Mark C. Robinson's guest appearances

Mark C. Robinson

Off-the-Grid Biz Podcast

Dave Zook

Scott Smith

Michael Foley

Gianaclis Caldwell

Chris White

Gary Collins

Petra Page-Mann

Aaron Burr

Jason Smith

Deborah Niemann

Jim White

Sam Friedman

Andy Brennan

Jesse Frost

Uncle Mud

OwlTail

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_aQTransform your business into an absolute Dream Business! http://brianjpombo.com/dreambiz/Full TranscriptPodcast Intro: If you're someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family. If you want to leave this world better off than you found it and you consider independence a sacred thing.You may be a prepper, a gardener, a homesteader, a survivalist, or a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman.We are here to celebrate you whether you're looking to improve your Maverick business or to find out more about the latest products and services available to the weekend rebel.From selling chicken eggs online, to building up your food storage or collecting handmade soap.This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self-reliance for those that are living a daring adventure life off the grid.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...

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 (<a href="http://walkinpets.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://walkinpets.com</a>) 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 - <a href="https://www.handicappedpets.com/adjustable-dog-wheelchairs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.handicappedpets.com/adjustable-dog-wheelchairs/</a> Walkin' Blind Dog Halo - <a href="https://www.handicappedpets.com/walkin-blind-dog-halo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.handicappedpets.com/walkin-blind-dog-halo/</a> Chris P. Bacon - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tP7Xrrxfxc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tP7Xrrxfxc/</a> TO THE PETS! Music Video - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rB8tVjj_aQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rB8tVjj_aQ</a> Transform your business into an absolute Dream Business! <a href="http://brianjpombo.com/dreambiz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://brianjpombo.com/dreambiz/</a> Full Transcript Podcast Intro: If you're someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family. If you want to leave this world better off than you found it and you consider independence a sacred thing. You may be a prepper, a gardener, a homesteader, a survivalist, or a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman. We are here to celebrate you whether you're looking to improve your Maverick business or to find out more about the latest products and services available to the weekend rebel. From selling chicken eggs online, to building up your food storage or collecting handmade soap. This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self-reliance for those that are living a daring adventure life off the grid. 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 <a href="http://handicappedpets.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">handicappedpets.com</a>. 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 <a href="http://pets.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pets.com</a> 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 <a href="http://WalkinPets.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WalkinPets.com</a> and there's no G in there. That's <a href="http://WalkinPets.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WalkinPets.com</a>. The reason for the long name is used to be called handicap <a href="http://pets.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pets.com</a> 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 <a href="http://HandicappedPets.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HandicappedPets.com</a> Brian: 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...

Mark C. Robinson – Walkin’ Pets