Using mobile technology and parent engagement apps to provide real-time updates to parents is an excellent way to make the relationship between parents and childcare centers more meaningful. It can also be a great way to maintain a healthy bottom line and grow your successful childcare business. Parents Can Make more »
Enrollment is a necessary part of keeping any childcare business afloat. We use enrollment forms – whether online or the traditional paper variety – to capture all the basic child and family information we need to track to meet state and local requirements, or even just to stay organized. But more »
Happy Birthday, EZCare Community! It’s hard to believe it has been a whole year since we launched EZCare Community, our central hub for anything our users might have wanted to know or learn about EZCare. Since then, we’ve learned a few things about what you like and what you don’t more »
Millennials are becoming parents. Let that sink in a minute. In fact, Millennials make up roughly 90% of the childbearing population right now. If you aren’t creating a marketing strategy to draw Millennial parents to your childcare business, you are missing out on a big piece of the pie. Here’s more »
With all the options for childcare in your area, parents of prospective students need a reason to remember yours when deciding who to trust with their little ones. So, what makes your center stand out from the competition? Help parents understand why they should choose you over other centers they more »
It’s just about enrollment time, and that can bring up all sorts of questions for the coming year. How many families will be returning next year? How much room will you have for new registrations? Will you need more staff, more classes, more… anything? What will your cash flow look more »
EZSmiles is excited to announce the upcoming release of a game-changing feature for teachers and administrators – Attendance Tracking! EZSmiles has always been a great tool for keeping parents connected to little ones throughout the day, making sure parents are notified about all the necessities like potties, meals, and naps more »
We really felt the love this Valentine’s Day. Thanks to our customers, we’re happy to report that EZCare has been voted #1 in Customer Service for child care software – again! When considering a child care software, there’s more to think about than just the prices and features. What about more »
If you’re running a small to midsize childcare business with a “bare bones” advertising budget, enrollment time can be a painful waiting game as you wait for new registrations to trickle in. Luckily, marketing your center doesn’t have to be stressful or expensive if you incorporate a few tried and more »
Your EZ-CARE2 system is up and running and your EZ Payment Services Gateway is connected. You are ready to start processing payments on a regular basis and give your business the boost of a healthy cash flow. So, what’s next? It’s time for you to start processing electronic payments. Let’s more »
When you are running a business, keeping accurate records is important. When you are running a childcare business, keeping accurate records – especially financial records – is critical. If you collect electronic payments of any kind, like credit cards or electronic bank drafts, it’s important to reconcile (otherwise known as more »
Posting tuition is one of the most important administrative tasks for any childcare business professional. If you don’t post, parents don’t know what they are supposed to pay; if parents don’t pay, there’s no money coming in; and if there’s no money coming in, keeping your business afloat will be more »
EZCare comes with dozens of useful preset reports that you can easily filter to display results with parameters you set using Selection Filters, but what if you want to create custom reports, or just view data that isn’t available in the preset reports? The EZViewer gives you the ability to more »
Does your childcare staff spend hours each week on manual data entry to get information into your childcare management system? If you’re still gathering information through paper registration forms, faxes, or scanned documents, the answer is probably yes – and you’re not alone. So why not use online forms? Whether more »
With all the news about hacking and compromised financial information from mega-stores, entering personal data into online registration and other forms may seem like risky business. Some parents might be hesitant to enter information or even make payments online due to worries about privacy and data security. To ease their more »
The Parent Portal is a unique, free EZCare feature that provides benefits to you, your business, and the families you serve. Helping parents make logging in and using Parent Portal part of their weekly or monthly routine helps you keep them engaged, ensures contact and other important information stays up more »