Since I first began running my own childcare business, I longed for an easy, simple way to organize the ‘business’ of my business; a way, not only to efficiently communicate daily happenings to parents of the children already in my care, but also, to have a way to market to prospective parents so that they could quickly ‘see’ the benefits of having their children placed with me.  I wanted to let parents know that I was a professional and that their children would be well placed with me. I also wanted to be able to spend more quality time with the children and more of my after-hours time with my own family.

I knew from my years in the field of marketing and running professional organizations that the key to success was communication and visibility — I needed to communicate to prospective parents in a way they could “get” who I was and what my business was about (what they could expect from me); and then I needed to maintain visibility to existing parents through constant effective communications about what was happening with their children each day and each week in my care. 

 I had two problems at the time:

 1.) A newspaper ad or church bulletin was not enough space to communicate fully what my program was about – so I spent a lot of time on the phone in conversations with prospective parents that oftentimes were just not a match.
 2.) Current parents of children in my care did not always remember or read the calendars, memos, menus, reminders – in fact, I could count on finding at least one in my driveway every hectic Friday afternoon after the flurry of pick-ups.  Countless others ended up on the floor of the backseats and bottom of the diaper bags and brief cases of parents anxious to get home to relax for their weekend!

I am so happy to report that we finally have the solution!  We, here at Childcare Bridge have created and launched our very own professional childcare website builder. It is specifically designed exclusively for childcare providers!  We now have a way to help child care providers quickly and easily create a presence on-line and, at the same time, streamline all of the communications with parents.  With the Childcare Wizard you can simply and easily create a professional looking website and then use tools inside that website for communication with current parents and new customers, create calendars, menus, just to mention a few.  And it is really easy, so even if you aren’t a wizard on the computer, believe me you can do this with no problem. 

I have talked with many providers who have already subscribed to Childcare Bridge and their stories are so encouraging.  They talk about the professional presence they have now and how they have filled their openings.  Others use the calendar and menu tools to ease their work load and display important information for those visiting their site to review.  Many have told me about the ease of communication with parents now that they have the ‘megaphone’ tool. No more excuses for forgetting permission slips or tuition!! They really love that parents can download and print forms from the site (saving ink and paper for the providers!) and there is even a child assessment tool that many have said they use effectively.  Most importantly, I hear that Childcare Bridge helps create a presence that, for many, has translated into a more positive image, more phone calls and more satisfied customers.  If you want to learn more, log onto www.childcarebridge.com and check it out or give us a call at (800) 634-0513.

These are exciting times here at Childcare Bridge and I am so happy that you are here to share them with us!