How to Successfully Market Your Pet Sitting Blog

A blog without an audience operates in a void. To grow an audience you do need to have some degree of patience. However, in addition to patience, planning and action also help to market your blog and drive traffic.

Here are a few useful tips to market your blog successfully:

#1 Comment on other relevant blogs. One great way to start getting your name recognized is to post useful and insightful comments on blogs which relate to your industry and are where your potential readers might hang out.

Get active in the blogging community. When you post create a profile that enables you to link to your blog. Many people will click through and subscribe to your blog.

#2 Guest blog. Guest blogging is wonderful marketing tactic and like commenting on other blogs, is builds awareness for you and your blog.

#3 Post consistently and post often. This is where patience comes in. Posting regular and valuable content will help your blog to grow, to be recognized by other movers and shakers in your industry and will motivate people to link to you.

#4 Make it easy for readers to Digg, Tweet, StumbleUpon and post your content on Delicious.com. Social networking is growing and it pays to take advantage of this useful medium.

#5 List your blog with relevant directories. Registering with some notable directories can help boost your traffic and put you in front of people who are looking for your information

If you want people to become aware of your blog, marketing it is essential. If you have a pet sitting blog and would like to get some links to it to help with SEO - I am happy to feature you in an upcoming post here at Working with Pets. Please leave a comment with the name and the website address of the home page of your blog.

Owning a pet business does not guarantee you success, but it is generally not difficult to set up your own pet business adn many who own pet businesses love the hard working lifestyle and the closeness to pets. You will have to compete with those who may be better trained, may have lower cost structures and those who “pretend” to have your skills and experience when they do not. (eg not all those who advertise themselves as groomers are actually Groomers).

There are also key skills that all dog industry professionals should possess. Here are some of the most critical skills and abilities for those hoping to work with dogs professionally: Basic Dog Handling and Training Skills, ability to recognize behavioral signals.

Animals can be somewhat unpredictable when they are under stress or in an unfamiliar environment, like when they visit the veterinary office or the grooming salon, so it is important to be attentive and stay aware of the animal you are handling at all times.