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2011 Shows on GroomTALK Radio - Fall 2011

Newest Recordings at Top of List

"Go Mobile and Succeed - Updates"
Guest
Ellen Ehrlich, Author/Speaker
Website: Click Here

"Let's Talk Sharpening with Jeff"
Guest
Jeff Andrews of Northern Tails Sharpening
Website: Click Here

"Continuing Education"
Guest
Mary Oquendo, CMPTI, CCS
Website: Click Here

"Wet Dog Millionaire, Sue Kopitz, Author/Groomer"
Guest
Sue Kopitz, Author of the Book, Wet Dog Millionare
Website: Click Here

"Productive Grooming Using Golden Paws Methods"
Guest
Mitzi Hicks, Golden Paws Schools, Consultation and Distance Learning Program
Website: Click Here

"Encompassing Grooming"
Guest
Christein Sertzel, Wisconsin Assn. of Prof. Pet Stylists, Element Shears and Canine Spa Therapies
Website: Click Here

Pet Grooming Software Advantages for Groomers (Plus Advances with Mobile Devices)
Guest
Kevin Kukay, 123Pet Software (DaySmart Software)
Website: Click Here

Conversation with Christina Pawlosky, CMG
Guest
Christina Pawlosky, CMG
Website: Click Here

Cat Grooming - National Cat Groomers Institute of America
Guest
Danelle German, CFMG, CFCG
Website: Click Here

Grooming Career Opportunities with PETCO
Guest
Linda Healy, PETCO, Pet Services Staffing and Training Manager
Website: Click Here

Ask A Pro Telephone Conference Calls - Archive of Past Recorded Calls

Select a Previously Recorded Conference Call Below

*Most Recent Conference Call*
Ask A Pro Guest Speaker - January 20, 2011 Danelle German, C.F.M.G., C.F.C.G. Special Call Focus on Marketing a Cat Grooming Business Multiple Award-Winning Cat Groomer, Cat Grooming School & Certifier Website: Click Here
By Guest, By Date of Show
Ask A Pro Guest Speaker - November 22, 2010 Lisa Leady Award Winning Groomer Website: Click Here
Ask A Pro Guest Speaker - October 25, 2010 Daryl Conner Award Winning Grooming Journalist Website: Click Here
Ask A Pro Guest Speaker - October 11, 2010 Dina Perry, Wag'n Tails Mobile Conversions Awarded Groomer of the Century Website: Click Here
Ask A Pro Guest Speaker - September 27, 2010 Dawn Omboy Award-Winning Creative Groomer & Publisher of Creative DVDs & More Website: Click Here
Ask A Pro Guest Speakers - August 23, 2010 Jay Scruggs & Sue Zecco Multiple Award-Winning Groomers Website: Click Here
Ask A Pro Guest Speaker - August 9, 2010 Danelle German, C.F.M.G., C.F.C.G. Multiple Award-Winning Cat Groomer, Cat Grooming School & Certifier Website: Click Here
Ask A Pro Guest Speaker - July 26, 2010 Melissa Verplank, C.M.S. Multiple Award-Winning Certified Master Stylist Website: Click Here
Ask A Pro Guest Speaker - July 12, 2010 Jodi Murphy, C.M.S. Multiple Award-Winning Certified Master Stylist Website: Click Here

Listen to GroomerTALK Radio For your convenience, shows are pre-recorded. Then we archive shows below. Listen anytime "on demand."

Technical Info: You do not need a special player to listen. We provide a temporary player each time you play a show. Your connection speed matters. High bandwidth (fast) connections are suggested, but not required. Dial-up users please be patient while the player and your show loads! Your Internet Explorer, Firefox or other browser MUST be JAVA-ENABLED. If your security blocks JAVA you must unblock it to listen. To listen to a show review the guest information and links below. Click the PLAY link for the show of your interest. Next, the player will load. Be patient. You control playback using buttons on the player such as volume, stop, pause, mute etc. Make sure your computer speakers are on. If the player doesn't load you may be using an older version browser or it is NOT Java enabled. When you close the player it may ask if you want to navigate away from the page, the answer is "OK".

Listening problems? If a show plays, but stops at random before finishing, the most likely cause is an interruption in your Internet connection. If you don't have high bandwidth and use your computer for email or surfing web pages while SIMULTANEOUSLY listening to a show you may get interruptions in the show playback. You are stretching your bandwidth resources. For best results, dial-up users should avoid over tasking their Internet connection during show playback.

Would you like to be a guest on GroomerTALK Radio? Are you a member of the pet industry with information to share to groomers? See guest information near the bottom of this page. Thank you.

Fireside Chats with Stephen

Stephen is the son of Madeline Ogle, author of From Problems to Profits - The Madson Management System which has sold over 25,000 copies worldwide. In 1990 he became a full-time grooming business management consultant fielding thousands of telephone consultations and writing more than 500 profession business plans for clients in 3 countries including 44 US states. Currently Stephen is finishing the Grooming Business in a Box® series of workbooks with CDs. Stephen also consults with career seekers to jump start their careers into paths more appropriate for their short-term and long-term goals. He has led more than 350 public and private "business side" seminars but only rarely makes trade show appearances as yet. In 1997 he created PetGroomer.com and today continues to expand it.

Fireside Chat #1:
"Appointment Frequency - The Key to Early and Lasting Profitability in Pet Grooming"

Fireside Chat #2
"The Biggest Financial Mistake Commonly Made by Grooming Business Employers"

Fireside Chat #3
"Inside Knowledge for Buying & Selling Pet Grooming Businesses"

Fireside Chat #4
"Client Relations That Bonds Loyal Clients"

Fireside Chat #5
"Grooming in the Zone - The Mental Art of Grooming"

Fireside Chat #6
"Tell Me the Truth - Can I Make a Living in Pet Grooming"

Fireside Chat #7
"Career Paths in Pet Grooming and Finding Your Way in the Educational Maze"

GroomerTALK℠ Radio Archive

Archive of Shows 2009 - 2010 Sorted Alphabetically by Guest's Last Name

Click the PLAY button to listen to the show of your choice.

Guest
Lorrie Bracaloni
Author, Pet Grooming in the Home
Website: Click Here

Guest
Daryl Conner
Multiple Award-Winning Grooming Writer including Cardinal Crystal Achievement
Master Pet Stylist Meritus, Certified Petcare Dermatech Specialist
Website: Click Here
GroomWise Blog: GroomWise℠ Blog

Guest
Ellen Ehrlich
Author, Go Mobile and Succeed
Website: Click Here
GroomWise Blog: GroomWise℠ Blog

Guest
Mitzi Hicks,
Show #3: "New Developments in Distance Learning Programs"
Owner, Golden Paws
Consultant, Opening Grooming Schools & Businesses
Website: Click Here

Guest
Lisa Leady
Multiple Award-Winning Author
Website: Click Here

Guest
Mary Oquendo, PTI, CCS
Pet First Aid and Care
Website: Click Here
GroomWise Blog: GroomWise℠ Blog

Guest
Kathy Sanders, NCMG
Consultant, School Owner, Home Study
Website: Click Here

Guest
Melissa Verplank, CMG
Multiple Award-Winning Pet Stylist, Owner, Paragon School of Pet Grooming
Author, Notes From the Grooming Table, DVD Publisher, Distance Learning Program
Website: Click Here (products)
Website: Click Here (school, distance learning)
Website: Click Here (streaming grooming videos)
GroomWise Blog: GroomWise℠ Blog
(Show #4, more links below)

Guest
Melissa Verplank, CMG - "Grow Your Own Groomers"
Multiple Award-Winning Pet Stylist Owner, Paragon School of Pet Grooming
Author, Notes From the Grooming Table
DVD Publisher, Paragon Pet Grooming School Distance Learning Program
Website: Click Here (products)
Website: Click Here (school, distance learning)
Website: Click Here (streaming grooming videos)
GroomWise Blog: GroomWise℠ Blog
(Show #5, more shows in the 2005-2008 archive below)

Guests
Sue Zecco & Jay Scruggs
Multiple Award-Winning Pet Stylists, DVD Publishers, Canine Grooming Secrets
Website: Click Here

Archived of Shows 2005-2008 Sorted Alphabetically by Guest's Last Name

Click the PLAY button to listen to the show of your choice.

Guest
Jeff Andrews
Sharpener, Owner, Northern Tails Sharpening
Website: Click Here

Guest
Angela Clark
"PETCO Career Opportunities"
Website: Click Here

Guest
Mark Gorrie
Owner, Blue Crystal Software
"Computerizing Grooming Businesses," Kennel Connection Software for Groomers
Website: Click Here

Guest
Mitzi Hicks
Owner, Golden Paws, Consultant for Opening Grooming Schools & Businesses
Website: Click Here

Show #1: "Opening a Grooming School"

Show #2: "Benefits of Add-on Services and Products"

Guest
Candy Jackson
"Animal Nutrition - Food Allergies," Owner, The Shampoo Lady Grooming Supplies
Website: Click Here

Guest
Chris Jackson
"Computerizing Your Grooming Business," Owner, 123Pet Software, CMJ Designs
Website: Click Here

Guest
Teri Payne Jones & Justin Jones
"Espree Animal Products," Owners, Espree Animal Products
Website: Click Here

Guest
Barb McCue
"Benefits of Clipper Vacuum Grooming"

Guest
Jodi Murphy, C.M.S.
Owner, Jodi Murphy.net
Multiple Award-Winning Certified Master Stylist
Website: Click Here

Show #1: "From Grooming Career Seeker to World Champion Groomer, and Publisher of Grooming DVDs"

Show #2: "Achieving Success in Mobile Grooming"

Guest
John & Vivian Nash et al
"Advances in Professional Online Grooming Education & Externships"
Owners, Nash Academy
Website: Click Here

Guest
Madeline B. Ogle
"The Business Side of Pet Grooming"
Author, From Problems to Profits: The Madson Management System
President, Find A Groomer Inc., owner-operator of PetGroomer.com
Website: Click Here

Guest
Dina Perry
"The Mobile Grooming Industry," Owner, Wag'n Tails Mobile Conversions
Website: Click Here

Guest
Chuck Simons
"Origin and Uses of the Groomers Helper," Owner, Groomers Helper
Website: Click Here
GroomWise Blog: GroomWise℠ Blog

Guest
Melissa Sirianni
"Think Safety, Not Government - Intro to OSHA for Groomers," ISCC
Website: Click Here

Guest
Laurence Smith
"PetLinx Software for Groomers," Owner, Software Revolutions
Website: Click Here

Guest
John Stazko
"Today's Grooming Industry," Owner, Stazko Associates
Website: Click Here

Guest
Melissa Verplank, CMG
Multiple Award-Winning Pet Stylist
Owner, Paragon School of Pet Grooming
Author, Notes From the Grooming Table
DVD Publisher, Distance Learning Program
Website: Click Here (products)
Website: Click Here (school, distance learning)
Website: Click Here (streaming grooming videos)
GroomWise Blog: GroomWise℠ Blog

Show #3: "New Book: Theory of 5"

Show #2: "High Velocity Dryer Techniques & Tips"

Show #1: "Notes From the Grooming Table & Paragon School of Pet Grooming"

How to Become a Guest on GroomerTALK Radio

Since its inception in 1997 PetGroomer.com has increasingly become one of the primary communication channels in the grooming industry. Each week thousands of groomers passively review GroomerTALK (message board and chat) at PetGroomer.com, and a few hundred actively partake in communication features posting and replying to messages, or chatting. We have broken new ground with GroomerTALK Radio, the industry’s first talk show for groomers.

Our format is “on demand.” That means we privately record the talk shows by telephone interview; they are not live. Listeners can choose any prerecorded program from the archive and listen 24/7/365. It’s entirely free, and doesn’t require complicated programming. We even provide a free radio player. Our plan is to store most interviews for years to come creating one of the most unique libraries in the grooming world.

At present our focus is to give priority interview scheduling to our sponsors of PetGroomer.com, and then others. Many notable names in the grooming industry have already come forward and we expect our archive to become a “Who’s Who” for grooming, And isn’t that great that more groomers will be listening, sharing and becoming more enlightened?

We have already started advertising GroomerTALK year round in leading publications and direct mail, and already PetGroomer.com is the most popular grooming website on the Internet since 1997. Imagine how our presence can support your promotion of your product, services and career.

PROMOTION

On the first day of GroomerTALK Radio we were overwhelmed with listeners and had to expand our streaming capabilities. We didn’t even advertise it then. We expect the demand to continue growing. GroomerTALK Radio could become one of the most important methods of reaching thousands of groomers daily and weekly, as we are gearing up for at least 2 new shows a week by April, and perhaps more.

It’s not all about being interviewed as a method to sell your product or service. Your general expertise and experience in the grooming industry, or producing products for groomers, is of great value. Of course, you will be allowed to promote your goods and services as well.

During your interview you will have opportunities to provide your contact information including business telephone and/or website to listeners. Because we archive the shows for a long period of time, be sure to provide telephone and web addresses that you don’t intend on changing soon.

QUALIFICATIONS

You must be a member of the grooming industry, or a company producing products and/or services for the grooming industry, such as a manufacturer or consultant that serves the industry. If you are a member of the pet industry outside pet grooming but believe you have information of interest to groomers, please contact us and let's talk about it.

INTERVIEW GUIDELINES

All interviews are scheduled by appointment at a mutually agreed time. We conduct each interview by telephone. Here are very important guidelines.

• You will be provided with a toll-free number to call-in if you are in the 50 US states. Otherwise you will need to call our office 360-446-5348.
• Please do not use a cell phone or portable phone. The sound quality and signal strength may vary and that affects recording quality.
• Quiet! Please arrange for a very quiet space to record your interview. Please disconnect any nearby telephones, fax machines and similar equipment. Please, no radio or TV sets should be on in your recording area. We even suggest you put a sign on the door to discourage any interruptions. If it helps we will schedule your interview on a weekend when your office or home may be less busy. In fact, Saturday and Sunday are preferred.
• After you call in we will test our recording signals based on your telephone signal, so please allow some prep time.
• Each interview will last about 30 to 45 minutes. Some guests will be invited for multiple interviews where their experience, product or service covers a wide range of discussion.

10 to 20 QUESTION OUTLINE FOR INTERVIEW

You know your expertise, product and/or service best. That’s why we ask that you provide us with a sampling of at least 10 questions you would like us to ask you during the interview. We will consider each question you provide, and we do reserve the right to add some additional questions on our own. However, our goal is not to surprise you. Before your interview recording begins we will advise you of some of the questions we have added. By preparing your interview questions we expect that you are ready to answer them, and this should put many of you more at ease with the interview process. Please have your questions ready when you request your interview recording appointment. Regarding questions, some people have short answers, some very long answers. We try to keep the show to a minimum of 30 minutes and no longer than 45. If 60 minutes or more, it's best to create 2 shows. So try answering your questions and timing yourself to see it you have provided us with enough questions for at least 30 minutes.

SEND IN YOUR VISUAL AIDS

If you have text or photo documents that support your interview, please send them to us at least a week before your interview. We will make them available at the GroomerTALK Radio page for our listeners. Email to findagroomer@earthlink.net.

PROFILE & PHOTO

We ask that you provide a short biography of yourself, about 4 to 8 sentences which we will use to introduce you. We welcome but don’t require a photo of you.

COPYRIGHT AND OWNERSHIP

By agreeing to appear as a guest on GroomerTALK Radio you agree to the terms and conditions of the website noted at www.petgroomer.com/mission.htm. We retain the right to use short excerpts of your interview in PetGroomer.com promotions or features we produce and publish at PetGroomer.com or in PetGroomer.com Yellow Pages. All recorded interviews are owned and copyrighted by Find A Groomer, Inc. No royalties, commissions or payments are granted by requesting your interview. No fees are paid in return for any interview. Any visual aids you submit should be owned by you, and if not, you should have the written agreement of their owner for their use for the purpose of placing them at PetGroomer.com as part of your interview. We do reserve the right to refuse or edit interviews and to terminate them at our discretion where the content does not serve the mission statement of PetGroomer.com. As circumstances dictate you may request that a portion of an interview be edited or deleted by making such a request in writing for our consideration.

REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEW APPOINTMENT: Email findagroomer@earthlink.net Voice: 360-446-5348 (US) and please note the instructions above to submit the “10 to 20 Question Discussion Sheet” and any visual aids which may apply.