Cm Club - How helpful are people when you are trying to advertise?

[LoveMyGirls]

Just asked the headmaster at dd1's school if he has any objections to me putting a few laminated flyers up on the tree's outside the school - got told no (not in so many words but basically) now i feel i'd have been better off not asking and just doing at least i may have got a customer that way!

He said I'm welcome to put a flyer up on thier noticeboard - NOTICEBOARD????? what noticeboard? Dd1 has been there 4 years i'm yet to see the noticeboard..............DOH!

could you not hand out flyers when you pick up DD???

I've just paid to put an advert in my local paper in the childcare section. Plus advertised on a couple of websites.

Do i have to ask anyone's permission tohand out flyers? Worried about the cost of all this advertising. I did a leaflet drop last week for over 250 flyers - still nothing

I got my mindees from having leaflets in local businesses and having an ad in parish magazine. Keep smiling someone will come along soon I didnt have anyone for about 2 months and then signed 3 families in 2 weeks! They are out there somewhere!!

ive just put a notice in the pre-school for before and after school and holiday club ready for september

I'm actually in need of under 5's any tip's on where to advertise for those?

I've got babies waiting for places in june, possibly august and september but absolutly nothing for now........

keep the june place open but charge a retainer to keep the place for them

I thought about phoning the june one and saying i'm prepared to keep the space if she comes and does paperwork and pays me the first week as a deposit. I know she's on mat leave and doesn't have the money to pay a retainer i don't want to push for one and lose her altogether as the baby will be full time.

junes not too far away if she filld in the paper work and gives you a deposit i would go with that