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Your relationship with parents is a vital part of your business success. In fact, when you have positive interactions with parents, this will increase your chances of parents telling others about you. Moreover, people love to do business with friendly people.

Today I am going to share with you, how to have positive interactions with parents upon arrival and at pick-up time.

Arrival Time

Upon arrival,  be sure to greet the parents and children with a warm smile and by saying  “Good Morning!” Also as the parents leave to go off to work, don’t forget to say,”Have a Great day.”

Moreover, as the parents and the children are saying their good byes, make sure that you are available to answer any questions  that the parent may have.

Pickup Time-

As parents arrive to pick-up their children, greet them with a warm hello and a smile. Moreover, be sure to ask; “How was your day?”

Also, be ready to give the parents some encouraging words, because you just may have a parent that had a bad day.

If you are a home provider, keep the conversation brief, so that you do not take your focus away from the other children in your care. If the parent is a talker….. simply say, I would love to finish this conversation with you, however I must get back to work or to the children.

A Positive interaction with parents at arrival and pick-up time sends the impression that you care, you are grateful for their business and that you are Professional.  Also, People love to do business with friendly people!

If you found this blog post to be helpful, be sure to leave your comments below.   Please share your thoughts below.

Shiketa

 

In the August 2012 edition of the Website Magazine, Paul Veugen wrote: “Colors have a very powerful and multi-level impact on us. They function in very practical ways and help us to make sense of things, such as finding our way on a website. At the same time they trigger our emotions and influence the way we think and feel.’

After reading Paul’s article, I was eager to visit my website to evaluate how I was utilizing colors on the website. I discovered that I needed to make a few color changes on my website.

Furthermore, I hope that you have been inspired to evaluate how you are utilizing color on your website. However, before you take a look at your website, I want to share three tips with you about  using the power of color on your website:

1. Define your main target group (families/kids) and research what different colors mean to them.

2. Think of what you want parents to think about you. In fact, use colors that represent the image of your target market (families/kids)

3. Too many colors on your website will overstimulate the minds of your website visitors. So be sure to only use no more than three colors on your website.

Also, as I browsed the web looking for the meaning of colors, I discovered that orange and yellow are perfect colors that describe the energy of kids and they are as follows: energetic, fun, happy, bright, friendly, intellectual, etc.

Are you ready to utilize colors that will attract and not repel parents? Check out the websites below and I look forward to reading your comments about this blog post.

Shiketa

http://colorsontheweb.com/default.asp

http://www.socialh.com/choosing-colors-for-your-business-or-website/

 

 

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