ProCatSitter Today

Happy New year! It’s January 2019 and a good opportunity to set aside some time to reassess your business plans for the year.

Every year, once a year, I do a major assessment and review of every aspect of my business.

Then, once a week, I perform progress reviews to make sure I’m staying on track. This one good habit has changed my business for the better.

In this 4th episode of ProCatSitter Today, I’m going to talk about how setting my goals for the year, and putting a strategy in place to achieve them has helped me to create a very successful cat sitting business.

And, I am going to talk about how good goal setting habits can help you with your business.

I’d love to know what you’d like to hear me talk about on this podcast.

How can I help make your pet sitting business more rewarding and successful?

Reach out in the comments or contact me directly if you’d like to chat about my two favorite subjects: cats and the cat care business!

Just a reminder that the opinions in this podcast or for informational purposes only and should not be taken as professional advice.

Thanks for listening and let’s talk again next week!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Link to Greek Cat Sanctuary story:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/09/25/nearly-people-applied-run-cat-sanctuary-greek-island/?utm_term=.d2f77a1e1875

Link to ResQCats FB Page:

https://www.facebook.com/ResQcats-33623604977/

Link to God's Little People FB Page:

https://www.facebook.com/godslittlepeople/

Here is a summary of this week's episode where I give you some practical tips to make talking about money in your business, easier.

In my family, money was one of those subjects we didn’t discuss much.

In this episode of ProCatSitter Today, I discuss how emotional issues about money can sometimes cause us to lose sight of what we are in business for...to earn a living doing something we love.

So, how do we cut through the fear and self-doubt and bring the subject of money out in the open? How can we normalize these discussions?

When I first started my cat sitting business, many years ago, I knew I had a valuable service, but I still hated to talk about prices.

I was worried that people wouldn’t want to pay. As a result, I set my rates as low as I could.

This mistake was hard to overcome once my business got busy.

Stating what you’re service is worth and sticking to it consistently, does not make you look greedy or unreasonable.

There is research that shows that women are not as good at negotiating for themselves as they are for others.

This can be helpful if you have employees to advocate for. But, if you’re a sole proprietor, you might be at a disadvantage. But if you are a sole proprietor, you are at a disadvantage.

Here are some ways to overcome that disadvantage.

In this second episode of ProCatSitter Today we talk about attack cats on youtube and how cat sitters can use music to create a calm, relaxing environment for their cat clients. 

Links to videos and articles mentioned in this podcast:

Video of cat attack link original:  https://youtu.be/zXWqSZ5ILkc

Inside Edition interview with cat owner: https://youtu.be/Asb2Y1FZugs

Link to a discussion of feline music preference: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4848712/

Link to “Music For Cats”: https://www.musicforcats.com/

Link to Whiskas Cat Radio https://www.catcalmingradio.com/

Welcome to the very first episode of ProCatSitter Today! The place where cat sitters learn how to build their business and become the cat care specialists that everyone wants to hire.

This brief introductory episode explains the reason for the show and our goals for future episodes.

Each week we'll feature a new topic in cat care as well as tips for branding and marketing your cat care specialist business.