September is International Pet Blogger Month, a time that, for us, holds special significance. If you’re new to DogTipper, you may not be familiar with our background; before John and I were pet writers, we were travel writers, specializing in guidebook writing. For years, we worked on international guidebooks (along with some guidebooks to our …
Today we’re excited to take part in the Pet Blogger Challenge, a project by WillMyDogHateMe.com and GoPetFriendly.com. The new year is always a good time to look at where you’ve been and where you’re going, and that includes businesses and blogs, too. Here’s a look at our business here at DogTipper and where we hope …
In early November, we had our first booth at a pet event: the Texas Pet Expo held in Plano, Texas. Years ago, we’d had a booth at a travel expo (for our romantic travel site, Lovetripper.com) but this was our first time to exhibit at an event for pet lovers. And we’d done probably 40 …
At the recent BlogPaws conference for pet bloggers, the advertising and monetization panel that Paris presented on also included Jane Cuoto from MomGenerations.com. Jane brought up a great point: pet bloggers are part of the large and very successful “mommy blog” phenomenon. These blogs, aimed at mothers (often with young children), have become an important …
As part of the “Monetizing Your Blog Through Sponsorships and Advertising” panel at BlogPaws 2010, I gave a presentation about our experiences at DogTipper as a member of the DogTime Media’s blog network. Nicole at DogTime made a super Powerpoint presentation that she and Christina, our ad representative, used for their part of the presentation, …