Episode 426: 3 Ways To Be A Better Leader In Your Pet Business Today

You didn’t start your pet business to be a firefighter… so why does every day feel like you’re putting out flames?  If you’re constantly answering the same questions, fixing mistakes, and making every decision yourself, that’s not leadership—that’s survival. And let’s be real… it’s exhausting. AI for pet business leadership is changing that. The business owners using AI right now? They’re getting hours back in their week, making faster decisions, and actually leading instead of just managing. And the ones who aren’t? They’re falling behind—FAST. In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on how AI is making pet business owners better leaders, cutting out the chaos, and getting them real results. AI for pet business leadership is about giving you the tools to lead with confidence and clarity. I’m talking about tough decisions, team management, and running a business that doesn’t rely on you 24/7. If that sounds impossible, you need to hear what’s happening inside my community. Because here’s the truth: Leadership isn’t about doing more—it’s about doing the right things. If you’re constantly caught up in daily tasks, second-guessing your decisions, or struggling to get your team to take initiative, it’s time for a shift. I’ll also share real stories of pet business owners who’ve embraced AI, implemented smarter systems, and completely transformed the way they operate. The difference? They now run their business instead of their business running them. Oh, and I’ve got a BIG announcement—one that could change the way you work in 2025. So… are you leading, or just keeping up? Hit play and find out. Timestamps: [01:24] The email strategy bringing in $$$. [03:57] Bots are changing businesses—here’s how. [08:06] AI & leadership—stop overthinking, start leading. [10:40] The decision mistake costing you money. [14:00] The 100-day rule that keeps teams & clients. Notable Quotes: "If you’re making every decision, constantly putting out fires, and hoping your team just ‘figures it out’—that’s not leadership. That’s survival. And it’s exhausting." "You can’t scale chaos. If your business falls apart without you for a day, you don’t have a business—you have a job." "Micromanaging isn’t leadership. If you’re answering the same questions over and over, you don’t have a team—you have task-doers. And that’s costing you time and money." "AI isn’t replacing leadership—it’s giving business owners the tools to step up, make smarter decisions, and actually run their business instead of letting it run them." "What are you doing differently in 2025? Because staying stuck in the same patterns and expecting different results? That’s not a strategy—that’s a cycle. And it’s time to break it." Resources: Jump Mastermind Use Code: Bella25 Did you love this episode? Make sure you never miss an episode! Head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify to subscribe to Bella In Your Business. Watch all our Podcasts on YouTube Previous podcast episode: ? Transcript: Welcome back to another episode of Bella in your business. My name is Bella Vasta. Today I've got a couple of updates for you. First of all, thank you so much for listening last week and having fun with me. I love the feedback I got and I love that you guys were able to see just by hearing the craziness that I put into AI in terms of like, you know, my prompts. It. I got a lot of feedback and it was super great that, you know, you guys feel like you don't have to talk perfectly to it, right? Because there is, there's a different way for me to like talk on stage, talk on a Facebook live, on a podcast, talk to text, and then to AI. You could be a blubbering idiot as you probably heard me sound like, okay, we got to get into a little bit of praise report, if you will, because this is like so amazing. There's so much stuff happening and I'm committed to celebrating every single week all of the wins that are happening. First of all, we. I can't even take credit for this. Okay, so you guys might have remembered back in November. No, it was early October, the end of October. I wrote this really cool email and it was Mariah Carey. And you know that saying that she goes like, it's time, but it's like Mariah Carey at like her highest octave. I'm not even going to try to do it. And. And then there were like memes everywhere of like she's, she's thawing out, you know, it's almost time for Mariah Carey's season, you know, and all her song and stuff. And so we use that meme because it was, it was timely and we were basically telling people, don't forget to book for the holidays. Well, one of my members who is absolutely amazing, Carlene and La or La La. Leia, they saw, they, they remembered that I had done that and they decided to kind of redo the email and kind of like bring that back to life for spring and summer. And so I was like, yes, that's a really great idea. So I created three different emails for everyone to choose from with three different meme ideas to also put on there. And there's a certain way to do these things because it's not just an email saying book now because it's never going to work that way or you're not going to get as high of an open rate or, or like interest. Right? Because the mistake that a lot of business owners, not just pet sitting but any kind of business owner does is the only time the email is when they want something. So it's like, hey, our prices are going up, our policies are changing, or we need you to book now and give us money. And none of that is ever fun. Right? And the world that we live in, with memes everywhere and gifts and it's just. It's so easy to just be, like, really fun. And it does a lot. Like, if you can evoke emotion for people, it does a lot. So these emails are specifically designed. I have them specifically designed to have amazing results. And we've had the results already rolling in. They're still rolling in right now as of this recording. I just saw another one that just said another $884 came in two days ago. I got something that said 15 $24, and there's more. I didn't write them all down, but it's just, it's so cool to watch this stuff happen in a time that matters to the next couple months. You know, it's too early to start talking about summer, but it's just. It's really great the way that we position it and the different tactics that we use. It works. It absolutely works. And otherwise, would these people have booked? Maybe. But to get them all in now so that these business owners can know how busy they're going to be. I mean, I have business owners that are already booked like 70% for March, and at the recording, it's February 24th. And so they know and they can plan ahead and be like, well, we definitely need to start hiring some more people now, because it's not even March yet and we're already that booked. Right. So that's really cool. Something else that's happening, and I'm not sure if I'm going to release it today or tell you guys, but I think I've told you that we. I've been teaching people how to do bots for different areas of their business, and now we've got a couple of things that have been happening from it, which is really, really cool to see it happen. So it goes from me having the idea and getting excited to do it, then it goes to the business owners excited to do it, but now they're getting buy in. So a couple of things are happening. One, I'm getting screenshots, and if you follow my Instagram stories, you saw it like last, last week. I've got screenshots of people saying, oh, my gosh, my team is using the bot. And they're so excited that other people like, oh, geez, in the company They've had their business for 20 plus years. They are boomers, okay? They're in the older generation and they are creating these, all right? And they're saying, oh my gosh, I'm gonna have my team go break it. Because that's one of the, like, once we create them, I encourage people to have their team go break it instead of presenting it to them as like a training. It's like, hey, we got this thing. Go play around and try to break it. And it's kind of cool because it shows where your vulnerabilities are or what you need to fix. And it's, it's really, it's really amazing. Gets everyone involved. And so it's just, it's, it's really, really cool to see this happening. One of the bots, and they're all different, they all have different purposes. One of them, my, my one on one clients, a couple weeks ago, we talked about, we demoted someone and promoted someone else and this person has just like taken it and run. And they actually sent out one of these emails and her office manager had no idea that this email went out. And they got like five bookings in like an hour. And without this business owner even knowing, this office manager who has just been in the position for like four days, knew how to go in, approve and assign these sitters. Because we had this bot that she just asked the question she needed to and got it done. And the business owner comes in and she's like, oh my gosh, like 4, 4, 4 bookings were scheduled for the client, like confirmed with the client, scheduled with a sitter. And I didn't even know, I didn't even know any of this happened till at the end. And it was 100% accurate. How amazing is that, you guys, I, I'm not even gonna go down that tangent because today we're talking about how to be a good leader. And these are all examples of being a great, great leader. I'm so proud of all of what's happening. And you know what? I am going to tell you because I'm the worst at my own secrets. Guys. I am working on something for the general public and it is. I'm gonna start up doing classes again. And my first class is I'm gonna teach you how to do this bot class. So if you've been wondering how to do, really wanted to take the leap to completely become a jumper and join the community,