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Super Hero Sitters: Gus Elfving
Posted March 7, 2011 By Joshua in APSE News and Events, Pet Owners, Pet Sitters With | 1 Comment

This episode is part 1 of 6 in the Super Hero Sitters series in celebration of Professional Pet Sitters Week.

Meet Gus Elfving.

Gus is the Principal and Pack Leader of Pet Peeps located in Washington, DC.

From the moment you hear Gus speak about his journey into the pet sitting industry, it becomes quite clear that he is passionate, genuine and quite determined to provide his clients with unparalleled service.

It’s no surprised that Pet Peeps was named by readers of Washingtonian Magazine as one of the best pet sitting and dog walking companies in town.

In this episode of Super Hero Sitters, Gus recounts the story of one snowy winter afternoon that he’ll never forget.

Hear Gus’s Story
Super Hero Sitters: The 6-Part Series for Professional Pet Sitters Week
Posted March 6, 2011 By Joshua in APSE News and Events, Pet Owners, Pet Sitters With | No Comments

In honor of Professional Pet Sitters Week (March 6 – 12, 2011) we are spotlighting the professional pet sitter in a way not often seen.

Just like the fire fighter who is expected to run into a burning building to save lives without a second thought…

Or the emergency room doctor who drops everything when the unexpected calls and has but one goal in mind….

The professional pet sitter, too, is a special hero.

Super Hero Sitters: Real Pet Sitting Stories About Life, Liberty and The Pursuit Of… Happy Pets

Each day throughout Professional Pet Sitters Week, you will meet a different pet sitter and hear their personal heroic story.

Of course, no pet sitter considers any of this heroic, but rather all part of the job and all carried out without a second thought.

Now that deserves some recognition and some gratitude.

Meet The Pet Sitters
APSE 2.0
Posted February 20, 2011 By Joshua in APSE News and Events With | No Comments

After less than a year since we launched APSE, it continues to become clear what you want from a pet sitting association.

This redesign is not so much of a redesign as it is a restructure of our content that we have for you.

We have now put our focus on providing pet sitters (both members and non-members) freely available content.

Content in the form of articles, tutorials, recorded expert interviews, video training and community.

Please take a few moments to look around our site. You’ll notice some solid changes.

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Happy Holidays to All Pet Sitters and Pet Owners from APSE [video]
Posted December 23, 2010 By Joshua in APSE News and Events, Pet Owners, Pet Sitters With | 2 Comments

This video is just for you…!

Association of Pet Sitting Excellence wishes you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday season and joyous New Year!

We look forward to continuing to work closely with pet sitters in 2011 to help your business grow.

Thanks for being a part of our community – we couldn’t do what we do without you!

~Joshua Cary and Danielle Chonody,
Co-Founders, APSE

One Last Thing…

P.S. – We have plenty in store for 2011, but please tell us:

What one specific thing do you want to accomplish, achieve or focus on in 2011?

Leave your comment below.
Thank You Pet Sitters for Your Support [video]
Posted September 25, 2010 By Joshua in APSE News and Events, Pet Sitters With | No Comments

Hello Pet Sitters!

Since announcing our decision to ask Paul Mann to withdraw from presenting at our upcoming virtual conference, we’ve received a ton of encouraging support from the pet sitting community.

We truly hope to continue to work together with both members and non-members and to remain a positive influence on the industry.

APSE is still in its early stages and we look forward to the years ahead.

This video is our official note of thanks on the matter, along with a small gesture of good will.

Read More …
Find Local Pet Sitting Clients with Laura Roeder [Webinar]
Posted August 27, 2010 By Joshua in APSE News and Events, Pet Sitters, SEO and Marketing With | No Comments

Here is the replay of the webinar titled: How to Find LOCAL Clients through Social Media without Spending Your Life on Twitter!

It was created exclusively for the Association of Pet Sitting Excellence and is presented by social media rockstar Laura Roeder.

See What Laura Has To Say!
APSE Open House Celebration This Weekend
Posted June 17, 2010 By in APSE News and Events With | No Comments

This weekend is Father’s Day and the start of Summer begins on Monday.

So we thought what better way to celebrate than to open up the APSE windows, sit on our virtual porch, and let the neighbors hang out with us for the weekend.

We are offering the first 50 pet sitters to sign up complimentary access to our Pet Sitter Website School and the Members Forums.

Our goal is to give a select few an inside glimpse into what we are doing and see if it’s right for them.

If you’ve been on the fence and haven’t joined us yet this is the perfect chance to grab a preview of all the great resources we give our members and join us on the forums to ask your questions.

Here’s the quick details: The first 50 pet sitters to sign up here: https://www.petsittingexcellence.com/web-school/ will be on the list to experience our stuff beginning this Friday, June 18 through Sunday, June 20.

So, you must sign up now to reserve your spot.

In either case, tell your friends, post on Facebook, announce on message groups, whatever…!
The APSE Pet Sitter Website School
Posted June 2, 2010 By in APSE News and Events With | No Comments

Welcome to our newest feature at the Association of Pet Sitting Excellence – Joshua’s Pet Sitter Website School. The school is a 12-part video tutorial that walks you through 12 distinct elements of the Alitia’s Animals website – the site to which Joshua and his wife Alitia give credit for the success of their pet sitting business.

In each video Joshua explains the importance of each website element and shows you where to find the resources to add these elements to your own site.

Take a look at the school details now and listen to Joshua’s Welcome Message and a preview sample of Lesson #5: Header Images. You’ll get a taste of what you’ll find inside the school grounds!

Lesson 5: Header Images

View the preview here: https://www.petsittingexcellence.com/web-school/

We also have 2 free bonus reports waiting for your right now inside the website school. The first is the popular PetSittingOlogy Google Guide titled “The Official Pet Sitter’s Guide To Making Google Happy” and your second free report is “Simple SEO Strategies – Staking Your Claim on Google.”

Both compliment the School quite well and are filled with specific actions you can take today to improve your website rankings. The 2 reports are yours to keep forever.

Last week we released the school to our members and you can see that it was a big hit!

“A very HUGE :) Josh. I thoroughly enjoyed your Pet Sitting Website School! Absolutely fabulous and many members will pick up some very good tips and learn about what makes a good functional website to entice potential clients!. Wonderful Job! … Josh’s presentation skills are superb!” — Laura Taylor, Parrot ‘n’ Pet Sitting Services

“This is awesome… Also helped me find some stuff that I had been looking for but not finding on my own… like the icon finder and ‘add this’… THANKS” — Dedi Wood, Shadow & Marty’s Pet Care

See what all the fuss is about now by checking out all the details right here:

https://www.petsittingexcellence.com/web-school/

Of course if you have any questions – just email us at info@petsittingexcellence.com. We are always here to help and just an email or phone call away!
How On Earth Do You Build A Pet Sitting Biz From Scratch to Six Figures in 12 mths?
Posted April 19, 2010 By in APSE News and Events With | No Comments

Is it really possible to start from scratch and build a six figure pet sitting business in only 12 mths? It is possible and it has been done!

Learn how on our bonus member only tele-seminar on April 27th – 7pm Central time. I’ll be interviewing Josh and Alitia – the owners of Alitia’s Animals NY to find out their secrets of rapid growth and to learn how they now manage their business remotely from Texas.

Some of the questions I’ll be asking during the call are:

How they attracted and retained so many clients so quickly
How they found and hired over 30 reliable staff members
How they now manage their NY pet sitting business from Texas

What else do you want to know? Help me out – send me the questions that you want Josh and Alitia to answer so that I can ask them on the call and get you answers. Come over to our fan page today and leave your questions – http://www.facebook.com/petsittingexcellence

If you haven’t joined us yet at the APSE – don’t miss out on our special pricing and the chance to be recognized as one of our charter members. Learn about all the APSE member benefits https://www.petsittingexcellence.com/join.php

Sign up before April 27th to get the details for the call (the call will also be recorded and be available for all APSE members to download after the call).

Join us today and learn the secrets to rapid growth!
Welcome to the APSE Pre-Launch!
Posted April 10, 2010 By in APSE News and Events With | 3 Comments

Are you ready to welcome a new generation of pet sitting association?  Here at the Association of Pet Sitting Excellence (APSE) we are getting ready to open the doors and start welcoming new members this Thursday April 15th.

Today we are unveiling our public website pages so that you can start learning more about our vision and mission, and explore all of the great member benefits you will find in our members area on Thursday.  Simply go to visit our main site – https://www.petsittingexcellence.com and you’ll notice all the new pages through the menus in the black header bar. Take a scroll through and discover the heart of your new pet sitting resource.

When you arrive at our membership benefits and pricing page you’ll notice that we are celebrating our launch by giving you a special discount when you join before April 30th.  If you join in these first two weeks you will save $40 on your annual APSE membership and be part of a very special group – our APSE Charter Members. As one of these action takers you will be recognized with a unique badge to place on your website and a special “Charter Member” banner will be displayed on your pet sitter locator profile. You will forever be seen as our founding members.

We will be asking our Charter Members who are with us during our first two weeks of life to give us feedback about what they experience when they step inside our members areas. We’ll be listening in our Members Lounge to hear what you like, and what you would like to see added or changed and we’ll be taking action to improve the APSE in response to your feedback.  Our Charter Members will literally have the chance to shape the future of their APSE. We hope you join us as a Charter Member and have your say!

If you have any questions while you explore our new pages and pricing please let us know by leaving a comment right here on our blog. We’ll get back to you quickly with the answers you need! If you want to send us a question privately you can use our contact page to email us your questions too.

We look forward to sharing more about the APSE in the coming days!
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