Behind the Pages-PETS‪+‬ PETS+ Podcasts

Host Keith Miller talks to Giselle Ugarte of Bridge Media about how to use LinkedIn to promote your pet business.

The 2020 presidential election has divided this country. Is it a good idea, then, to carry poop bags featuring the faces of candidate and President Donald Trump and candidate and former Vice-President Joe Biden? MetroPaws founders Jonathan and Megan Bolton think so!

"The idea is to encourage people to vote, to get people involved, to get people to get engaged," Jonathan Bolton tells host Keith Miller in this episode of "Behind the Pages."

Bolton and Miller offer stores advice on how to carry the Smear Campaign's Democrap and Repooplican Poolitical bags without offending voters for either candidate. Bolton also shares how these bags came about and whether their sales are a predictor of who will win.

Fans of "Dumb and Dumber" will especially appreciate this episode of Behind the Pages, in which host Keith Miller talks to Andy Wiltz of Woof's Play & Stay in Kansas and Missouri. Wiltz has recreated the Mutt Cutts van from the film and now uses it to promote his grooming, day care and boarding facilities.

Keith Miller talks to Pattie Zeller of Animal Connection in Charlottesville, VA about the decision to move and expand during the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares that competing with Amazon and Chewy has never been more important, and that she plans to offer products and services that will help her do exactly that. Zeller also offers advice to those opening a pet business for the first time right now, when one of the major trade shows of the year has been canceled.

Host Keith Miller talks to David Pearsall of Business Insurers of the Carolinas. He joined the family business in 1995, which at the time insured about 300 pet sitters nationwide. Pearsall helped grow that segment of the agency to more than 8,000 to 9,000 pet businesses insured each year. He stresses the importance of using an insurer that specializes in pet businesses, so that you have as much coverage as possible for the many challenges facing you this year and beyond. He also talks about whether there will be pandemic insurance in the future and answers questions from the PETS+ Facebook Community.