarah’s pet sitting business was voted “Best Pet Sitting Company” in 2009 by Atlanta Magazine and with a roster of 13 independent contractors on board, the company must be doing most things right.
In this open and honest interview, Sarah walks us through the step-by-step process of finding, interviewing and hiring the perfect IC for your team.
There’s been a lot of talk lately of hiring pet sitters as independent contractors.
And it’s no secret that I’m a big fan of hiring pet sitters to help your business grow.
Bringing on the right person can make you more money by helping to expand your services and your service area.
I received this question through the Ask Joshua page:
Question:
Dear Joshua,
How can I make sure the information I share with my IC is not used against me or shared with anyone else? I don’t want my competition to know all my secrets, or the exact way I do things.
Help!
-Cindy Espers
Tampa, Florida.