Everyone wants to be profitable as soon as possible but very few have a plan on how to do it. If you know how to run and market your business, it's actually not as hard as you might think, as you'll learn from this week's guest. 

Discover how The Dog Patch in Florida went from just opening to looking for their second location in only a year and a half. 

Discover how a new, indoor only, dog daycare in South Philadelphia was able to double their revenue in only a few months. Hanora Rodgers from Wag Days joins the show to share her incredible growth journey.  Learn what she did to get more clients, increase her profit margin and expand her services in such a short period of time. 

How cool would it be if both customers and non customers were so excited about what you are doing that they feel compelled to share it with everyone they know? That would mean that other people are talking about your business and there's a buzz about your business that keeps customers coming back for more and brings in new people who are fired up by how you do business. 

In this episode, I go over 4 things you can do to make your business go viral and create more excitement for your brand. 

With all the responsibilities and daily stresses, it's easy to feel burned out and exhausted, however you can't stay that way for too long. If you do, both your personal life and your business will ultimately suffer. 

But there is a way to run your own business, keep your sanity and enjoy your days. On today's show I'll go over some ways you can create a lifestyle and business that runs smoother, is less stressful and brings you more daIly joy. 

Satisfied customers will get you no where. To have a thriving business that beats the competition and is around for years to come, you need to turn your customers into raving fans. Raving fans are loyal to your business no matter what, buy more stuff from you and go out of their way to promote you. 

In this episode you'll learn exactly how you can turn all those average customers into high octane raving fans. 

I really believe that in the very near future all dog daycare businesses are going to have to incorporate training into their service offerings. Having a training program enables you to provide a much needed service to your customers, helps shape better behavior in the dogs and will bring in more money to your business. 

The question then becomes, how do you create a structured program to accomplish all that? Today's special guest has been doing it for years and is going to show you how. 

In this weeks episode Fern answers a question from a listener why he's struggling to get in more dog daycare customers and keep them for a longer period of time. 

The key is to figure out where the problem is in your sales process and then take action to improve it. Learn how you can determine where you need to focus your time in order to make your customer acquisition and retention rates go up and stay up. 

Every business wants and needs customers. It's what brings in revenue and helps us to grow. Customers are the best, BUT they are also the worst. Nothing saps the fun out a business quicker than pain in the butt customers who cause you and your staff aggravation and stress. 

In this episode, we'll discuss how to make sure you're brining in the right kind of customers, how stop them from becoming problematic and the best way to let them go when necessary. 

We learn more from our mistakes than we do from our successes, but what's even better is that if we can learn from the mistakes of others, so that we don't have to make them at all. 

In this episode, I'll highlight 8 mistakes I see being made by dog daycares over and over again. These things are holding businesses back, causing more problems and hampering growth potential. See which one's you can improve upon and make your daycare business the best it can be.  

Luckily for you there are so many different channels available to market your business. This is great because you've got a lot of options to grow your dog daycare business, however it's also overwhelming and more than a bit confusing. 

In today's episode we'll go over all of the marketing options out there and help you determine which ones are the best use of your time and will give you the best results, at the lowest cost.