How’s your online reputation for your pet sitting or dog walking business these days? 
When you Google your pet sitting or dog walking business do you have good things come up…or not-so-good things show up?
I’ve recently had a few business owners ask me how to ‘hide’ not-so-good things that are being said about them online.
Though you (alas!) can’t delete negative comments online there are powerful steps you can take to reduce the possibility of a potential client seeing something that you you’d rather they didn’t. Here’s how…
1. Search for your name AND your pet sitting or dog walking business name on Google. (Make sure to click on the ‘images’ section that is in Google too to see what’s coming up.)
2. If you discover something negative or online content that you wish wasn’t there, create new online content. Creating more blog posts is the easiest and quickest way to do this. Be sure to occasionally include your name and your pet sitting or dog walking business name in the blog post title and often include it in the category and tag section of your blog posts. You can also create some positive reviews by putting a client testimonial in your blog post.
3. Get listed on LinkedIn if you are not already on there. Be sure to have a picture of yourself or your business logo in your profile.
4. Create a ‘Google alert’ for your name (obviously easier if your name is unusual) and your business name. Just google ‘Google alert’ to sign up for this free service.
5. Get listed on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Be sure to create a Facebook business page too. Social media sites come up high on the search engines so you want to be on as many as you can even if you are not often active on all of them.
Put these action items on your to do list this week so you can begin to clean up your online reputation! 
To your success,
