Home and Pet Sitting: Fast Track Guide

By Johnny Chan


If you are one of those who enjoy nurturing pets then you can make this ability into a lucrative money making endeavor. But in order to become successful you need to have an inborn love and an eagerness to take care of the pets who are under your care. Sticking to it will open up new avenues of revenue for you. In fact, this business is rapidly gaining momentum in the United States and pet sitters are adding more and more services in order to draw the masses towards them.

Pet Sitters often choose clients who reside away from their near locality. This is because often clients who reside at remote locations would generally pay the pet sitter travel allowance. This works out better in most cases. But it is important that you calculate the overheads involved and the effort before selecting a client from a far away location. If the margin seems negligible then it is better to opt for a nearby locality as you save commuting time. Careful thought should be given to the nuances of the finance before choosing a credible option.

According to a recent study, the following equipments were found to be the biggest sellers in the range of pet care. You will find this list extremely useful when you initiate and prepare for your first ever pet sitting:

1. Rawhide chews 2. Leather leashes 3. Nylon leashes 4. Dog fetch toys 5. Flea remedy 6. Tick remedy 7. Cat/Dog food 8. Cat/ Dog treats

All the things that have been mentioned above will be of great use to you and will make you ready for any task concerned with pet sitting. Having a toolkit for this purpose improves professionalism creating a better impact on the customer. With this, you have all the equipments ready with you to perform the job to the utmost satisfaction level even if you will be provided with all of it. A little modification may be done to match the purpose and to set standards that are high to achieve and will create a reputation of yours in the market.

Leading the market It is important to publicize your services in order to be successful in your pet sitting business. Many of the people in the pet sitting business call it unnecessary but it is an important part that helps the business flourish. The market men may help you achieve this as there is high degree of reliability on the market for the publicity and they form an integral part of the market. With contacts, you can get started easily and gain exposure.

Make Your Presence Known To make others take you seriously you must make your presence felt. Speak about your services and highlight your achievements in front of the prospective clients. It would also be a good idea to be in contact with other competitors as in this way you would know where you lack. It will also keep you updated with the changing requirements of the customers and you will be aware of the market trends. Knowing others doing similar jobs will help you to begin in the initial phase.

Create fan pages on Facebook to create an official place to attract customers and advertise your services along with their feedbacks. It will help your business a lot.

Facebook provides a provision of creating community pages and fan pages. This can become a place where customer testimonials can be posted. Feedback from the end users has the most impact on future clients and therefore it is very useful. You can even promote your services and inform the clients about the free time you have available in order to take up the care of a new pet. This will also be useful to your work.

Twitter helps in achieving direct communication with your customers. The number of followers would rise slowly and with the rise in numbers, there will be a rise in the popularity status as well. It is a good form of publicity. The updates on your profile go to all your followers. You can even offer discounts on your services through coupons that can be made available through Twitter.

Even though the entire population of your followers may not try your services, they will be crucial in getting you referral clients, as they will more often than not mention you to any people around them that may need your service.




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