I was recently interviewed by Yvonne DiVita over at Lipsticking as part of her Smart Women Online series. Yvonne's blog focused on marketing to women online. Yvonne came up with some pretty interesting questions and John, my husband, even gave her a recipe for the ingredients she came up with!
Here's the intro and first question.
This week I chose a Smart Woman Online with an agenda: pet insurance. I've mentioned before that women are big pet owners. We love our furry friends and the idea of pet insurance, to help with vet bills, has always seemed like a win-win idea to me. But, it hasn't really caught on in this country. Laura Bennett is going to talk to you today about that - and add some personal flavor to her interview. We both hope you'll pay attention to this and visit her website, Embrace Pet Insurance, as well as her blog. One of the best things about this interview is - the contribution by Laura's husband, John. I guarantee it will solve your cooking worries -- well, for one night, anyway. Make sure you read to the end...
Yvonne: Reading your blog is sometimes a treat - you have such great, warm, family stories about love and pets. And sometimes, it's heartbreaking, such as this post, Eulogy for Grace. I have a 14-year-old German Shepherd who - walks a bit slower every day and worries me that she may not be here much longer. How do you manage this heartbreak...of all the sad stories and do you accept/get these kinds of pet stories from other bloggers a lot?
Laura: I do hear a lot of sad stories about pets, particularly through my blog, with emails from people who are desperate to find any help in paying some unexpected veterinary bill - after the fact. I even had a pet parent in tears on the phone about his dog that needed an MRI scan that he couldn’t afford.
I hate having to tell pet parents that insurance is not for known issues, just future unknown ones but I also try to give other non-insurance suggestions because many times, they just don’t know where to turn. In the end though, if you have a cat or a dog, you are likely to outlast him or her, and that’s something we all face as pet parents.
Read the rest here
