Upgrades to Software

As we come to the completion of latest upgrade to the pet professional system (auto invoicing system) I thought I'd let you all know about the new features planned for the next upgrade...

1. Custom Field Types: This will give you the ability to choose which fields you want to use to store client, pet, and employee data. You will also be able to create/define your own fields.

2. Custom Report Maker: You select the field(s) and sort order... Giving you the report you want to see! Then, save it for easy repeat use.

3. Time Window Field: We will be adding the ability to change the time window field on a per service basis... Rather that a setting it once in the account info for the client.

4. Vacation/Time-off: Block direct scheduling for an individual employee for a specified date range.

5. New Letter: Send out group email/new letter with ease

6. Quick Navigation Buttons: gives direct access to and from client account info and their schedule

I will post further information regarding completion date estimates as we get closer.

- Tim

Spy Proof Your Computer

Some tips/programs that I use:

Four Easy Steps To Spy Proof Your Computer

1. Look for hardware keyloggers attached to the keyboard input.
2. Download your copy of SpyBot from Safer-Networking.org.
3. Download your copy of SpyCop SpyCop.com.
4. Download your copy of FireFox browser Mozilla.org.

The mozilla browser is AMAZING!!! make sure to check out all the extensions that you can download (for free) to enhance your browsing experience... my favorites include: Better Search, tab browser preferences, Dictionary Search, forecast fox, colorzilla, mapit, print it, smooth scroll, and tweak network.

Best of all, and unlike Windows IE, Mozilla Firefox blocks all spyware!

Great Small Business Book!

Just wanted to pass on a note about a great book I just recently finished...

It's called "The E Myth: Revisited" by Michael Gerber

At first, it's a little sobering (regarding small business success rates), but as you read on it becomes very interesting and useful!

Enjoy,

Tim

New Invoicing System

The new invoicing system is almost done... We're hoping to have it in place tomorrow morning (4/12). I will post more information as it becomes available.

In other news, we also plan on integrating a help system. This will place a "What's This?" link next to fields/features that you, your clients, or employees may have questions with. When clicked, it will open up a window giving a detailed description of the field/feature.

Thanks for all the great feedback, and we look forward to providing the best possible software application for you!

-Tim

Reciprocal Links

The pet professional product site has a section called "industry links". We use this to build our reciprocal link program with other pet industry sites. If you wish to exchange links with us, please contact Nicole Amodeo: Nicole Amodeo.

Reciprocal links are a great way to enhance your site/companies exposure in search engines.

Useful Search Engine Info

We're currently going through the tedious process of optimizing our web site for better search engine results. I thought it would be a good topic for anyone interested in getting better rankings in the popular search engines.

Quick list of where/how to submit your site:

Yahoo! - http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/
Open Directory (DMOZ) - http://www.dmoz.org/add.html
Google - http://www.google.com/addurl.html
AltaVista - http://addurl.altavista.com/addurl/new
AllTheWeb - http://www.alltheweb.com/add_url.php

Important Meta Tags:
title
meta name="description" content=""
meta name="author" content ="TFG Brands, Inc"
meta name="keywords" content=""
meta name="classification" content=""
meta name="robots" content="index, follow"
meta name="revisit-after" content="3 days"
meta name="Distribution" content="Global"
meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1"

Pet Professional: Here's an example of what we used for pet pro (www.petprosoftware.com)

Description: Pet Professional: Web-based software for pet sitters, dog walkers, doggie daycares, trainers, and groomers. Manage the administrative details: accounting, scheduling, and communication with a simple and intuitive, web based interface.

Title: Pet Professional - web-based pet business software application - TFG Brands, Inc