Marketing on the Internet

Facebook

  • Post current/future openings

  • Describe what children are learning/activities to the parents

  • Can create a secure page just for parents

  • Privacy issues: posting of photos/names of children

  • Beware of posting your own photos/negative comments/bias

  • Add “Find us on Facebook” to your email address, print materials

Shutterfly.com: To post pictures for parents

Create your own website:

Weebly

Internet-Based Family

Craigslist: look for parents advertising, list your business free Child Care Forums

Marketing ideas:

DayCare.com

Child Care Lounge

123 Child

Online classified ads

Google “parent looking for child care in…”

Yelp

Care.com

YouTube – some providers doing short commercials

Use of email – parent reminders, forward articles, send blind copies so other parents don’t see email addresses, put openings on tag line

Tom Copeland -­‐ www.tomcopelandblog.com