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May 5th, 2010
There are so many ways to cash in on the Billion Dollar Pet Industry, and here are just a few:
1. Start a dog walking or pet sitting business out of your home. Get insurance, post your business on craigslist, care.com, limepaw.com, and post fliers on bulletin boards in your community
2. Start a Blog: People are constantly looking for help, tips and information about pets. If you write information that people want to read, you can add google adsense ads and affiliate marketing ads to your page to turn your blog in a profit center. You can start a blog for free at blogger.com, or wordpress.com.
3. Start a pet product website. You can purchase a website from yahoo for $12/month, and they give you all of the tools that you need to design your site as well. Add wholesale pet products that you find from a pet supply drop-shipping. All you do is take the order, send it to you drop-shipper, and they send you a check in the mail. Pretty easy stuff.
Hope you learned a little bit about how easy it is to start your own Pet Business.
Thanks
Tags: cat, dog, dog walker, fast money, make money, pet, pet blog, pet business, pet product, pet professional, pet sitter, pet supplies, pet walker, products
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April 2nd, 2010
There are definitely right and wrong ways to clip and trim your pets nails. If you do it wrong, you could really cause your pet pain and agony. Learn the importance of cutting your pets nails properly. Learn correct and incorrect ways to cut your pet’s fingernails.
Read Full Article: http://www.pethealth101.com/grooming/nail_trimming.shtml
Tags: cat, cat grooming, cat health, dog, dog grooming, dog health, grooming, pet grooming, pet health, pet nails
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April 2nd, 2010
Teeth brushing for your pets is important for hygiene reasons, tooth abscess and bad breathe. This article not only explains the need for brushing your pet’s teeth, but how to make it fun for them and do an efficient and comprehensive job.
Read Full Article Here: http://www.pethealth101.com/dental/how_to_brush.shtml
Tags: cat, dog, pet, pet health, pet hygiene, pet teeth
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March 29th, 2010
LimePaw Promotion to Win a $50 Petsmart Gift Card
All you have to do is go to our main site and submit your pet service or product. It is completely Free to sign up, you will increase your potential customer’s access to your business information, and now you can are automatically entered to win a $50 Petsmart Gift Card on April 4th, 2010.
Sign up before Sunday the 4th and enter to win!
Check back for the winner!
Tags: bet pet products, cat, dog, dog walker, dog walking, grooming pets, pet, pet groomer, pet grooming, pet industry, pet products, pet services, pet sitter, pet walker, pet walking, petting, small business, walking dog, walking dogs
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March 19th, 2010
This is what you’ve all been waiting for. The top Pet Blog’s submitted to LimePaw. Thank you everyone for submitting your great pet blogs and pet product over the past few weeks.
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http://www.waggyspettipsandtales.com |
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This Momprenuer has a plethora of great information on this website Blog. Everything from Pet Tips to great eco-friendly Pet Products and reveiws. I really like the way Chris writes, and I would suggest this Blog to anyone. Check it out today! |
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http://www.greenpetsecoliving.com |
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I am quite the supporter of not only humans that live eco friendly, but also pets. This site is a great resource to help you and your pet to live eco friendly. |
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http://smartdog.typepad.com |
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This is a neat blog for the everyday dog problems. Most of the articles are a casual problem and answer format that the writer experiences on a daily basis. |
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www.dogsblog.com |
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This is a dog adoptions blog. They also strive to connect homeless dogs with potential homes. Great idea to get the word out of about homeless pets. |
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http://doggiematchmaker.blogspot.com |
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The goal of this blogger is to find homes for pets in West Los Angeles. It is location specific, but again, a I love the idea of getting the word out about pet adoption. |
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http://www.dogquality.com/blog |
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This blog is geared towards older dogs. We all either have one now, or will eventually. The blog speaks to the issues, problems, and prevention measure that can be taken to make your older dogs life as meaningful as possible. |
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http://www.apetnannyplus.blogspot.com |
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This is about a family and their journey of owning pets. They post some great and fun pics and really let you know what’s going on in their pets lives. |
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http://portraitsofanimals.wordpress.com/ |
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The name can throw you off a bit, but this Blog is much more that pictures of animals. They have articles for every pet owner and animal lover. |
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http://doggieflicks.blogspot.com/ |
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“Feature your pet in a starring role set in your favorite movie theme”. Definitely a fun and new idea for you and your pets!
Please feel free to leave a comment about this Blog, the Blog’s presented here, or anything you want to share!
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Tags: blog, blogger, blogging, cat, cat owner, dog, dog owner, dog walker, pet, pet blogger, pet blogging, pet owner
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March 4th, 2010
Thank you everyone for submitting your pet products! I know I said I was going to feature 3 products, but I ended up with more submissions than I had anticipated, so I decided to feature 5 products instead. Thanks again.
1 http://www.DogWalkersBuddy.com
DogWalkers Buddy features a hands free dog leash. The more I think about it, the more I like this product. For all of you runners out there, this is the product for you. We all know how awkward it is to run with one hand out to the side holding that dog leash.
2 http://www.aikiou.com
I am a huge fan of keeping your pet mentally excercised as well as physically. This is a wonderful idea to keep your pets mentally fit. It is a doggy bowl/game for your pet to play with!
3 http://www.sunnydogink.com/page4.html
I think most of us underestimate the need for a first aid kit for our pets. I know the last thing we would want is for something to happen to our pet and not know what to do for them. This product is a must if you are taking your pet hiking or hunting.
4 http://www.sprinkspets.com
Sprinks offers some great product for pet travel. Calming music CD’s for keeping your pet calm, relaxing supplements and travel size grooming products.
5 http://www.furzoff.net
This is the next level of hair removal products. This product works better than most brushes used for removing hair from furniture and clothes.
Thanks again for your submissions.
Stay tuned for the next feature: Top Pet Blogs
Tags: bet pet products, cat sitter, dog leash, dog walker, first aid for pets, pet bowl, pet first aid, pet hair removal, pet products, pet services, pet sitter, pet travel, pet walking, stre relief for pets, top product list
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February 20th, 2010
If you have a pet blog or pet product, submit the link in the comment box before Wednesday, February 24th.
1. Submit Your Pet Blog
I will be choosing what I think are the most informative and best organized blogs, and featuring the top 10 on my site with positive feedback.
2. Submit Your Pet Product
I will be choosing what I think are the most unique, useful or underutilized pet products and featuring the Best 3 product on my site with positive feedback.
Tags: advertising, blogging, cat, cat sitting, cats, dog, dog industry, dog walker, dog walking, free ad, free advertising, free marketing, free web marketing, pet, pet service, pet services, petting, small business, web marketing
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February 17th, 2010
In the United States alone, pet’s reside in 69 million households, and over $38 billion dollars are spent on the pet industry annually ( http://smallbiztrends.com ). . . if you were not sure that you wanted to get into this industry, I hope you do now.
Requirements:
Must love pets and be able to relate well to them. The whole point of life is doing something you enjoy. If you are doing this to make a quick buck and don’t care for pets, this business will fizzle out quickly for you. You need to be able to be loving but strict with pets. When you are walking, grooming or training another persons pet, you need to have respect for their pet, but the pet has to also have respect for you. This is a balance that some people have with animals and some don’t. Make sure you are one of the people that was blessed with a strong connection to animals.
Choosing a Service:
Because you are just now starting your service business, I would suggest starting with the simpler pet services like dog walking, pet sitting or pet grooming. These are all services that you can provide out of your home. Dog walking and pet sitting don’t include much experience. If you are familiar with dogs and cats, these services should be very simple. Dog grooming can require a little more experience. I would suggest reading a few books on the topic and testing them out on pets of friends and family until you have it down pat. Most of it should be pretty simple: washing, shampooing, fur trimming and toenail clipping.
Getting Clients
Typically, I only use free forms of marketing and advertising to get new clients. Here are a few tips that are Free, and will get you new clients in no time!
-Fliers- Print off some fliers and post them all around town: Library, Laundry Mat, School Message Boards, Dog Parks, etc.
-Create a Facebook Group- Let all of your friends know what you are starting. Word of mouth will be one of your biggest resource for new clients, so make sure that you provide your service with the utmost quality.
-Post your new business on Pet Directories: There are many Pet directories on the internet, but I would stick with the free ones to start. We have a pet directory on our main site at http://limepaw.com/. It’s totally free to post your profile and it only takes about 5 minutes.
This will be more than enough to get your started with your Pet Service Business!
Feel free to leave comments or ask questions
. . . and keep an eye out for part 2!
Tags: cat, cat sitting, cats, dog, dog industry, dog walker, dog walking, dogs, grooming pets, pet, pet groomer, pet grooming, pet industry, pet service, pet services, pet walker, pet walking, pets, petting, starting business, starting pet, starting pet business, walking dog, walking dogs
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February 15th, 2010
I compiled this list of absolutely necessary FREE things that small businesses can use to increase traffic to their site with minimal time and no money. I have arranged them in the order that I find suitable. Hope you enjoy!
Social Networking
Can your small business do without social networking, maybe, but why take the risk. Social networking is the best way to connect to not only your customers, but people in the same industry as you who can probably help you out. When I first started using social networking sites my goal was to get as many customers as possible. This didn’t happen right away, but what did happen was I began learning more about my industry then I ever knew before. I made contacts with dozens people who had been in my shoes just a few years before. My business would not still be afloat without it.
Best Sites to Start with: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter
Blog
Blogs are totally free these days. You can find some that will charge you for the bells and whistles that you don’t need yet, but to start, I would stick with blogger.com, wordpress.com or blogspot.com (wordpress is my fav.) Most of these blogs will almost market your blog for your. Make sure to update your blog as much as you have time for and add tags to every post so that they will be found by the search engines. What to blog about? Whatever you want. I run a Pet Services Website and I am blogging about online marketing strategies (I would not suggest this.) Blog about things that interest you, things that you think interest other people, or anything that pops into your head. Either way, always link your blog to your webpage. I usually try to throw my link into a few different paragraphs of my blog so that people notice it.
Did I Say Social? Bookmarking?
If you haven’t heard of site like digg.com and stumbleupon then you live under a rock and I’m amazed you found this article, let alone this computer. These websites get millions of hits every month, and the content is chosen by you! The more people like a site, the more people are directed to it. If your site is in good condition and you get lucky enough to get tons of hits from either of the sites I mentioned, you should have a good 2,000-5,000 pageview day. That ain’t too shabby, eh? Digg.com will give you more hits on the front end and stumbleupon will stay pretty steady throughout. I could explain to you why, but it’s boring and you don’t really need to know.
Search Engine Optimization
This is one of those controversial topics. Some people call it free, others say even if you do it yourself, it costs you time. Well I say that everything costs you time, so is nothing free? Either way, SEO is a great way to get organic search results. This means that someone searched for a topic in google or yahoo, and your site came up as a result, and they clicked on it. It’s that simple. Unfortunately, getting your website to the top of those lists isn’t quite that simple. There are many technical things that need to be done to help your SEO. If you know a web designer this would be very helpful. Due to the internet craze, they are a dime a dozen now and you can find out on elance.com for very cheap, or have a buddy help you for free. Besides the technical side, there are a few things that you can do to help you SEO. Make sure your website is updated frequently: add new text as often as you have time for. Make sure that you articles or text are related to the keywords that your website is known for.
Did I say Social? Bookmarking?
Submit your website to social bookmarking site like stumbleupon, delicious and digg.com. These sites allow you to categorize the topics on your site, and it will then show your site to people who are also interested in those topics. People can “thumbs up” your site, or comment or review it. The more positive feedback your site gets, the more visitors will get sent to view your site.
Link It All Together
This part is not absolutely necessary, but it will save you a lot of time in the long run. Almost all of the site that I have mentioned will eventually prompt you to link your other networking sites to them. This can be a little confusing at first, but once you get the hang of it, it is super neat. For instance, you can link your Twitter account to your Facebook account to your Blog to your LinkedIn account. Every time you tweet or update your blog, Facebook with post your most recent posts on the front page of your Profile Page! When you post something on your Facebook page, or Tweet something, it will show up on your Linked in profile. This saves time because instead of copying pasting your posts to all of yout networking channels, you can simply use one and they all share this information with each other!
Tags: advertising, blog, blogging, free ad, free advertising, free marketing, free web marketing, marketing, social networking, web, web marketing, website, website marketing
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February 2nd, 2010
Depending on your goals, capital for start-up, and preferred pets to work with, there are a number of Pet Service Start-up’s available to you!
Today we are going to focus on the Low Capital Start-ups.
Dog Walking and Pet Sitting are a popular decision for low-capital pet service start-up. They key to these business is marketing and advertising your business. It is very easy to start small, and watch your small venture snowball into a profitable business. Some of the most important aspects of this business are as follows:
-Keep your service impeccable: The #1 way for small businesses to get new customers is word of mouth. If you do a great job for a reasonable price, your customer’s will refer you to their friends and family.
-Marketing doesn’t have to cost money: Post you business on free resources like www.LimePaw.com to get Free marketing to pet owners looking for your services. Print off some fliers and post them in pet supply or pet grooming stores. Social Networking: Create a Facebook Group, Start a Twitter Following, Sign into. These services are completely free and attract a lot of visitors.
-Get Free Help when you can: Keep scouring the internet for great ideas to make your business better, different ways to market your business, or discounts that could attract new customers. LinkedIn.com is a great resource to connect with business people in the same profession that you’re in.
-Create a WebSite: Now-a-days you can build a custom website through yahoo or google, with a domain of your choice, for about $8-$15 month. Instead of your potential customer’s trying to process a whole flier worth of information while they are passing by, add a webpage to your flier, something easy to remember, that they can check out when they get home.
Use these tips to start and run a successful Pet Service Business!
Tags: cat, dog, dog walking, pet, pet service, pet services, small business, start-up, startup
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