Childminding Website - What do you think?

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I have just made this website for my mum's childminding business.

www.debbiepostles.co.uk

It is not finished yet as we will be adding a testimonials pages and other pages too. Does anybody have any ideas or suggestions?

We would really appreciate to hear them :)
 
Thank you. If you also have any ideas on how to advertise, let us know. My mum is posting out leaflets with website address on and contact info. She has put some of them up in schools. She obviously has a website now. Anymore ideas?
 
wow that looks great... do you have a pin-up board at you local shopping centre... if so pin some on there... they will most definatly get seen :)
 
its a great website hubbys just joined a scheme called buy with confidence its about poeple with their own businesses getting police checked etc and allowing a check on thier business probably your home etc which your mum would already have had done, and they then keep your name on a register on line, try your local trading standards to see if they do buy with confidence scheme , what about local papers , yellow pages is expensive but good and of course on line like google ask etc (search engines)
 
I have just added the html for search engines to pick up the site and add it onto there - will take a while though. :)
 
baby-wilson said:
wow that looks great... do you have a pin-up board at you local shopping centre... if so pin some on there... they will most definatly get seen :)
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I'm not sure if there is - I will get my mum to check it out. Thanks :D
 
thats okay... anytime :) we have one at our local shops and there is all types of things pinned on there lol
 
Yeah great idea :-* :-* :-* :-*
Best of luck i'm sure it'll be a success, if i was a kid i know where i'd prefer to be :smitten: :smitten:
 
Hehe, thanks everyone. My mum has been registered since Jan and has received a couple of calls about childminding but nothing more after. Hopefully by setting up this website, people will be able to see exactly what she has to offer and an enquiry form for those that are interested in finding more information about her childcare facility.
 
I know on Arun's monthly school newsleters, there is sometimes an ad for local childminders. Name, number, hours they can do etc.

Maybe your local schools would be willing to do something similar?

*Edit, just had a look at the website, it's great!
 
The best places to advertise a new business is on free ad things...like gumtree and touch local, i would recommend both of these two website as they get you onto google.

The website looks great! and a few pointers to help you get onto google too are:
Google likes paragraphs.

Google picks up words from your website, so writing 'invisible' things on the bottom of your page is good...for example 'child minding in Rugby'. By invisible writing i mean the same colour as your back ground, so in your case blue or white. That way people can't read all the gobbledygook at the bottom of your page but google can.

Google doesn't like GIFS, which means those pictures that move, like this... :smitten: so don't use any of those

Links are also good, so search for appropriate website which will add links on for you, but in return you have to put links on your website...so you need to make a links page.

Perhaps see if you can put some leaflets in your local schools reception, or a youth club or play group etc..

Hope some of that helps :)
 
also another good place to advertise would be anywhere mums go... shops, schools etc... lol
 
Guinea-Tia-Flossie said:
The best places to advertise a new business is on free ad things...like gumtree and touch local, i would recommend both of these two website as they get you onto google.

The website looks great! and a few pointers to help you get onto google too are:
Google likes paragraphs.

Google picks up words from your website, so writing 'invisible' things on the bottom of your page is good...for example 'child minding in Rugby'. By invisible writing i mean the same colour as your back ground, so in your case blue or white. That way people can't read all the gobbledygook at the bottom of your page but google can.

Google doesn't like GIFS, which means those pictures that move, like this... :smitten: so don't use any of those

Links are also good, so search for appropriate website which will add links on for you, but in return you have to put links on your website...so you need to make a links page.

Perhaps see if you can put some leaflets in your local schools reception, or a youth club or play group etc..

Hope some of that helps :)
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I have used meta tags which is the text the search engines use to pick up words so thats all done. Thanks for the tips :)
 
O0 okey doke.. how about mentioning the animals too? Sometimes it can be more of an attraction?
 
kellyandpiggies said:
O0 okey doke.. how about mentioning the animals too? Sometimes it can be more of an attraction?
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The animals will be upstairs (the children are not registered for going upstairs!) - Some parents might be funny about having children with animals - I think it should be mentioned that they are kept away from the children however with permission from parents, they can see/hold the animals e.t.c.
 
that sounds like fun... the kids would want to come so they could play with the pets :) lol
 
I think Ellie has done me proud with my website! :) Getting policies written up now. Since childminding has been under the control of OFSTED it has become much more professional. When I was previously registered I basically did everything as it is now but it wasn't all written down. I guess its as much for your own protection as anything else. Obviously you kept accident records and medication records etc before but now you need polices on Behaviour, Equal Opportunities, Child Protection, Health and Safety etc. In fact I think there are about eleven policies! All your policies have to show that your setting meets all the needs of the National Standards for Under 8's Daycare and Childminding.

Hopefully I should be up and running really soon. I am so looking forward to it. I loved it last time and think its the most worthwhile job I have every done. :D
 
Great for you Debbie! I think that having all of the policies and procedures might scare people off!
 
Yeah but all "proffessional" childminders have to have policies now - same applies for nurseris.
 
When OFSTED do your first proper inspection, usually after about six to seven months, they like to see your portfolio which should include policies for your setting and also a risk assessment for any outings or activities you do with the children. Its basically just common sense type things, but at a time when people are likely to sue you for almost anything, then you need to have clear policies and guidelines to cover just about everything you do.
 
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