Welcome to the Pet Business Opportunity blog. Check here for frequent discussions related to our podcasts and to comment on interviews and articles from throughout our website. Please be sure to visit our website which is jam-packed with resources for the “petrepreneur”.

www.pet-business-opportunity.com (or www.petbizop.net – same site!) is published by Samson Media, llc. Samson Media specializes in designing Internet marketing systems for small and medium-sized businesses. Find additional information and free web publishing resources HERE. You can also visit our companion blog, PLAYING IN TRAFFIC, that discusses tips and shortcuts aimed at search engine optimization and online marketing techniques.

But before any of these websites and businesses were formed, I was the owner of an online pet store named Lucy The Wonder Dog, which I sold in 2005 but is still around today!  LTWD started as a hobby in 1995 and eventually grew into a Yahoo! Shopping store that sold over 500 pet products!  At the time when we sold the business, the site had over 13,000 opt-in email subscribers.

Now, as the owner of SamsonMedia.net we help all types of businesses but we’ll always have a soft spot in our hearts for the pet industry and this site is one of the ways we use to stay involved.  As a presenter each year at Super Zoo in Las Vegas as well as a presenter at the BlogPaws Pet Conference, I’ve been able to combine my love of the pet industry and my skills in the Internet marketing world to bring a unique perspective in working with pet professionals.

- Gene R. Sower, Publisher