Originally Posted by hsdcmama:
That's how it is in my area too. Fb ads out the wazoo, and hardly any calls or interviews for me. It's been like that since Day 1; sometimes I really worry about what I'll do if/when my current families move on.
Same is happening here too. When I opened in AUGUST, there were NO ads on craigslist/facebook for daycare in my town(I live in a suburb of a large town, but my specific suburb had no posts)....
Since then, there have been 3 new "providers" popping up, one I'm almost certain is the lady across the street who I NEVER see.
I swear she doesn't leave her house. I saw her a few months back, and she was ready to give birth on the sidewalk almost...The time I saw her before that, she wasn't even pregnant!
I'm STILL struggling to get families in here. I have 1 FT and 1 PT...Fortunately my FT family loves me, but if I don't get my other 2 spots filled FT, I don't know what to do. I can't afford to lower my rates any further and still offer everything I do.