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Employed or self-employed doesn't
matter to being professional.
Responsibilities are greater for the
business owner, but both are
professionals. There are thousands
of grooming businesses that are not
striving to operate to the highest
standards of operation for many
reasons. Some of them don't have the
training and operating a business is
a struggle, so how can they look
forward? Some groomers get so much
training and figure, "That's enough.
I am getting my pay and that is
fine."
Our
goal is that PetGroomer.com inspires
today's and tomorrow's leaders. Pet
groomers are great people no doubt,
but we cannot more respect and
professional recognition if we don't
have common standards of operation
that impress the consumer public.
How can we expect pet owners to pay
more, although it's already well
deserved, when there are still
thousands that haven't reached
higher to learn more, and be more.
A successful looking
business attracts more attention, and a great location with customer
conveniences can make a great difference. Your road
sign should be clean, easily seen and read from a major roadway if
possible. Invest in quality equipment. Of course, the business has to
live up to its appearance, and as someone caring for a valuable
collection of beloved pets every day, your standards of operation as
eminently important. Hygiene, safety, cleanliness, courtesy,
convenience, written and complete records, your business' brochure, your
employee handbook, job descriptions and many more elements of small
business are key to your success. You can do it. That is what
PetGroomer.com is all about.
There are successful pet grooming businesses of
only one or two persons as well as those with twenty or more employees.
They are all a "success" because they have written and adopted
the highest
standards of operation for both pets and pet owners. In an industry that
is not required to be vocationally certified or licensed, it's all up to
you. You set the standards, and you supervise their operation. Everyone
grooming business starts as a small seed and grows, but
not everyone starts with the a commitment to create and implement the highest standards of
operation that are a rich soil which grows healthy, blooming businesses.
If we hadn't done so, there would be no PetGroomer.com.
If you want to follow a
proven grooming management system to establish an impeccable operation
see Grooming Business
in a Box®.
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