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New In-Home Pet Sitting Franchise
Meet Founder Shawn Ryan as he talks to us about the Safe Journey in-home pet sitting and boarding franchise opportunity. This is an interesting twist on the home boarding concept in that the franchise makes giving back to the community a mandatory component of the business.
PetEcommerce Launches Online Stores For The Masses
Meet Joey Pomerenke, the founder of PetEcommerce. This new business opportunity has launched an online business model that involves setting other people up in the pet business with online pet stores that carry thousands of items. Come learn how they're grabbing pet etailing by the tail.
Stacy Hansen is the owner and moderator of the PetPro Yahoo! Group and owner of her own home-based business that provides specialized business forms to pet sitters, dog walkers and others. Hear Stacy's insightful tips on what it takes to be a successful pet entrepreneur.
Meet the man who produces one of the largest pet consumer shows on the East Coast. Learn how to maximize your marketing budget by exhibiting to thousands of pet lovers.
Meet doggie daycare entrepreneur, TV personality, pet author and industry columnist Charlotte Reed as she discusses some ways to stand out from the competition as well as previews of her new book.
Muttmart.com is an online pet supply retailer that's been around since 2002. We spoke with Justin Hertz, the founder, and learned how he keeps his business growing in the face of stiff competition both online and in the brick and mortar world.
Listen to our interview with NexPet President Barry Berman and learn how small and medium pet stores can band togther to get the same type of buying and marketig muscle enjoyed by the large box store retailers. This is a David & Goliath story you don't want to miss.
Vicki Lynne Morgan a frequent speaker at the HH Backer trade shows and president of product rep firm, Animal Brands, shares her knowledge about guerilla marketing techniques that can increase your business with no-cost and low-cost marketing methods designed for the small to medium-sized pet business.
Partnership Marketing Opportunities & Other Growth Strategies
Online pet business pioneer Jill Gizzio takes a look at how creative partnership opportunities, even with perceived "competitors", can benefit everyone. Jill also examines how to profit from product acquisitions, closeouts and more.
Retail Pets Dot Com Announces New Drop Ship Program
Gina Mirolli from Retailpets.com discusses the company's new venture into the world of drop shipping. With nearly 1,800 products, this 10-year old Internet company looks to gain a significant piece of the drop-ship action in pet supplies.
Susie Atherton, named Retailer of the Year for 2006/2007 by Pet Product News, joins us to discuss what it takes to be named to pet retailing's top honor and how to maximize profits from existing customers instead on focusing solely on bringing in new customers as a means of growing your business.
Pet Product News Editor-in-Chief Carol Boker discusses the outlook for the pet industry in 2007. We also look at some profitable trends, the trials and tribulations of selling live pets, new products in the salt water fish category and lots more!
