Comments on: Did Santa Bring You Any Tools for Your Pet Sitting Business?

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:43:42 +0000

I bought myself a new gift. A hard drive! I do colorful pet pals diaries for my pet sitting clients and it includes pictures of their pets while they were on vacation. Pictures take up a lot of space so I really needed it!

I like the pen that you mentioned. It’s got to save you time. I might have to get one. Hmmmm….

By: Danielle Chonody

Danielle Chonody — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:41:59 +0000

Cathy and Gigi- thanks for your comments. The pen really isn’t very techie at all – I had it working within 10 minutes out of the box. You just download their software from an online site – not even a CD to put in the computer!

Gigi – do you use your Blackberry to send email updates to your clients while you are pet sitting for them? What other functions do you use – do you ever send them photos or videos of their pets?

By: Gigi Norman

Gigi Norman — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:48:47 +0000

The pen sounds like a wonderful tool to compliment any business or writer. I’m going to have to check it out. I upgraded to a blackberry so that I could stay in better contact with my pet sitting clients. Being in touch and in communications reach is very important. Being limited has cost me a new client here and there. Handhelds are so much more convenient than laptops and it helps to keep me not only a phone call away but an email away as well. I think in the long run my phone will pay for itself as I gain more clients and it will help me retain them if I can communicate with them in a flash. g~

By: Cathy the Doggy Mom

Cathy the Doggy Mom — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:45:05 +0000

I have been wondering about those pens. I heard Lynn talk about it too but I was wondering if it would be too techie for me. You made it sound pretty simple to use.
I didn’t get anything to use in my business but I did get a cool gift, a Roomba, one of those robotic vacuums. I’ll use it in my office so I guess it is kind of for my business. And should get some great videos of the thing chasing my dogs around or them chasing it that I can put on my blog.

By: Danielle Chonody

Danielle Chonody — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:30:59 +0000

It is great! I couldn’t believe how simple it is to work. With their notebooks somehow the pen knows which page you are on and when you plug it in via USB it all automatically uploads and shows you what you wrote on each page. It can also translate and be used as a calculator with a number pad on front page of the notebook. I love it!

By: Ark Lady

Ark Lady — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:18:17 +0000

I am drooling! That is something I was hoping for but not yet. I expect a full report! All I got was a computer tech that removed everything instead of just optimizing my computer system–trying to recover now…