Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Online Child Care Advertising...
Several new online advertising oportunites for you child care business. Unfortunately, most of these charge for providers to post information and parents can look for providers for free. As of yet, these are of limited value due to increasing competition, but you never know... If interested, check these sites out:
Parents can search for day cares according to their needs... maybe they need one in the same Zip code, or one with staff members that speak Spanish. It's all listed in one central location. It lets providers advertise their businesses, and helps parents learn more about the people caring for their children. The website was just launched last week, and is for day cares anywhere in the country, not just in Sioux Falls. But it only lists providers that have registered with the site. Click here to register.
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With About.com you can submit a child care review to make the search for child care easier! Read about what others say about providers or submit your own review about a child care facility you like (or don't). Early childhood educators can also submit their website to a national courtesy listing.
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CareSquare is a community website connecting parents and caregivers in a social network. It allows for peer-review, feedback, and real-time booking of care. Post a profile, network, share recommendations, and gain new opportunities! Join today!
CareSquare is dedicated to connecting parents and caregivers in their local communities. CareSquare was created by parents of young children who understand the personal and complex process of finding trusted babysitting and nanny care. We're here to help families and caregivers easily contact, schedule and book childcare.
Finding Caregivers
So how do you find your caregivers now? If you're like us, it's most likely through your community of friends and family. You've got a built-in level of trust and reliability that way - but not always convenience. Anyone who's ever had to look for a last minute babysitter knows this. With CareSquare, we not only strive to provide a trustworthy and reliable service, but a far more convenient one as well.
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Daycare Bear claims that they are becoming the main meeting place between parents and childcare providers (daycare centers, pre-schools, home and family daycares, babysitters...). They provide detailed and current information about the available openings across the nation and help parents quickly find the daycare provider they are looking for.
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Specializing in family child care is the FamilyDayCareSpot. They believe that parents are looking for a small home setting as the first school for their children. Family Daycares are special in that; they have a consistent provider in a loving home, they have the security that licensed home daycares have to follow the same rule as a center and they offer flexible hours to parents that need it.
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In Minnesota, your best resource to fill openings in The Minnesota Child Care Resource & Referral Agency. Parents can find out how to contact their local agency at http://www.mnchildcare.org/imm_map.php
Let me know of any more sites that you are aware of that you would like to share...
Several new online advertising oportunites for you child care business. Unfortunately, most of these charge for providers to post information and parents can look for providers for free. As of yet, these are of limited value due to increasing competition, but you never know... If interested, check these sites out:
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The first site was developed by a Sioux Falls, SD father who suspected his child was abused at day care, to help other parents from going through a similar situation. http://www.carebrite.com/... a nationwide database of day care providers all over the country.
Parents can search for day cares according to their needs... maybe they need one in the same Zip code, or one with staff members that speak Spanish. It's all listed in one central location. It lets providers advertise their businesses, and helps parents learn more about the people caring for their children. The website was just launched last week, and is for day cares anywhere in the country, not just in Sioux Falls. But it only lists providers that have registered with the site. Click here to register.
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With About.com you can submit a child care review to make the search for child care easier! Read about what others say about providers or submit your own review about a child care facility you like (or don't). Early childhood educators can also submit their website to a national courtesy listing.
***********
CareSquare is a community website connecting parents and caregivers in a social network. It allows for peer-review, feedback, and real-time booking of care. Post a profile, network, share recommendations, and gain new opportunities! Join today!
CareSquare is dedicated to connecting parents and caregivers in their local communities. CareSquare was created by parents of young children who understand the personal and complex process of finding trusted babysitting and nanny care. We're here to help families and caregivers easily contact, schedule and book childcare.
Finding Caregivers
So how do you find your caregivers now? If you're like us, it's most likely through your community of friends and family. You've got a built-in level of trust and reliability that way - but not always convenience. Anyone who's ever had to look for a last minute babysitter knows this. With CareSquare, we not only strive to provide a trustworthy and reliable service, but a far more convenient one as well.
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Daycare Bear claims that they are becoming the main meeting place between parents and childcare providers (daycare centers, pre-schools, home and family daycares, babysitters...). They provide detailed and current information about the available openings across the nation and help parents quickly find the daycare provider they are looking for.
***********
Specializing in family child care is the FamilyDayCareSpot. They believe that parents are looking for a small home setting as the first school for their children. Family Daycares are special in that; they have a consistent provider in a loving home, they have the security that licensed home daycares have to follow the same rule as a center and they offer flexible hours to parents that need it.
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In Minnesota, your best resource to fill openings in The Minnesota Child Care Resource & Referral Agency. Parents can find out how to contact their local agency at http://www.mnchildcare.org/imm_map.php
Let me know of any more sites that you are aware of that you would like to share...
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 2:12 PM 
