In this episode, I'm excited to share a conversation with a pioneer of the pet CBD industry, Julianna Carella of Treatibles. She shares stories about the challenges she's faced as a female business owner in a male dominated industry, how she's kept up with the ever-changing cannabis laws and regulations, and more.

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We all know from spending time on social media that your reach matters. But it's frustrating to post on Instagram or Facebook and see that your post only reaches a small percentage of your followers. In today's episode, I'm sharing two strategies that you can use to expand your pet brand's reach. I'll tell you how I've used Pinterest and Podcasting to grow my brand, increase my revenue and find more time to spend with Burt and Lucy.

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In this episode, I'm excited to introduce you to Dr. Lisa Lippman. You might already be one of her 156,000 Instagram followers or you might know her from her podcast We Don't Deserve Dogs. In this interview, we touch on how she's been keeping up with the podcast, with the help of her partner, during the pandemic and how she uses her Instagram influence to share honest and authentic advice for pet parents.

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In today's episode, I'm talking with Kalina Stormer. Over the course of 2020, she and her husband focused on growing the online store for their brick and mortar pet boutique in Nashville. When they found out some big family news, they listed the online store for sale on a whim! Within weeks they found the perfect buyers who are continuing on the brand values that Kalina and her husband worked so hard to build up over several years. Have you ever thought of selling your pet business and what that might mean for your life? It's something to think about! Kalina and I also talk about what she's working on now - and how mindset and marketing go hand in hand.

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In this episode, I'm talking to Chaz Olajide about her fashionable online dog shop, Sir Dogwood. After working in marketing and communications in the art world, Chaz decided to pursue something that allowed her to be more creative as an entrepreneur. Inspired by her dog at the time, Winston, she launched Sir Dogwood in 2016. In this conversation, we talk about how she finds unique brands to carry and how input from her die-hard customer fans can impact what products end up in the shop. Chaz also shares how pandemic puppies have inspired her to write new blog content on her website.

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In this episode, I'm talking to Beth Miller to learn about the research she does at Wagtown about dog friendliness, how to define what that even means and how we can make our towns more dog friendly. Beth shares her insight into the complications of working with local government and regulations. We discussed how a lot of laws surrounding pets are related to public health and safety and don't address the benefits of having dogs in the community. Now that dogs are considered a part of the family in our society some of those regulations could use an update!

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In this episode, listen in on a conversation between myself and one of my earliest Instagram dog friends, Sonia Jones of Huskies in the Hatch. Sonia and I talk about storytelling and why she's creating long-form video content when everyone else is rushing to make 15 second clips. It's inspiring to hear about how she's collaborating with creative friends to turn dog and adventure videos she's been holding onto for years into cohesive stories for the new Huskies in the Hatch YouTube channel.

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Katie Ast of Just Dog People joins me to talk about building a community of dog lovers, treating your staff like family, keeping your team members trained and knowledgable, and how you can continuously raise the bar at your business.

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In today's episode, we're back on the topic of TikTok with Chelsea Barstow of Willow Bee Goods. Chelsea's advice helped me create a viral TikTok video that's reached almost 1 million views so I'm excited to share her expertise with you here today. We talked about a content strategy to get started with a new account, how to create fun videos even if you're a total introvert and what hashtags to use on your TikTok videos. We also talk about how you can use affiliate links to monetize your video content.

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In this episode, I'm excited to share a great conversation with Liz Illg, a business consultant and the owner of Puff and Fluff Grooming & Pet Sitting in Phoenix. Liz shared with me her entrepreneurial story of going from an in-debt student pet sitting on the side, to buying her first grooming shop and growing it into a 6 location business that practically runs itself.

Liz shared that the hardest part of growing her grooming business wasn't building up to 6 locations, it was actually going from 1 to 2 locations. The key to growing her pet business was delegating tasks to her staff and creating a systematic guide to every question that previously she would have had to deal with one by one.

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