Bella In Your Business: Pet Industry Business Podcast

On this episode Bella spends time with Andrew O'Brien, Founder and CEO of The Publicity Guy. Andrew O'Brien They discuss: Andrew's compelling story. How crucial it is for you to tell your story. How to get your story out there.

On this episode Bella speaks with Justin Recla, Operations Officer for The Clear Business Directory Due Diligence and Vetting Solutions. Justin Recla They discuss: The importance of vetting your potential business partners, employees, and service providers How best to go about vetting How Justin and Tonya's background in Counterintelligence translated over to the business world. Does having a due diligence process tells others that you do not trust them? How business owners can use their vetting process when marketing themselves.

On this episode, Bella spends time with Charlene ("Char") Fazio, one of her coaches who has inspired and motivated her to make a huge lifestyle change. Living a healthy life and sharing that passion and knowledge with others is exactly what Charlene Fazio believes she was put on this Earth to do. She continues to learn, share, and help as many people as she possibly can. She is no longer the mom sitting on the sidelines of her life - she is out there LIVING and LOVING every moment! Char believes that our time here is short, so you should spend every moment living YOUR BEST LIFE and always being grateful for what you have been given. There are no topics untouched as they speak about: The story of Char getting healthy Pregnancy loss and still birth The benefits of her healthy lifestyle The benefits of bio nutrition. Listen in as they show you how proper nutrition can actually HELP your business and poor nutrition could hinder it. Hear how pet sitting business owners have been able to start achieving their goals because their mind was right after they joined our pet sitting fitness group.

On this episode Bella speaks with David Barnett, an Author, Speaker, Educator, Seminar Host, Consultant,  and Business Buy/Sell Process Coach. David Barnett They discuss things you need to keep in mind when considering selling your business.  These include: Biggest mistake pet business owners make when running their business Understanding that there are several reasons people sell businesses. Most of the time it is not for retirement. Learning that keeping your business in the best shape to sell (i.e. have strong processes in place) will actually benefit you even if you aren't yet selling it. When you will and when you won't benefit by using a broker. A high level overview of the selling process.

Join Bella 1:1 for the 50th episode as she opens up and talks about what it means to be consistent in your life. Hear how you are a product of all your choices in life and how it applies to your business, relationships, and life:

On this episode Bella speaks with Heather Heuman, CEO/Founder of Sweet Tea Social Marketing, Elizabethtown Family and the Founder of Sweet Tea Social Marketing Academy. Heather Heuman

On this episode Bella catches up with Joey Coleman, Chief Experience Composer, Design Symphony.  They talk about things you can do as a business owner to create a meaningful customer experience. Ideas include: Sending personalized gifts to your customers seemingly at random Sending handwritten notes thanking them for trusting you with their fur baby Keeping track of simple things like the pet's birthday and sending acknowledgements Doing a monthly quick check of the pet (for any issues) Joey Coleman Giving the pet a bath unexpectedly Sending quick personalized videos of the you and the pet to the client.

On this episode of "Bella in your Business" Bella speaks with Jen Phillips April, an SEO copywriter and social media trainer. They discuss different ways of impacting the traffic you get from search engines. Jen Phillips April

On this episode  Bella spends time with Jason Waggoner, Vice President of Marketing for ACUTRAQ Background Screening Solutions. They discuss the importance of background checks and how ACUTRAQ can help eliminate some of the liabilities around doing it yourself. Jason Waggoner

In this episode of "Bella In Your Business", Bella speaks with Cara Armour, Product Manager and Marketing Manager for ProPetHero, a pet CPR and first aid online training program for pet business owners. In 2003 Cara Armour co-founded Active Paws Inc., in the Boston, MA area. In 2009, Cara won Pet Sitter of the Year. She is decorated in many accolades and even expanded to opening a grooming and holistic pet supply store. Since 2003, Cara has been trained by the American Red Cross as well as several veterinarians in Pet First Aid and CPR. In 2011 she completed an instructor training course and became a certified Pet First Aid and CPR instructor. In 2015 she co-founded an online Pet First Aid academy and now works as a product and marketing manager for ProPetHero, the Pet First Aid and CPR division of ProTrainings. She is also a volunteer and foster home for The Boxer Rescue Inc, a health conscious breeder of Boxers. Bella and Cara talk about Pet First Aid and how to go about training you and your staff. They discuss the benefits of being trained which are: Being able to save the lives of your pets or pet clients. Learning to recognize potential issues with a pet and bring that to the owner’s attention. Using that trained status to stand out from your competition and create greater security among your clients. They talk about how an online training course, such as the ones available through ProPetHero are more useful than in-person training because: You can do them at your own pace and anywhere you want. The cost is significantly low compared to sending staff to an in-person training course You can monitor staff's progress and comprehension of the material.