Prosperous Pet Business

Jodi is a dog trainer who wants to expand her dog training business. She is having a hard time having her clients follow through on the homework she gives them. Like a lot of business owners, Jodi is an idea generator and a visionary! These are great qualities to have as a business owner, but for her ideas to come to fruition they also need to be implemented!

In this coaching session you’ll hear how Jodi, like her clients, also needs methods to help her stay accountable so she can accomplish the many business and personal life tasks on her to do list.

Even if you’re not a dog trainer but rather a pet sitter, dog walker, dog daycare owner or pet groomer or some other business owner, when you listen to this coaching session, you’re likely to gain a lot of ideas (and strategies for how to accomplish those ideas). We cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time so slip on your headphones or ear buds and step into my coaching office to be a fly on the wall in this session.

Visit the show notes page:

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com/podcast119

Find out more about the monthly live webinars and workshops for pet business owners.

www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/webinars-for-pet-business-success

Find out more about the 2023 Goal Setting Workshop and 30-Day Pet Business Challenge.

sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/webinars-for-pet-business-success

Information about the webinar recording mentioned in this episode, the Facebook Marketing Webinar.

sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/facebook_marketing_for_pet_business_owners

Schedule a private pet business coaching session with Kristin Morrison.

sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/coaching-pet-business-owners

Click to apply to be coached by Kristin on the Prosperous Pet Business podcast.

sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-business-podcast-coaching

Schedule an in-person VIP Pet Business Coaching Day in Hawaii or California.

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Connect with Kristin Morrison on Instagram.

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My podcast coaching client today is Kristen. She boards dogs in her home and offers dog walking and has had her part-time pet business for nearly a decade. She recently made some courageous life changes, and she now needs to turn her business into a full-time venture to financially support her and her kids.

You’ll hear Kristen talk about the life changes she recently made and how those changes have impacted her and her business. You’ll also hear about some changes that she needs to make in her business to support her personal life. If you want or need to make big life or business changes, you may find this episode inspires you to make those changes too!

Visit the show notes page:

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com/podcast118

Find out more about the monthly live webinars and workshops for pet business owners.

sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/webinars-for-pet-business-success

Click to find out more about the

sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/30-days-start-grow-pet-sitting-dog-walking-business

Find out more about the 2023 Goal Setting Workshop and 30-Day Pet Business Challenge.

sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/webinars-for-pet-business-success

Schedule a private pet business coaching session with Kristin Morrison.

sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/coaching-pet-business-owners

Click to apply to be coached by Kristin on the Prosperous Pet Business podcast.

sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-business-podcast-coaching

Schedule an in-person VIP Pet Business Coaching Day in Hawaii or California.

sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/vip-coaching-day-with-kristin-morrison

Connect with Kristin Morrison on Instagram.

instagram.com/petbizcoach

Copyright © Prosperous Pet Business and Kristin Morrison

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com

Heidi is an experienced pet sitter and dog walker in Naples, Florida. Lately she has been feeling frustrated about hiring staff.

She’s been interviewing not-right people and also hiring flaky people who seem very interested in the beginning of the hiring process, but they back out before they are already hired or shortly after being hired.

In this session, you’ll also hear me share a step-by-step process to help her hire better people and the way we do that is to really break down her hiring process to determine exactly where the flaky ones are even considered in the first place – and how to avoid flaky people in the future.

Heidi also needs to get reinspired in a big way when it comes to hiring! If, like Heidi, you are struggling with hiring in this challenging job market, you won’t want to miss this episode.

This episode will guide you step-by-step through an empowering hiring process: from creating a help wanted ad that works, to how and where to conduct the interview as well as a lot more details.

Visit the show notes page:

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com/podcast117

Sign up for a live pet business webinar and workshop or listen to a webinar recording.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/webinars-for-pet-business-success

Click to find out more about the Application Packet for Hiring Pet Sitters and Dog Walkers

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/application-packet-for-pet-sitters-dog-walkers

Click to find out more about the How to Recover from Pet Business Burnout book and audiobook.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/how-to-recover-from-pet-business-burnout-book

Schedule a private pet business coaching session with Kristin Morrison.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/coaching-pet-business-owners

Click to apply to be coached by Kristin on the Prosperous Pet Business podcast.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-business-podcast-coaching

Schedule an in-person VIP Pet Business Coaching Day in Hawaii or California.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/vip-coaching-day-with-kristin-morrison

Connect with Kristin Morrison on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/petbizcoach/

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www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com

In today’s episode I get more personal than I have in a long time on this podcast – you’ll hear me share what I’ve been experiencing lately and how it’s affected me, and also how it relates to today’s episode.

Mimi is a pet pro who is struggling with personal and professional burnout. She has a severe critical inner voice that tells her to do more, even when she’s exhausted. She needs to learn simple ways to quickly calm her nervous system so she can begin to work on the business challenges from a clear and more peaceful way.

If you are suffering from burnout, or if you want to learn tools to manage burnout in the future, this episode is for you.

Visit the show notes page:

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com/podcast116

Click to find out more about the How to Recover from Pet Business Burnout book and audiobook.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/how-to-recover-from-pet-business-burnout-book

Click to find out more about the 30 Days to Start and Grow Your Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Business book and audiobook.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/30-days-start-grow-pet-sitting-dog-walking-business

Schedule a private pet business coaching session with Kristin Morrison.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/coaching-pet-business-owners

Click to apply to be coached by Kristin on the Prosperous Pet Business podcast.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-business-podcast-coaching

Schedule an in-person VIP Pet Business Coaching Day in Hawaii or California.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/vip-coaching-day-with-kristin-morrison

Connect with Kristin Morrison on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/petbizcoach/

Copyright © Prosperous Pet Business and Kristin Morrison

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com

In the last podcast episode, I worked with a coaching client on hiring and we’ll dive a bit more in depth on that topic today with a different coaching client.

My coaching client today is Shannon, a pet sitter and dog walker from Pennsylvania. Her business has grown so quickly that she’s had to scramble to hire keep up with the large number of clients coming her way.

She’s trying to figure out whether employees or independent contractors are best for her business. In this session you’ll also hear how to find a low-cost employment attorney to get labor law questions answered in the least expensive way possible.

There are pros and cons when it comes to hiring employees vs. independent contractor and you’ll hear some of those in this coaching session.

Visit the show notes page:

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com/podcast115

Click to join the Prosperous Pet Business Facebook group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/prosperouspetbusiness

Schedule a private pet business coaching session with Kristin Morrison.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/coaching-pet-business-owners

Click to apply to be coached by Kristin on the Prosperous Pet Business podcast.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-business-podcast-coaching

Want to create your Best Year Yet? Here’s info about Kristin’s Best Year Yet coaching.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/best-year-coaching

Schedule an in-person VIP Pet Business Coaching Day in Hawaii or California.

Connect with Kristin Morrison on Instagram (@petbizcoach)

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Connect with Kristin Morrison on Instagram (@coachkristinmorrison)

https://www.instagram/com/coachkristinmorrison

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Mallorie is a pet sitter and dog walker in Dallas, Texas. Her business has grown quickly, and she’d like to expand even more without compromising the quality of care she’s committed to providing her clients.

She asks me the chicken-or-the-egg question that so many pet business owners ask me: “Should I hire first or advertise to get more clients first?”

You’ll hear my answer in this episode as well as information about how to expand in a way that doesn’t comprise quality, how to hire even if you don’t have any clients for new hires right away, how to grow the business and still make sure clients and staff feel your personal care, how to delegate tasks in a way that will help rather than hurt your business, plus a lot more.

This episode is filled with important information if you’re thinking of hiring or growing your client base – or both!

Visit the show notes page:

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com/podcast114

Click to find out more about the Hiring Handbook for Pet Sitters and Dog Walkers Book and Audiobook.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-sitting-dog-walking-hiring-handbook-for-pet-sitters-and-dog-walkers

Click to find out more about the Application Packet for Hiring Pet Sitters and Dog Walkers.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/application-packet-for-pet-sitters-dog-walkers

Listen to the episode about Sheira and the fulfillment of her seemingly impossible personal dream.

https://prosperouspetbusiness.com/podcast13/

Schedule a private pet business coaching session with Kristin Morrison.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/coaching-pet-business-owners

Click to apply to be coached by Kristin on the Prosperous Pet Business podcast.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-business-podcast-coaching

Schedule an in-person VIP Pet Business Coaching Day in Hawaii or California.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/vip-coaching-day-with-kristin-morrison

Connect with Kristin Morrison on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/petbizcoach/

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www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com

Susan Kaplan from BeLoved Pet Sitting is a pet sitter in San Diego. In her coaching session today, she is bringing up a question that I’ve never been asked before on the podcast: How to create positive company culture.

Company culture is something that is often discussed in a lot in tech companies but rarely is it looked at by small, service-based business owners and it’s important! I was impressed that this is a concern of Susan’s, because it’s important for staff retention and workplace happiness.

Company culture is not a one-size-fits-all experience. When you explore this topic in your business, you want to explore what do you want, what does your staff want, and how can you make working with your company more enjoyable to increase staff retention and workplace happiness.

In this session we explore this and how to ask your staff crucial questions and what types of questions to ask them in order to have them help you create positive company culture.

Visit the show notes page:

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com/podcast113

 

Click to get your 15-minute limited-time offer on pet business books, start-up and hiring kits, employee handbook, forms, and more!

https://sixfigurepetsittingacademy.com/specialoffer/SpecialFifteenMinuteOfferforNewsletterSubscribers.html

Click to find out more about the live monthly pet business webinars.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/webinars-for-pet-business-success

Find out more about the pet sitting and dog walking client contacts.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-sitting-dog-walking-client-contracts

Schedule a private pet business coaching session with Kristin Morrison.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/coaching-pet-business-owners

Click to apply to be coached by Kristin on the Prosperous Pet Business podcast.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-business-podcast-coaching

Schedule an in-person VIP Pet Business Coaching Day in Hawaii or California.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/vip-coaching-day-with-kristin-morrison

Click for FREE pet business resources to help you start or grow your pet business.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/business-resources-dog-trainers-dog-groomers-dog-day-care-owners

Connect with Kristin Morrison on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/petbizcoach/

Copyright © Prosperous Pet Business and Kristin Morrison

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com

In today’s coaching session, I’m working with Tina, a pet business owner who feels like she’s constantly putting fires in her business. She has 5 part-time staff to help her, but she gets a lot of last-minute calls from them asking for time off which causes her to have to jump in and be the emergency backup.

She needs to raise her prices and wants to know if she should charge a gas surcharge given how high the gas prices have gone recently.

She has some policies but she hasn’t been implementing them and she really needs to do this so her business can begin running like a well-oiled machine.

Visit the show notes page:

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com/podcast112

 

Click to get your 15-minute limited-time offer on pet business books, start-up and hiring kits, employee handbook, forms, and more!

https://sixfigurepetsittingacademy.com/specialoffer/SpecialFifteenMinuteOfferforNewsletterSubscribers.html

Click to find out more about the live monthly pet business webinars.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/webinars-for-pet-business-success

Free Stuff page for rate increase template.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/business-resources-dog-trainers-dog-groomers-dog-day-care-owners

Pet sitting and dog walking client contacts.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-sitting-dog-walking-client-contracts

How to Prepare Your Pet Business for Sale webinar recording.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/create-your-exit-strategy-how-to-prepare-your-pet-business-for-sale-recording

Schedule a private pet business coaching session with Kristin Morrison.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/coaching-pet-business-owners

Click to apply to be coached by Kristin on the Prosperous Pet Business podcast.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-business-podcast-coaching

Schedule an in-person VIP Pet Business Coaching Day in Hawaii or California.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/vip-coaching-day-with-kristin-morrison

Click for FREE pet business resources to help you start or grow your pet business.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/business-resources-dog-trainers-dog-groomers-dog-day-care-owners

Connect with Kristin Morrison on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/petbizcoach/

Copyright © Prosperous Pet Business and Kristin Morrison

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com

In today’s coaching session, I’m working with Cora, a pet business owner who sometimes struggles with occasional bouts of depression and anxiety. When it hits her, it causes her to suffer - and her business to suffer.

 

When she’s not experiencing depression and anxiety her energy level is high, her response time to clients is quick, and she’s able to bill clients in a prompt manner as well as other necessary business tasks.

 

When she’s going through a challenging time, things look very different: it can take her a week or two to return client calls, it can be like slogging through quicksand to bill her clients in a timely manner and she has very little energy to run her business.

 

If you are suffering from depression or anxiety, please see a medical professional.

 

In today’s coaching session I’m not trying to diagnose Cora, nor cure her anxiety or depression. I can’t do that nor would attempt to do that.

 

I am simply having a conversation with Cora about depression and anxiety and how it impacts her business and her life. I’m not trying to fix Cora’s depression or anxiety but rather to help her navigate her business during this time.

 

Again, if you’re struggling with depression or anxiety, please get help from a medical professional.

 

A huge thank you to Cora for having the courage to come on this podcast and be a voice for those of you who suffer from depression and anxiety and are also trying to run your business, raise your kids, and/or navigate your personal and work life.

 

Visit the show notes page:

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com/podcast111

 

Click to get your 15-minute limited-time offer on pet business books, start-up and hiring kits, employee handbook, forms, and more!

https://sixfigurepetsittingacademy.com/specialoffer/SpecialFifteenMinuteOfferforNewsletterSubscribers.html

Click to find out more about the live monthly pet business webinars.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/webinars-for-pet-business-success

Schedule a private pet business coaching session with Kristin Morrison.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/coaching-pet-business-owners

Click to apply to be coached by Kristin on the Prosperous Pet Business podcast.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-business-podcast-coaching

Schedule an in-person VIP Pet Business Coaching Day in Hawaii or California.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/vip-coaching-day-with-kristin-morrison

Click for FREE pet business resources to help you start or grow your pet business.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/business-resources-dog-trainers-dog-groomers-dog-day-care-owners

Connect with Kristin Morrison on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/petbizcoach/

Copyright © Prosperous Pet Business and Kristin Morrison

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com

Today’s coaching session is with Donna, a pet sitter and dog walker in Tennessee.

She has owned her business for a few years and she’s struggling with creating a schedule that works for her and her full personal life with family and many pets. (Donna wins the award for the pet business owner I’ve coached who has the most dogs – she has 9 dogs!)

In this episode you’ll hear how she can learn to say no to clients because saying no is a learned behavior and often doesn’t come naturally to pet pros. She’s pretzeled herself to accommodate her beloved clients and like a lot of pet professionals, she needs to put some of that energy and attention toward herself, her family and her own dogs.

You’ll also hear about how both Donna and I took a break from social media and how that positively impacted our lives and how taking a social media break may help you too. Plus a lot of other questions, challenges and business issues were covered in this session. You’re sure to be able to relate to some or all of this coaching session with Donna!

Visit the show notes page:

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com/podcast110

Click to get your 15-minute limited-time offer on books, start-up kits, hiring kits, employee handbook, forms, and more!

https://sixfigurepetsittingacademy.com/specialoffer/SpecialFifteenMinuteOfferforNewsletterSubscribers.html

Click to find out more about the live monthly pet business webinars.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/webinars-for-pet-business-success

Schedule a private pet business coaching session with Kristin Morrison.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/coaching-pet-business-owners

Click to apply to be coached by Kristin on the Prosperous Pet Business podcast.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/pet-business-podcast-coaching

Schedule an in-person VIP Pet Business Coaching Day in Hawaii or California.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/vip-coaching-day-with-kristin-morrison

Click for FREE pet business resources to help you start or grow your pet business.

https://www.sixfigurepetbusinessacademy.com/business-resources-dog-trainers-dog-groomers-dog-day-care-owners

Connect with Kristin Morrison on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/petbizcoach/

Copyright © Prosperous Pet Business and Kristin Morrison

www.ProsperousPetBusiness.com