Would you mind sharing what platform you had this built on?

Thank you in advance,

J.R.

You will only get a clearer picture after a site is developed. No amount of number crunching and analysis will replace getting your hands dirty and finding out by developing a site. The site looks great by the way and I even checked out similar names on British and European extensions – what is popular in the USA eventually takes off in the UK a year or so later. Every domain has gone so the market even in Europe looks to be buzzing right now too.

I was thinking if I could add any further ideas for marketing that hasn’t already been mentioned. I’m not sure if this is too way out but I’d probably be tempted to look at the dog clothes market – in particular doggy waistcoats. Hi visibility waistcoats are pretty cheap and you could easily have them printed with DogWalker.com on them. The select advertisers who you allow on for free could do so on the understanding that they use the waistcoats, in effect giving you walking adverts around the city. …call it Dogvertising if you like.

Good luck with the new site.

Sean

Being that link popularity is SO IMPORTANT these days for SEO; we’re talking quality inbound links…not cheesy reciprical links with irrelevant sites…

So – here’s my idea: connect with Pet Store who essentially are NOT competing with you….offer them a link/listing on your website in exchange for BOTH a link on their pet store website to DogWalker.com and also some in store visibility like a flyer, sign, etc. This should really help with building your link popularity…in addition because you are attracting pet owners, the pet stores should want to get in on some of your geo-targeted traffic (Ex. Long Island Pet Store get listing on Long Island, NY Dog Walkers page….

If you also create some contest like submit a picture of your pet to win a free $50 photo book from http://www.SmileBooks.com (our client who will do it) then as you amass a large database of pet owners, you can monetize the list and/or offer the local pet stores the ability to send promos to your email list of pet owners in their area if they link to your site and put signage in their store…..

What do you think?

@AndrewHazen
http://www.AndrewHazen.com
http://www.PrimeVisibility.com

To increase dog walkers signing up, you could add a video testimonial to your sign up page.

Could arrange one of your select few dog walkers that are getting signed up to the site for free to return the favor by offering a video testimonial to entice the dog walkers to list on your site. e.g talk about how much work they are getting from the site.

You want a page titled: “dog walking jobs” 1300 Exact/3600 phase in google keyword tool to capture those searching for jobs and if landed on your site would probably sign up to your deal.

You have a great name to get dog owners to your site, the challenge is to get the actual dog walkers to it.

I really like blog post like these, when domains are turned into real business’s than just flipping letters.