321: Meeting Pet Parent Needs with Eleanor Oates

What are you willing to do to make your business run exactly how you want? Eleanor Oates, owner of Sitter4Pets, went as far as developing her own software to run her business. Eleanor shares how her corporate background helped her get off the ground in pet care and the importance of time management. After a car accident left her out of work for 7 years, she decided to do something new. She shares how she moved through those dark times and shares have she uses videos to connect with clients.

Main topics

• Moving through dark times

• Time management

• Getting the right clients

• Using videos

• Developing her own software

Main takeaway: Time management is more than just setting your calendar. It's about creating mental space and separating from what drains us.

About our guest:

• 47 years old - Stubborn, driven Yorkshire lass from England !

• Worked in corporate for most of my adult life.

• Live in Yorkshire with my partner, his 2 boys and dog called Bramble.

• Had a terrible Road Traffic Accident in 2002 that changed my life.

• After 7 years of constant pain and being off work, I decided to change my future and become a pet and house sitter.

• I am passionate about my pet and house sitting business that I have created from scratch.

• I am now looking forward to my next big adventure!

I have been pet sitting since 2007. I haven't always been involved in this type of work though, I come from a corporate background.

I used to work in The Law Courts followed by an Insolvency Practitioner's firm in Barnsley. That was until I suffered from a road traffic accident that completely changed my life. I was off on long term sick for 7 years due to back and hip issues and during my recuperation of my last operation, my cousin asked me to look after her home and pets. That was the beginning of pet sitting for me.

After spending the first 5 years building a strong foundation in my business, I decided to resign from my corporate career and house sit on a full time basis.

I soaked up as much knowledge as I could on topics such as Pet First Aid, Dog Behaviour, Dog Psychology, Dog Grooming, Cat Behaviour, Senior Pet Care and Pet Nutrition. I attended many courses in person and online and still love learning as much as I can in this pet related industry.

Since 2012 I have been pet and house sitting full time, all year round, moving from one house to the next and 2022 represents the 10th year anniversary of my business.

Links:

The Power of Habit: https://amzn.to/3LLVu4M

Email: oates_eleanor@hotmail.co.uk

Sitter4Pets: https://sitter4pets.co.uk/why/

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