Prosperous Pet Business

This is Part Two of my coaching session with Amy. If you haven't yet heard Part One (Episode 131), I encourage you to listen to that first as it sets the stage for this session.   In Part One you heard Amy having a hard time detaching from her phone. In this session, you'll hear how hard it is for her to delegate and let go to an office manager or admin assistant and other staff members.   If you...

Like SO many business owners, and even some people who don't have a business, Amy is having a difficult time detaching from her phone.    She feels like her phone is always a part of her. She has no idea how to fully let it go, even for a bit each day, so that she can actually let go when she's not working.    She feels like she's living the life of that meme you may have seen out there – "Why did...

I was recently interviewed on Jill Sutton's podcast. Living Her Legacy podcast. Thanks to Jill for letting me share this episode on the Prosperous Pet Business podcast. Jill's podcast is geared for moms but this episode is for anyone who has trouble setting boundaries and As Jill and I discuss in this episode, I took the time to create boundaries in my businesses in order to improve the quality of...

Brionna provides pet care services including vacation visits and mobile nail trims. She's having a difficult time determining how to price her pet services. She often feels awkward and uncomfortable when it comes to stating how much she charges.  Even though Brionna will tell clients her highest rate, she will often back pedal if a client protests that her rate is too high. Sometimes she'll volunt...

In this episode, Kristin is interviewed by podcaster Marianne from Message in the Middle.    Marianne sits down with Kristin Morrison and asks Kristin questions about her journey of transitioning from being a high achiever, type-A business owner to finding balance and prioritizing non-work activities.    In this episode you'll discover the importance of setting intentions, implementing consistent...

This is the second part of Gabrielle's session. If you haven't already heard part one, you may want to go back and listen to Episode 126.   Gabrielle is a business owner recovering from a hysterectomy and now that her healing is nearly done, she wants to be able to create a more financially lucrative business.   She has a dog treat business and an overnight pet sitting business. And, though she is...

In today's coaching session I'm working with Gabrielle, a pet sitter in Post Falls, Idaho.    Gabrielle has expanded her pet sitting service company to include providing dog treats, items like training treats and large and small peanut butter biscuits.    Gabrielle wants to expand the treat portion of her business and eventually add other services so her company can be a "one stop shop" for pet ow...

Today's coaching session is with Jenn, a dog trainer, pet sitter and dog walker in Brooklyn, New York.  Like a lot of pet care providers, Jenn has been through so much in her business because of the pandemic. If you can also relate to going through the ringer because of the pandemic too, this episode is for you.  Find out more and sign up now for the 28-Day Business and Life Bootcamp for Badass Wo...

Today's episode is an interview Alex Anderson recently did with me on her podcast, Friendship IRL. Originally, our idea was to talk about how to make business friends, but our conversation quickly became so much more. We focused especially on intentional everyday actions we need to take to build the kinds of connections we want in our lives.    Friendship, social connection, community, – these are...

Nadine lives in Australia and she's created a vitamin for dogs and wants to bring her product to market first in Australia and eventually to the United States and other countries. She has a lot of questions about beta testing and marketing her product.   In this session we discuss the answers to these challenges and more.    If you've been thinking about creating a product or are simply curious ab...

Ari is the youngest entrepreneur I've coached. He's 13 years old and has created a Marin County, California product business that is gift baskets for dogs. He sells his baskets to neighbors, by word of mouth from those who share about his creative venture with their friends and family. He ships his baskets to those who have ordered them from various parts of the United States.    Ari is wondering...

Hi pet biz owners! I've got a brand-new podcast out  and it's for ALL types of business owners. In this episode, you'll hear a bit about what this new podcast is about, as well as an audio appetizer of what's to come with this new podcast. Don't worry, the Prosperous Pet Business podcast isn't going anywhere! (You'll discover more about that and the new pod in this short episode.) Enjoy!  Find out...

This is part two, so if you haven't yet listened to part one, I encourage you to listen to the prior episode before listening to this episode.   Lois started her dog walking and dog training business while still working her corporate job. She walked and trained dogs on her lunch break and before and after her corporate job!   After a while, she realized that she was making more money walking dogs...

This is part one of my session with Lois. You can listen to the next episode to hear part two.   Lois started her dog walking and dog training business while still working her corporate job. She walked and trained dogs on her lunch break and before and after her corporate job!   After a while, she realized that she was making more money walking dogs than working in her corporate job as an accounta...

Jodi is a dog trainer who wants to expand her dog training business. She is having a hard time having her clients follow through on the homework she gives them. Like a lot of business owners, Jodi is an idea generator and a visionary! These are great qualities to have as a business owner, but for her ideas to come to fruition they also need to be implemented!   In this coaching session you'll hear...

My podcast coaching client today is Kristen. She boards dogs in her home and offers dog walking and has had her part-time pet business for nearly a decade. She recently made some courageous life changes, and she now needs to turn her business into a full-time venture to financially support her and her kids.    You'll hear Kristen talk about the life changes she recently made and how those changes...

Heidi is an experienced pet sitter and dog walker in Naples, Florida. Lately she has been feeling frustrated about hiring staff.   She's been interviewing not-right people and also hiring flaky people who seem very interested in the beginning of the hiring process, but they back out before they are already hired or shortly after being hired.   In this session, you'll also hear me share a step-by-s...

In today's episode I get more personal than I have in a long time on this podcast – you'll hear me share what I've been experiencing lately and how it's affected me, and also how it relates to today's episode.   Mimi is a pet pro who is struggling with personal and professional burnout. She has a severe critical inner voice that tells her to do more, even when she's exhausted. She needs to learn s...

In the last podcast episode, I worked with a coaching client on hiring and we'll dive a bit more in depth on that topic today with a different coaching client.    My coaching client today is Shannon, a pet sitter and dog walker from Pennsylvania. Her business has grown so quickly that she's had to scramble to hire keep up with the large number of clients coming her way.    She's trying to figure o...

Mallorie is a pet sitter and dog walker in Dallas, Texas. Her business has grown quickly, and she'd like to expand even more without compromising the quality of care she's committed to providing her clients.    She asks me the chicken-or-the-egg question that so many pet business owners ask me: "Should I hire first or advertise to get more clients first?"   You'll hear my answer in this episode as...

Susan is a pet sitter from San Diego. In her coaching session today, she is bringing up a question that I've never been asked before on the podcast: How to create positive company culture.    Company culture is something that is often discussed in a lot in tech companies but rarely is it looked at by small, service-based business owners and it's important! I was impressed that this is a concern of...

In today's coaching session, I'm working with Tina, a pet business owner who feels like she's constantly putting fires in her business. She has 5 part-time staff to help her, but she gets a lot of last-minute calls from them asking for time off which causes her to have to jump in and be the emergency backup.    She needs to raise her prices and wants to know if she should charge a gas surcharge gi...

In today's coaching session, I'm working with Cora, a pet business owner who sometimes struggles with occasional bouts of depression and anxiety. When it hits her, it causes her to suffer - and her business to suffer.   When she's not experiencing depression and anxiety her energy level is high, her response time to clients is quick, and she's able to bill clients in a prompt manner as well as oth...

Today's coaching session is with Donna, a pet sitter and dog walker in Tennessee.  She has owned her business for a few years and she's struggling with creating a schedule that works for her and her full personal life with family and many pets. (Donna wins the award for the pet business owner I've coached who has the most dogs – she has 9 dogs!)     In this episode you'll hear how she can learn to...

Val Goren is an Atlanta-based pet sitter and dog walker who has a quickly growing pet sitting and dog walking business. Like many pet pros who provide home-based pet services, Val is having challenges managing the vast amount of client keys she and her staff are responsible for.    In this episode you'll hear how she can best organize and manage the many client keys as well as how to manage her vi...