I have finished up my consulting responsibilities and am working full-time now on finishing up the 2007 update.

What topics do you want to see added to the updated resource guide?

I have also had more than a couple e-mails regarding petreprenuers who want to market treats, but don’t have the facilities to bake them and I promised I would put a call out to our community to find any pet treat bakers willing to private label thier treats… Leave a comment below and I will include your business in the 2007 update.

One of my contacts at PPN (Pet Product News) has come through in a big way…

Get an insiders look at this years featured Global Pet Expo products:

http://www.petproductnews.com/global_pet_expo/global-pet-expo-categories.aspx

The global pet expo in Florida always showcases the hottest trends in the pet industry, including botique, cat, dog, fish, bird, small animal, reptile and holistic products categories. If you can’t make it to the convention – see them all online at the link above.

Every pet related business should consider offering gift certificates to help expand their customer base.

While gift certificates contribute to only a small portion of overall sales for most pet related businesses, they may pay dividends for years to come because they help lure new customers and keep existing customers coming back for more.

“They are money right back in your pocket,” says Michelle Broaderson, the owner of BoneMaMa, a specialty dog treat bakery in Mill Creek, Wa. – with an interesting start-up story.

Broaderson used gift certificates creatively to fund the start-up of her new venture. “Instead of begging banks or family for start-up funding, I used $50 of my savings to bake several batches of tasty treats and used them as an enticement to get everyone I knew to purchase gift certificates that I printed on my computer. It was a great way to generate the $1,500 I needed to fully stock my kitchen and purchase the supplies needed to get up and rolling. Those initial gift certificate holders have stayed with me…”

Read the rest of this entry

Pet Blog Profits has been released. I’m planning on completing one new product before circling back and completing 2007 updates for the other products we offer.

I have a new pet industry product launch I have been contracted to complete that will consume all my time through January, but then I’ll be ready to start another product for the up-and-coming petreprenuers among us.

So… It’s time to find out what you (our customers) would like to see next.

You can cast your vote by posting in the comments section with your choice of the following:

Create a resource guide to capture the newly booming pet food delivery business.

Create a resource guide addressing finding the best distributors and manufactures that will sell directly to petreprenuers.

Create a resource guide aimed at the high dollar service side of maintaining aquariums (both public & private).

Create a resouce guide about ________________________ .
Create something else (specify in your comment).

I know you may want to make free form comments. Let’s do this. For your vote comment, please just put one of the above items and post it without any other comment. Then, if you wish… post any free form comments as a separate comment. Thanks for that!