Re: [Felvtalk] animal care
Bob You don’t need to self-promote much at all. I would stay away from the folks at your shelter, etc., because as you said, there's lots of competition. But seriously, there's LOTS AND LOTS of people looking for someone to house sit - and it isn’t just people who have animals. People who have plants or just want their house to look lived in while they are on vacation, also hire house sitters or someone who checks on their house while they're away. I looked on Craigslist Hudson Valley for you. Have a look at people's ads. Most are pretty simplistic (and most reflect pretty poor English skills). I didn’t see any offering house or pet sitting services. You could post something there and see if anyone contacts you. Amani -Original Message- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of ROBERT CHAPEL Sent: January-21-17 2:44 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] animal care Amani... I've thought about this but, honestly, have no idea as to how to go about marketing those services... The plain animal care arena where I live is literally glutted with people doing this ( some of whom are putting big bucks into Logos and Literature and advertising ( One woman actually had her care painted to match her business card " Dog Sitty " . The people at the shelter are not going to help me out with it because ALL of them are in the business as well : ) Still ...I'm going to ask the Shelter Director if she herSELF has any ideas because she knows quite well the complications that I have with Yogi... ( Sadly... the little guy is not doing well for the past couple of days Hiding out... not coming up on the bed to snuggle... but... still eating and coming out of Hiding if I shake the temptations box... I'd fell a LOT better if he were interacting Self promotion was never one of my strong suits it's one of the main reasons that I am struggling financially in my " near golden" years : ) On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 05:38 PM, felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org wrote: > Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to > felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re Finding money for Vet Tx... (Amani Oakley) >2. Re: Curly's gradual improvement (Amani Oakley) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:24:26 + > From: Amani Oakley To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" Subject: > [Felvtalk] Re Finding money for Vet Tx... > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Robert > > Can I make a suggestion which is something I would dearly love to do > myself. Why not house sit for others going on holidays, who have > animals? You could only accept jobs in the near vicinity, so you could > pop back home and check on your babies as needed. You could also > charge different amounts for just dropping in to check on an animal, > getting the mail, taking in the newspaper, and watering the plants, > versus staying at the house. I know that when I go away, the first and > most important thing I have to arrange is care for my animals. We are > lucky to have a cousin who is perpetually out of work (though quite > young) so he is always available and good with our animals, and we pay > him well. > > Nowadays, with the internet as well, it is easier than ever to market > your services. No more do you have to pin an ad on a supermarket > community board, but you can do that too, along with a distribution of > flyers in neighbourhoods near you. > There is good money in doing this, and what happens is that when one > person uses your services, he/she tells family and friends about you > when they're going away. You also can accept and reject jobs - you > aren?t stuck with a particular commitment - so there's far more > flexibility. > > You're obviously wonderful with animals, so you would be perfect for > something like this. (It is my dream job - I could live vicariously > through you.) > > Amani > > -Original Message- > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf > Of ROBERT CHAPEL > Sent: January-20-17 4:15 AM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Cc: felvtalk@feline
Re: [Felvtalk] animal care
Amani... I've thought about this but, honestly, have no idea as to how to go about marketing those services... The plain animal care arena where I live is literally glutted with people doing this ( some of whom are putting big bucks into Logos and Literature and advertising ( One woman actually had her care painted to match her business card " Dog Sitty " . The people at the shelter are not going to help me out with it because ALL of them are in the business as well : ) Still ...I'm going to ask the Shelter Director if she herSELF has any ideas because she knows quite well the complications that I have with Yogi... ( Sadly... the little guy is not doing well for the past couple of days Hiding out... not coming up on the bed to snuggle... but... still eating and coming out of Hiding if I shake the temptations box... I'd fell a LOT better if he were interacting Self promotion was never one of my strong suits it's one of the main reasons that I am struggling financially in my " near golden" years : ) On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 05:38 PM, felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org wrote: Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to felvtalk@felineleukemia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org You can reach the person managing the list at felvtalk-ow...@felineleukemia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re Finding money for Vet Tx... (Amani Oakley) 2. Re: Curly's gradual improvement (Amani Oakley) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:24:26 + From: Amani Oakley To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" Subject: [Felvtalk] Re Finding money for Vet Tx... Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Robert Can I make a suggestion which is something I would dearly love to do myself. Why not house sit for others going on holidays, who have animals? You could only accept jobs in the near vicinity, so you could pop back home and check on your babies as needed. You could also charge different amounts for just dropping in to check on an animal, getting the mail, taking in the newspaper, and watering the plants, versus staying at the house. I know that when I go away, the first and most important thing I have to arrange is care for my animals. We are lucky to have a cousin who is perpetually out of work (though quite young) so he is always available and good with our animals, and we pay him well. Nowadays, with the internet as well, it is easier than ever to market your services. No more do you have to pin an ad on a supermarket community board, but you can do that too, along with a distribution of flyers in neighbourhoods near you. There is good money in doing this, and what happens is that when one person uses your services, he/she tells family and friends about you when they're going away. You also can accept and reject jobs - you aren?t stuck with a particular commitment - so there's far more flexibility. You're obviously wonderful with animals, so you would be perfect for something like this. (It is my dream job - I could live vicariously through you.) Amani -Original Message- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of ROBERT CHAPEL Sent: January-20-17 4:15 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Cc: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Finding money for Vet Tx... Hello All: I have a recollection of someone( or someone(s) in our forum mentioning trying a " Go fund me " campaign for their cat(s)? Was it at all successful? I am going to need to find some money if I am going to keep my guys going as I really can't return to any kind of reasonable paying work as long as meds need to be give a few times a day ( I can get paid 3x more for a day of work if I go back to where I used to work which is 55 miles away but it makes me nervous being that far away if something happens that I can't get back)... I have no real prospects for anything near my home but am beginning to look? The commited folks on this forum are spending FAR more on their Kitties than I could dream of affording and it hurts me that what _ I _ thought would be adequate care falls so short of what others are doing..? -- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:38:19 + From: Amani Oakley To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Curly's gradual improvement Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Ardy. I just discovered this information on line. I had no idea it was the same stuff and you don?t need a prescription for it.
