Off The Leash with The Pet Business Coach

Opening Your Business Back Up Post Pandemic

Are you ready to get back to work? This episode is the second in a two part series covering several aspects of re-opening or re-starting your business including marketing post pandemic, employee management, client management and personal management. In this episode, you’ll learn how to best tailor your post pandemic approach to interacting and communicating with your clients, both old and new. We’ll also talk about a somewhat underpromoted topic and that is the topic of you! How to take care of yourself during this business recovery period so that you can be present each day for your business and your clients with your best self.

Getting Back to Work Post Pandemic

Are you ready to get back to work? This episode is the first in a two part series covering several aspects of re-opening or re-starting your business including marketing post pandemic, employee management, client management and personal management. In this episode, you’ll learn how to best tailor your post pandemic marketing messages and how to insure a smooth transition for your employees back into the daily routine.

Going Back to the Office Post Pandemic -Oh No!

If you’re like many people these days, you’re working from home. The pandemic has turned our lives upside down and it seems like it will never be over but take heart, this too shall pass and for some of us, the return to the workplace or office is already looming. In this episode we'll talk about some things you can do before you ever step foot in the office and some things you can do after your return to the office to help make the transition as smooth as possible.

Are you for real? Sincerity in advertising, a must have!

In this episode of The Pet Business Coach we're going to be talking about a topic that’s been an interest and a passion of mine for as long as I’ve been a consumer and customer. We’re going to talk about sincerity in advertising. The importance of it, the lack of it and the reasons it should matter to you both as a business owner and a consumer. You’ll learn how to best use sincerity in your own marketing to connect with your customers in a meaningful way that builds relationships over time, and not just transactions.

Questions for Where You Are in Your Entrepreneurial Journey

Do you know where you are in your entrepreneurial journey? More importantly, do you know what you should be asking yourself? In my last Podcast I talked about the 5 Stages of Entrepreneurship which were discontentment, realization, hope, grind and balance.

Being aware of the stages and specifically what questions to ask during each stage allows you to navigate within them with a little more confidence and clarity.

No matter what stage you’re in it’s helpful to know what’s coming and what you can do to proactively prepare for it. In this podcast I'll talk through what some key questions you should be answering are based on which stage you’re in to allow you to hit your challenges confidently!

The 5 Stages Every Entrepreneur Lives

We all hear about these amazing entrepreneurs. You know what I mean, they’re the overnight nothing to everything stories that make the journey sound easy. But was it really? We listen intently because we want to know their secret, the special sauce. Well here’s the truth on how they got from where they were to where they are.

The Crisis

If you’re a small business owner you’ve spent the last few weeks as I have, figuring out what to do and how to react. You’re somewhere along the continuum of finding ways to keep your business limping along with at least some income coming in, to completely shutting down. Here’s what I know.

The Birth of My Own Pet Care Business

How getting fired moved me from despair to destiny. The convoluted journey that led to the birth of Preferred Pet Partners.