Julie Bartkus - Child Care Business Success: Create your positive, productive and profitable child care business!

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Child Care Business Success

If you are truly motivated to build a successful child care center, dont put down this inspirational book until you reach the last page. Whether dealing with keeping your center full, inspiring or retaining your staff, the stories in here will give you invaluable insights and contribute to your success. I wish I had this book 25 years ago as we were getting started.

Ty Durekas, Co-Founder, Childrens Creative Learning Center

Julie Bartkus is an inspiration; it is no wonder so many people wanted to be a part of this book! Child Care Business Success is a telling work, genuinely motivated by Julies vision to support child care owners as they strive to uplevel their businesses. With every story shared in this book, youll be inspired to make your vision your reality. Julie has a personal, heartfelt approach to getting to the root of the real needs in child care while supporting her clients with her easy-to-follow Child Care Business Success Model. With every page you read it will become clearer and clearer that what you desire is possible!

Dena AuCoin, Kaplan University

Julie Bartkus has written a masterpiece that should be put into the hands of every child care business owner and director. Her insightful interviews and easy-to-follow success model make this book a gem. Her book is awesome and one I simply couldnt stop reading!

Regina Miller, Owner, Princeton Childrens Center

Being mentored by Julie Bartkus has brought me so many gains, both professionally as a child care business owner and personally. As Ive implemented her strategies over these past two years that weve been working together, Ive seen a transformation in my business that I didnt even know was possible. In the first three weeks alone we enrolled thirty-six childrenfar more than we ever had enrolled before in that short of a time.

But the benefits far exceed enrollment. My vision has become a powerful force in our program. Families recognize a difference in our program and want to be part of what we offer. Our teaching team has become more professional and aligned with the vision of the company to wrap our arms around our families. We no longer struggle with petty problems, but instead forge pathways to new levels of excellence. In one year we went from a program with a provisional license to a four-star program, and we have increased revenues for our single site by over $200,000 per year.

As I read this book I recognized so much of what Julie taught me through her mentoring. I know this book will have a powerful impact on other child care business owners and directors who are looking for a way to reach much higher goals in their child care businesses.

Mary Wardlaw, Owner, The Childrens Center

Julie Bartkus understands the big issues that truly make the difference for child care business successhaving a vision and culture that motivate an empowered team of people. This book helps bring these critical concepts to life with powerful, real-world case studies.

Ron Spreeuwenberg, Co-Founder and CEO, HiMama

This is by far the BEST book about child care business success that I have read! If your goal is to write your own success story in the child care industry, this book will give you all the tools you need. Julie Bartkus is passionate, inspiring and dedicated to helping others transform their mindset in order to achieve success. The strength of positive and productive relationships is central to the content found within these pages. Julie begins by clearly defining her Child Care Business Success model and keeps the conversation moving along as experts in the industry share what matters most to the decisions they make on a daily basis. The information presented will motivate you to rethink how you operate your business, prioritize your actions, build lasting relationships, retain a dedicated staff and impact the families you serve.

Dianne BakerEducator, Consultant, Trainer, Curriculum Developer

Julie has a real gift for helping others find and refine their vision. Then, she jumps in to help make that vision a reality. Identifying and implementing the right strategies in your business happens much more quickly and with greater success when you work with a great coach like her. And, even more important, she is able to help business owners dig deep within themselves to get clear on their personal goals and desired outcomes. This book will help you start the journey, and Julie is ready to help you along the way.

Jeff Fisher, President, Local Child Care Marketing

Ive seen child care facilities turn around with Julies help and without it, and I can tell you, unequivocally, the process is a lot faster and less painful with Julie!

Of course, Julies Child Care Business Success program provides you with the tools and the knowledge youll need to grow your business. But, you know what?a lot of programs do that. What sets Julie apart is the passion and inspiration she brings to the project. Working in a small business, I appreciate this. I understand that its not possible to implement every suggested improvement, but without passion and enthusiasm, whatever you do is going to fall flat. The flip side, of course, is that no matter how enthusiastic you are about your business, you also must have the tools to make it successful. Julie is going to teach you both.

Ive met very successful preschool owners who come back to Julie every single year, which has always impressed me. A business model based on teaching other people how to be successful usually is sustainable only through acquiring new clients (the hardest kind to get!), because the old clients dont need you anymore. When I asked Julies extremely successful clients why they keep coming back, every single one told me some version of this: We need the occasional reminder that we do this because we love it. Julie gives us that reminder along with the ever-changing tools we need to compete in this crazy competitive market. If thats not a ringing endorsement of Julies ability to change your business, I dont know what is.

Stacey Coleman, Vice President of Operations, Preschool2me

Simple things matter. Simple things like listening to and honoring our hearts desire matter. Simple things like learning from the heartbreak of loss matter. Simple things like telling our own truth and believing ourselves, these matter. Why? Because our truth sets us free.

How easily busy-ness can elbow out what matters. Our business as child care leaders is to change the world. To make our world better for children and families. Busy-ness can never begin to fuel the passion we need to create and run a business intent upon making the world better for children. If you have been drowning in busy-ness, you need to pick up Julie Bartkus book, the one that every child care business owner is waiting for. The truth-telling in Julies book will set you free from busy-ness and put you on the track toward fulfillment.

Julie poignantly reminds us that no one else can live our life for us. So why do we pay attention to the perfectionist committee in our heads that berates us for what we should have done? How can we fire the should-ers and hire the can-doers? If you want a coach who will stand by you as you reclaim your own path, your own vision and your promise since birth, that coach is waiting for you.

In fact, Julie Bartkus offers you a team of everyday miracle workers who, like you, simply want to make the world better for children by creating your own thriving business. Are you ready to be inspired? Are you ready to find the support youve always yearned for? If these hard-working folk can do it, you can too. Read Julies book. What have you got to lose?

Holly Elissa Bruno, M.A., J.D., Award-Winning and Best-Selling Author, International Keynoter, Radio Host

Child Care Business Success