http://www.NetWorthBB.com Elite Pet Resort / Dog Kennel*Day Care Greater Twin Cities Minnesota Area * Truly a Resort inside and out. This facility was built with the animal’s emotional and physical well being in mind. From top of the line kennels and kitty condos, to separate air exchanges, surveillance cameras, security systems, fire sprinklers, Listed Price: $975,000 Total Sales: $343,000 Owner Cash Flow: $148,815 Fixtures, Furniture & Equipment: $150,000 (Included in listed price) Real Estate: $900,000 (Included in listed price) Financing / Terms: Lender pre qualified with 20% down! Additionally, seller financing to qualified buyer. ** Seller is motivated ** Reason for Sale: Retirement Training & Support: 2 weeks uncompensated Real Estate Included YES Business Description: Built with a high degree of excellence. Owners have incorporated all the amenities to provide a safe, healthy and fun environment for dogs to board and play. A separate cattery was designed with the same philosophy and standards. The 6400 SF indoor space is divided nicely for ease of pet care and stress management. The grooming facility is superior with high quality equipment. The 4000 SF outdoor space has several play yards allowing for supervision and proper dog management. There is even an in-ground pool for those that enjoy cooling off on those warm afternoons. Historical Summary: New facility. Owner Qualifications:Seller will train. This is a great opportunity for a trainer, vet, groomer. Competition: Due to the nature of the business, no real competition exists in the immediate vicinity. Potential for Growth: With a foundation like this growth is unlimited. The design allows for expansion in boarding, daycare and grooming. Adding a trainer/training program would also increase revenue. Also suitable for a vet clinic add-on. Your imagination is your only limitation. Year Established: 2006 Year of Last Acquisition: 2006 Form of Ownership: Corporation Number of Employees: 10 PT Type of Location: Stand-alone Square Footage: 6400 Facilities / Location Description: State of the Art facility on 1 acre commercial lot. Contact Jeff Slaton Broker@NetWorthBB.com 24-Hour Reaction Line 612.419.2905 http://www.NetWorthBB.com

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My best friend and i are very responsible and would like to take up a dog walking business for a bit of extra pocket money. We are both 13 years old and we own two very reliable dogs. ~How should we advertise ~How much should we charge ~How long should we walk them for please answer as we would very much like to find out about this before we start. i was just wondering what peoples views were and how much they would be willing to pay if they were looking for a dog walker.
advertise in newsagents,post offices,hand out flyers,put up posters,tell people to spread the word etc etc etc I would charge 7 or 8 pounds for 1hour walk to begin with.(5 pounds for 10/15 minutes is ridiculous! keep the dogs on a lead unless you have a small enclosed area(park, maybe?) near you which you can let them off in. BUT YOU MUST HAVE OWNERS PERMISSION BEFORE YOU LET THEM LOOSE!!!!!! good luck!

Here’s a PR Newswire story that shows pet owners indicate they would cut back on luxury items to maintain their level of care of their furry friends.

Check out the bottom of the story – you can call and get the full survey results…

I reviewed a site last week for one of my larger personal coaching clients – a successful online wholesaler with a tight Ferret niche.

Their ‘cleanly designed’ main content site has only 12 pages in total.

Two of those pages were the obligatory “About Us” (i.e. about them) information, and an additional page was a Contact form with very little text on it.

Leaving 9 “Product” pages (segmented into categories)… all rather sad little pages that listed their products — about 200 of them — most with only a single line description per item.

And you can probably guess how direct business their main content site is currently generating. Virtually zero! If it wasn’t for their eBay and Amazon business they would be struggling to keep their doors open.

Pet Fanatics are screaming for information.

I’ve spoken a lot about creating your own information product, defining profitable niches, and engaging fellow pet fanatics with your own blog.

It’s true, in my opinion information products are the fastest and most profitable avenues to start to turn your passion for pets into “lifestyle” income. However, I also consult with several very large physical product manufacturers and marketers (like my client mentioned above), treat bakers and service providers (dog sitters, doggy day care operations, pooper-scooper businesses, etc.).

But to be truly successful in today’s market place all of these businesses require one key ingredient, without which they’ll struggle to survive. Content.

Compelling content really is king on the Internet and ultimately when marketing your physical products or services, and the moment your web presence starts providing more fascinatingly descriptive content, results will almost automatically improve.

So my advice to this company?

Well I obviously had a lot to say, but here’s the annotated version:

1) Start again! The current site is a total waste of time. Redesign the navigation so the focus is all about… the visitor, not you, the company.

2) Separate each ’product’ into at least one full and very descriptive (but not boring) page.

Give specifics on how products have helped fellow ferret fanatics enjoy their furry friends more or solve a common problem (like odors with ferrets), and where possible give case studies and live example of actual results achieved.

And ideally have a lot more than one page for each product category — maybe even separate web sites. It really is true that “the more you tell them more you sell them.”

3) Add features that compel visiting prospective clients to inquire. “Contact Us?” Phooey! How about a form on every service page, where the title of the form ties into the product itself?

Also, maybe most critically, test your sales pages, until the conversion of “visitor into client” is optimised.

These ideas are just for starters – and if you have a site or business you would like help getting started or taking it to the next level go to the Contact Doug tab and leave me a detailed message about what you are looking for – I will get back with you as soon as possible. Also, I have been working to create a new weekly training program with that will show you how to develop your own $6 a day pet related income stream in as little as 90 days from start to finish – this training will include regular homework, limited direct email access and access to all my reports, and resource guides…Stay Tuned!

I set-up my first online pet related product in April of 2004. At first I poured hours and hours into the marketing campaign’s – trying my best to make it a $250 a day product. IT DIDN’T WORK. Over the next 6 months the product’s best day totaled $75 in sales.

Was it a failure?

At that time I thought it was…

It’s been almost 4 years since this products launch and I have a totally different view. This product has been “auto-pilot” requiring zero maintenance… and it consistently earns me around $500 per month – or $16 per day!

I have come to realize that these small diversified mini-income streams are the key to creating an OUTRAGEOUS LIFESTYLE where YOU are in charge of your own destiny.

I stopped looking for that $250 a day home-run product years ago and I suggest you to the same!

I’ll recommend you look for those small $6 a day products or affiliate sales. They can literally be set-up and earning income in less than 2 hours and may keep depositing checks (or paypal payments) into your bank account for years to come.

And here is the best part… if you just focus on building these mini-income’s… every now and again you just may hit that elusive home-run!

With this focus in mind, I will be modifying my petrepreneur “profit” guides – both the product offerings and the affiliate programs. I will be emphasizing working to personally help my partners to get their first small $6 income stream set-up.

If you want to take advantage of these upcoming changes please make sure you have copies of all the products that interest you, because the marketing (pricing, etc.) will be changing to ensure we are all successful in 2008.