Comments on: Networking Groups and Pet Sitting Conferences http://workingwithpets.com/my-pet-business/networking-groups-and-pet-sitting-conferences/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:26:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Danielle Chonody http://workingwithpets.com/my-pet-business/networking-groups-and-pet-sitting-conferences/#comment-16267 Danielle Chonody Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:19:06 +0000 http://workingwithpets.com/?p=228#comment-16267 Hi Julie - it would be great to meet you at Quest. I'll email you with my phone number so we can find each other! When I started here in DFW I had the same issue - most people were not aware that pet sitting was an option for them. Here are a few suggestions for spreading the word: 1) Speak at local groups such as PTA's, homeowners association meetings and chamber of commerce meetings. You could also organize to do educational seminars at local pet stores or day care facilities 2) Do a coupon swap with other local pet businesses. You give out discount coupons for their service and they give out discount coupons for your pet sitting service (I am just about to try this out for the first time) 3) Get local publicity by submitting press releases to local papers or radio stations 4) Host a fun community pet event. You could partner with other local pet businesses to organize this. PSI has some good suggestions for events in their new Buzz marketing resource. 5) Leave flyers advertising your business and the benefits of pet sitting in local pet stores, restaurants, and at offices or other service businesses The effectiveness of these may depend on these may depend on the size of your community - but they are all worth a try! Hi Julie – it would be great to meet you at Quest. I’ll email you with my phone number so we can find each other!

When I started here in DFW I had the same issue – most people were not aware that pet sitting was an option for them. Here are a few suggestions for spreading the word:

1) Speak at local groups such as PTA’s, homeowners association meetings and chamber of commerce meetings. You could also organize to do educational seminars at local pet stores or day care facilities
2) Do a coupon swap with other local pet businesses. You give out discount coupons for their service and they give out discount coupons for your pet sitting service (I am just about to try this out for the first time)
3) Get local publicity by submitting press releases to local papers or radio stations
4) Host a fun community pet event. You could partner with other local pet businesses to organize this. PSI has some good suggestions for events in their new Buzz marketing resource.
5) Leave flyers advertising your business and the benefits of pet sitting in local pet stores, restaurants, and at offices or other service businesses

The effectiveness of these may depend on these may depend on the size of your community – but they are all worth a try!

]]> By: Julie Fredrick http://workingwithpets.com/my-pet-business/networking-groups-and-pet-sitting-conferences/#comment-16246 Julie Fredrick Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:08:03 +0000 http://workingwithpets.com/?p=228#comment-16246 I am a pet sitter in Boise, ID. My business name is The Pet Sitter LLC. I love pet sitting and have been doing it for 5 years. I will be attending Quest as well...it will be my first time and I'm excited about that! Pet sitting is a great business. In Boise, however, I am finding that people simply do not know that pet sitting exists. They think that their only options are boarding or imposing on neighbors. I would love to hear ideas on how to promote the profession. I am a pet sitter in Boise, ID. My business name is The Pet Sitter LLC. I love pet sitting and have been doing it for 5 years. I will be attending Quest as well…it will be my first time and I’m excited about that! Pet sitting is a great business. In Boise, however, I am finding that people simply do not know that pet sitting exists. They think that their only options are boarding or imposing on neighbors. I would love to hear ideas on how to promote the profession.

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