House sitters - How to find success through MindMyHouse
How to succeed through our service versus 'whistling in the wind'.
Dear new MindMyHouse member. Congratulations for taking out a house sitter membership with us. You are well on your way to finding those great house sitting assignments you are seeking!
There are a few simple things you can do to maximise your chance of success through our service. See the following as instructions rather than guidelines. If you don't follow these instructions you will be wasting your membership!
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Create your own sitter available listing. Seventy percent of home owners contact our house sitters directly. If you don't advertise your services with us they can't find you!
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Opt in to our Local Sitter Search database. Home owners in your area can then find your listing on a Google map and contact your directly.
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Create an 'all countries' email alert. However, if you only want to sit in France, then an alert for 'France' only will do. This way, you receive an email every time a relevant sitter wanted listing is posted to our site.
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Check your email inbox daily for your alerts and for messages from home owners.
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Keep your contact details current in our database.
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Respond to home owner's messages and to sitter wanted listings as soon as you can.
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Write a fabulous 200 word 'standard response' to use as the basis of your applications to home owners.
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Tell home owners how you can meet their needs and why you want to house sit for them.
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Be prepared to meet your own travel expenses and your costs while on assignment.
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Become an animal lover. Have fun with it!
