Category: Sales

  • Do I Need a Business Website?

    Do I Need a Business Website?

    The Hidden Dangers of Marketing on Other People’s Sites

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    Imagine you’ve worked for over a decade to build your business’ reputation and brand awareness. Then, one day, somebody you’ve never even spoken to decides to take it all down as a punishment for some minor infraction, then refuses to hear your appeals or even listen to you. Some business owners don’t have to imagine – they’ve already lived through it, and have the scars to prove it. If you’d like to learn how to protect your business from a similar fate, then read on.

    A Story of Hope and Loss

    Meet Hope (not her real name, obviously). Hope had started her small business over 10 years ago armed with little more than a couple of dogs and a dream. She began by paying a company to allow her to post her adoptable puppies on their website. Not long after, she was building a solid reputation for supplying healthy, happy puppies to loving families, and earning many glowing reviews from delighted parents in the process. Thanks to her positive reviews on the adoption website, people from all over the US felt comfortable adopting from her. Things were going great, and looked to be improving all the time. Then it all came crashing down.

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  • How to Make Money With Your Own Dog-Treat Business

    How to Make Money With Your Own Dog-Treat Business

    Bake A Dog A Bone

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    “Bake A Dog A Bone”- Starting a Pet Treat Business

    There are lots of “get rich quick” books and programs available claiming you’ll live on a beach the rest of your life, sipping margaritas and admiring sunsets, if you buy their program or book. Of course, no book will make you instantly wealthy — it takes planning, hard work, and even a little luck to run a successful business, not just aggressive marketing and unproven schemes. Among the many books that promise to show you how to run a successful business, most are garbage; only a few offer anything actually useful. So how can you tell which books are best? Sometimes, you just have to take a chance. So that’s exactly what we did.

    Recently, we purchased “Bake a Dog a bone”, by Chris Trombley and Doug Bertram. Billed as a “Step-By-Step Resource Guide To Earning A Six-Figure Income In The Pet Industry”, their book promises to “Reveal Easy-To-Follow Secret Tactics That Could Help You Fetch Your Own Share Of The $65 Billion Dollar Pet Industry… Starting From Scratch On A Shoe-String Budget“. But does it really offer such amazing insights, or is it just another cash-grab by greedy business people? 

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