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Free Simple To-Do List Software – Keep Track On The Go

Just a quick post tonight – it’s getting late but I wanted to share this great new SIMPLE software that I found this week that will help you keep track of your to-do list.

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Starting a Dog Training Business?

This is a guest post by John Van Olden of the Canine Trade Group. John has been in the dog training and pet industry for 23 years. He has owned sole-proprietorships, was the owner of the first dog training franchise…

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To The Max Business Coaching – Win a Free Coaching Session

I’ve just finished putting together a brand new website to announce the new coaching sessions that I’m offering to small business owners.  You all know that I run a pet sitting business in Dallas Fort Worth called “Protecting Max”.  Well…

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Using Video To Market Your Business – Free Tips!

Well here we are at Friday already – almost a full week into the new year.  What plans do you have to market your business this year?  Do they include any video?

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Local Pet Business Marketing with Meet-Ups

One way to connect with pet lovers in your community is through Meetup.com – the place online to find like minded people gathering near you.  If you haven’t already gone to take a look – when you do I’m sure…

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The Pet Industry.com Gives You A New Place To Ask and Answer Questions!

Today at the Association of Pet Sitting Excellence we launched a brand new website for the pet industry – ThePetIndustry.com.  We hope that this site will become the wikipedia for our industry and give pet business owners like you a place…

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APSE Quarterly Virtual Magazine Now Available!

This is a hot off the press post to let you know that we just published our first virtual magazine (that means a downloadable Adobe pdf file).

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Network with Local Pet Business Owners on Facebook

Last week I was invited to a new Facebook group – DFW Pet Business Owners.  This group was created by a pet business directory here in Dallas and has already been of immense value to me.

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What if you as a pet sitter have a life threatening emergency or die? What happens to the pets?

We don’t like to think about the worst case scenario – but as pet sitters we carry the responsibility of caring for the pets of our clients who are many times out of town.   What would happen to those…

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Simplify Your Pet Business Networking

Last week I got some great advice that has really helped me in the last week to relax more at networking events – and also follow up more effectively with people I do feel a connection with.

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