I would have waited on the assistant until you needed one. You don't need an assistant to watch 2-3 kids do you? Otherwise good advice on pp on advertising. Keep getting your name out there, get t-shirts made for the kids when you are out and about, put a sign in your yard, ads on craigslist and in local shopper. Make sure your CCR&R has all you information up to date, I got most of my kids from CCR&R when I started. Eventually most of your clients will (hopefully) come from referrals, but you have to get those first few through advertising.

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