Dear pet people, please help us!

[Karen]

If you are a child, this message is not for you.

With the economic downturn and current circumstances, advertising revenue has been declining, and has recently plummeted. Now more than ever we need your help. There are two basic ways to combat this problem. We either need a different method to pay for our websites or we need a lot more visitors.

1) For the few people who are willing and able, we are accepting donations here.

2) We know there are millions of people on the Internet who love pets as much as you and I do. Perhaps, you could invite your friends or family who would enjoy Pet of the Day, Dog of the Day, Cat of the Day, and Pet Talk to visit.

There are so many ways you can share the fun! From things as simple as telling any pet people you know, to contacting friends with a link. Those of you who are more tech-saavy, we'd love links on any websites you have, any tweets about us, and for you to retweet our daily posts to your followers. If you have a blog, please mention our sites and link to us.

As several people have suggested in the past, we will be considering selling items like T-shirts and tote bags. We are not considering charging for membership. Please comments and suggestions to this thread on Pet Talk or info @ Petoftheday.com


Pet of the Day - http://PetoftheDay.com
Cat of the Day - http://CatoftheDay.com
Dog of the Day - http://DogoftheDay.com

Pet Talk - http://PetoftheDay.com/talk
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Twitter: @petoftheday, @catoftheday or @dogofthedaycom

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[lvpets2002]

Hey its more like when do I Not Talk About Pet Talk.. I talk about PT to everyone.. Might I make just one suggestion Karen.. Have you thought of charging a small fee for getting your pet on POTD & DOTD & COTD.. Just a thought.. However I will be sending you a check like always.. I have your address already unless you have moved..

[pomtzu]

A small token of thanks on the way......

[Pinot's Mom]

Some help on the way from here...hope everything works out OK! Thanks for all you do!

[Taz_Zoee]

I am unable to donate right now. But as soon as I get some bills paid down I will definitely send you a check. Afterall, I don't know what I'd do without my Pet Talk family.

[Prairie Purrs]

I'll send something along as soon as my mid-month paycheck arrives. Caly has volunteered to retweet the COTD posts on Twitter (he has his own account ). And I would happily purchase a nice big PT coffee mug should such a thing ever become available.

[Hellow]

*cranks his social networking machine*

You want more visitors? Hopefully this will make some for you.

Blog post: http://scalar.cluenet.org/hellow/200...pet-people-go/
Shortened Link: http://bit.ly/7yqB5

[Husky_mom]

*cranks his social networking machine*

You want more visitors? Hopefully this will make some for you.

the person I was expecting to reply.. hehe.. is there a way that you can make a link button or something that we can add to our facebooks..I certainly have a few pet lover people there.. or just posting the link would do?

[cassiesmom]

Uh-oh! This announcement reminded me that I owe PT a 13th birthday donation! Whoops! Karen, I will have it in tomorrow's mail.

Thank you for the gift of PT,
elyse

[Hellow]

the person I was expecting to reply.. hehe.. is there a way that you can make a link button or something that we can add to our facebooks..I certainly have a few pet lover people there.. or just posting the link would do?

I edited in a blog post; You can add it to your wall/etc. by clicking the relative button at the bottom of the post.

[Karen]

the person I was expecting to reply.. hehe.. is there a way that you can make a link button or something that we can add to our facebooks..I certainly have a few pet lover people there.. or just posting the link would do?

You can post the link, or can use the graphic at the top of the page
or use one of the daily pet icons to post on Facebook ....

[moosmom]

Karen,

Do you have a Paypal acct?? I'll be able to send you something on the 3rd of Nov. Hope that's okay.

I don't know what I'd do without Pet Talk!!!! Being without PT and all the wonderful people on it is like being without AIR!!!!!

[Karen]

Yes, we do! On the donation page is our Paypal info. Thanks!

And thanks everyone, every bit helps.

[Hellow]

Hmm, on the topic of links:
Karen, perhaps adding a AddThis button to the fundraiser page, or to PetOfTheDay itself, would help things?
http://addthis.com/

[Karen]

I think we will soon do a survey, and we will add coffee mugs to the list of things people might want to buy sometime in the future.

Thanks for the links, Reggie/Hellow. Thanks for your regular link on your blog post, too. Just so everyone else knows, even if no one clicks on any of your links to us, Google and Bing will find it, and it counts as a point in our favor. Direct links work best, as bit.ly links might not count, just FYI.

We had not heard of Addthis.com - thanks for that link. Maybe we will try it, or maybe we will make our own ""addthis"-like button.