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Tips For Great Daycare Menus By : Fiona Lohrenz So many people panic about daycare menus, what they should and shouldn't do, what needs to be included to cover the requirements of the dreaded food pyramid and generally get themselves in an awful tizzy about something that simply requires a little common sense. When cooking for a day care you need to ensure you are providing nutritious meals, that the food preparation process is hygienic and that the meals you are providing are easily prepared in bulk. Why Daycare Regulations Are Good And Necessary By : Fiona Lohrenz Hate or fear them daycare regulations are a necessity. Many of us already feel swamped by our daily tasks, limitless red tape and view the rules as a threat and an inconvenience. Sinking in a sea of bureaucracy we tend to forget that this legislation serves a good end. It has been formulated specifically to protect those who are most at risk in our society. 10 Ways To Get The Most Bang For Your Buck When Promoting Your Home Daycare Business With T-Shirts By : Allison Toney Are you thinking about using t-shirts to get more exposure for your home daycare business? Check-out this list of 10 easy peasy ways to help you get more mileage and the most bang for your buck from your investment. Home Daycare Operators: 6 Super Simple Ways To Build Client Loyalty By : Allison Toney Did you know that more than 60 percent of customers leave due to perceived indifference? They think you don't care about them, and simply move on. Add to that the fact that it cost more to acquire a new client than to keep an existing one, and it really helps to remind us just how important it is to take time to focus marketing efforts on existing clients. Getting Your Home Daycare Business Noticed With A Yard Sign: What You Should Know By : Allison Toney The whole purpose of marketing your home daycare business is to increase public awareness and in turn increase your profits, right? Bottom line, no secret there. What better way to enhance your visibility and stand out from the crowd than with the use of a yard sign? Extra! Extra! Read All About It! - 10 Tips For Using Flyers To Advertise Your Home Daycare Business By : Allison Toney Creating and distributing flyers is an easy and inexpensive way to advertise your in-home daycare business and build enrollment. Keep these 10 tips in mind while planning the launch of your next flyer campaign. 8 Free Ways To Advertise Your Home Daycare Website By : Allison Toney Hurray!… You’ve finally created a website for your home daycare business! Ok, now what? How do you go about advertising your new website without breaking the piggy bank wide open? It’s not at all hard to do if you know where to start. 10 Tips For Using Free Online Classified Ads To Successfully Promote Your Home Daycare Business - 2 By : Allison Toney In Part 1 of this article we covered 5 ways to help you minimize your efforts while increasing responses when using free online classified ads to promote your home daycare business. Lets now take a look at Success Tips 6-10. 10 Tips For Using Free Online Classified Ads To Successfully Promote Your Home Daycare Business - 1 By : Allison Toney So you’re thinking about using free online classified ads to promote your home daycare business, huh? Listed below you’ll find 10 Success Tips that will help you to use this marketing strategy to its maximum potential. Parent Participation At Day Care By : Fiona Lohrenz Day care providers should grab every available opportunity to involve parents and welcome their input. The rewards of this parental participation is mutually beneficial and makes for a positive experience for the children and all concerned. 17 Ways To Market Your Home Daycare With Business Cards - Part 2 By : Allison Toney In part 1 of this article we covered 10 simple ways to help you get your business cards out of the box and into the hands of your prospects, now let’s take a quick look at tips 11-17. Effectively Handling Difficult Behavior at Day Care By : Fiona Lohrenz A child can be taught the necessary skills to develop their social and behavioral milestones in a healthy safe preschool environment. Taking turns, politeness, sharing and making choices are the ordinary preschool activities that offer opportunities for the development of these milestones. 17 Ways To Market Your Home Daycare With Business Cards - Part 1 By : Allison Toney Did you know that business cards are the most popular marketing tool of choice among home daycare providers, yet the average provider has more than half of her business cards still sitting in the box? Yikes! What's Your “Home” Saying About Your Home Daycare Business? By : Allison Toney Did you know that within a few seconds of a potential client driving up to your home, they have already formed an opinion of your home daycare business, good or bad? Day Care Destruction By : Fiona Lohrenz Recently, I read a post about a child who was deliberately damaging day care property, everything from toys, to day care furniture and including personal items belonging to the provider. Parental responses have been confined to nervous laughs, half hearted chastening of the little boy followed by ‘meaningful’ apologies from the child but no serious discussion nor offer of reparation. The provider is pretty distraught at this point. Why You Need To Start A Day Care By : Fiona Lohrenz So, you already know what you hate….your thankless job, ungrateful, uncaring boss, the grinding commute for hours, not spending time with your kids and the breathtaking pain you feel leaving them crying at a day care every day. You want out off the vicious treadmill but feel backed into corner by financial obligations and can’t see how. Worse still, you can’t ever shake the guilt and sorrow you feel at not watching your kids grow and develop during those formative years, not knowing what’s happening to them in their little, daily lives. Despair not, there is a way! Home Daycare Providers: Toot Your Own Horn Without Blowing It! By : Allison Toney Whether you’re just starting out or have been in business for years, client testimonials are a proven way to communicate the value your service delivers. Day Care Contracts By : Fiona Lohrenz A vital aspect of your day care business is having a foolproof, comprehensive contract in place. I can't stress enough the importance of spending some time on this crucial document. Believe me when I tell you that a well crafted contract can save you from much potential grief and gnashing of teeth (I speak from painful experience!!). Let Uncle Sam Foot The Cost Of Advertising Your Home Daycare Business By : Allison Toney Did you know that as a home daycare business owner, you can deduct almost any Advertising Expenses as a cost of doing business in the year the costs were paid or incurred? I’ve Got A Newsworthy Reason To Write A Press Release For My Home Daycare Business... Now What? By : Allison Toney In my previous article “Need A Reason To Write A Press Release For Your Home Daycare Business?”, I listed 40 newsworthy ideas to get your wheels turning. Now, here’s a basic template to get you started with formatting your press release. Need A Reason To Write A Press Release For Your Home Daycare Business? By : Allison Toney Well, I've got 40! Financing Your Day Care Business By : Fiona Lohrenz There are many different types of people in numerous situations that want to establish a child care service business in the home. However, most of these people never succeed in doing so due to the funding that is required. There is hope and this article provides some pointers on finding your financing. Grow Your Home Daycare Business The Easy Way With An Annual Marketing Calendar By : Allison Toney Owning and operating a home daycare business isn't easy. All too often you find yourself wearing many hats: nurse, chef, chauffeur, teacher, mediator, counselor, bookkeeper, referee... and that's all before morning snack! Top it off with Marketing and it's enough to make your head spin. 5 New Years Resolutions For Your Home Daycare Business By : Allison Toney As the year is winding down, we once again find ourselves upon that old familiar time when we begin thinking about making New Years Resolutions. They usually involve setting personal goals such as, getting back into our skinny jeans or spending more time with family & friends. But what about setting business goals? Have you created an Action Plan that will take your home daycare business to the next level in the coming New Year? What's In A Name? When It Comes To Your Home Daycare Business, Plenty! By : Allison Toney Choosing the right name for your daycare business is a very important task that requires a lot of thought and consideration. You want to choose one that fits your personality as well as your business outlook. Advice On Purchasing a Day Care Computer By : Fiona Lohrenz If you are starting a daycare, it is very important that you purchase a computer in order to handle your business affairs. Here, you will learn tips on purchasing a computer when starting a daycare. 7 Deadly Sins Of Daycare Website Design By : Allison Toney Warning! This article is not for the faint hearted, thinned skinned or easily offended. If you are, you’re probably guilty of one or more of these 7 Deadly Sins. lol If You Build It, They Will Come - Not! By : Allison Toney So you've decided to take your daycare business online with a brand new flashy website decked out with all the latest bells and whistles. Now you're probably thinking to yourself... "I'm in business now!", right? Well... not exactly. Research Starting a Daycare in 3 Steps By : Fiona Lohrenz Here are some pointers on how best to prepare for the exciting adventure that is starting a daycare business. Managing Your Day care Business Effectively By : Fiona Lohrenz Here are some tips how you can lay the groundwork now for the effective management of your day care business once you are up and running. Tips for Screening Staff Applicants When Opening a Daycare By : Fiona Lohrenz When opening a daycare center, it is essential to conduct pre-employment background checks on all potential staff. daycare. These checks safeguard both you and the children in your care. There are two main reasons for performing this step. The first is to verify that the person applying for the position within your childcare center is indeed the person they claim to be. Tips for Effective Management of a Daycare Business By : Fiona Lohrenz Opening a daycare business is a lot of work, make no bones about it. The list of things to do will seem overwhelming and unending. While creating a business plan, designing an area for your home based daycare business, and obtaining clients is important in the initial opening of the business, it is equally important to manage your business appropriately once the business has started. Here are some tips how you can lay the groundwork now for the effective management of your day care business now before you are up and running. Starting a Daycare - 3 Concrete Steps By : Fiona Lohrenz You want to start a day care but have never taken the bull by the horns. Let us assume you know nothing about the industry except that it involves children but you have always dreamed about quitting your job and starting a childcare business. Well, I have just described my own situation 10 years ago before I started the one and a half year research that would culminate in the daycare I run today. Before you go running for the hills in dismay allow me to cut short the research time a little with some pointers on how best to prepare for the exciting adventure that is starting a daycare business. Tips for Starting a Day Care By : Fiona Lohrenz You want to be with your kids, you need an income, you want to be your own boss. You've looked at all the dubious self employment options and you keep coming back to the idea of starting a day care business. But it has remained an idea. Why? Fear of the unknown, fear of taking the risk. Smooth First Day at Day Care - Tips for Parents and Child Care Providers By : Fiona Lohrenz The first day at day care is looming and it is a scary and challenging prospect for mom and provider alike. But, never fear, I have compiled the First Day Survival Guide for all concerned. Investing In Your Image Can Help Grow Your Family Day Care By : Allison Toney When it comes to your business as a family day care provider, your image counts! Investing in your image can help you grow your business. When prospective clients meet with you for the first time, the image you project can make their decision on whether to do business with you or not. The following are some tips that can help you project a positive image. 18 Free! Ways To Advertise Your Family Day Care By : Allison Toney There are many ways to go about marketing your Family Day Care, and not all of them have to cost you. The following are a few FREE! methods that you can use to get the word out about your business.

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