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The Blaster ™ …A better way to clean cartridge filters!

The BLASTER™ is completely automatic! Just put your filter on, turn the water on, and it does the rest. It takes just a few minutes to clean most filters. A cleaner filter cartridge in less time and better water quality too!!! Available in 3 sizes to accommodate most filter cartridges. The Blaster 1000 holds cartridges up to 20″, the Blaster 2000 holds cartridges up to 27″ and the Blaster 3000 holds cartridges up to 34″. Specifications:FILTER CLEANING RPM: 0.8 (10″ …

Introduction – Marketing Scents

The beginning stages of market analysis for your new business of Canine Water Therapy…. Congratulations! I salute you in your endeavors to combine a heartfelt avocation within the seemingly diametrically opposed worlds of healing, compassion, and bottomless love with the world of business, and even worse, sales. “Sales” does not have to be the dreaded task we so often imagine it to be. Matter of fact, your best sales efforts are actually conducted when you are doing what you love …

Post Card Business Card Works Wonders – The Power of the Testimonial

Word of mouth advertising is the best form of promotion you can have for your business. Using the words from your happy customers, in the form of testimonials in your promotional materials allow you the opportunity to share these individual experiences of your specific service with potential clients. Keep a running list of comments and feedback your clients have provided to you. This could be something as simple as a complement they made to you after a treatment, a note …

Maintaining A Visual Promotional Tool

We are quite the visually oriented species. We make many critical decisions during the day based upon visual input. Sometimes the visual stimulus is dramatic, such as a frown on a child’s face. Sometimes it can be subtle as in sensing the expressions of a stranger’s glance. It should be no surprise that we make our purchasing decisions based upon what we see and how we feel about what we see. A useful tool to aid in the promotion of …

Your Own Web Site for Under $3 A Month

In a recent poll, 90% of the business web sites were created specifically so their customers and prospects could find their current contact information. At first it would seem that is a considerable amount of effort for “just” a phone number or a mailing address. But then when you consider the time and money to establish a new address or phone number through the “established” channels of communication (phone book, newspaper, etc.) it makes sense; particularly when it is your …

Publicity for Fun and Profit

There are many methods of promotion within the media mix that allow you to introduce your unique service to the public. A quite successful tool, when used effectively, is the “press release.” A successful press release announces your canine services to the general population, the local veterinarians, canine association members, and other “target” markets for your services. The goal of your announcement is seeing an article about your services followed by watching an increase in the number of clients on …

Dog Hair: Some Floats, Some Sinks

A Day In The Life Of A Pool Owner/Cleaner!By Melissa Barran of SplashDog Spa in Edmonds, WACourtesy ACWT I never in a million years thought I would become an expert on dog hair and fur. And not just any expert – oh no. I’ve become an expert on which dog hair floats and which dog hair sinks. And you think you have an exciting life. Picture this. It’s SplashDog’s grand opening and I’m ready to open the doors. The facility, the …

Raising The Odds

Every year in February for the last 14 years K9 Carts has exhibited at the Western Veterinary Conference held in Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the world. I am not a gambler but I usually throw away $10 each year playing the slots. Do I have a system for losing money? No, it depends on what Casino I am in at the time. However if I knew of a Casino or bank of slot machines that guaranteed that there …

Mobility and K9 Happiness

Mobility is a major factor in a pet’s happiness and keeping them healthy. The ability to walk and run around freely, being able to do what they want to do when they want to contributes immensely to K9 happiness. I have helped over 35,000 pets over the years and I wish I had kept records of how many animals recovered after using one of our carts. Last week, a mini 3 year old dapple Dachshund named Daisy came to be …

K9 Carts: Our Company Story

Let me tell you a story! Let me tell you a great story about what we do, why we do what we do, why we excel at what we do and why we walk around with smiles on our faces and why every single day for the last 30 years we have been bringing joy and happiness to pets and their owners all over the world. It all started with a Veterinary Orthopedic Specialist named Dr. Lincoln Parkes. Back in the …