Mark C. Robinson–Walkin’Pets - a podcast by Off-the-Grid Biz Podcast

Episode 003. Do your customers think you're just another website, or do they feel like they are part of a community?



Mark Robinson discusses how he developed Walkin'Pets (http://walkinpets.com) from a tragic lesson he experienced years ago. He describes the highs and lows of building a community that became his most successful business to date.




Walkin'Wheels® Dog Wheelchair - https://www.handicappedpets.com/adjustable-dog-wheelchairs/
Walkin'Blind Dog Halo - https://www.handicappedpets.com/walkin-blind-dog-halo/
Chris P. Bacon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tP7Xrrxfxc/TO THE PETS! Music Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rB8tVjj_aQ




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Brian: All right, so on the show today, we've got Mark C. Robbin.



He's the founder and president of walk-in pets by handicappedpets.com. A company that makes products for aging, injured, and disabled pets around the world.



His signature product, the walking wheels, adjustable dog wheelchair has helped over 50,000 dogs live happy, healthy lives.Mark has had several businesses in the past in fields including security systems, magazine, publishing, computers, renewable energy, and more. This one though is by far the most successful.



You've also hosted your own show called a happy healthy pets, which you can find on his website, handicap pets.com so here's Mark Robinson.



Hi Mark.Mark: Hi Brian. Thank you for that great intro. Great to be on the show.



Brian: Yeah, I'm really happy to have you here. It's a very interesting site if anyone's listening it, whether you have pets or not, it's worth looking at this site.



There's a lot going on here and we're going to get into some of the details as we get moving.



Just give us a little bit about what it is that you do Mark?Mark: The website is called WalkinPets.com and there's no G in there. That's WalkinPets.com.



The reason for the long name is used to be called handicap pets.com we changed the name to Walkin'Pets because our users seem to like it a little better.



So now when we introduce ourselves, we use both names, but you can also get to it at HandicappedPets.comBrian: Awesome.



So how did you get started in this area? You know, what's your life story, up until this point?



Mark: I had a computer business called computer network services that provided computer support for companies getting into networking back in the days of Novell Networks.And I sold that business and was doing some private consulting for awhile, and was looking for ways to figure out really how to use the internet more and how it was used for business.



I wanted to try to create a website that was able to do e-commerce.Many years ago I had a dog, a little Keeshond named Mercedes and it started snapping at my newborn son at the time growling. And I took him to the vet and the vet, he had canine epilepsy and said, you know, there are treatments but we can't guarantee tha...

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