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Running a Successful Horse Business - Top Tools to Make Your Horse Business More Profitable

"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

This department is specifically for horse professionals who want to find meaningful information, tools and resources that will help them run their businesses more easily, profitably and successfully!

Making your horse business more profitable is not just about finding problems and fixing them. It is about discovering what is optimal for you and your business.

Who is your ideal client? What's the best price to charge? What's the most profitable number of horses to take to the next horse show? Should you hire more help? It is answers to questions like these that ultimately lead to success.

The truth is .... You need to make sound decisions for your horse business in order for it to be profitable but you can't afford to spend time strapped to your desk!

Our profitability tools help you to quickly obtain the information you need to make the best choices for your horse business!

Horse Business Cash Flow Quandaries - 12 Questions to Help You Identify and Address Cash Flow Problems
Elisabeth McMillan and Pam Saul

Cash flow problems are one of the most common reasons equine businesses struggle. Use the questions below to identify and correct problem areas in your horse business. . . . More

Equine Business Operational Cash Flow Calculator

This online calculator will help you catch cash flow crunches before they happen. It will enable you to more acurately (and acuracy is important when it comes to cash) forecast the times you will have the most cash available so that you can maximise it! . . . More

VIDEO REPLAY! Smart Financial Planning Strategies for Horse Professionals: Part 1 Recession Recovery and Horse Business Stabilization

This seminar covered essential information to help your Horse Business succeed in the current economic climate. It is fast paced and covers a lot of material! Be prepared to get lots of great ideas and strategies to improve your financial outlook! . . . More

Horseshow Budget and Profitabilty Calculator

Use this handy pre-filled calculator to estimate show expenses for both yourself and your clients and to check profitability. . . . More

Is Your Horse Business Feeling the Squeeze? 15 Tips for Getting Paid

It is with more and more frequency that horse professionals are asking us how to get their clients to pay on time and sometimes get paid pay at all. Here are a dozen or so quick tips to help you get paid. We hope you will all add your own comments i.e. what's working for you and any suggestions you may have for your fellow members in the comment area below. . . . More

Seminar Replay Video: Income Diversification and Development for Horse Professionals

This seminar discusses several strategies for identifying and developing complimentary income streams for your horse business. If you are looking for ways to add income to your business this seminar is a must! . . . More

CHECKLIST: 60 Income Diversification Ideas For Horse Professionals

This checklist contains over 60 income stream ideas and options that you can use as is or to help stimulate your own brainstorming session! . . . More

Horse Business Income Diversification Chart

One of the most important steps to developing additional income streams is to successfully intergrate them into your business. Use this chart to help you identify cross promotion opportunities and . . . More

Equestrian Professional Income Diversification and Profit Comparison Worksheet

Use this online tool to develop new profit centers in your horse business. This tool helps you to compare horse business diversification ideas in order to select the best strategy for your business and to determine which ideas are worth inverstigating further. . . . More

HORSE BUSINESS SEMINAR AUDIO REPLAY: "Rethinking the Horse Business - Succeeding In a Changed World"

AUDIO: "Rethinking the Horse Business - Succeeding in a Changed World" - Tele-seminar hosted by Equestrian Professional.com on September 1, 2009. Audio replay - 20 minute lecture followed by 20 minutes of Q&A. . . . More

60 Income Diversification Strategies for Horse Professionals

Sixty income generating ideas for Horse Trainers, Boarding Stables, Instructors, Sales Barns & Breeders too! This list will stimulate your creative juices and help you put a little more punch in your profitability. . . . More

VIDEO: How to Use Equestrian Professional's Lifetime Value Calculator

Understanding lifetime value is essential to the longterm success of your horse business and more importantly to providing good customer service! Watch this VIDEO TIP to see why. . . . More

Horse Business Calculator - Lifetime Value

Knowing and understanding the lifetime value of different types of customers is essential in order to make good decisions and plans . . . More

Video: How to Use the Horse Business Profit Margin Calculator

Video example and tutorial of the Equestrian Professional profit margin calculator. . . . More

Horse Business Profit Margin Calculator

O.K. This is totally cool!! Use this online calculator to check your profits and profit margins in individual areas - like Training versus Sales or Boarding versus Lessons and in it's entirety. Use it to test new ideas and different business scenarios. Use it to help price your services, products and more . . . More

Horse Business Assessment & Profit Development Plan

If you know you need to fine tune your business or marketing plan but hate the thought of all the time it may take you to get it done OR have never written down your business plan but know you need one - This is the right download for you. A series of key questions help you identify important strengths and correct weaknesses in your business. . . . More

DOWNLOAD: Horse Business Budget Worksheet

How will your Horse Business perform in 2010? Most people are in the Horse Business for the horse part not the business part. However without your business your horse career may not be possible. Use this download to chart a course for success in your business - one that truly supports your horse career. If you hate numbers don't worry! We've done most of the work . . . More

7 Steps to Recession Proof Your Equestrian Business

Agility and control are hands down the two best attributes of owning a small business. They enable you to react very quickly to economic challenges and opportunities. Your ability to successfully use these two attributes is essential in order for you to protect your business during . . . More

The Value of Your Equestrian Customers

Do you truly value your customers? The lifetime value of a customer may surprise you. Every one has had favorite clients and not so favorite clients, services they love to provide and ones they don't. But Love or Love Not figuring out your customers life time value is essential to providing good service and the success of your business . . . More

Make Your Horse Business More Profitable! A Dozen And 1 Things Your Website Should Be Doing!
E. McMillan

Whether you have an existing website or you are planning to build one you won't believe the things your website can do to increase your profitability. Simple design tweaks and utilizing the full value of the Internet can make your website one of your most valuable business assets. These simple tips and strategies can . . . More

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