For about two years now we've slowly been growing our community of Savvy Breeders! Our Facebook groups have grown to membership totaling more than 4,600 doodle and poodle breeders! That's kind of hard to believe!
I've also been offering color genetics courses (my first love) via the Thinkific website platform. Many of you have taken advantage of these courses and applied them to your programs, enabling you to make better decisions for you and your customer base. Thank you all!
Now it's time to take the next step for this community we've created!
Everything moving forward will be available directly from the Savvy Breeder website!
The goal is to make an all inclusive hub where breeders can just be breeders. No regulations or stipulations, just freedom to discuss our passions, advertise freely, and support one another.
So what exactly is new and why should you join us?
The color genetics courses are now on the Savvy Breeder site for members. For now, there are the original three (The Basics, Making Predictions, and the Brindle Mini Course) BUT I'm working to add Coat Genetics, Intensity Mini Course, and All About CDDY. So those will be added in the next couple of months. (Thinkific will remain up for the next two months to insure any who have purchased from the site will be able to access it for that remaining time.)
Unlimited entries into our Public Stud Directory. Advertise your studs to your target market, other poodle and doodle breeders!
Breeder Groups.....I'm excited about this one. These work exactly like Facebook. You join the appropriate group, make posts, comment, like, etc. The great thing is though....no restrictions. Include ALL pertinent info including price and availability! Market your pups directly to other programs! Search for your next breeding prospect directly to breeders you know and trust!
The App! Ok I'm not going to lie....I'm somewhat still figuring this one out. BUT Wix offers their Spaces App and I've tied it to the website. So those groups I just mentioned will be easily accessible through that app for members. You can set up notifications and everything just like FB so you don't miss a post and won't have to log in to the website each time to see the Groups.
The Blog....not so new, but I plan to utilize it A LOT more. I'd love to get the Breeder Spotlight posts back up and running. Perhaps a new program every Friday or something to that effect. I'd love your ideas on what you'd like to hear more of!
You might have noticed I used the word "member" a few times there. That's one of the biggest changes to the site and how it will operate moving forward. The site will have different membership plans to allow you access to different aspects of it.
There will be a full access membership (which you can pay all at once for a discount or pay out monthly) and there will be a partial access membership that is monthly and can be cancelled at anytime. Either subscription you choose you will have UNLIMITED stud listings to the public stud directory (this will always be available to the public and does not require a membership to view)(those that used the old method, your stud listings will still be live for your subscribed year). You will have access to the breeder groups, breeder directory, and blog. *The full access membership is required for access to the genetics courses.
I know this is a big change and will ultimately make some people upset. But I'm just going to be honest, it was this or I close the Savvy Breeder (and that includes my FB groups). I'm paying a TON in website fees for the course website and this website. I'm in the hole most months. So I just don't want you to think this is a scheme to milk you for more money or something. I really just want this to be successful and help breeders support breeders. By everyone paying a little we can keep the site, educational material, and community going and really start utilizing everything this site has to offer.
*Please remember that any membership fees are completely tax deductible for your business!
There will inevitably be some hiccups the first week or so, so please be patient. I'm sure you'll find things that aren't working correctly....please let me know! If there's more material you want on the site....let me know that too! This site is FOR YOU! Let's make it the best we can!
The more of us that are involved and engage, the better this gets! So please share with all your breeder friends!
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