Starting and Running Your Own Horse Business, 2nd Edition : Marketing Strategies, Money-Saving Tips, and Profitable Program Ideas Paperback - 2009
by McDonald, Mary Ashby
- Used
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Details
- Title Starting and Running Your Own Horse Business, 2nd Edition : Marketing Strategies, Money-Saving Tips, and Profitable Program Ideas
- Author McDonald, Mary Ashby
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2 Original
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Storey Publishing, LLC
- Date 2009-11
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4835945-6
- ISBN 9781603424837 / 1603424830
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 10.8 x 8.42 x 0.63 in (27.43 x 21.39 x 1.60 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects New business enterprises, Small business - Management
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009023771
- Dewey Decimal Code 636.1
From the publisher
From the rear cover
Your devotion to horses is the key ingredient in a profitable equestrian career. Now revised and expanded, Starting & Running Your Own Horse Business offers complete advice on putting your love for horses to work. A larger selection on safety, tax and insurance advice, and many new suggestions for starting successful equestrian businesses make this new edition the must-have book for horse entrepreneurs. An experienced stable manager and practicing veterinarian, Mary Ashby McDonald shares her money-making ideas and cost-saving techniques for launching and running a successful business. "Now this is a really useful horse business guide...McDonald includes a variety of money-saving and -making suggestions."
- Horse Country "If you've ever thought about starting your own horse business, be sure to pick up, well, Starting & Running Your Own Horse Business."
- Horse & Rider "The ideas in this book are accurate and solid. Unfortunately, along the way, I've made many of the classic business blunders Mary mentions [in this book]. Hopefully reading this will help others avoid the same mistakes in the future."
- Olympic Gold Medalist Joe Fargis, Owner/Manager/Trainer, Sandron Farm Learn How To:
- Create a business plan that puts your existing horses and facilities to work
- Manage your time, your money, and your employees
- Choose affordable insurance coverage that keeps your customers and your horses safe and protects you from financial liability
- Operate an exciting variety of horse ventures from camps to carriage services
- Develop an appealing name, logo, and icon for your business
- Identify the best marketing and advertising opportunities
- Offer additional services your customers need: grooming, cleaning tack, transportation, catching and holding, consulting, administering medications
- Reduce vet bills: implement sound preventative strategies and do your own vaccinating and deworming
- Save on feed costs
Media reviews
Citations
- Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2010, Page 111
