Prosperous Pet Business

Abby runs a dog walking and pet sitting business with a co-owner. In this coaching session, Abby discusses challenges in growing her pet business. She’s expanded the client base by taking on clients outside the original area and have tried low-tech advertising methods like door hangers and lawn signs, with lawn signs being particularly successful. But when it’s snowing in Buffalo, New York, lawn signs are not an option! Despite efforts to increase word-of-mouth referrals and collect reviews, they haven’t seen noticeable results. In this session, pet business coach Kristin Morrison shares some low-cost and no cost marketing ideas with Abby – ideas that you can use in your business too! Get no-cost resources here, including the How to Write the Perfect Rate Increase Email Template. Upcoming Live Masterclass: How to Find, Hire and Train Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Staff (and Pet Grooming and Dog Daycare Staff too!) Find out more abou

This episode is about something no one glamorizes when running a pet business: the messy middle. This can often look like confusion, second-guessing, restructuring, and uncomfortable change. If you’ve ever questioned your pricing, outgrown clients, rewritten your offers, or wondered whether you’re cut out for this at all – this episode is for you. Social media shows the butterflies. It rarely shows the goo. But that dissolving stage? That’s where real transformation happens. If your business feels like it’s falling apart right now, take this as your reminder: you’re not behind, broken, or incapable. You might just be in the goo stage – and that’s exactly where becoming begins. Visit the show notes page at: www.prosperouspetbusiness.com/podcast172 Get no-cost resources here, including the How to Write the Perfect Rate Increase Email Template. Create a business and life plan: 12-Month Best Year Yet Business and Life Plan. Click to apply to be coached on t

Happy new year! In this episode, you’ll hear goal-setting tips and tools I’ve used in my own business and life to to create a great year. I’m excited to share them with you too. You’ll also hear a spontaneous conversation I recorded with someone I was co-working with on (with her permission!) one of my favorite productivity apps ever – Focusmate. You’ll hear why she and I love Focusmate so much and how it’s helped her with loneliness, and me with accountability and productivity – and how it can help you too. I’m wishing you and your pet business a great new year! ~Kristin Visit the show notes page  www.prosperouspetbusiness.com/podcast171 Create your 12-Month Best Year Yet Business and Life Plan. Get a free goal-setting workbook for pet business and life goals. Find out about Focusmate virtual co-working (and you may get matched with other Prosperous Pet Business podcast listeners! Click to apply to be coached on the Prosperous Pet Busines

In this pet business coaching session, Jorge discussed his need to downsize his dog daycare and boarding business. Jorge is seeking advice on adapting his operations and staff for a smaller facility. This session covers strategies for managing walk-in clients, implementing new policies for space limitations, and improving marketing efforts through social media and SEO. Jorge also shared plans to move his business to a new location and change its name while maintaining certain branding elements, with advice from Kristin on focusing on client referrals and merchandise to enhance business operations. You’ll also hear how Jorge skillfully dealt with a negative review, including and a negative review going viral on Tik Tok! Visit the show notes page at:  www.prosperouspetbusiness.com/podcast170 Create your 12-Month Best Year Yet Business and Life Plan. Click to apply to be coached on the Prosperous Pet Business podcast. Sign up for a private pet business coaching

In this coaching session, you’ll hear pet sitter and dog walker Malina share challenges she’s having with team member turnover and client retention in her pet sitting and dog walking business, particularly after expanding to multiple states. You’ll hear strategies for delegating responsibilities and improving staff independence, various operational improvements including software systems, staff training […]

This episode dives into the intricate challenges of running a pet sitting and dog walking business, focusing primarily on liability and proper worker classification. Lori, who operates a dog walking and pet sitting service in the Philadelphia area, shares her concerns about managing the risks associated with her pet walkers, especially after sustaining an ankle […]

Renee is a dog trainer in Maine who wants to quit her corporate job to run her dog training business full time.However, she’s concerned about letting go of job stability and stepping into full-time entrepreneurship.She’s wondering when and how to make that leap and has a lot of questions about that so she can feel […]

This episode dives into a game-changing productivity tool: The Eisenhower Matrix (also known as the Urgent-Important Matrix). This four-quadrant framework challenges the common mistake business owners make of confusing mere urgency with true importance. You’ll hear me break down the four quadrants: Do, Schedule, Delegate, and Delete – and illustrate the importance of protecting your […]

What if you had a medical emergency and you needed to take time off from your pet business? Or, what if you got the news that you’re pregnant and will need to take some maternity leave?  Maybe you just need a chunk of time away from your business for your mental health?  In this episode, you’ll […]

Do you feel like you’re constantly working in your pet business? One minute you’re walking, training or grooming dogs, the next you’re updating your social media, and before you know it, the day is over and you’re not sure where the time went. The answer isn’t to work harder; it’s to work smarter. Time tracking is the […]

Genevieve has a pet sitting and dog walking business in Indiana and she’s recently added the service of pet wedding attendant to her pet services. She is trying to figure out when is the right time to hire staff. She’s also feeling like she should do some tasks in her business, but she does want to because […]

Today’s coaching client is Randye, a pet business owner in Pennsylvania who is pivoting her .. business to create a totally different type of service: she wants to create a mobile cat nail trimming business.  The good news: she has no competitors in her area and in the past she created a successful service-based pet […]

If you’re struggling to make money and/or you’ve got a scarcity mindset that is making you feel hopeless about your financial future (example: “there’s not enough”, “I can’t earn enough”, “I’ll never earn enough”, etc.), or you just want to give yourself a leg up when it comes to improving your financial situation, affirmations can […]

Today you’ll hear me work with coaching client Pretteek, a pet sitter and dog walker in Northern California. He’s got a new business and already has 3 five-star Yelp reviews! He has had a lot of pet owners reach out via Yelp but rarely do those leads turn into actual clients. He feels frustrated by […]

If you’ve got pet business burnout, this is the episode to listen to! Heather Gibson, from Big Hearted Breeders, interviewed me for her Pet Breeder Summit and this is the interview. I overcame burnout in my own pet business and built a pet business that allowed me to have lots of time off and even […]

Today’s coaching client is Nicole, a long-time pet sitter and dog walker in San Diego, California. She’s had some big challenges that impacted her pet business, including helping her dad during his illness and an injury she got from dog walking. She’s needs to make more money because the cost of living in San Diego […]

Today’s coaching client is Kai, a pet sitter and dog walker who has had her business for a few years but has had some personal setbacks including a recent divorce, and some business setbacks including having to change her business name because of a similar name in her area and losing some lucrative clients. She is […]

That dream of a pet business, promising a life of freedom? Yeah, it probably didn’t pan out exactly as planned, did it? More hours, less you-time? You’re not alone if you can relate to that. If the daily grind of running your pet biz is suffocating your initial vision of a flexible life, and you’re […]

This episode is different from the pet business coaching sessions you’re used to hearing lately on this podcast!  Today’s episode is about how affirmations can help your pet business.  Whether you’ve never done affirmations before (and maybe you even think they are a bunch of hokey woo-woo) or you used to say affirmations, but it’s […]

Brooke is a long-time pet business owner who has a large pet sitting and dog walking business in Los Angeles. She no longer does the pet sitting and dog walking visits herself; she has a large team of staff to help her. One of the challenges Brooke is currently struggling with is how to get […]