Monday, October 29, 2012

Home and Pet Sitting: Fast Track Guide

By Johnny Chan


If you have in-born affection and care for pets and you know how to pet them then you might consider yourself suitable for the business of pet care. You require great amount of willingness to be able to look after the animals nicely. Pet sitting has turned from a hobby to a professional business in the United States where there are ample of services offered in order to attract the pet owners to be a part of their business.

The pet care workers often accept the customer proposals that come from a distance and require them to commute all the way down to them. They feel this does them more good then a local appointment, which only fetches them about $20. The far-out customers reimburse them the travelling expenses they incur in order to reach the customers place. This turns out very profitable to the pet sitters. Careful calculation of the expenses is important and needs to be done before you get involved in the job that requires daily transit.

The following equipments are the best sellers in the market for the pet care range, according to a recent study. This list can be of great help to you when you start out the process of preparing for your first pet sitting task.

1. Rawhide chews 2. Leather leashes 3. Nylon leashes 4. Dog fetch toys 5. Flea remedy 6. Tick remedy 7. Cat/Dog food 8. Cat/ Dog treats

Being prepared is half the battle won and therefore it is imperative that you prepare your toolkit and equip yourself well in advance. This gives an impression of professionalism and shows that you are serious about your work. In this manner the clients know that you mean business. And they will feel safe before they hand over their dear pets to you. With experience your list of requirements may change to add more things. Ensure that you keep your toolkit up-to-date and handy at all times.

Leading the market: There are many who may not give any importance to it, but pet sitting is a business and it's imperative for you to publicize the services you offer. You might achieve it even by keeping in touch with all your fellow market men, because this job makes you rely on the market entirely. Having contacts can give you exposure and get you started.

You can also opt for the conventional advertising forms. The social media gives a great platform to people for advertisement and to achieve their purpose effectively. The social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. have seen a huge boom in the past few years. They not only offer services free of cost but also help you build great contacts and save you money and the hard work.

Word of mouth and other traditional ways to promote and advertise will be ever green. But digital media such as social networking sites help to spread word rapidly. They overcome the limitation of numbers and also break the geographical barrier. They are also very cost efficient and simple to use. Therefore these tools should be exploited and made use of to the optimum.

Facebook provides a provision of creating community pages and fan pages. This can become a place where customer testimonials can be posted. Feedback from the end users has the most impact on future clients and therefore it is very useful. You can even promote your services and inform the clients about the free time you have available in order to take up the care of a new pet. This will also be useful to your work.

Alternatively, Twitter encourages direct communication with your clients. You will slowly build up on the number of your followers, which will serve as your publicity. It allows your followers to be constantly updated - they might even win coupons that offer discount on your services.

Even though the entire population of your followers may not try your services, they will be crucial in getting you referral clients, as they will more often than not mention you to any people around them that may need your service.




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