Prosperous Pet Business

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...

Do you have a fear of your employees taking your clients? Do you struggling to keep employees for as long as possible, but they often leave within a few weeks or months?    The dog walker and pet sitter I coach on this episode was struggling with those questions and other challenges, most of which involve changing her mindset. In this episode you'll learn how to begin to let go of your fear of hir...

Marie has a dog products business on Etsy and she also wants to start a serviced-based pet sitting and dog walking business. She's wondering how to go about creating a service-based business in addition to her existing dog products business. Marie has a lot of questions about the startup process including how to start her dog walking and pet sitting business while still working her weekday job, if...

Stephanie is a new dog trainer who needs help getting clients quickly in her dog training business. Like many pet professionals who are on a shoestring budget, she's unsure what marketing makes the most sense to invest in right now, given the many advertising options available. As a new business owner, Stephanie is also feeling overwhelmed by all the tasks she feels like she should be doing but do...

Does your personal life go to the very bottom of your business to do list – or not get any attention from you at all? Today's coaching client is Karissa and nearly every day she experiences a lack of attention on her personal life. In the midst of her busy "one-stop shop" pet care business, dog trainer and pet sitter Karissa is so busy caring for other people's pets that she's struggling to find q...

Even if you've had your pet business for years, there may be parts of your business that are not quite solid. When solidity is created in the areas of business that require it, there's so much more that's possible in your business (and in your personal life). Today's coaching client is Maryann Berry, a new pet sitter and dog walker who lives in San Diego. She is very excited to launch her new busi...

On the last episode was Katie and today we have another Katie! Today's coaching client is Katie, a pet sitter and dog walker in Denver, Colorado.   One of the magical things about coaching sessions is that I never quite know where they will end up even if I think I do from the beginning of the session. I think Katie and I both thought this coaching session would be going in a different direction t...

Today's coaching client is Katie, the owner of Katie's Care, LLC. When she showed up for this podcast coaching session, she was working 24/7, feeling like she was always "on" and having a hard time saying no to her beloved clients. She also wasn't making much money given the large amount of hours she was working each week.   Like a lot of pet business owners, Katie was feeling stretched to the max...

Today's coaching client is Alexis, the owner of Hand and Hound Pet Sitting. After ten years of pet sitting for neighbors and friends, Alexis Campbell turned her side job into a full-fledged business in 2019. Hand and Hound Pet Sitting serves clients in the Phoenix area, and strives to be "like your neighbor, but with more credentials," making relationships with families and their pets. In 2021, Ha...

The podcast is 100 today!    To celebrate the podcast turning 100, I invited the pet business owners I coached on the last 7 episodes to be on the podcast.    Today you'll hear 5 of those 7 pet business owners share what actions they took after they got coached by me on the podcast and where they are at now in their businesses and personal lives. (The two who couldn't make it for today's episode r...

Today's coaching session is with Lori, a pet sitter and dog walker who lives and works in Pennsylvania.   Even though this coaching session is with a dog walker who wants to get more dog walking clients, this episode is not just for dog walkers. If you're a pet sitter, dog trainer, pet groomer or dog daycare owner, you will learn some effective marketing to help you grow your pet business. You'll...

Stephanie is a rock star business owner who is based in Texas. She's owned her business for a few years and, in many ways, has done a great job running it. However, due to the pandemic and other issues, she's now got a lot of business challenges she's dealing with and she's at a loss for how to fix them. Stephanie is struggling to balance her team's needs, her client needs and (last but definitely...

My coaching client today is Kelsey who runs a pet grooming and dog kennel in Nevada. Kelsey is experiencing a lot of stress with employees who say they will do something but then don't do it. She's also struggling because she's short staffed and is having a hard time finding quality people.  Kelsey reached out to me for a coaching session that she agreed could be recorded for the podcast. Like mos...

My coaching client today is Carly. She's a dog trainer, pet sitter and dog walker based in Pismo Beach, California who really wants to rocket her business to the next level. She has a lot of questions of how best to do that in a short amount of time. In this coaching session, we go over how to ask clients for online reviews, what the best review sites are for pet professionals, why being a small b...

Due to the pandemic and other challenges, many pet business owners are experiencing hard times in their business and their lives and are not quite sure where to turn and what to do. If this is you, you're not alone as you'll hear in today's episode. Today you'll hear as I coach Florida pet sitter and dog walker Carla M. You'll hear the struggles that she has been navigating lately including grief...

Do you struggle with how to detach from your pet business? Are you curious or frustrated about how to hire great staff?    Today's coaching client, Kaitlin, was struggling with needing to hire great people and step away more from her all-consuming pet business. She reached out for a pet business coaching session and agreed to have it be recorded for the podcast (thanks, Kaitlin!).    Today you'll...

Many pet business owners are reevaluating their pet business as a result of going through the pandemic.  This coaching client, Susan H. that I'm working with on today's podcast episode, is no exception. She reached out to me for a coaching session that she knew would be recorded for the podcast. She was very drawn to a certain experience that she read about in my book How to Recover from Pet Busin...

During a challenging time, especially one that goes on for quite a while like you may have experienced during this pandemic (or perhaps are still experiencing), your mindset can begin to go in a downward spiral. When that happens it can be tough to pull yourself back out of that negative spin. The trick is to catch your thoughts before they go downward to a point of no return.  Today's podcast epi...

If you are feeling stressed as we enter "business as usual" during this still-unusual time, you're not alone. A lot of pet business owners are now inundated with clients after months of business being slow or nonexistent. Others are struggling to regroup and get motivated. Wherever you are, this podcast episode can help.    The Dog Podcast Network interviewed Kristin Morrison on the topics of burn...

Are you confused on how to start, run or grow your pet business – especially now after this year like no other? You won't want to miss this episode. Kristin Morrison was interviewed on the Doggish podcast and they generously allowed Prosperous Pet Business to release the episode here as well.  In this episode you'll learn:  - 3 tips if you're thinking about starting a pet business - The power of s...

Have you had a hard time getting back into the swing of client communication after a slow pandemic year? If so, you're not alone and this episode will help you!  Visit the show notes page to find out more about this episode plus get information about how to get Charlene's book Email Cemetery: www. ProsperousPetBusiness.com/podcast89 Sign up for a VIP Day to  get personally coached by Kristin in Ha...

A lot of pet business owners have contacted me asking me how to pivot during this time, how to deal with a mindset which is veering toward the negative because of all that's going on in the world, etc. This episode will help you with these things and so much more!  Visit the show notes page to find out more: www. ProsperousPetBusiness.com/podcast88 Get the new  eBook How to Recover from Pet Busine...