Jay Pattiz has been in the pet sitting business for over two decades, owning Missouri-based Pampered Pet Sitting along with his wife Jill. He has switched his focus to taking care of cats only, starting another company called Cats at Home Pet Sitting, where he has his wife along with several other team members serving much of West Central Missouri.
Topics covered:
- Jay’s start in the pet sitting industry
- Changes in the industry since his start
- Old-school marketing tactics that still work in today’s environment
- The transition to a cats only business model and how it complements Jay’s existing business
- The differences between the traditional pet sitting customer and someone that searching for a cats only pet sitter
- Whether cats are truly self-sufficient and can be left alone for extended periods of time
- Jay’s unique business model to grow his service area
- Finding the right person to work a service area and represent the brand
- SEO tricks with a larger service area
- Jay’s advice for people looking to start a feline focused pet business
Links:
- Pampered Pet Sitting
- Contact Jay via email
Would have loved to listen to this, but the audio is so bad you can’t hear the other side of the interview!
Wendy, thanks for the comment. I had debated whether to put this episode out for that reason but the audio did get better and there was some valuable information. Fortunately that is the only episode where the audio is bad on the guest’s end.