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Episode 283: How To Tell If Your Social Media Manager Is Worth Their Pay from 2022-03-24T05:00:43
Have you ever hired (or have been thinking about hiring) someone to manage your social media? Do you know what you should be looking for? Are you worried you won’t get your money’s worth out of the...
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Episode 282: How To Be A Good Business Leader And Juggle Parenting Duties: Spring Break Edition from 2022-03-17T05:00:26
Balancing parent life while running a business is super easy…. said no one ever!! In reality, if you are a parent, you know how HARD it really is and all the struggles you have to go through to mak...
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Episode 281: Are You in A Toxic Relationship With Your Business? from 2022-03-10T05:00:03
If someone were to ask you today “Have you ever been in a toxic relationship?” what would be the first thing to come to mind? When we think of a toxic relationship, we often think of it as either...
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Episode 280: 8 Considerations To Make Your Website A Selling Machine from 2022-03-03T05:00:39
What do you think pet parents want to see when they go to your website? Do they want to feel like they are being sold? Talked at? Or trying to figure out how they might fit INTO your company? Do yo...
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Episode 279: One Thing That Is Preventing Thousands Of Dollars Of Sales from 2022-02-24T05:00:26
What if I told you I knew what was preventing people from thousands of dollars in sales for their business, and what you can do about it? This week I had the chance to reconnect with some old fri...
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#1 Way to Increase Your Sales That Everyone Can Do from 2022-02-17T05:00:20
I’ve heard from many of you… I don’t like answering the phone. I don’t like being put on the spot. I don’t like selling. I don’t like talking about price. All of this is stinkin’ thinking that is...
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Episode 277: Making Money Off The Podcast: Real Life Stories Of Clients Increasing Their Bank Accounts from 2022-02-10T05:00:51
Have you ever heard the phrase “do it scared!” when it comes to your business? It applies to doing things that take you outside of your comfort zone to achieve the goals you are setting for yours...
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Episode 276: How I Am Dealing With A 7+ Year Troll…And What You Can Learn From It from 2022-02-03T05:00:45
Personal Podcast Today Lately, I have been getting questions about how to deal with Trolls. You know, those people that get upset at you and start trying to rip apart your character or credibilit...
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Episode 275: 3 Disruptive Ways To Respond To Inquiries To Get Results from 2022-01-27T05:00:01
Think about it from their shoes… when you go out looking for a service and the first person you contact responds with “Thanks for your inquiry. We will get back to you within 24 – 48hrs”, do you ...
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Episode 274: 3 Reasons Why Sales is Super Important in Your Pet Business in 2022 from 2022-01-20T05:00:27
Are you prepared? 2022 may have a lot in store for your pet business. But… do you know how to approach it so it goes in your favor? There is going to be some turbulence along the way but with the...
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Episode 273: Are You An Order Taker Or A Problem Solver? from 2022-01-13T05:00:57
Do you know how to identify if you are an order taker or a problem solver? In this week’s podcast, I am going to show you how to break out of some of these bad habits and come out on top of your ...
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Episode #272: How To Keep A Victorious Mindset About Your Business Life from 2022-01-06T05:00:55
Do you feel like your business life makes you anxious or depressed? Then this Episode is perfect for you. There has been this post going around on Facebook and it gives a message that is rather d...
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Episode #271: Lessons and Behind the Scenes of 5 Coaching Calls from 2021-12-16T05:00:18
Think about a time when you had a problem and you wanted to reach out for advice and then you thought… “Who would I even ask? How do I even find somebody to ask?” The business world can feel so l...
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Episode 270: Stop Being Offended from 2021-12-09T05:00:32
How often do you get offended? How do you feel when someone turns away when they hear your prices? Or how about when someone is always asking for a discount? Have you ever said or thought “read m...
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Episode #269: You Say You Can Sell Your Services, But Can You Really? from 2021-12-02T05:00:39
Do you know how to sell your pet sitting services? What if there are many things you actually need to work on that you didn’t know about that you thought were helping? And then… What if I told yo...
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Episode #268: Your 50% Off Cyber Deal! from 2021-11-24T05:00:37
What can a 50% off pet business cyber deal do for you? In this week’s Episode, I am going to tell you about the people that have been a part of the Mastermind and my Intensives and how it changed...
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Episode 267: How To Make Time For YOU As A Busy Pet Business Owner During The Holidays from 2021-11-18T05:00:45
Picture this: You are so busy you have clients lining up to get your amazing services for the holidays. You are so busy that you start to think.. wait what about my employees? How do I schedule t...
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Episode 266: The Magic Problem Solver: Subjective vs Objective Reality from 2021-11-11T05:00:46
Do you feel stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to setting your prices? What if I were to tell you this is only because of your thinking? Having the proper view of your thinking p...
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Episode #265: How To Leverage Your Competition For More Sales from 2021-11-04T05:00:21
Aaron Miller is going to join us to share a technique that has always helped him stay ahead of the sales game… How to use your competition to make your business better. Aaron has spent his life l...
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Episode #264: The Trick To Be Confident In Closing Sales from 2021-10-28T05:00:26
Aaron Miller is going to continue to share his in-depth knowledge of how to be confident with closing sales. He has been working in sales, marketing, and psychology for 20 years. Being top of his...
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Episode #263: One Secret To Winning Almost Every Sale from 2021-10-21T05:00:10
Aaron Miller is going to share with you the secret to winning almost every sale and why this is so successful. He began sales management when he was 17 years old. Working through school and opera...
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Episode #262: How To Train An Office Manager To Manage Your Facebook and Instagram from 2021-10-14T05:00:34
Are you ready to have their office manager not just take over their social media but do it right? Social media can be hard to run and staying on top of the constant changes that come with it is e...
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Episode #261: Biggest Mistakes I See Pet Sitters Make On Facebook and Instagram from 2021-10-07T05:00:08
Do you know if you are making mistakes on social media? Posting to social media can be hard especially when you feel like you can’t think or get creative when you need to. We are pet sitters an...
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Episode 260: Are You Making These Social Media Mistakes? from 2021-09-30T05:00
What if I told you that there is a good chance you are making some mistakes on your social media? You would probably lean in…because you know there is room for improvement, am I right? On this we...
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Episode #259: How To Make S*it Happen from 2021-09-23T05:00:40
Are you ready to accomplish your goals? Today we are going to get real. Listen in as Bella is going to open up and really tell you how to make things happen in your pet sitting business. It is ti...
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Secret Episode #3: I Have A Special Announcement from 2021-09-21T05:00:26
Woohoo! I am so excited! In this secret episode… I have a very special announcement… Do you want to know what it is? I am going to have a marketing workshop just for you about how to market your pe...
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Episode #258: Why Is It So Hard To Say NO In Your Pet Sitting Business from 2021-09-16T05:00:36
I asked my Mastermind members, what should I talk about next on the podcast? And an entire conversation was sparked about saying NO. Why is it so hard to say no? To themselves, clients, staff? It...
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Episode #257: What You Need To Really Scale Your Pet Sitting Business from 2021-09-09T05:00:52
Have you made your mindset shift yet to scale your pet business? If you are someone who is looking to switch from solo to scaling your pet business, start hiring employees, and are ready to get u...
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Episode #256: The Truth About What Happens In The In-Person Intensives from 2021-09-02T05:00:11
Ever feel like you just need someone right there with you to help coach you through your pet business goals? A Few of you have reached out to me feeling this way and that is why I am going to tel...
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Episode #255: How to Stop High Employee Turnover in Your Pet Business from 2021-08-26T05:00:33
Losing employees is never easy especially when it is happening every other week or every other month, however, are you hiring the right employees to begin with? In this podcast, Bella is going to...
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Episode #254: What To Do When You Have So Many Leads You Can’t Keep Up With Them from 2021-08-19T05:00:44
In this week’s Podcast, Bella is going to give you 4 major tips on how to handle the increase of leads that may be leaving you feeling overwhelmed or stressed out. Are you taking on the right cli...
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Episode #253: The Secrets Behind Employee Scheduling from 2021-08-12T05:00:43
In this week’s Podcast, I am going to talk about the secrets to make your employee scheduling more efficient. Don’t be afraid, look at your SOP and employee handbook, do they set you and your emp...
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Episode #252: How To Choose A Pet Sitting Software For Your Business from 2021-08-05T05:00:47
Choosing a pet sitting software is not an easy task. Maybe you’re overwhelmed with all of the different options out there, or even tried them all but just can’t decide. It’s difficult to determin...
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Episode 251: How To Decrease Turnover and Create Raving Employees from 2021-07-29T05:00:36
In this week’s Podcast, Bella is going to tell you the difference between what happens when you have a streamlined onboarding process compared to being unprepared and wigging it. She is going to ...
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Episode #250: The One Thing You Need To Be A Better Leader from 2021-07-22T05:00:06
This week’s podcast is all about perseverance and how this can make you a better leader. You will learn the benefits of being a part of a community and how to motivate yourself and your staff. As w...
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Episode #249: Get Inspired, Then Take Action from 2021-07-15T05:00:16
In this week’s podcast, we are going to get MOTIVED and TAKE ACTION. I am so thrilled all of you get so inspired but it is time to do something with that inspiration I am going to tell you how yo...
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Do You Know How to Balance the Increase? from 2021-07-08T05:00:56
In this week’s podcast, we are talking about the current influx of clients and how to properly handle taking care of our clients so that we can continue to expand. You probably want an office manag...
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Episode 247: How To Hire An Office Manager For Your Pet Sitting Business from 2021-07-01T05:00:03
In this week’s podcast, we are talking about how to find and hire the RIGHT office manager successfully. BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS: How to Decide Who to Use as an Office Manager Setting Up and Maintaining ...
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4 Different Types of People Every Business Needs to Hire from 2021-06-24T05:00:26
In this week’s podcast, we are talking about 4 different types of avatars that work for pet sitters and dog walkers. BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS: How to Make a Hiring Ad Directed to the Right People to Hire ...
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Episode 245–How To Think Bigger About Your Business from 2021-06-17T05:00:31
In this week’s podcast, we are thinking big and talking about what you can do to level up with the tools you already have. BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS: You won’t grow your business trying to do everything yo...
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Episode #244 10 Things You Need Before You Hire from 2021-06-10T18:59:18
So you think you’re ready to hire but are you? Do you have a manual? Do you have a handbook? Wait…. aren’t those the same thing? I’ll be honest with you, hiring can be frustrating. Having these th...
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Episode 243–Why You Need Hiring Phases To Hire Fast and Effectively from 2021-06-03T05:00:34
This week’s podcast is all about hiring phases. Focus on what’s important to you in YOUR business, and use hiring phases to save you both time and money. BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS: Do some brainstorming ...
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Episode #242 How To Accept Video Applications from 2021-05-27T19:35:04
In this week’s podcast, I’m challenging you to try something new! Today I am sharing valuable information that has been tried and tested during our Higher Gear Challenge. Tune in to learn what yo...
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Episode 241: How to get UNSTUCK with Hiring in 2021 from 2021-05-20T05:00:41
On today’s podcast, I’m making my next prediction! There are 8.1 million job openings and 9.8 million unemployed per the Dept of Labor. It’s time to stop complaining and start making adjustments ...
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Episode 240: How Do I Know If I Am Ready To Hire? from 2021-05-06T05:00:43
On today’s podcast, we are asking ourselves the question “How do I know if I’m ready to hire?” The short answer is: there is no perfect answer. To start here’s a word of advice, it’s gonna get wors...
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Episode 239: Let Me Help You Hire Employees In May! from 2021-04-29T05:00:06
This episode is one of our shorter episodes but I wanted to bring you two very valuable opportunities. First is the pop up group I am starting for the month of May. I am challenging you to pick a n...
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Episode 238: How To Crush the“I’m Too Scared To Hire”Fear from 2021-04-23T17:05:50
In today’s show we’re going to talk about hiring employees and those fears that may surround this topic. If you’re not into hiring employees, that’s totally fine! But if you are, sit back and have ...
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Episode 237: Facebook Hiring Ads with Pam Curry from 2021-04-15T13:07:29
In today’s show we are rounding out the series that has been all about Social Media and the best way to actually leverage it! We’re going to talk to you about using the graphics you can get from Be...
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Episode 236: The New Era of Remote And Flexible Work. from 2021-04-09T14:53:09
The New Era of Work and What That Looks Like as a Business Owner I am the founder of remoteworkadvocate.com, the go-to place for both companies embracing flexible work and individuals willing to th...
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Episode 235: How to Use Social Media to Get New Staff for Your Pet Business from 2021-04-01T05:00:22
How To Use Social Media to Attract New Staff for Your Pet Business Did you know that social media isn’t just for getting new clients? What if we showed you how to use social media to at...
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Episode 234: Triumph Over 2020 and Looking Towards the Future from 2021-03-25T05:00:37
A Story of Triumph Over 2020 and Looking Towards the Future Established in 2014 by me, Becky Lea, Paws Around Motown offers mobile services to fit into your busy lifestyle! We come to you and off...
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Episode 233: How To Decide On A Social Media Manager from 2021-03-18T17:07:17
Biggest Takeaway You Don’t Want To Miss Social media is the storefront of your business and doing it on your own can be tough. Finding the time, knowing the strategies, and planning i...
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Episode 232: The 5 Biggest Problems Pet Sitters and Dog Walkers Have With Social Media from 2021-03-11T15:59:50
Doing the same thing over and over again? Put anything in a process and avoid starting from scratch every single time. Keep a file of the templates, fonts, colors, and embellishments that you alw...
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(Secret Episode 2) from 2021-03-09T12:00:54
I have a very special announcement in this secret episode. A workshop that is an hour long, helping you with social media with many freebies. Register here: www.jumpconsulting.net/workshop. $9 to...
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Episode 231: 13 Biggest Mistakes Pet Sitters and Dog Walkers Make on Social Media from 2021-03-04T05:00:12
Social media is a jungle and it is always very tough to know what works and what doesn’t. Just when you get the hang of it and start seeing results, it changes! And it happens frequently. Today, we...
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Episode 230: 10 Ways to Save Money on Your Taxes from 2021-02-25T05:00:47
10 Ways to Save Money on Your Taxes This week, Bella talks about some of the amazing tax-saving tips her Mastermind members were privy to when CPA and tax expert, Christian Culpepper joined the M...
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Episode 229: How Has The Pandemic Affected Our Mental Health? from 2021-02-18T05:00:54
How Has The Pandemic Affected Our Mental Health? Dr. Tanaka founded Coronado Psych with the mission to offer clients evidence-based psychological services. She’s dedicated the majority of the last...
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Episode 228: How to Run a Business Around Kids Learning Virtually from 2021-02-11T05:00:07
How to Run a Business Around Kids Learning Virtually This week Bella reaches out to fellow parents everywhere. This episode is for all the overwhelmed pet business owners who are also busy moms and...
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Shhh! Secret Episode from 2021-02-05T07:02:51
I’ve never done this before… but I had something really special to tell you. My loyal podcast listeners. I am doing a workshop and I am giving it to you for only $7. www.jumpconsulting.net/worksh...
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Episode 227: How To Decrease Turnover and Create Raving Employees from 2021-02-04T05:00:11
How To Decrease Turnover and Create Raving Employees This week Bella talks about the importance of onboarding new staff properly along with the consequences of not having a standard onboarding poli...
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Episode 226: Beware Of Certain Pet Business Coaches from 2021-01-28T05:00:56
Beware Of Certain Pet Business Coaches Let’s talk about business coaches and mentors! This week, Bella, who is a big believer in coaches herself and has always had a coach, shares why it’s absolu...
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Episode 225 Running a Business Through Divorce or Major Life Changes from 2021-01-21T05:00:56
How Relationships and Emotions Impact Your Business Bella talks about a common thread she sees year to year in business owners. This includes the depth of emotions and how paralyzing they can b...
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Episode 224–4 Massive Secrets To Attracting Dog Walking Clients in 2021 from 2021-01-14T05:00:35
4 Massive Secrets To Attracting Dog Walking Clients in 2021 Bella discusses 4 Massive Secrets to Attracting Dog Walking Clients in 2021 and moving forward after a pandemic influenced 2020. Pet bu...
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Episode 223: How To Promote Inclusivity with a DEI Statement In Your Business from 2021-01-07T05:00:04
The Importance of Diversity, Equality and Inclusivity in Your Business. Hannah Boike is a hiring and recruiting professional with WalkerScout. WalkerScout is a unique RPO (recruitment process o...
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Episode 221: Will My PPP Loan Be Forgiven? from 2020-12-10T05:00:40
Many of you have gotten a PPP Loan with hopes that it would be forgiven. Currently, the 28 weeks have passed and you might have started to see some people starting to say my loan was FORGIVEN. What...
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Episode 220: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of Creating Our Own Video Training Series from 2020-12-03T05:00:51
Creating Video Training And It’s Process It’s not easy, we know it. Creating video training for your business is a lot of processes you need to think about, from the ideas, scripts, production team...
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Episode 222: 4 Reasons To Be Happy That Rover Partnered with Walmart from 2020-12-01T13:35:19
Did you hear the news? Rover pet care actually partnered with Walmart. I’m going to tell you why there are four reasons why you as a professional dog walker and pet sitter should actually be happy ...
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Episode 219: Marketing Mistake: Are You Hiding The Best Kept Secret In Your Business? from 2020-11-19T05:00:46
Why The Market Is Saturated With Privately Owned Pet Care Companies Dying To Be A Top Dog and The Solution Are you making this marketing mistake in your pet business? As an entrepreneur and busines...
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Episode 218: Why Most Video Training Doesn’t Work And The Solution from 2020-11-12T05:00:12
Why Most Video Training For Employees Doesn’t Work And The Solution As an entrepreneur and business owner you can customize your video training for employees through various methods. But often, it’...
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Episode 217: Major Solutions and Problems to Video Training from 2020-11-05T05:00:37
Major Problems and Solutions to Video Training Pet Care Team Training is specific, streamlined, and simple engineered for the success of your employee onboarding. Its videos keep the viewers en...
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Episode 216: What You Need To Get Your Pet Business Out Of The Covid Crisis from 2020-10-29T05:00:19
Pet Business Covid Crisis Survive and Thrive Mastermnd The Pet Business Covid Crisis isn’t going away anytime soon. Things aren’t going back to normal. They will never be the same again. Consumer s...
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Episode 215: Getting In Control of the Financial Numbers in Your Business with Jamie Trull from 2020-10-22T11:36:45
Financial Literacy Getting In Control of the Financial Numbers In Your Business with Jamie Trull Jamie Trull is a Financial Literacy Coach and Profit Strategist. She’s fired up about helping smal...
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Episode 214: New Ways To Build Your Teams Confidence and Selling Skills from 2020-10-15T05:00:36
Looking for a unique way to build self-confidence in your team? Today’s podcast is all about confidence. Chris Trew is a touring comedian, sportswriter, and creative coach. He uses his background i...
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Episode 214: New Ways To Build Your Teams Confidence and Selling Skills from 2020-10-15T05:00:36
Looking for a unique way to build self-confidence in your team? Today’s podcast is all about confidence. Chris Trew is a touring comedian, sportswriter, and creative coach. He uses his background i...
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Episode 213: How UGC Can Create a Buzz About Your Dog Walking Business and Bring You New Clients from 2020-10-07T17:00:38
How User Generated Content or UGC Can Create a Buzz About Your Dog Walking Business and Bring You New Clients HAve you considered User Generated Content to create buzz for your dog walking business...
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Episode 212: How To Start A Podcast from 2020-10-01T05:00:50
How To Start A Podcast If you have ever wanted to know how to start a podcast, today is your lucky day. Chris Laning is a Voice Over Artist, Podcast and Dailicast Producer and Host, Audio Edito...
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Episode 211: Marketing Tips From A Pro Through Tough Times from 2020-09-24T05:00:12
Marketing Tips From A Pro Through Tough Times Byron Ingraham is a Facebook Advertising Expert, Best Selling Author, Business Strategist, and a Speaker. He is an Air Force Veteran turned entrepren...
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Episode 210: Use This Dog Walking Recruiter Next Time You Have To Hire from 2020-09-16T19:00:02
Use This Dog Walking Recruiter Next Time You Have To Hire
Joe Latona is a Dog Walking Recruiter that is a motivated and dedicated HR professio...
Episode 209: Why You Need Video Training for Your Pet Care Staff in 2020 from 2020-09-03T05:00:04
Why Your Pet Care Business Needs Video Training for New Staff in 2020 Liz Illg is a Business, Content, and Systems Consultant. Liz and her team take an all-inclusive approach to finally bring your ...
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Episode 208: Easy Ways To Repurpose Content into Videos from 2020-08-27T14:28:11
Bella knows that you probably feel like making video content for your business is a tough task. to get creative, especially during 2020 is a tough thing to do. We are in survival mode and growth mo...
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Episode 207: The Power of Snackable Videos In Your Pet Business from 2020-08-20T05:00:45
Learn what snackable videos are and how easy it is to create and reuse in your pet sitting or dog walking business.
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Episode 206: The Step By Step Process For Creating Promotional Dog Walking Videos from 2020-08-12T17:00:13
If you are a dog walker and need more clients, then you want to watch this Creating promotional dog walking videos podcast. Today you will discover the simple easy to use step by step process to qu...
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Episode 205: How to Use Funnels To Easily Create Video Content from 2020-08-06T12:50:08
Would you like to learn how to use your pet business marketing funnels to create your video content? Structured properly you should have several campaigns going for all three stages of your funnel....
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Episode 204: How Your Vision and Focus Can Scale Your Business Fast with Joanna Price from 2020-07-30T05:00:43
How have you separated your pet business brand from the rest of the pack (yes pun intended. )? Joanna Price is the Owner of Woofin’ It Pet Concierge. It is her vision, tireless work ethic, and pa...
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Episode 203: The Difference Between Customer Service VS Customer Experience Could Increase Your Profits from 2020-07-23T05:00:31
The Difference Between Customer Service VS Customer Experience Could Increase Your Profits What is your customer experience in your pet care business? For more than 20 years, Jeannie Walters, CCXP ...
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Episode 202: How to Communicate, Persuade&Close like an Experienced Trial Lawyer from 2020-07-16T05:00:12
How to Communicate, Persuade,&Close like an Experienced Trial Lawyer In addition to Mitch Jackson being a “2009 Orange County Trial Lawyer of the Year” and “2013 California Litigation Lawyer of...
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Episode 201: Stop Preparing, Start Doing with Olenka Cullinan from 2020-07-09T05:00:33
Stop Preparing, Start Doing with Olenka Cullinan Olenka Cullinan is a CEO and Founder of iStartFirst. She empowers women to up-Level their business and mindset via on-line Bootcamp, iStartFir...
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Episode 200: If I’ve Taught You Anything… from 2020-07-02T05:29:23
Lessons Learned In Life: If I’ve Taught You Anything… Wow – 200 episodes- of lessons learned. 200 episodes of me (hopefully) providing you value, nuggets of wisdom, and lessons that you can take an...
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Episode 199: How To Do Virtual Meet and Greets In Your Pet Business from 2020-06-18T05:00:01
How to do Virtual Meet and Greets In Your Pet Business One of the “blessings” of our new normal under COVID-19 is that it has opened the realm of finding virtual alternatives to our everyday proces...
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Episode 198: Baby Boomers Vs Millennials…Or Is It? from 2020-06-11T04:00:33
Baby Boomers Vs. Millennials…Or Is It? The generational gap between baby boomers and millennials is something that every business owner is bound to encounter…. perhaps you already have? But one g...
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Episode 197: How to Generate FREE Publicity&Marketing for your Pet Business from 2020-05-28T04:00:35
How to Generate FREE Publicity&Marketing for your Pet Business When you generate Free Publicity and marketing in your pet business, you will be able to connect with your community&learn how to trul...
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Episode 196: Resiliency, Black Swans, and Perseverance Through the Darkest Times from 2020-05-21T04:00
Resiliency, Black Swans,&Perseverance Through The Darkest Times We all have black swan events happen in our life. The Covid-19 Pandemic has definitely been an elephant-sized black swan event ...
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Episode 195: The Scientific Way To Choose A Pet Sitting Software from 2020-05-14T04:00:12
The Scientific Way To Choose A Pet Sitting Software Choosing a pet sitting software is not an easy task. Maybe you’re overwhelmed with all of the different options out there, or even tried them a...
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Episode 194: How To Prevent Your Website Content From Being Snatched from 2020-05-07T04:00:58
How To Prevent Your Website Content From Being Snatched Have you ever had your website content snatched? I’ve had a lot of pet business owners come to me about how other pet businesses STOLE their ...
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Episode 193: How To Utilize Video For Your Dog Walking Business from 2020-04-30T04:00:07
How To Utilize Video For Your Dog Walking Business If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I’ve been squawking about the use of video for your dog walking business for YE...
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Episode 192: 7 Day Pet Business COVID-19 Grand Re-Opening Challenge from 2020-04-23T04:00:04
7 Day Pet Business COVID-19 Grand Re-Opening Challenge Why are we putting on a 7 Day Pet Business COVID-19 Grand Re-Opening Challenge? By now, most of us are in the “acceptance” phase when it co...
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Episode 191: How To Recession-Proof Your Small Business After COVID-19 from 2020-04-16T16:33:28
How To Recession-Proof Your Small Business After COVID-19 Do you want to RECESSION PROOF YOUR SMALL BUSINESS? KNOW YOUR NUMBERS! You’ve heard me say this time and time again. Today, I bring you M...
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Episode 190: How To Move The Mountain In Your Life from 2020-04-09T04:00:32
How To Move The Mountain In Your Life Biggest Move The Mountain Take Away You Don’t Want To Miss We all have rock bottoms. It may be physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, or something...
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Episode 189: How To Make COVID-19 Stop Messing With Your Head from 2020-04-02T04:00:34
Episode 189: How To Make COVID-19 Stop Messing With Your Head How are you doing? Like really doing?Is Covid-19 Messing With Your Head? Lately, I’ve been having A LOT of conversations with pet busin...
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Episode 188: Things To Consider Before You Close Your Business (Temporarily) from 2020-03-26T04:00:43
Things To Consider Before You Close Your Business (Temporarily) Lately, I’ve been having A LOT of conversations with pet business owners about whether or not they should close their businesses duri...
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Episode 187: What The Coronavirus Business Impact Means For Your Pet Business from 2020-03-12T04:00:33
What The Coronavirus Business Impact Means For Your Pet Business It’s no secret that the Coronavirus (a.k.a. COVID-19) has caused we have mass panic in our society. As a result it’s starting to i...
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Episode 186: 6 Ways To Create ALL The Graphics You Need for The Next 90 Days from 2020-03-05T04:00:37
6 Ways To Create ALL The Graphics You Need For The Next 90 Days If you’re feeling overwhelmed with content creation for your pet business, just know that you’re not alone! By planning your conten...
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Episode 185: Skyrocket Your Business With Your Health from 2020-02-27T04:00:28
Skyrocket Your Business With Your Health Let’s be honest – sometimes being a business owner sucks. It can be lonely, isolating, and so easy to get inside our own heads. That’s why it’s critical t...
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Episode 184: Quality Over Quantity Of Your Social Media Content from 2020-02-20T04:00:30
Quality Over Quantity Of Your Social Media Content It’s no shock that being on Social Media is a must for Pet Sitting and Dog Walking businesses. But, what platforms are best for us? How should we ...
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Episode 183: Video Training In Your Pet Sitting Company from 2020-02-13T04:00:59
Why You Should Do Video Training In Your Pet Sitting Company Whether you have new hires or you want to give current staff a refresher on your business, planning a training session can be time-consu...
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Episode 182: Using Video To Increase Sales In Your Pet Business from 2020-02-06T04:00:51
Using Video To Increase Sales In Your Pet Business The use of video is becoming exceedingly necessary in order to get your pet business known. To teach how to use video to increase sales in your pe...
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Episode 181: Remote Managing Your Pet Business from 2020-01-30T04:00:55
Remote Managing Your Pet Business I know there’s plenty of you wanting to have the luxury of traveling or maybe even relocating away from your pet business but you’re afraid of trying to manage y...
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Episode 180: How The 90/10 Rule Can Get Your Dog Walking Business Back On Track from 2020-01-23T05:00:27
How the 90/10 Rule Can Get Your Dog Walking Business Back On Track Do you feel like content marketing is taking over your business? Like you have to consistently be posting on every social media pl...
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Episode 179: 2020 Predictions in Your Pet Business from 2020-01-16T06:00:53
As a coach in the Pet Industry, I have the opportunity to work with pet businesses from all over the world at all different stages of their business. Due to this, I’m able to see trends that spread...
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Episode 178: How to Get Your Pet Business in the Media from 2020-01-09T06:40:27
We talk a lot about social media presence and making your business known on the media. However, we don’t often get the chance to talk about how to get your pet business in the media such as newspap...
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Episode 177: Staying Compliant with Staff In Your Pet Business–The Best Kept Resource! from 2020-01-02T04:00:28
Today I want to share with you the best-kept resource in staying compliant with staff in your pet business. The Pet Industry Coalition is an organization dedicated to educating and advocating for t...
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Episode 176: Planning for Your Dog Walking Business in 2020 from 2019-12-19T06:00:23
I know with being six days away from Christmas that planning for your dog walking business in 2020 is probably the last thing on your mind. However, I strategically posted this before Christmas so ...
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Episode 175: How Your Pet Business Systems Save Your Profit from 2019-12-12T06:50:40
I want you to think of all of your pet business systems. Now, think about a time where maybe you told your staff to do something and gave them all of the direction needed to do it but for some reas...
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Episode 174: Self Care For Pet Sitters Over the Holidays from 2019-12-04T19:00
Do you think it’s impossible to maintain self-care for pet sitters over the Holidays? Tis’ the season for a booming business, kids asking when Santa will come multiple times a day, family festiviti...
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Episode 173: Holiday Pet Events You Can Copy in Your Town from 2019-11-21T04:00:02
One of the best ways to gain exposure to your pet sitting or dog walking company is to host or participate in a holiday pet event. But oftentimes we have no idea what to do, where to do it, or just...
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Episode 172: How To Build Trust In Your Pet Business On Social Media from 2019-11-14T04:00
The idea of being human is so obscure when you think of it. Obviously we are all human. However, nowadays it’s becoming more and more necessary to prove that you are human. Especially when it comes...
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Episode 171: Hiring Tips for Finding Staff During the Holidays from 2019-11-07T04:00:15
Its that time of the year again! When September/October hit and everything turns into all holidays, all the time. The time when every store is confused about what to celebrate first with multiple i...
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Episode 170: How Your Thoughts Affect Your Business Worth from 2019-10-31T04:00:49
A lot of growing up has revolved around knowing your worth and the value of yourself. But, what about knowing the worth of your business? Or how the way you perceive your worth and value affects th...
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Episode 169: How DIYing Bad Graphics Could Hurt Your Pet Sitting Brand from 2019-10-24T04:00:47
Since marketing was invented, the need for graphic design has been ever-growing. However, graphics aren’t used to simply sell your business like they’ve been used in the past, instead, they represe...
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Episode 168: My Social Media Process&How I Have Learned How To Streamline. from 2019-10-17T14:09:32
My social media process is always evolving and it has come a long way. I am constantly evaluating what is working, what isn’t, and where I can streamline my system or create processes...
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Episode 167: How to Show Up on Social When You Have No Time from 2019-10-10T01:46:21
Today, I am going to explain to five strategies to show up on social media when you just feel like you don’t have the time. Let’s face it, I’ve never, ever had anyone come to me and s...
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Episode 166: How To Use Email Marketing In Your Pet Sitting Business from 2019-10-03T05:00:13
Email marketing is something that a lot of business owners have an adverse reaction to. They think they’re bothering people, no one opens them, and they don’t know what to say. Despit...
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Episode 165: Planning Your Business With Yvonne Heimann from 2019-09-26T05:00:52
Today I have Yvonne Heimann, a business efficiency coach at Ask Yvi. She supports digital entrepreneurs by building bulletproof businesses that are so efficient they’ll be able to achieve their fin...
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Episode 164: What To Post On Social Media When You Don’t Know What To Say from 2019-09-19T02:03:43
People come to me all the time saying that they have no idea what to post on social media. They are staring at the cursor and have no idea what to say. All this pressure is mounting to try and be w...
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Episode 163: How To Get Your Community To Know About Your Pet Sitting Business from 2019-09-12T05:00:21
Picture this… there’s a huge gala going on in your community. Everyone is dressed to the nines and it’s a very high ticket event. There are local celebrities there and while at dinner they’re talki...
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Episode 162: 3 Problems with Marketing Your Pet Business from 2019-09-05T05:00:17
I’m coming to you today to talk about how you can solve the three biggest problems you have with marketing your pet business. I’ve found that marketing either comes naturally to you o...
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Episode 161: Why Rover Is Beating The Professional Pet Sitter from 2019-08-29T05:00:28
I wanted to talk about something pretty controversial today. Our listeners are at a myriad of levels in the pet industry from buying multiple businesses all the way to people who are on Rover or Wa...
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Episode 160: How To Use Facebook Groups In Your Pet Sitting Business from 2019-08-22T05:00:11
What would you say if I told you I had a way for you to get in front of a lot of local clients? And that you could have a way to position yourself as an expert in your community? Well today I’m rea...
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Episode 159: BEST OF BELLA: Relationship Marketing&Buyer Personas With Jessika Phillips from 2019-08-15T05:00:37
Today for the Best of Bella series we are replaying Episode 120 with Jessika Phillips. She runs a multi-million dollar marketing firm where her major platform is relationship marketing and at the e...
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Episode 158: BEST OF BELLA: Instagram Secrets For Your Pet Business With Jenn Herman from 2019-08-08T05:00:40
Today we are replaying Episode 116 with Jenn Herman as part of the Best of Bella series. Jenn literally wrote the book “Instagram For Business for Dummies” and she is a wealth of knowledge. She is ...
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Episode 157: BEST OF BELLA: Coaching Your Pet Sitting Employees To Success With Niki Ramirez from 2019-08-01T05:00:48
This week for the Best of Bella series we are replaying episode 95 with Niki Ramirez. Niki is a wealth of information for everything human resources related, she is also a monthly guest in the Jump...
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Episode 156: BEST OF BELLA: Defining Your Brand With Lain Ehmann from 2019-07-25T05:00:53
Bella chose episode 56 with Lain Ehmann to be part of the Best of Bella series because it was one of the most downloaded episodes of Bella in Your Business. Bella and Lain dive in deep on branding ...
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Episode 155: BEST OF BELLA: Navigating Social Media with Mari Smith from 2019-07-18T05:00:31
We’re taking it back to episode 93 on this edition of the Best of Bella series, when Bella had the sincere pleasure of interviewing Mari Smith. She knows everything that is going on and she is the ...
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Episode 154: BEST OF BELLA: Customer Experience With Joey Coleman from 2019-07-11T05:00:03
Bella chose this episode to be part of the Best Of Bella series because it is with Joey Coleman. She first saw him live at Social Media Marketing World 2017 and his presentation skills blew her out...
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Episode 153: BEST OF BELLA: Vision Is Victory With Carey Conley from 2019-07-04T05:00:39
Welcome back to another episode in the “Best of Bella” series. Bella chose this episode with Carey Conley, because her story and purpose on this planet are so inspiring. Bella and Carey talk all ab...
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Episode 152: BEST OF BELLA: They Ask, You Answer with Marcus Sheridan from 2019-06-27T05:00:37
This episode is part of the “Best of Bella” series. Bella chose this episode with Marcus Sheridan as one of the best for many reasons. Marcus is one of her favorite human beings, they go on a deep ...
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Episode 151: BEST OF BELLA: Interview with a Small Business State Auditor from 2019-06-20T05:00:24
This episode is part of the “Best of Bella” series. Bella chose this episode with a former state auditor as one of the best, because she loves being able to bring unique experts to you. If you miss...
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Episode 150: 150 Episodes! from 2019-06-13T05:00:33
My goodness, 150 episodes of Bella In Your Business! That is days worth of me talking in your ears. When I started my podcast, my friend Shannon Hernandez had a podcast class, and me being the one ...
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Episode 149: What To Consider When Hiring A Pet Business Coach from 2019-06-06T05:00:06
I’m talking all about what to consider before hiring a business coach. Now, this might sound kind of funny coming from me since I am a business coach, but I have realized a lot of stuff from being ...
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Episode 148: What I Would Have Done Differently If I Started My Business Today from 2019-05-30T05:00:01
This episode, I want to get into the six things I did wrong when I started my pet business. If you have not been listening since episode 1, I started my pet sitting company in 2002 when I found out...
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Episode 147: Creating Balance with Work and Life: Myth or Truth? from 2019-05-23T05:00:36
Today I want to talk about balance, this mystical creature that everyone thinks exists but doesn’t necessarily exist. While I was preparing for this episode I recalled a video called Everything is ...
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Episode 146: All About Lock Boxes For Pet Sitters from 2019-05-16T05:00:07
The topic of lock boxes isn’t often talked about in blogs or on podcasts, yet it’s a question that comes up monthly in every Facebook group that I’m in. Today I’m joined by Natasha O’Banion of Walk...
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Episode 145: Less is More–Using Video in Social Media from 2019-05-09T05:00:46
I recently went to Social Media Marketing World 2019 in San Diego and I wanted to share a little of what I kept hearing the entire time – the importance of using video on Social Media...
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Episode 144: The Ins and Outs of Doing Payroll In Your Business from 2019-05-02T05:00:19
We are joined by Alexia Matak from Payroll Experts, they offer award-winning, cloud-based human capital management solutions that allow you to leverage technology to streamline every part of your e...
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Episode 143: How to Use Video to Find People to Hire from 2019-04-25T05:00:49
You might have remembered a few weeks back this video about hiring dog walkers going viral, well that video was Chloe’s! Chloe is a 22-year-old from Australia and owns Chloe’s Canine Creche. Her bu...
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Episode 142 : How Connections In Your Community Can Produce Tens Of Thousands in Revenue from 2019-04-18T05:00:56
Want to learn how you can build a 6-figure business without using social media? In this episode, Bella is going to share exactly how she was able to do this in her business, prior to Social Media a...
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Episode 141: Social Media Tips and Tools I Use To Stay Sane from 2019-04-11T05:00:31
There are a lot of problems with social media because there are so many different things you can do and you can’t possibly do all the things. Bella is sharing some of the problems she...
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Episode 140: 12 Ways To Automate Your Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Business from 2019-04-04T05:00:29
Want to learn all the ways you can automate a pet sitting and dog walking business? If you are a solo sitter, this is especially important because there is only one of you and you need to make ever...
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Episode 139: The Scientific Way You Can Increase Your Productivity 39% from 2019-03-28T05:00:57
Daniel Clark has been in love with technology- and its potential to positively impact the world- for as long as he can remember. From building websites when he was 13, starting a design and adver...
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Episode 138: Profit First With Mike Michalowicz from 2019-03-21T05:00:32
Mike is the author of Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan, and his newest release Clockwork. By his 35th birthday, Mike had founded and sold two companies – one to private equity and another to a...
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Episode 137: How To Make Better Decisions In Your Business from 2019-03-14T05:00:39
With an uncanny knack for connecting quickly with warmth and humor, plus years of practical relevance and experience (ex-Google, ESPN, HubSpot, NextView VC; current founder/show host, Unthinkable M...
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Episode 136: How Does Blogging Help Me Get Pet Sitting Clients? from 2019-03-07T05:00:23
Today, we’re answering a question I get all the time – how does blogging help me get pet sitting clients? Although we’ve talked about how important blogging is, we’ve never really dived into the st...
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Episode 135: Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make With Bobby Klinck from 2019-02-27T15:00:32
Bobby Klinck is a lawyer, but he’s not your typical lawyer. Sure, he went to Harvard Law School and worked prestigious law firms, but if you look at the big whiteboard in his office, you won’t see ...
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Episode 134: Social Selling In Your Pet Business With Rebekah Radice from 2019-02-20T15:00:03
Rebekah Radice is the founder of RadiantLA, a digital marketing training and development company, International Keynote Speaker, creator of the PREP Performance Method, and the author of, “Social M...
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Episode 133: How To Transform Your Pet Business In Just 365 Days With Becki Davis from 2019-02-14T03:00:24
Becki founded her business, Prefurred Pet Care Services, in 2016 after an incredibly difficult period of personal change and loss. Her hobby quickly became serious, and Prefurred is now an award-wi...
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Episode 132: Leveraging Live Streaming For Your Business With Stephanie Liu from 2019-02-07T03:00:34
Stephanie Liu is an award-winning digital marketing strategist and live streaming expert. As an ad agency veteran, she spent the last decade and a half helping Fortune 500 companies go from unknown...
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Episode 131: All About Chatbots With Kelly Noble Mirabella from 2019-01-31T03:00:24
Dynamic. Engaging. Totally rad. These are a few words you might use to describe your latest Facebook video … but they also apply to Kelly Noble Mirabella, self-described social media geek and marke...
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Episode 130: Training&On-Boarding Employees With Rob Balasabas from 2019-01-24T03:00:05
Rob Balasabas is the Social Media&Community Manager at Thinkific. He manages the daily curation of Thinkific’s message on social media. You may also find him engaging with their private online comm...
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Episode 129: The Relationships Behind Social Media With Chris Strub from 2019-01-17T03:00:26
Chris Strub is the first person to use live-streaming and Snapchat in all 50 U.S. states. He’s also the author of 50 States, 100 Days: The Book, and is the CEO of I Am Here, LLC. Biggest Takeaw...
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Episode 128: Going From Corporate America To Small Business Owner With April Cox from 2019-01-09T03:00:58
April is a dog mom of 2 that just recently left corporate America to run her daycare and boarding business, Rocky’s Retreat. Rocky’s offers a boutique experience that allows dogs to thrive. Biggest...
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Episode 127: The Three Types Of Videos With Dave Feinman from 2019-01-03T03:00:30
At Viral Ideas, Dave Feinman creates to Inspire. He believes everyone has the right to be fulfilled, in shared creativity, and in the power of defining your why. Dave shares this message through th...
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Episode 126: All About Virtual Assistants With Trivinia Barber from 2018-12-21T03:00:30
Trivinia is the founder of Priority VA – a boutique Virtual Assistant Agency that matches elite level entrepreneurs like Todd Herman and Ray Edwards with highly skilled virtual assistants who “get”...
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Episode 125: Quantum Benefits With Jennifer Diepstraten from 2018-12-13T03:00:39
Jennifer Diepstraten is the CEO and founder of High Ticket Sales Success. She helps entrepreneurs to raise their fees, gain confidence, and find the words to close big sales with ease. Jennifer has...
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Episode 124: Connecting With Clientele Through Storytelling With Gael Gilliland from 2018-12-06T14:29:52
Gael Gilliland is the founder of The Legacy Recorder, and is passionate about helping every person record their life story for future generations to cherish. She is also a freelance writer and mill...
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Episode 123: Solving The Hiring Problem In Your Pet Business from 2018-11-29T03:00:33
Abbie Hawkins is the Senior Channel Account Manager for JazzHR, the best hiring software in the pet industry. Listen in to see how over 60 pet sitting companies are turning their “I don’t have anyo...
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Episode 122: Disaster Preparedness In Your Pet Sitting Company from 2018-11-15T03:00:40
Nicole Brown Packin is the CEO of Miami Pet Concierge based out of Miami, Florida. Since MPC’s opening in 2007, Nicole has continued to grow and learn as much as she can about animal welfare. She e...
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Episode 121: Adventure, Experience and Storytelling With Mia Voss from 2018-11-08T03:00:40
Mia is an experience junkie and wants to take you along with her. She has been building an online audience for years, enticing them with engaging interviews on every topic imaginable. Mia has been ...
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Episode 120: Relationship Marketing&Buyer Personas With Jessika Phillips from 2018-11-01T03:00:02
Jessika Phillips helps people master Relationship Marketing, Speaker, as a relationship marketing evangelist she is often sought after for her approach to marketing. She’s the passionate Founder o...
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Episode 119: Creating Authentic Video For Your Pet Business With Chris Bryant from 2018-10-25T03:00:39
With new pet sitting and dog walking companies popping up every day (not to mention Rover&Wag), setting ourselves apart is becoming increasingly difficult in a world full of noise. One of the top w...
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Episode 118: Leveraging Technology in Social Media With Brian Fanzo from 2018-10-18T14:00:13
Leveraging technology can take many different forms: video, audio, social media, and more. The real key ingredient is one-to-one interactions in a public forum. This week Brian Fanzo discusses how ...
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Episode 117: Why You Should Attend Conferences Outside Your Industry from 2018-10-11T03:00:01
Michael Stelzner is the founder of Social Media Examiner, author of the books Launch and Writing White Papers, and the man behind Social Media Marketing world – the industry’s largest conference. H...
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Episode 116: Instagram Secrets For Your Pet Business With Jenn Herman from 2018-10-04T03:00:30
It’s no secret that Instagram can be a powerhouse social media platform for your business – but I see so many business owners that are just NOT using it to its fullest potential. If you’ve been wan...
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Episode 115: How Your Pet Business Can Support Your Life Goals from 2018-09-27T03:00:27
Carrie Wallick is the owner iCare4pets. She has been in business for 4 years and started using employees for almost a year and a half. Carrie was a former teacher for 8 years until she decided she ...
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Episode 114: How To Have Your Community Begging To Partner With Your Pet Business from 2018-09-20T03:00:51
Imagine if you could have the town talking about your business? Or if you could have other pet businesses contacting you to work with you and partner with your pet business? Maybe the local pet sto...
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Episode 113: How Social Proof Can Help Increase Your Conversion Rate from 2018-09-13T03:00:06
Social proof can be an excellent way to establish trust and credibility for you and your pet sitting business. When we talk about social proof, we mean borrowing third-party influence to sway/persu...
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Episode 112: What Your Pet Business Can Gain From Facebook Contests from 2018-09-06T00:06:04
Facebook Competitions can be proven to be a very useful tool in your business for becoming active in your community and even signing on new clients. However, It’s important to realize that when you...
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Episode 111: How To Use Buyer Personas To Reach The Right People from 2018-08-30T01:33:13
It’s difficult to start marketing for your business if you don’t know who you’re selling to. This is where buyer personas come in, a.k.a your “dream client.” In this episode, Erika&I sit down to di...
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Episode 110: How To Use Facebook Groups To Grow Your Local Pet Sitting Business from 2018-08-23T03:00:30
Facebook Groups are a powerful tool on social media that can serve a number of different purposes to help your pet sitting company. They can be an asset in finding new clients, networking with othe...
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Episode 109: Organically Growing Your Instagram Following For Your Pet Sitting Or Dog Walking Business from 2018-08-16T03:00:25
Are you hearing that Instagram is a great way to get more followers and customers but just confused as all heck on how to use it? Maybe you started using it but have no idea how you can convert you...
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Episode 108: 8 Things You Need To Do On Your Facebook Page To Grow Your Pet Business from 2018-08-09T00:02:29
For most of us, Facebook is one of (if not THE) #1 social media websites that we use in our business. It’s such a useful tool for so many things including getting our businesses out there, finding ...
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Episode 107: The Importance Of Site Design, Usability,&Frequent Monitoring Of Your Website from 2018-08-02T04:57:21
This week, Erika Godwin and I sat down to discuss all things relating to your website! I like to say that this is your 24/7 business card, so it is important that it’s always in tip-top shape. Toda...
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Episode 106: Bootstrap Marketing Ideas For Your Pet Business (Gain An Extra $10k Per Year!) from 2018-07-26T00:01:35
When we talk about marketing, there is truly an endless arena of ideas and tactics that we can use for pet business owners to get our name and our brand out there. It can be digital or old-fashione...
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Episode 105: How To Rank For The Right Search Terms On Your Pet Business Website from 2018-07-19T04:38:31
Sometimes it can be hard to choose the right terms for Google. There have been a lot of changes in search behavior and search guidelines in the last few years, and they’re constantly evolving. So, ...
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Episode 104: Scaling A Dog Walking Business Fast With Unique Internal Office Systems from 2018-07-12T03:00:55
Our guest today is the founder, owner, and operator of a very busy dog walking company in Hoboken, New Jersey, Heather Gaida. She started walking dogs in 2006 when she was working on her master’s d...
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Episode 103: How Mental Health And Therapy Can Help Your Business With Sarah El Sherbini from 2018-07-05T13:00:22
Sarah El Sherbini is a lifelong pet lover with an entrepreneurial spirit. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in design, she didn’t become a designer. She went full force into the pet care in...
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Episode 102: After The Death Of A Partner, How One Pet Sitting Business Owner Kept Going from 2018-06-28T13:00:27
Laura Wright is the owner and founder of PAWright Pet Services. She started this business in 2012 with her husband, Erik, after she was laid off from an insurance company. Neither of them wanted to...
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Episode 101: Goal Crushing From 0 To 15 Dog Walking Employees With Pam Curry from 2018-06-21T13:00:23
Pam Curry is the owner and operator of Toronto Dog Walking. She and her dog, Holly, moved to Toronto in 2012 with the sole focus in mind of working with animals. In 2015, she founded Toronto Dog Wa...
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Episode 100: Solving The 2 Major Problems In Your Dog Walking Company from 2018-06-14T13:00:08
As we celebrate the 100th episode of Bella In Your Business Bella sits down with you personally to solve the 2 major problems every dog walking company faces. But first, did you know that as of the...
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Episode 99: How This Dog Walking Company Exploded With Support Of Others from 2018-06-07T13:00:01
Christina’s love&passion for animals brought her to become a professional and certified pet-care expert. Her professional training started back in 2005 and she continues to re-educate herself as ti...
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Episode 98: Molding Your Mindset With Bri Seeley from 2018-05-31T13:00:11
Bri Seeley is a born catalyst and natural truth-teller with a history in counseling, psychology, and entrepreneurship. Despite her two degrees in fashion design, she was unknowingly taken down the ...
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Episode 97: Optimizing Your Website Using Google Analytics With Brandy Lawson from 2018-05-24T10:00:30
Brandy Lawson is the founder of FieryFX, a boutique digital agency, and a Chief Online Officer for-hire. Her mission is to help entrepreneurs maximize their impact and success by making the right d...
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Episode 96: Changing The World One Blog At A Time With Leslie Samuel from 2018-05-17T13:00:15
Leslie Samuel is the creator of the Become A Blogger. He has a passion for education and has taken on the mission of “Changing The World One Blog At A Time”. In his podcast, Blogging With Leslie, ...
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Episode 95: Coaching Your Pet Sitting Employees To Success With Niki Ramirez from 2018-05-10T13:00:09
Today we welcome our friend, Niki Ramirez! She is a Human Resource specialist at HRAnswers.org, who provides full-service HR consultation, compliance support and employee training for small busines...
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Episode 94: Creativity&Content Marketing With Chris Marr from 2018-05-03T13:00:33
We are honored to be talking to the multi-award winning entrepreneur, Chris Marr. He believes content marketing is the only way to set business leaders free from the world of mediocre interruption ...
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Episode 93: Navigating Social Media with Mari Smith from 2018-04-26T13:00:26
Navigating social media can be pretty difficult, especially when it comes to your online business. Often referred to as “the Queen of Facebook,” Mari Smith is hailed as the premier Facebook marketi...
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Episode 92: How To Successfully Hire Millennials with Teresa Murphey from 2018-04-19T13:00:35
Teresa Murphey is the founder and President of Hire Ventures, Inc. She loves to help simplify all things HR so that business owners can focus on what they do best! As she says, “I started Hire Vent...
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Episode 91: Becoming Known In Your Community With Mark Schaefer from 2018-04-12T13:00:25
Talking to Mark Schaefer is always an inspiration. Not only does he have advanced degrees in marketing and organization, he is the author of five best-selling books and a professor at Rutgers. You ...
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Episode 90: Questions To Ask Your CPA&Tracking Expenses for Tax Time from 2018-04-05T13:00:25
It’s that time of year again. Something we all have to do, but none of us like it. That’s right, it’s TAX TIME. And that’s why today we are welcoming Jake Randall, the CEO of Taxbot. Taxbot is a mo...
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Episode 89: Optimizing Your Facebook Advertising With Robert Vance from 2018-03-29T13:00:23
Want to learn how to do Facebook advertising to it’s fullest it potential? Join my guest Robert Vance and I to learn all about it! Robert is a husband, father, author and business owner. He spent t...
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Episode 88: Blogging Basics with Award-Winning Blogger Mike Allton from 2018-03-22T13:00:58
We are talking with Mike Allton, the award-winning blogger, speaker and author at The Social Media Hat in St. Louis. Mike works with bloggers and businesses to help them leverage every aspect of co...
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Episode 87: The Importance of Workers’Compensation with Mark Shaver from 2018-03-15T13:00:10
Today we talk to Mark Shaver, the owner of Buckhead Paws outside of Atlanta, GA about the importance of workers’ compensation. Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want To Miss: What is Workers’ Compensa...
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Episode 86: Facebook Live Confidence With Molly Mahoney from 2018-03-08T13:00:46
Known across the net as The Prepared Performer, Molly Mahoney is a master at helping entrepreneurs, artists, and direct sales professionals up their visibility and online presence by helping them l...
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Episode 85: What Should I Know Before Joining A Mastermind? from 2018-03-01T13:00:07
Bella has flipped the script on the Podcast today and is bringing you a one on one look at the hype and hive of becoming a part of a Mastermind. Are they a right fit for your personality and busine...
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Episode 84: How Self-Care Can Help Your Business THRIVE With Bonnie Roill from 2018-02-22T13:00:48
Bonnie Roill is a “Lifestyle Architect.” Her boutique private practice, B3 Nutrition, specializes in helping women develop their customized blueprint for eating, moving, and daily habits that crea...
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Episode 83: Balancing Business&Family With Mompreuner Katie Westerfield from 2018-02-15T13:00:55
Joining us today on Bella in Your Business is Katie Westerfield of Homeward Bound Pet Care out of Historic Centerville, Ohio. She is an entrepreneur (and mompreneur) in the Pet Industry. She is wel...
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Episode 82: Scaling Your Business Into A Well-Oiled Machine With Randa Clark from 2018-02-08T13:00:16
Today’s Podcast features the inspiring Mompreneur, Randa Clark, from Tailchasers Pet Heroes Inc. Randa started Tail Chasers Pet Heroes Inc. in 2004 with the mission to help people discover, develop...
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Episode 81: Using Photography To Make Your Business Shine With Crystal Hollman from 2018-02-01T13:00:36
Today’s episode features Crystal Hollman, owner of Crystal Clear Photography AZ. Bella and Crystal discuss the importance of photography, graphics and visual appeal to websites and blogs. Show High...
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Episode 80: How The Orion Survey Can Make Hiring EASY With Bill Gelderman from 2018-01-18T13:00:38
Bella welcomes guest, Bill Gelderman, the President of the Steering Group. He not only founded The Steering Group in 1995, he is also a Certified Professional Behavioral and Values Analyst, a Certi...
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Episode 79: Website Creation&Optimization With Erika Godwin from 2018-01-11T13:00:56
Erika Godwin is the Co-Founder and the Chief Marketing Officer of ProPet Software, a boarding kennel, dog daycare and pet grooming management software. She is also an expert on website creation, ma...
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Episode 78: Video Creation To Aid Your Sales Process With Dave Feinman from 2018-01-04T13:00:53
At Viral Ideas, Dave Feinman creates to Inspire. He believes everyone has the right to be fulfilled. He believes in shared creativity. He believes in the power of defining your why. He shares this ...
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Episode 77: Competition&Consistency With Kate McQuillan from 2017-12-21T13:00:18
This week on Bella In Your Business, Bella sits down with long-time friend, Kate McQuillan to discuss how she started and grew her website, www.PetBusinessOwners.com. They discuss Kate’s story of ...
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Episode 76: The Importance Of Client Follow Up With Celeste Walmsley from 2017-12-14T13:00:19
Celeste Walmsley from Modern Marketing Advantage is an expert in social media marketing specializing on Facebook to get you in touch with new clients, keep you in touch with your old, and keep you ...
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Episode 75: Order Taker To Problem Solver With Aaron Pierson from 2017-12-07T13:00:47
“Worry less about the impressions your brand will get, worry more about the impression it will leave.” –Aaron Pierson On this episode of Bella In Your Business, Bella and Aaron Pierson, Internati...
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Episode 74: Web Development&Social Media With Ian Anderson Gray from 2017-11-30T13:00:08
In this episode of Bella In Your Business, Bella sits down with Ian Anderson Gray, the founder of Seriously Social; a blog focused on social media tools. Ian&Bella discuss all things social media i...
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Episode 73: Say YES To LESS With Joy Evanns from 2017-11-16T13:00:59
As business owners, sometimes it’s hard to remember to block out free time for ourselves and just RELAX. To figure out how to solve this problem, I sat down with Joy Evanns, the “Say No Like A Pro”...
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Episode 72: Your Why and Mindset With Awilda Rivera from 2017-11-09T13:00:58
Did you know that your MINDSET is one of the biggest determiners of success in your business? The way you approach problems and work towards solutions can be the deciding factor between successfull...
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Episode 71: Lessons In Customer Service With Liana Sanders from 2017-11-02T13:00:15
As pet sitting business owners, difficult clients are inevitable. However, the way you as a business owner chooses to react to the situation is what truly defines you and your business. Liana Sande...
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Episode 70: Facebook Bots 101 With Surbhi Sinha from 2017-10-26T13:00:25
Have you heard about Facebook Bots yet? If not, now’s your chance. It’s a brand new feature that has come to Facebook in order to help market your business, while reducing the amount of time you’re...
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Episode 69: Lessons Learned When Buying 5 Pet Sitting Businesses With Crystal Hammond from 2017-10-19T13:00:09
Are you thinking about buying a pet sitting business? Then you NEED to hear what Crystal Hammond has to say. She’s been through the process a number of times, and is an expert in making deals. List...
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Episode 68: The COPE Method For Social Media With Perri Collins from 2017-10-12T13:00:21
“Stop dreaming and start doing.” When it comes to using social media to explode your business, that’s Perri Collins’ mantra. But, it’s hard to stop dreaming until you actually know WHAT you need to...
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Episode 67: Stress, Meditation,&Mindfulness In Your Pet Sitting Business With Dr. Kathy Gruver from 2017-10-05T13:00:23
Being a business owner can be STRESSFUL. So this week, we took a step back to discuss how business owners can manage their stress through meditation and mindfulness. Listen in as Bella and Dr. Kath...
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Episode 66: WordPress&Website Hosting With Shauna&Javier Lee from 2017-09-28T13:00:22
On this episode of Bella In Your Business, Bella talks with Javier and Shauna Lee from Geek Ghost, LLC and Tampa Pet Sitters on all things website hosting and WordPress! Listen in as they dissect: ...
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Episode 65: Local Marketing With Facebook&Instagram With Bruce Irving from 2017-09-21T13:00:05
On this episode, Bella spends time with Bruce Irving from SmartPizzaMarketing.com. Bruce Irving is the marketing visionary behind SmartPizzaMarketing.com and host of the weekly Smart Pizza Marketin...
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Episode 64: Maximizing&Analyzing Your SEO With Bethanie Nonami from 2017-09-14T13:00:59
SEO, or “search engine optimization,” is an extremely important aspect of your business in terms of gaining new clients. Why? Because it dictates how your website will show up on Google results! So...
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Episode 63: Keynote Speaker&Author are Being Added To My Resume from 2017-09-07T13:00:54
Throughout life, our paths are constantly evolving. I break the normal rhythm of interviews in my podcasts to spend this next episode sharing my big announcement. No, I am not pregnant. It is somet...
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Episode 62: The Do’s&Don’ts Of Hiring Pet Sitting Employees from 2017-08-31T13:00:55
One of the most challenging hurdles pet sitting business owners encounter is hiring. Many reach a point where they absolutely cannot take on anymore clients, unless they bring on some extra hands. ...
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Episode 61: Overcoming Procrastination With Eric Twiggs from 2017-08-24T13:00:02
Procrastination is something that EVERYBODY struggles with – and Eric Twiggs, expert in overcoming procrastination, knows that. But is there anything you can do about it? Join Bella&Eric on this ep...
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Episode 60: Surefire Social Media Tactics For Pet Sitters With Calvin Wayman from 2017-08-17T13:00:20
On our 60th episode of Bella In Your Business, we have Calvin Wayman. He is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the CEO of a social media agency called CobbsMedia designed to make corporat...
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Episode 59: How To Connect With Your Pet Sitting Audience Through Storytelling With Dr. Adrian McIntyre from 2017-08-10T13:00:53
When entrepreneurs, experts, and small business owners want to get their story straight, they call Dr. Adrian McIntyre. He’s a cultural anthropologist and storytelling consultant who’s worked in ov...
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Episode 58: Networking Pointers for Pet Sitters and Dog Walkers With Gelie Akhenblit from 2017-08-03T20:34:54
On this episode, Bella speaks with Gelie Akhenblit, CEO/Founder of NetworkingPhoenix. They discuss the importance of networking, “do”s and “do not”s when going to a marketing event, and best practi...
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Episode 57: Lead Through Strengths With Lisa Cummings from 2017-07-27T13:00:24
Description On this episode, Bella spends time with Lisa Cummings, Founder of Lead Through Strengths. Lisa talks about how it is her life’s mission to help people get over their obsession of fixin...
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Episode 56: Defining Your Brand With Lain Ehmann from 2017-07-20T13:00:23
Description On this episode Bella spends time with Lain Ehmann, Marketing Strategist at #FastLain. Listen in as they talk about the mistakes small businesses make on their websites, including telli...
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Episode 55: Financial Planning in Your Business With Paul Adams from 2017-07-13T13:00:04
On this episode of Bella in Your Business, Bella spends time with Paul Adams, President and Founder of Sound Financial Group. They discuss: The roles finances play in our business Why it is so har...
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Episode 54: The Power Of Telling Your Story from 2017-07-06T13:00:04
On this episode Bella spends time with Andrew O’Brien, Founder and CEO of The Publicity Guy. They discuss: Andrew’s compelling story. How crucial it is for you to tell your story. How to get your s...
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Episode 53: Everything You Need To Know About Vetting With Justin Recla from 2017-06-29T13:00:43
On this episode Bella speaks with Justin Recla, Operations Officer for The Clear Business Directory Due Diligence and Vetting Solutions. They discuss: The importance of vetting your potential busin...
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Episode 52: Making Your Business Better With Nutrition and Fitness With Char Fazio from 2017-06-22T13:00:39
On this episode, Bella spends time with Charlene (“Char”) Fazio, one of her coaches who has inspired and motivated her to make a huge lifestyle change. Living a healthy life and sharing that passio...
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Episode 51: Selling Your Business With David Barnett from 2017-06-15T13:00:03
On this episode Bella speaks with David Barnett, an Author, Speaker, Educator, Seminar Host, Consultant, and Business Buy/Sell Process Coach. They discuss things you need to keep in mind when cons...
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Episode 50: Get Anything You Want With Consistency from 2017-06-08T15:22:16
Join Bella 1:1 for the 50th episode as she opens up and talks about what it means to be consistent in your life. Hear how you are a product of all your choices in life and how it applies to your bu...
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Episode 48: Social Media&Faith In Your Business With Heather Heuman from 2017-05-25T13:00:24
On this episode Bella speaks with Heather Heuman, CEO/Founder of Sweet Tea Social Marketing, Elizabethtown Family and the Founder of Sweet Tea Social Marketing Academy. Bella and Heather discuss: ...
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Episode 47: Customer Experience With Joey Coleman from 2017-05-18T13:00:28
On this episode Bella catches up with Joey Coleman, Chief Experience Composer, Design Symphony. They talk about things you can do as a business owner to create a meaningful customer experience. Id...
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Episode 46: Website Copy, SEO, Blogging,&FB Live With Jen Phillips April from 2017-05-11T13:00:06
On this episode of “Bella in your Business” Bella speaks with Jen Phillips April, an SEO copywriter and social media trainer. They discuss different ways of impacting the traffic you get from searc...
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Episode 45: Everything You Need To Know About Background Checks With Jason Waggoner from 2017-05-04T13:00:46
On this episode Bella spends time with Jason Waggoner, Vice President of Marketing for ACUTRAQ Background Screening Solutions. They discuss the importance of background checks and how ACUTRAQ can ...
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Episode 44: Why Your Business Needs Pet CPR Training With Cara Armour from 2017-04-27T13:00:59
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella speaks with Cara Armour, Product Manager and Marketing Manager for ProPetHero, a pet CPR and first aid online training program for pet business ow...
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Episode 43: Helping Your Clients Deal With Pet Loss Grief With Wendy Van de Poll from 2017-04-20T13:00:19
In this episode, Bella speaks with Wendy Van de Poll, the founder of The Center for Pet Loss Grief and an international best selling and award-winning author and speaker. They discuss pet loss grie...
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Episode 42: How To Use Facebook Groups and Video In Your Pet Sitting Business from 2017-04-13T13:00:55
On this episode Bella speaks with Maureen McCarthy, owner of Love and Kisses Pet Sitting. Bella has found Maureen’s use of Facebook groups, social media, and video to be an awesome example of how t...
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Episode 41: Communication Problems In Pet Sitting Companies With Adam Smith from 2017-04-06T13:00:15
On this episode Bella speaks with Adam Smith from Precise Petcare. They discuss communication problems pet sitting business owners often have with both the pet sitters who work for them and with cu...
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Episode 40: Positive Attitude&Opportunity With Tracie Hotchner from 2017-03-30T13:00:33
On this episode Bella spends time talking with Tracie Hotchner, author of The Dog Bible: Everything your dog wants you to know and The Cat Bible: Everything your cat expects you to know. Tracie is ...
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Episode 39: Vision Is Victory With Carey Conley from 2017-03-23T13:00:41
On this episode, Bella talks with Carey Conley, speaker and Co-Creator of Infinite Nation; a community created for skill building, mentorship, and community for aspiring leaders and business owners...
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Episode 38: Branding&Content Marketing With George Thomas from 2017-03-16T13:00:04
On this episode Bella speaks with George Thomas, Inbound Marketing&Brand Strategist for The Sales Lion. George also specializes in training people on HubSpot. George spent 15 years working in a t...
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Episode 37: Leadership, Strategic Planning,&Vision With Tarran Deane from 2017-03-09T17:58:12
On this episode, Bella discusses leadership with Tarran Deane, author of the new book, “The Alphabet Principle: Your A – Z Guide to Being a Compelling Leader”. Tarran Deane is Australia’s Corporat...
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Episode 36: They Ask, You Answer with Marcus Sheridan from 2017-03-02T16:20:01
On this episode Bella speaks with Marcus Sheridan, a former pool guy turned digital sales and marketing expert. He is the President of The Sales Lion and a Partner at River Pools and Spas. Bella a...
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Episode 35: Identifying and Overcoming Challenges As A Small Business Owner from 2017-02-23T13:00:48
On this episode of “Bella in Your Business” Bella spends time with Heather Dopson, Community Builder at GoDaddy. Heather has a passion for digital trends and innovation along with a deep understand...
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Episode 34:“Click Here To Agree”Contracts, Sharing Client Photos, And Privacy Policies On Your Website. from 2017-02-16T13:00:55
On this episode Bella speaks with Sara F. Hawkins, an attorney who specializes in working with startups, entrepreneurs, marketing and advertising agencies, as well as major corporations where she r...
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Episode 33: How List Building&Writing Helped This MicroPremie Mom Work From Home from 2017-02-09T16:02:31
In this episode Bella speaks with Nicole Moore, a mompreneur who runs a marketing and promotions company for authors. She is also a mother to a micro-premie born at only 9.6 oz. Listen in as Bell...
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Episode 32: Amy Schmittauer Explains Video In Her New Book VLog Like A Boss from 2017-02-02T13:00:19
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella speaks with Amy Schmittauer from the popular YouTube series Savvy Sexy Social In this episode they discuss what a Vlog is, and how and why Amy got...
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Episode 31: Types of Apps from 2017-01-26T13:00:07
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella speaks with Britt Alwerud from Handlr. They discuss the top 9 apps they think are great for the Pet Sitting business. The apps they discuss are:...
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Episode 30: Proven Social Media Marketing Methods from 2017-01-19T13:26:21
In this episode, Bella talks to Britney Young. Britney is a digital marketing professional and social media enthusiast. Her day-to-day life as a social media marketing manager includes: finding/cur...
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Episode 29: What Type of Pet Sitter is Best for Rover Type Websites? from 2017-01-12T13:00:25
In this Episode Bella talks with Walt Galvin, an independent contractor working for Rover. They discuss how sites like Rover can be a viable option for some pet sitters and walkers who are just st...
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Episode 28: How To Pet Sit for Aggressive Dogs from 2017-01-05T13:00:47
In this episode, Bella speaks with Jennifer Taylor, the Founder and owner of JenLovesPets, an award-winning San Diego pet sitting and dog walking company. After sitting down with Jennifer in her ho...
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Episode 27:The Great Debate: DogVacay, Rover, Wag, and Zingy versus Professional Small Business Owners– from 2016-12-15T13:16:09
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella speaks with Britt Alwerud from Handlr. They discuss DogVacay, Rover, Wag, and Zingy versus Professional Small Business Owners. In this episode t...
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Episode 26: How To Get Pet CPR First Aid Certification Online from 2016-12-07T13:08:56
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella speaks with Cara Armour, Product Manager with ProTrainings a pet cpr and first aid online training program for pet business owners. In 2003 Cara A...
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Episode 25: Compassion Fatigue from 2016-12-01T13:42:26
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella speaks with Holly Cook, author of My End of the Leash: Compassion Fatigue From a Pet Sitter’s Perspective. She started pet sitting in 1994, and wo...
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Episode 24: Faith-Based Business Networking from 2016-11-17T13:00:36
In this episode of Bella in Your Business, Bella offers up a recording of talk she gave to a faith-based business networking group in her area. In the talk she discusses approaching networking from...
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Episode 23: How Do I Know If It Is Legal To Board Dogs In My Home? from 2016-11-10T13:45:03
According to Kristy, she is the only properly zoned boarding facility in Philadelphia that is operating out of a private home. And it didn’t come easy. In this episode of “Bella In Your Business,” ...
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Episode 22: How To Get More PR For Your Pet Business from 2016-11-03T13:47:11
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella spends time with Susie Timm, President of Knife&Fork Media Group. Susie specializes in comprehensive public relations and marketing strategy in t...
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Episode 21: How One Pet Lover Took Her Passion For Pets and United An Entire State with Woofalong from 2016-10-27T13:01:08
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella talks with Darcy Graham, creator of WOOFALONG.com. The site, which shows you the dog-friendly restaurants, stores, parks, trails and events in Co...
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Episode 20: Interview with a Small Business State Auditor from 2016-10-20T14:00:16
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella talks with Katrina Kadyszewski, a former state auditor with the State of Connecticut. Katrina has over 16 years experience working in a variety ...
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Episode 19: A Look Back at How A Pet Sitting Business Started&Grew with Kristie Glazer from 2016-10-13T12:00:29
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella talks with Kristie Glazer from Philly Pet Care, a family-owned pet-sitting and dog-walking company in Philadelphia. Kristie talks about how she ...
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Episode 18: How to Get More Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Clients from 2016-10-05T01:00:15
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella is joined once again by Kate McQuillan from PawsomeMedia. They discuss the timeless question they always get, “How do I get more pet sitting and...
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Episode 17: Should Pet Sitters Still Offer Overnights If They Have To Pay Per Hour? from 2016-09-22T20:01:31
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella discusses whether you should still offer overnights if you have to pay per hour? This is a hot topic because during this election year many are ta...
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Episode 16: Getting Rid of Toxic Relationships from 2016-08-22T17:05:26
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella discusses getting rid of “bad apples” otherwise known as bad relationships. At some point in your personal or professional life you have had that...
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Episode 15: How to Get Rid of the Fear of Delegation from 2016-08-02T17:19:04
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella is joined by Kate McQuillan from Pawsome Media. They dismantle the myths surrounding the fear of delegation in pet sitting businesses and discuss ...
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Episode 14: Discount Daily Dog Walks from 2016-06-17T02:42:58
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella discusses whether or not you should offer a discount daily dog walks. She covers points on both sides of the issue. Bella starts by stressing that...
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Episode 13: Should I Pet Sit for an Out of Control Dog? from 2016-06-10T02:03:33
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella discusses whether you should agree to pet sit for an out of control dog. The discussion is based on a post from the discussion pages of her priva...
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Episode 12: Non-Owned Auto Liability Insurance from 2016-01-27T17:21:49
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, we are joined once again by David Pearsall, Vice President at Business Insurers of the Carolinas, which specializes in commercial insurance, including b...
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Episode 11: How To Do A #PetSitting Background Check Without Getting Sued from 2015-11-30T19:25:12
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, Bella is joined by Jason Waggoner, Vice President of Acutraq Background Screening. They discuss background checks and how important it is to get the rig...
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Episode 10: Top 15 Most Common Pet Sitting Insurance Claims from 2015-11-06T19:44:02
In this episode of “Bella In Your Business”, we are joined by David Pearsall, Vice President at Business Insurers of the Carolinas, which specializes in commercial insurance, including businesses p...
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Episode 9: What A Lawyer Told A Pet Sitter About Her ICs from 2015-11-03T18:16:59
Beth Green from Paws Pet Care in Louisville KY shares with us her lawyers interpretation of her pet sitting business with Independent Contractors. Listen in as she shares with Bella about the flow ...
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Episode 8: How To Break Through From A $40K to $100K Pet Sitting Business. from 2015-09-03T03:29:05
Matt asks the question: Hi Bella, I guess [my question] would be some actionable best practices for breaking thru that wall in business. IE. Going from a 40,000 pet sitting business to a 100,000 +...
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Episode 7: Get your Pet Sitting Business to 7 Figures By Renewing Your Vows! from 2015-05-12T20:29:28
From time to time, I come across people that just inspire me. Joette White of Park Cities Pet Sitter Inc has been one of them and I just had to interview her for the show. It was about two months a...
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Episode 6: How To Deal With Negative Reviews from 2015-04-15T02:18:43
Ever see Jimmy Fallon do his “Mean Tweet” segment? This is what I want you to think of when you listen to Ep 6 of Bella In Your Business. There is so much negativity going on out there with pet sit...
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Episode 5: Bella In Your Business: Motivation, Podcasting, and 4 Helpful Tips from 2015-03-29T03:58:02
In this episode of Bella In Your Business: The impact that podcasting and Shannon Hernandez has had on me and fellow pet sitters. How to get your motivation back and your staff! My 4 tips: 1. Evern...
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Episode 4: Employees, Blogs,&Daily Operations! from 2014-11-07T13:00:39
Hi Jumpers! In this podcast you will hear about how you can adapt your business to match your lifestyle. In this episode I answer the questions you submitted such as: When you should hire on employ...
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Episode 3: Who Am I? Getting Real Personally and Professionally from 2014-09-16T04:41:13
Dear Jumpers, This podcast is breaking it down explaining a lot about what I believe about business and how to look at life. I get pretty real and you are going to either love it or hate it, but it...
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Episode 2: Blogging To 1700 Hits In One Day and Delegating Your Business from 2014-07-03T19:50:25
Bella In Your Business Ep. 2: Learn how to be so relevant in your blogging strategy that you can draw 10 times the average hits your website may get a day through the steps that Bella walks you thr...
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Episode 1: How To Get Through The Hiring Slumps! from 2014-06-12T06:11:42
Listen in as Bella: Catches you up on her never boring life, Reflects on the State and Federal Audits that some pet sitters went through. Discusses how to push past those hiring slumps and find t...
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[Audio] Can I Get In Trouble For Using Photos That Are Not Mine On My Blog?|Interview With Arizona Lawyer from 2012-10-30T17:20:33
Some pet sitters have been getting letters from a certain online picture hosting site, demanding payment for the use of their photos. This has come as a shock for two reasons:
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[Audio] Can I Get In Trouble For Using Photos That Are Not Mine On My Blog?|Interview With Arizona Lawyer from 2012-10-30T17:20:33
Some pet sitters have been getting letters from a certain online picture hosting site, demanding payment for the use of their photos. This has come as a shock for two reasons:
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