Pet Sitting Business Success

How To Be A Better Pet Sitter – Part 2

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

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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What Pet Sitters Can Learn From Amazon.com

Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos recently put out a video announcing his excitement at his recent purchase of Zappos.

Yep, Amazon now owns Zappos. Purchased for over $800 million.

As intriguing as that may sound, it’s not the part of his 8 minute video that, as pet sitters, we can learn something from.

Mr. Bezos, casually standing in front of his home and a big board for visual effect, reveals everything he knows (his words). He then states that everything he knows “is a very short list.”

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How To Increase Your Chances of Succeeding As A Pet Sitter

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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Quick: How Successful Do You Think You Are?

think-successDr. Napoleon Hill. Think and Grow Rich.

If you’re not familiar with either of those names, it’s never too late to come along for the ride and enjoy the rewards.

“Think and Grow Rich” is Dr. Hill’s masterpiece book written more than 70 years ago, during The Great Depression. One of the best selling books of all time, his book is the result of more than twenty years of research and captures the essence of how success occurs and how anyone can achieve it.

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