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Follow the 'Golden Rule' When Setting Your Footcare Prices

The ideal pricing spot is in the middle of the top one-third of the prices charged by farriers in your area
By Frank Lessiter posted on May 30, 2020 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients
When it comes to setting prices, everyone has a different approach. Advertising copywriter and marketing consultant Bob Bly follows the golden rule that says you should do unto others as you want others to do unto you. What hoof-care pricing structure do you follow?
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Mary Bramley

Are Farriers Essential in a Time of Pandemic Crisis?

By Mary Bramley posted on March 28, 2020 | Posted in Business Practices, Safety & Healthcare
The current impact of the COVID-19 virus on your farrier practice should have you asking whether you are prepared for this pandemic and how you are going to prepare yourself going forward with the ever-increasing measures being taken to curb the spread of the virus. What countermeasures, if any, should we take as farriers? How will this pandemic affect our daily business?
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Danvers Child

Farriery Doesn’t Have to be a Tug of War

By Danvers Child, CJF posted on February 29, 2020 | Posted in Education
The International Hoof-Care Summit recently concluded, and I have a question. Why do you go to the mid-winter farrier conference? I think the typical response is going to be that "I came for continuing education." That's what we did. We all came here for continuing education. But what are you continuing?
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Ocala's Farriery Supply and Finger Lakes Manufacturing in conjunction with the Florida State Farrier's Association is hosting Farriers Appreciation Day beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 25, 2020. The clinicians are Dr. Larry Wexler, Tri Ellerbee, John Berkley, Ty Garner, Shane Allen, Mike Lanolfi and Mike Bennetch.
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