APPA Pet Business Bootcamp On-Demand
Seeking targeted pet industry knowledge?
APPA’s Pet Business Bootcamp offers 6 hours of digital courses broken down into 2 modules of learning.
This program will empower you with a solid framework of business basics that have direct applications to the pet industry, as well as advanced strategies for smart growth.
Register Today — Save & Succeed
APPA members save $100 on registration.Bonus Offer: receive a free one-hour consulting session to talk 1:1 with our Bootcamp consultants, PetsPhD about your specific business challenges.
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Bootcamp Training
APPA Member: $199
Non-member: $299
Schedule at a Glance
Module 1 | Pet Business Basics/Planning
- General Business Basics/Preparing a Business Plan – Get it Right Out of the Gate
- Product Costing and Pricing for Success
- Marketing for Success - Marketing your Company
- Consumer Direct Marketing
Module 2 | Taking Your Pet Products to Market/Execution
- Trade Show Participation
- Building a Spectacular Sales Team – Internal or External/Pet Rep Groups
- Your E-Commerce Strategy to Avoid Minefields
- Working with Retailers- Learn to Speak “Retail” to Forge Lasting Relationships with Your Retail Customers
- Working with Distributors: Tips to Manage the Supplier-Distributor Relationship