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!

Loans, Grants and Horse Business Plans VIDEO REPLAY! How to Find Funding and Grants to Help Your Horse Business Go Green This portion will provide our members with information about tax incentives, grants and funding that may help them pay for "green" improvements to their farms. The guest speaker will be Cla . . . More Equine Business Loans - Preparation is the Key to Success! Pam Saul As we continue into 2011, there are some signs that the economy has shifted from bleak to conservative optimism. With this newfound optimism come thoughts of possibly building that indoor arena, or p . . . More Tips For Choosing The Right Loan for Your Equine Business Pam Saul Secured loans, unsecured loans, revolving loans, short-term loans, long-term loans - and the list goes on and on. Sometimes it's enough to make your head spin! Instead of trying to fit within the d . . . More I Need to Write a Business Plan for my Horse Business. Where Do I Start? Having a solid business plan and writing it down is critical to the success of your horse business. Here you will find an easy step by step process that will help you reduce your plan to writing. . . . More More

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Horse Business Profitability and Cash Flow Equestrian Professional's Scheduling Success Calendar Tool This download is for use with the webinar entitled "Scheduling Success" It contains a calendar, formatted excel sheets and examples to help you connect your marketing, financial and equestr . . . More 5 Ways to Give Your Horse Business an Injection of Cash Before the New Year Elisabeth McMillan Tis the season to rake in some much needed cash. The Holidays provide some unique opportunities. If your horse business could use a boost, check out these 5 serious cash generating strategies for hor . . . More New Customers vs. Ideal Customers Elisabeth McMillan Last week's horse business tip about the horse trainer who sold 540 lessons using Groupon, generated quite a bit of discussion on Facebook. Some readers thought it was the best thing since sliced bre . . . More 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 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 an . . . More Getting Support -- Identifying and Using Key Horse Business Supporters Pam Saul There are so many areas that you as a business owner need to address that don't include touching a horse. Legal structure, insurance coverage, and taxes are just a few. How can you possibly know eve . . . 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 . . . More

Income Diversification Tools & Strategies 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 Roping In Some Extra Cash - 15 Equestrian Affilate Programs One way to diversify your income without adding to your body's physical workload is to participate in affiliate programs. Affiliate programs essentially pay you a commission on sales from customers that you refer through a link placed on your websit . . . 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 investigatin . . . 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 Horse Business Q&A - How Can a Boarding Stable Diversify Their Income? Susan in Ohio asked - What are some ways to diversify the boarding business to make it more profitable without having a public riding lesson program? - Dear Susan, Thank you for a great question. There are several very important things to consider wh . . . More