It’s finally here, 2021! The world is still in a difficult spot but it still feels like a new beginning and with new beginnings, come life changing decisions. Our topic this month is all about figuring out if you are ready for a career change and if you are, how do you best go about preparing for it. You’ll learn 5 things to look for in your current career that may be indicators of needing a big change and some things to carefully consider before you jump off that proverbial career cliff.

Maybe you’re just now thinking about starting a pet related business. Maybe you’ve been thinking about it for a while and just can’t quite decide if it’s the right move for you. It’s great you’ve been thinking about it! Maybe you even feel like you’re ready to take the leap. Whether you’re ready to take action or nearly ready, take a moment to answer these three questions to learn what to consider carefully before you make the leap to start your business that will help you decide whether to start a business at all and if you do decide to move forward, what kind of structure you will need for your business.

In this episode we’re going to talk about planning for the holidays for your business. By planning, I mean everyone’s favorite topic, marketing! You’ll learn some great ideas on how to best market your business during the holiday season to your clients AND to your employees. Yes, you heard me right, marketing your business to your employees.

Are you ready to get back to work? This episode is the second in a two part series covering several aspects of re-opening or re-starting your business including marketing post pandemic, employee management, client management and personal management. In this episode, you’ll learn how to best tailor your post pandemic approach to interacting and communicating with your clients, both old and new. We’ll also talk about a somewhat underpromoted topic and that is the topic of you! How to take care of yourself during this business recovery period so that you can be present each day for your business and your clients with your best self.

Are you ready to get back to work? This episode is the first in a two part series covering several aspects of re-opening or re-starting your business including marketing post pandemic, employee management, client management and personal management. In this episode, you’ll learn how to best tailor your post pandemic marketing messages and how to insure a smooth transition for your employees back into the daily routine.

If you’re like many people these days, you’re working from home. The pandemic has turned our lives upside down and it seems like it will never be over but take heart, this too shall pass and for some of us, the return to the workplace or office is already looming. In this episode we'll talk about some things you can do before you ever step foot in the office and some things you can do after your return to the office to help make the transition as smooth as possible.

In this episode of The Pet Business Coach we're going to be talking about a topic that’s been an interest and a passion of mine for as long as I’ve been a consumer and customer. We’re going to talk about sincerity in advertising. The importance of it, the lack of it and the reasons it should matter to you both as a business owner and a consumer. You’ll learn how to best use sincerity in your own marketing to connect with your customers in a meaningful way that builds relationships over time, and not just transactions.

Do you know where you are in your entrepreneurial journey? More importantly, do you know what you should be asking yourself? In my last Podcast I talked about the 5 Stages of Entrepreneurship which were discontentment, realization, hope, grind and balance.

Being aware of the stages and specifically what questions to ask during each stage allows you to navigate within them with a little more confidence and clarity.

No matter what stage you’re in it’s helpful to know what’s coming and what you can do to proactively prepare for it. In this podcast I'll talk through what some key questions you should be answering are based on which stage you’re in to allow you to hit your challenges confidently!

We all hear about these amazing entrepreneurs. You know what I mean, they’re the overnight nothing to everything stories that make the journey sound easy. But was it really? We listen intently because we want to know their secret, the special sauce. Well here’s the truth on how they got from where they were to where they are.

If you’re a small business owner you’ve spent the last few weeks as I have, figuring out what to do and how to react. You’re somewhere along the continuum of finding ways to keep your business limping along with at least some income coming in, to completely shutting down. Here’s what I know.