I hadn't been having any luck advertising, but was posting on Craigslist and facebook sell groups when I'd see someone asking for care, or I'd post an ad on facebook to advertise my childcare program. I'd get maybe 1 -2 interested parents some of the times, but only two have actually worked out (and one of them I had to term before she'd been here two months). Well yesterday I decided to post another ad on a Facebook sell group, only this time I added a couple pictures of my little playroom (I was hesitant to do that because it's so small and licensed daycares have such neat set ups, and devoted space for their childcare, so I was afraid I'd look unprofessional). So anyway, I put up two pictures and bam! I got a bunch of comments on it asking for more info or tagging people, several likes, etc. And I also got several private messages too. I spent almost all day yesterday trying to keep up : )
Of course I don't know if any of them will actually work out: with the hours I'm open, my rates (although cheap for daycare in this area, nobody seems to want to pay more than $15/day, which I won't do since that's WAY below this area's rates), the fact that I'm in an apartment, etc. Plus I'm sure a lot of them were just curious, or even other providers trying to get info lol. But I'm hoping for at least one or two new children through this
