I am very pleased to announce that Kris Mein is The Pet Hub's new Business Development Manager. Kris came across the position through his fiancee, Kelly O'Neill, one of the experts on our Ask An Expert panel.
Kris has the experience and skills perfectly suited to the role, as well as a passion for pets and keeping them happy and healthy. Kris and Kelly are the overworked slaves to two dogs; Saxon, an 11 year old SPCA special, and Sizzle, a miniature dachshund.
Please join me in welcoming Kris to the site, it's very exciting having him on board! To read more about Kris, click here.
If you are interested in advertising on The Pet Hub, please email Kris at advertising@thepethub.co.nz
Purrs and woofs
Rochelle
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Almost ready to announce the new BDM!
I'm just about ready to announce the new Business Development Manager for the website, which is very exciting. I'm not going to give any clues just yet though, so you'll have to wait to see who it is. I'm very excited about this person as I think they'll be a perfect fit.
In the meantime, check out the What's New page for the latest information and have a read of the latest editorial which has some new information about what's been happening behind the scenes with The Pet Hub.
The aim of the game is to make the site more interactive, so you'll probably see me posting heaps more via this blog, Twitter, Facebook and eventually, through the forum once I have sourced a better forum system for visitors to engage with.
Keep warm,
Purrs and woofs
Rochelle
In the meantime, check out the What's New page for the latest information and have a read of the latest editorial which has some new information about what's been happening behind the scenes with The Pet Hub.
The aim of the game is to make the site more interactive, so you'll probably see me posting heaps more via this blog, Twitter, Facebook and eventually, through the forum once I have sourced a better forum system for visitors to engage with.
Keep warm,
Purrs and woofs
Rochelle
Monday, April 26, 2010
Techno-philes
It takes a bit of getting used to, working out how to utilise Facebook, Twitter and also adding comments sections to the website. I'm in the process of doing all this (Facebook's not so bad!) - if you're on FB, Twitter or have a Google account, look us up and add us to your favourites.
Soon I will be sending out a new enewsletter and creating a quick questionnaire for our website visitors so that I can learn how you guys like to receive information, what you use and how you use it etc so that I can find out more about you, to ensure The Pet Hub brings you the information you want to know about.
Purrs and woofs
Rochelle
Soon I will be sending out a new enewsletter and creating a quick questionnaire for our website visitors so that I can learn how you guys like to receive information, what you use and how you use it etc so that I can find out more about you, to ensure The Pet Hub brings you the information you want to know about.
Purrs and woofs
Rochelle
Monday, March 29, 2010
We're looking ...
I've just posted a job ad on Trademe Jobs for a Business Development Manager. Basically the reason why is to ensure the continued running of The Pet Hub website, as we can't function on sunshine and fresh air as I mentioned previously, much as we would love to pay our invoices with these good things.
If you know of anyone who can spare a little time each week to helping us build our amazing website, which is getting more wonderful to be a part of every day, and who can perhaps survive on fresh air and sunshine themselves for a little while to begin with, let them (and us) know! By the way, it won't be that long - and the right person will certainly be earning an income before either of the directors do!
There are so many places we want to go with the site but we just need an income to be able to do it, so all your help and support is appreciated more than we can ever show or express to you.
The more people who know about the website, the better, so please, please, please tell your friends and family to visit, and join our Pet Club!
Sincerest thanks,
Rochelle
If you know of anyone who can spare a little time each week to helping us build our amazing website, which is getting more wonderful to be a part of every day, and who can perhaps survive on fresh air and sunshine themselves for a little while to begin with, let them (and us) know! By the way, it won't be that long - and the right person will certainly be earning an income before either of the directors do!
There are so many places we want to go with the site but we just need an income to be able to do it, so all your help and support is appreciated more than we can ever show or express to you.
The more people who know about the website, the better, so please, please, please tell your friends and family to visit, and join our Pet Club!
Sincerest thanks,
Rochelle
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
News from the back end
We've got a newsletter heading out tomorrow and I apologise that it's a little bigger and fatter than previous newsletters - I guess this comes with not having sent one for a month! It's a very exciting time for us though, and a little daunting too. We're still learning new tricks when it comes to Google's tools - for example our Pet Events calendar is now updated via our Google calendar account. Our aim with this is to include as many pet and animal related events throughout New Zealand as possible, to give everyone a chance to see what's happening.
And recently I found that our website developers were only too happy to help us provide online shopping to our visitors, which is a huge achievement! We are very excited to have had orders come through already.
As much as we'd like to live on fresh air and sunshine, we also need to be able to sustain the website financially, so we are making plans to begin monetising the website. You will eventually notice some more advertisements throughout the site as we bring advertisers on board, and changes as we develop how we sell advertising spaces on the site.
Much of the changes coming up for us in the future are, as mentioned, exciting and daunting at the same time - and we're still learning a lot of skills to improve the site. We hope you continue to visit and give us feedback on what you do and don't like.
Rochelle
And recently I found that our website developers were only too happy to help us provide online shopping to our visitors, which is a huge achievement! We are very excited to have had orders come through already.
As much as we'd like to live on fresh air and sunshine, we also need to be able to sustain the website financially, so we are making plans to begin monetising the website. You will eventually notice some more advertisements throughout the site as we bring advertisers on board, and changes as we develop how we sell advertising spaces on the site.
Much of the changes coming up for us in the future are, as mentioned, exciting and daunting at the same time - and we're still learning a lot of skills to improve the site. We hope you continue to visit and give us feedback on what you do and don't like.
Rochelle
Friday, March 5, 2010
It's been a while ...
Hi folks,
Profuse apologies about the lack of posts in recent months. Our 'to-do' lists have become longer than a piece of string and unfortunately the blogs - both this and Four Legs Good - have taken a bit of a back seat.
Please bear with us as we get some priorities sorted - of course our first priority is to continue to create an awesome website for people to visit, and we will continue this as best we can. But another top priority is to make it profitable as well, and this is part of what we're working on behind the scenes.
We'll keep updating readers through short blog postings, Facebook and Twitter updates as well as through our newsletter - which we've decided to produce on a monthly basis due to time constraints.
We really appreciate your support to date and hope that we can continue to create an awesome website that visitors really enjoy visiting. Don't be shy to contact us with any feedback you have as well, it's invaluable to us. And remember to keep sending in your pet photos and stories!
Purrs and woofs
Rochelle and Francesca
Profuse apologies about the lack of posts in recent months. Our 'to-do' lists have become longer than a piece of string and unfortunately the blogs - both this and Four Legs Good - have taken a bit of a back seat.
Please bear with us as we get some priorities sorted - of course our first priority is to continue to create an awesome website for people to visit, and we will continue this as best we can. But another top priority is to make it profitable as well, and this is part of what we're working on behind the scenes.
We'll keep updating readers through short blog postings, Facebook and Twitter updates as well as through our newsletter - which we've decided to produce on a monthly basis due to time constraints.
We really appreciate your support to date and hope that we can continue to create an awesome website that visitors really enjoy visiting. Don't be shy to contact us with any feedback you have as well, it's invaluable to us. And remember to keep sending in your pet photos and stories!
Purrs and woofs
Rochelle and Francesca
Monday, October 26, 2009
The smallest, whitest most dangerous dog
So the Maltese breed has been added to New South Wales' Government's list of dangerous dog breeds recently.
According to their Dog Attack Register, there were 12 attacks by Maltese dogs between June and September this year, eclipsing the result of the most popular breed of dog in the world, the Labrador Retriever.
Also featuring on the list are the Australian Cattle Dog and the German Shepherd, but by far the dog most identified on the list is the Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
It makes me wonder how the majority of these dog attacks happen, and why they are happening more frequently. In the many years that I have been surrounded by dogs and have worked with dogs, I have never been subject to an attack, and can only recall once incident involving a dog that happened to a workmate while at a veterinary clinic.
This incident occurred because the dog in question (an intact male pig dog) had been recuperating at the clinic for approximately 3 months and come to enjoy the attentions of all the female staff who were responsible for caring for him. When a male locum vet was employed by the practice, the dog felt threatened due to his presence (and probably wanted to protect 'his girls') and bit the vet on the leg one day.
In a clinic situation, these incidents are almost to be expected as it is an inherent risk when you work with animals. However, all practicable steps are taken to ensure the severity of these incidents are minimal and uncommon.
In my opinion, what we need to do to avoid dog attacks is learn about dog behaviour and body language. For me it's pretty easy to tell many of the emotions at any given time for both cats and dogs, but for someone who isn't used to being around animals or isn't aware of their various indicators, this can spell disaster when in a confronting situation.
It seems sad to me that entire breeds are being labelled as 'dangerous' or 'menacing' when it may simply be due to a misunderstanding of the language differences between people and a particular dog, or even worse, the misidentification of some breeds because this is what the victim perceives the dog to be.
As has been described, and will always be stated by animal professionals, especially those dog behaviourists, all dogs have the potential to be dangerous. It is a matter of knowing how to read the signs to avoid a dangerous situation.
We will endeavour to describe and source information on dog behaviour and body language on The Pet Hub to give you the information you need to read, interpret and understand dog language.
According to their Dog Attack Register, there were 12 attacks by Maltese dogs between June and September this year, eclipsing the result of the most popular breed of dog in the world, the Labrador Retriever.
Also featuring on the list are the Australian Cattle Dog and the German Shepherd, but by far the dog most identified on the list is the Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
It makes me wonder how the majority of these dog attacks happen, and why they are happening more frequently. In the many years that I have been surrounded by dogs and have worked with dogs, I have never been subject to an attack, and can only recall once incident involving a dog that happened to a workmate while at a veterinary clinic.
This incident occurred because the dog in question (an intact male pig dog) had been recuperating at the clinic for approximately 3 months and come to enjoy the attentions of all the female staff who were responsible for caring for him. When a male locum vet was employed by the practice, the dog felt threatened due to his presence (and probably wanted to protect 'his girls') and bit the vet on the leg one day.
In a clinic situation, these incidents are almost to be expected as it is an inherent risk when you work with animals. However, all practicable steps are taken to ensure the severity of these incidents are minimal and uncommon.
In my opinion, what we need to do to avoid dog attacks is learn about dog behaviour and body language. For me it's pretty easy to tell many of the emotions at any given time for both cats and dogs, but for someone who isn't used to being around animals or isn't aware of their various indicators, this can spell disaster when in a confronting situation.
It seems sad to me that entire breeds are being labelled as 'dangerous' or 'menacing' when it may simply be due to a misunderstanding of the language differences between people and a particular dog, or even worse, the misidentification of some breeds because this is what the victim perceives the dog to be.
As has been described, and will always be stated by animal professionals, especially those dog behaviourists, all dogs have the potential to be dangerous. It is a matter of knowing how to read the signs to avoid a dangerous situation.
We will endeavour to describe and source information on dog behaviour and body language on The Pet Hub to give you the information you need to read, interpret and understand dog language.
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