🎧 Quick Recap

Maris from House of Paw Pet Care and I chatted about how she built systems that allowed her to take a 2-month maternity leave while her pet care business continued thriving - perfect for any business owner wanting more freedom.

PLUS, some big personal news from the PMU Team! 🍼

🔍 You'll learn:

• How to conduct an audit to identify what's taking up your day
• The power of automations (and our favorite tools) for creating seamless business operations
• Why hiring the right people and trusting them is crucial for stepping away
• How proper branding and website strategy supports business independence
• Mindset shifts from "Chief Everything Officer" to true CEO

👉Get the full episode blog/show notes at www.petmarketingunleashed.com/27

🎉 Ready to build a business that runs without you? Get our strategic pet business website templates at petmarketingunleashed.com/pet-business-website-templates and save 10% with code PMUPODCAST!

🛠️ Here’s how we can help pet business owners get found and booked while you’re away from your desk or out with the dogs:

🎓Free Website Onboarding Masterclass

💻Pet Business Website Templates

📈 SEO Course

💡Custom Brand, Copy, and Website Design Services

🔗 Links Mentioned in This Episode

• Get organized with Time To Pet - 14 days free + 50% off first 4 months
• House of Paw Pet Care
• Elegant Paw Wedding Attendant
• Zapier
• Slack
• Connect with us on Instagram
• Pet Marketing Unleashed website

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Email marketing expert Dawn Richardson from Flodesk shares everything pet business owners need to know about email deliverability, growing local businesses through email, and prepping for the holidays.

🔍You’ll learn:

• Why your emails might be going to spam and how to fix it
• The importance of list cleaning and sending to engaged subscribers only
• How local pet businesses can use email for exclusivity, VIP offers, and targeted content
• Smart ways to segment your audience for better results
• Holiday email strategies that go beyond generic Black Friday blasts

👉Get the full episode blog/show notes at www.petmarketingunleashed.com/26

🎉 Ready to start building your email list? Create beautiful, converting emails with Flodesk at flodesk.com and save 50% your first year with code UNLEASHED!

🛠️ Here’s how we can help pet business owners get found and booked while you’re away from your desk or out with the dogs:

🎓Free Website Onboarding Masterclass

💻Pet Business Website Templates

📈 SEO Unleashed Course

💡Custom Pet Biz Brand, Copy, or Website Design Services

🔗 Links Mentioned in This Episode

• Try Flodesk with 30-day free trial + 50% off first year with code UNLEASHED at Flodesk
• Connect with Flodesk on Instagram
• Connect with Dawn Richardson on Instagram
• Tech Savvy Creative: Dawn's business helping creatives with tech
• Connect with us on Instagram
• Pet Marketing Unleashed website

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This episode is your website self-audit for pet business owners whose sites aren't converting visitors into bookings. In it, we’re covering the 5 biggest website mistakes that kill conversions.

🔍You'll learn:

• How to optimize the ‘above-the-fold’ area of your website to get potential clients to stay on your site longer.
• Why weak call-to-actions are costing you bookings and how to improve them
• Simple ways to speed up your slow website and keep visitors from bouncing
• Essential trust-building elements that help potential clients feel safe booking you
• How to clean up messy navigation so clients can find what they need in 1-2 clicks

👉Get the full episode blog/show notes at www.petmarketingunleashed.com/25

🎉 Ready to skip these website mistakes? Get our strategic pet business templates at petmarketingunleashed.com/wix-templates and save 10% for podcast listeners with code PMUPODCAST at checkout.

🛠️ Here’s how we can help pet business owners get found and booked while you’re away from your desk or out with the dogs:

🎓Free Website Masterclass for Pet Businesses

💻Pet Business Website Templates

📈 SEO Unleashed Course

💡Custom Brand, Copy, or Website Design Services

🔗 Links Mentioned in This Episode

• Free image compression tools: Compresor.io or TinyPNG or Squoosh
• Build your pet business website with Wix
• Connect with us on Instagram
• Pet Marketing Unleashed website

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Worried about AI changing the way people find your pet business? In this episode, we break down what’s actually happening with SEO and search, why your website matters more than ever, and the simple steps you can take to future-proof your site (without overcomplicating it).

Here's what we dive into:

• What's actually changing with AI overviews and search results
• Why local and niche businesses aren't impacted the same way as larger sites
• How your website is literally training AI bots (and what that means for you)
• The shift from domain authority to brand authority across platforms
• Why keyword stuffing and SEO checklists are officially outdated
• Four simple actions you can take this week to adapt and stay ahead
• How to become the best solution for your ideal clients (not just follow best practices)
• The importance of consistency across all your online platforms

While many businesses panic about AI taking over, smart entrepreneurs use this shift to get clearer, more strategic, and more consistent about showing up as the perfect solution for their ideal clients. Join them and feel more confident about what’s coming next in the world of AI and SEO.

🎉 Want to go deeper? Join our SEO Unleashed course at petmarketingunleashed.com/seo-course and get 10% off with code PMUPODCAST at checkout.

Links mentioned:

• Grab our free Quick SEO wins guide
• Join our SEO course and get 10% off with code PMUPODCAST
• Google's Search Quality Rater Guidelines
• Growth Memo report on AI overviews
• Read the episode blog for more deets on everything we cover in the episode
• Connect with Pet Marketing Unleashed on Instagram
• Visit the Pet Marketing Unleashed website

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In this episode, I'm joined by Amy Toman, Google Business Profile expert who's been helping businesses navigate Google listings for over a decade. After reaching diamond level in Google's listing forum (the highest tier), Amy has become the go-to person for solving suspension issues and optimization challenges.

Here's what we dive into:

• What your Google Business Profile actually does for local visibility
• Essential guidelines that prevent suspension (and what triggers it)
• How to optimize for niche services when no category exists
• The real impact of reviews on your search rankings
• Why fake reviews will backfire and what Google's new detection methods mean
• How to handle negative reviews without making things worse
• The difference between soft and hard suspensions and how to get reinstated
• Why one bad review shouldn't tank your rating (and what to do if it does)

"Follow Google's guidelines, keep it simple and straightforward, and you're going to be all right. The more active you are, the more likely Google will recommend you."

🎉 Want to go deeper? Join our SEO Unleashed course at petmarketingunleashed.com/seo-course and get 10% off with code PMUPODCAST at checkout.

Links mentioned:

• Connect with Amy on LinkedIn
• Pet Sitter SEO services
• Email Amy
• Google Business Profile guidelines
• How many reviews you need for a 5.0 rating
• Grab our free 5 Quick SEO wins
• Join our SEO course and get 10% off with code PMUPODCAST
• Read the episode blog for more
• Connect with Pet Marketing Unleashed on Instagram
• Visit the Pet Marketing Unleashed website

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Things feel a little weird out there right now.

Grocery prices are up, travel is shifting, and even if your pet business is technically doing just fine, there's still this undercurrent of uncertainty leaving many of us wondering: Am I set up for what's coming?

In this episode, I'm doing something different. We’re not talking branding or marketing.

We’re talking friend to friend about some of the things I’m doing and recommend to help creatively feel more grounded or confident in what you’ve got going on, no matter what the world is doing.

Here's what we dive into:

• Why you should stop using regular savings accounts and what to do instead
• Smart grocery shopping strategies to cut monthly expenses
• Using data to cut costs in your business and personal life
• How to create low-ticket offers that perform well during uncertain times
• How to set up retirement for self-employed pet business owners
• The Profit First method for managing business finances

"This isn't about cutting every expense but about getting creative, making empowered decisions, and setting yourself up to feel more secure."

While uncertain times can feel overwhelming, smart entrepreneurs use these moments to strengthen their financial foundation and build resilience.

Links mentioned:

• Wealthfront high-yield savings - Get an extra .50% for 3 months
• Azure Standard Co-op
• Sign Up for Carry Solo 401K & Get $100 off
• Track your marketing data (Episode 18)
• Free rate increase email template
• Michelle Klein's "Triple Your Pet Sitting Profit" episode
• Profit First book by Mike Michalowicz
• Read the episode blog for more deets on everything we cover in the episode
• Connect with Pet Marketing Unleashed on Instagram
• Visit the Pet Marketing Unleashed website

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Feeling overwhelmed by your pet business numbers? GIRL, same.

Most pet professionals get into this industry because they love animals, not because they dreamed of becoming data analysts.

But boy, let me tell you this: Tracking the right metrics WILL simplify your business and give you back precious time in your day, week, and month.

In this episode, we welcome Corinne Moore, pet business owner of Paws & Claws and business data strategist who’s learned personally and via helping others how much data can simplify, enhance, and streamline your pet business.

Here's what we cover on data:

• The three most crucial metrics every pet business should track immediately
• How data helped Corinne eliminate her most stressful, least profitable service
• Using client retention data to identify where you should focus your efforts
• The real cost of labor that most business owners get wrong
• How tracking employee satisfaction data can transform your team
• Simple ways to start tracking without fancy spreadsheets or complicated systems
• Why your booking software might already have the data you need

"You don't have to be a numbers person to look at your data. It's okay to be a little scared, but the insights can completely change your business."

Links mentioned:

• Check out Corinne's website
• Join Michelle Kline's Mastermind
• Learn how to track marketing effectiveness (Episode 18)
• Check the automation episode with Ines McNeil (Episode 19)
• Pet business software and tool recommendations
• Time to Pet - Get 50% off for 4 months!
• Join the DogCo Summit
• Read the episode blog for more
• Connect with Pet Marketing Unleashed on Instagram
• Visit the Pet Marketing Unleashed website

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While some pet pros are completely booked with vacation care, others are staring at empty calendars, wondering where all the inquiries went. If you're in that second group or just want more consistency this season, this episode is exactly what you need.

Instead of panic-posting on social media or desperately adding more services to your already full plate, I'm sharing 5 simple but strategic tweaks you can make to boost bookings without burning out. These aren't overwhelming overhauls but smart, behind-the-scenes updates that quietly do the heavy lifting for you.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• How to refresh your website's first impression to convert more visitors
• The strategic way to use social proof that actually sells
• Clear call-to-action strategies that guide clients to book
• How to identify which services deserve your marketing focus
• Smart ways to prep for fall's busy season during summer's quiet moments

"Slower seasons aren't wasted seasons but opportunities to position your business for the busy months ahead." While many pet business owners panic during quiet periods, the smartest entrepreneurs use this time strategically to refine what's working and set themselves up for success.

Links mentioned:

• Track your marketing effectiveness (Episode 18)
• Check out our SEO Course
• Check out our Blogging course
• Check out the PMU Website templates
• VIP Day services
• Read the episode blog for more
• Connect with Pet Marketing Unleashed on Instagram
• Visit the Pet Marketing Unleashed website

Send us a text