Equine.com now makes it easier to post your AQHA pedigree.

If you sell purebred horses most people are going to want to know the horse’s pedigree information. If you post your horses for sale on the Internet putting in the pedigree info can be a pain and there are chances of typing mistakes.

Now one equine sale site is partnering with a breed association to make posting your horse’s pedigree faster and easier. Here is the news report they emailed to me…

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Equine.Com Partners With American Quarter Horse Association
On Exclusive Certified Pedigree Program

First-of-its-kind initiative offers official identification on animals’ bloodlines, critical to horse enthusiasts

PHOENIX (July 9, 2007) – Equine.com, one of the largest horse marketplaces on the Internet, today announced a partnership with the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), to launch a first-of-its-kind certified pedigree program. The initiative allows Read the rest of this entry

On April 27th a new equine auction site, Equine-Bay.com, opened.
If you sell horses, equestrian products, or anything horse related, or even if you just have a few items you no longer use or need you might want check them out.

In the email they sent me it reads:

Tired of being nickel-and-dimed on other auction sites?
Then give Equine-Bay.com a try…

• No Listing Fees!
• Low Ad Enhancement Fees
• Fair Closing Fees
• Lots of Features Buyers and Sellers Demand!
• Sign up before May 31st and receive a $10 credit

Some of you have horses and horse products that you are marketing from your website. Auctions if done right can lead more people to your website and more traffic leads to more sales.

Many smart business people use auctions to help herd more people to their websites. But you do need to Read the rest of this entry

I found a great checklist for beginner bloggers

Horse Business eZine – Equine Business Marketing Tips for the Busy Business Owner

March 2007; Issue #3 – Joni Solis, Editor, info@alove4horses.com

Maybe you took my advice and started a blog, but are still not sure about how people will find your blog. Well I just found a web page just for you…

Blogging Starter Checklist by rajesh301 http://www.squidoo.com/blogstarter/

There you will find a great list of things to do so that people can find your new weblog easier. You will also discover Read the rest of this entry

The more people that discover your horse business the better your chance of success.

The Horse.com is giving away free advertising listings in their yearly The Horse Source

I know you would like to have your horse related business listed for free in The Horse Source book that is sold nationwide at bookstores, tack shops, on newsstands, and over the Internet. And it is even mailed free to all the 40,000+ subscribers of The Horse: Your Guide to Equine Health Care.

Don’t pass up this important business opportunity. Go right now and Read the rest of this entry

Or avoiding the saddle sores of a bad web site address (URL)

FREE or PAY

First off let’s answer the FREE or pay website question. Many horse businesses post their websites on free web site hosts like Homestead, Angelfire, GeoCities, and others. They’re free, fast, and simple — so many of you say, ‘Hey, why not?’

These free sites will cost you more than you should be willing to pay in lost business generated from lost respect, lost confidence, and lost attention from your potential customers.

Why? Because most of these free sites have the look of cheap/clipart sites which make people think your horse business is just a weekend hobby that you really don’t take serious and couldn’t be bothered to advertise correctly. Your website visitors are going to question the quality of your horses quality, your horse training abilities, and/or your horse boarding facilities based on what they can see – your website’s poor quality.

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So That Neither It Nor You Implode, Collapse Or Need Bailing Out

Horse Business Teleseminar on the subject of HORSE RESCUE.

If you are like most horse people I know you have run across more than one horse that needed rescue. So even if you don’t have any plans on starting a horse rescue organization you will gain lifesaving info on how to place that once in the while rescued horse.

Besides that, don’t you want to learn out how rescue groups place horses that other people cannot sell? Might teach you some thing about marketing your horses. Read the rest of this entry