I would like to talk to you about professionalism and why it’s a core strategy for a successful and profitable daycare business. Because each daycare provider is unique, understanding what it takes to be a daycare professional can be difficult. The specifics will change. For example, while a theme-based curriculum may work great for you, [...]
If you want to start daycare business, there are some things that you must understand first. Nowadays, having a daycare center business is deemed profitable due to the changing activity landscape of many parents out there. Today, most families have both parents working. This means that both parents who have children barely have the time [...]
I’ve gotten lots of questions about how to set child care rates. Here are some rules of thumb and some “out of the box” ideas to help you improve your profits. Of course, you need to start out by understanding what your competitors are charging. This is the basis for setting your rates. Research what [...]
The holiday season that just flew by was a great time to get free publicity in your local media (hometown newspaper, magazine, radio, or local TV station). I work with a center here in my hometown (TLC Child Development Center) and this is what we did to get 3 unique mentions in our local paper. [...]
Daycare centers are a home-away-from-home for many children. Providers, both in centers and in homes, can take simple steps to make daycare facilities more happy, healthy, safe, and green. In fact, there’s are many new initiative which offers daycare providers FREE training on how to “go green” and free marketing via their website. To take [...]
