I had the opportunity to do a short ten minute interview about LaRaedo horse farm software on Tack and Habit Radio this past week. I shared the spotlight with Cashel a horse business that makes a fly mask called ‘The Cashel Crusader‘. It’s really pretty cool – check it out!

Click here to take you to the podcast link. I think you will really enjoy it!

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Registration for LaRaedo is changing and it will make subscribing a whole lot easier for the farm owner. I decided to make a few changes to the Registration page on the LaRaedo Horse Farm Management Software website. Quick summary:

• No Credit Card is needed for the 15-Day Free Trial
• Subscription selection down to three monthly – eliminated the yearly offerings

I want the subscriber to get a real feel for LaRaedo and decided that fifteen days is really all it will take because the software is so easy to use. Software tutorials are available on my blog site under Software Tutorials (no duh) and there are links to the user guide when the account information is e-mailed after registration.

So upon initial login, a counter begins and each day it is decremented by one. After the 15th day, the subscriber will receive a notice upon login that they need to subscribe to the software if they want to continue using it. Pretty simple and a no brainer because by that time they will realize what a great revenue builder this software will provide for their farm.

Next, I decreased the number of subscription selections down to three. I eliminated the yearly price and only included the monthly subscription. Basically, because it is a lot easier should you decide to cancel – not that you would but just in case.

The monthly selection is determined by the size or number of horses that will be tracked using the software. A subscriber can start out with the small farm monthly charge and if they go over the alloted number for that subscription, the software will notify them that they will need to move to the next subscription price.

So starting out on the low end of the subscription is another way to initially determine how well LaRaedo will benefit their farm.

Anyways, the plan is to have all this completed by June 4th so be sure to check back and try out the new and improved Registration process. I think you are going to love it!

And once you try out the free trial – leave a comment below and tell us all what you think!

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The next step after the creation of the horses and boarder data will be the addition of any employees that will be tracking and maintaining the farm’s boarded horses.

Here is an example of what is required when adding an employee.

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Once an account has been created for the employee, an event can be assigned as follows:

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Here is what your employee will see when they log in to view their scheduled tasks:

The employee can complete this event and create their own events to track and provide updates for the horse boarder.

The basis behind showing you the process of this software is to demonstrate how easy it is to use. There are quite a few things that I have left out that will add to the experience of connecting with everyone involved.

I wanted to provide in these few posts the overall picture of how the software flows from farm owner to employee to boarder and back again. It is all about improving the communication with your horse boarders.

In the next post, I will demonstrate how the software pulls all of the billable event tracking into a horse boarder’s invoice.

Please feel free to leave any comments or questions you may have. I would love to hear your impression so far!

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After you have completed the registration process, you will receive an e-mail as shown below.

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Hello Marie Taulbee:

Thank you for subscribing to the LaRaedo Horse Farm Management Software.

Login Access and User Guide software instructions can be found at: http://www.laraedo.com/user-guide

Your administrative account log in is: LaRaedo-Farm
Your Password is: laraedo

Click on the link below and begin enjoying LaRaedo: http://software.laraedo.com

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at the e-mail listed below.

Please read, as agreed to in the ‘Terms and Conditions’:

TRIAL SUBSCRIBERS: Automatic monthly charges will begin after the 30-Day Free Trial unless an e-mail is sent to info@LaRaedo.com or you cancel your subscription via PayPal prior to the end of trial period.

Thank you,

LaRaedo Support

info@LaRaedo.com

More Boarders. More Profit. More Freedom.

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Click on the LaRaedo link as indicated in the e-mail and you will be taken to the software home page:

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Now this is where the fun stuff begins. Once you have logged in, the first thing you do is review your ‘Account Settings’:

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To some readers, this may appear to be pretty basic but I have found that learning how to do things in pieces makes it much easier to remember than laying it all out in one big chunk.

I think that the basis of putting these steps into several blog posts is to show everyone how simple this program is and yet how powerful it can be for your horse business.

My next post will illustrate account creation and who really needs one.

Please provide me with any questions or suggestions below. I think that using the comments sections helps others that may have the same questions but just didn’t think to ask.

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I created a product that I absolutely love. I have lived in its creation for nearly two years. It started with a simple idea and grew into a tool that can enhance the lives of horse enthusiasts everywhere.

I want to share my passion with you. So in the next several blog postings, I will demonstrate what this LaRaedo product is all about. Because I was thinking that it is all fine and dandy to have a web site that spouts the various features of a product but many might say ‘How the heck will it help me?’.

We all talk about how little time there is to bring anything else into our lives. But I am a firm believer that anyone can bring anything into their lives if they see value. I raised three kids, worked full time for 30 thirty years, got my college degree at night and still managed to get in an aerobic work out. If you see the value, you will do the work.

We are talking about your business, your life’s blood, your world. I know that it is easy to just do the same old, same old. Even when we know that making changes, although uncomfortable can be good. Just think, not too long ago, many folks didn’t even know how to e-mail someone. Now it is pretty common place.

I realize that some will say “I have such a small farm, it is just not necessary because we all know each other and there is no need to keep track of everything”. I boarded on a small farm and although I did speak with the owner often; once a month I would receive an invoice with one large dollar figure on it. No itemization or description. I guess I was to assume that any and all extras were included in the monthly bill.

And then there are the larger farms that just don’t have the time to be bothered keeping track of one more thing to do. I also boarded on a large farm and found that it was extremely difficult to find anyone that knew what was going on. It was hectic and unorganized which left me feeling frustrated and not sure where to go for help.

I’m not saying that this horse farm management product is going to make everything better for everyone but it will definitely improve the way you do business now.

With all that in mind, I’d like to begin by talking about the first step to gaining access to this simple horse management program. When I say first step, I mean exactly that….

REGISTRATION – There’s just a few items that I’ve placed in captions that help explain things so that you have a great experience using LaRaedo right from the beginning.

The next post will speak about the log in process and setting up your account settings.

Thanks and if you have any questions, please share them as comments below. I will be sure to provide the answers.

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I have created a horse farm software that I want to share with the world. When I tell people about it, I feel inspired. My whole being wants to shout out loud ‘Here is what you have been looking for; look over here’! So I am using today’s post to simply tell you about how my dream can help you move your business into new revenue building territory and offer it to you for FREE. Interested? then read on ….

It’s all about mind set. Many of us have heard this phrase repeated again and again in recent months. But what does that really mean? To me, it feels like a change of thinking, of opening up to new ideas.

There is so much talk about social media and how facebook and twitter and linkedin can help us build relationships and, for those of us in the business world, help us grow our business.

LaRaedo horse farm management software is very similar to those social medias but rather than building relationships with an entire ocean of people, it is about building relationships with the pond or lake in your own backyard.

LaRaedo is a web-based software. What that means is that the software resides on a secure server. The farm owner logs in, creates accounts for their horse boarding customers and staff. Then with the help of the farm’s staff, trainers or barn managers, keeps the horse boarding customers informed on the health and maintenance of their horse.

What better way to build relationships than to keep your own boarding customers happy and feeling like they are important. And, of course, they are! You need them and they need to feel your appreciation.

Remember that this software is an investment to the future of your farm business. Just as with social media, it takes time to get the word out that you offer something unique and satisfying at your farm. Something not offered at most barns.

You are the new age boarding farm that uses technology to build a better, more improved relationship with your boarders. As they say in social media, after a period of time, building a trusting relationship becomes viral and suddenly you have horse boarders waiting in line to board at your farm.

Why, because you care about them and want them to know it. You took that extra fifteen or twenty minutes each day to keep them informed about their horse, lessons or training.

You provided them with a means to connect with you; the opportunity to send you message alerts. Each day you quickly review your boarders messages and respond. You may not have an immediate resolution to their request but you listened and responded.

Imagine the fun for you and your team to keep your boarders informed about training or lessons by extending them links to YouTube so that they can see a short video of training or one that you took of them from a recent horse show.

At the end of each month, your horse boarders receive notification that their invoice is ready for viewing. They log in to their account and review not just a simple dollar amount bill but a full, line-by-line itemized bill that provides a date when these items occurred and a description of each item.

There is no confusion as to what and when because they were able to view each expense during the month every time they logged into their account. It’s all in there, when it happened, who it was assigned to and when the task or event was completed.

You can send them a notice when the bill has been paid or if it becomes over-due. They can view and print and have a history of what they have been paying you each month for the care and feeding of their precious investment.

Now here is my offer to you. For the next FOUR DAYS, from March 22 through MARCH 25, I will offer this software to any farm owner that wants to use it for as long as they want to use it FOR FREE.

I want you to see first hand how this product will bring revenue to your farm! I believe in it and know that you will too once you take the time to start now and move toward building more revenue for your business. This is the year for YOU and your FARM.

All you need to do is sign up for the newsletter on the upper right side of this blog and I will contact you with the details. We will walk through the process together so that you completely understand how to use it. Should only take an hour at best. This is truly a simple program, it just takes initiative on your part to change your MIND SET today!

So what are you waiting for? Let’s get started TODAY!

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