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The tarantula is a large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites.

As much fear as they instill in some, others welcome the chance to own and care for these often misunderstood creature.

In fact, most tarantulas are calm, docile and make good pets and according to National Geographic “these spiders are harmless to humans (except for a painful bite), and their mild venom is weaker than a typical bee’s.”

What do tarantulas have to do with pet sitters?

Well, after a recent Google search, I can’t help but wonder if we as pet sitters are equally as misunderstood to the outside small business world.
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This was the question posed recently on the APSE Facebook Fan page:

Hello fellow pet sitters! We are getting booked up with time restrictive dog clients and are wanting to add more cat clients or house sitting only clients to our business. Any advice on how to advertise to cat clients only or house sitting only clients would be much appreciated. Thanks, Big Sky Animal Nanny, LLC

Great question, and since I had so much to say in response, I decided to turn it into this blog post. Enjoy…

It’s no secret that I’m a big proponent of using your website to attract visitors, so I’m going to focus on just that and share with you a few steps that will greatly increase your chances of attracting those cat clients you are looking for (or any other specific clients).
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You know not to provide any ol’ request received via email with your social security number, bank account details, or your mother’s maiden name, right?

You also know that there is no such money transfer for several million dollars waiting for you in some overseas location.

However, some email scams are a bit more subtle.

Here is the email I received – click on it for full size.
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Did you know it’s now easier than ever to gain new pet sitting clients by using a new feature Youtube just released?

And this has nothing to do with creating video (although that’s certainly powerful) but rather it’s all about sharing video.

You’ll accomplish plenty by sharing relevant and appropriate video content that others produce in two distinct ways: Read The Full Article »