Childcare & Preschool: Best Referral Sources
Who should be sending you clients, and the rooms they are already sitting in.
Get the networking events worth showing up to
Tell us where you are. We will send you the best rooms for childcare centers and preschools and the next meeting dates. Add a ZIP and this page will also show your local chapters and which seats are open.
Most business owners network where their competitors are, not where their referral partners are.
Your own trade group is for learning. Your partners' groups are where the work comes from. Everything below starts with one question. When something happens that makes people need childcare centers and preschools, who else gets a call that same week?
Childcare centers and preschools sell to individuals and households, and most of the work starts when a couple has a child. It moves fast, so being the name already in hand matters more than being the cheapest. Clients come back, which makes one good introduction worth years.
- New babywhen a couple has a child
- Move-in / relocationwhen a family moves into a new place
- Job changewhen somebody changes jobs or gets relocated
- Divorcewhen a marriage ends
Who should be sending you clients
Who you should be sending clients to
Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade.
The same list, turned around. Give first and the rest follows.
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Insurance Life
They send you work69Trigger: a couple has a child
Life insurance agents hear about it when a couple has a child, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Storage Facility
They send you work66Trigger: a family moves into a new place
Storage companies hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Mortgage Broker / Loan Officer
They send you work66Trigger: somebody changes jobs or gets relocated
Mortgage brokers hear about it when somebody changes jobs or gets relocated, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Primary Care Physician
Two-way66Trigger: a couple has a child
You and primary care practices both get the call when a couple has a child, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Financial Advisor
Two-way65Trigger: somebody changes jobs or gets relocated
You and financial advisors both get the call when somebody changes jobs or gets relocated, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Mental Health Therapist
They send you work65Trigger: a couple has a child
Therapists and counselors hear about it when a couple has a child, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Locksmith
They send you work65Trigger: a family moves into a new place
Locksmiths hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Moving Company
They send you work64Trigger: a family moves into a new place
Movers hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Real Estate Agent (Residential)
They send you work64Trigger: somebody changes jobs or gets relocated
Residential real estate agents hear about it when somebody changes jobs or gets relocated, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Property Manager (Residential)
They send you work63Trigger: a family moves into a new place
Residential property managers hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Tutoring & Test Prep
You send them work65Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before tutoring companies do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Pet Services
You send them work65Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before pet service businesses do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Veterinarian
You send them work65Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before veterinarians do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Dentist
You send them work64Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before dentists do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Salon & Barbershop
You send them work62Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before salons and barbershops do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Mental Health Therapist
They send you work61Trigger: a couple has a child
Therapists and counselors hear about it when a couple has a child, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
Where those people actually are
Ranked by how many of your best partners are in the room, and how much work each one can send you.
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Your partners are in this room: life insurance agents, mortgage brokers, and primary care practices.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: life insurance agents, mortgage brokers, and primary care practices.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 02
Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: mortgage brokers and residential real estate agents.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Chapter finder → - 03
Your local estate planning council
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: life insurance agents and financial advisors.
Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.
Chapter finder → - 04
NAIFA / FPA chapter
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: life insurance agents and financial advisors.
Classes and carrier ties. Life, property, and investment people here do refer to each other when their licenses differ.
Chapter finder → - 05
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: life insurance agents, mortgage brokers, and residential real estate agents.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 06
BNI
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
The biggest referral group in the world. You meet every week. Only one person per job. They expect you to show up.
Chapter finder → - 07
LeTip International
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Weekly referral chapters. One person per job. Strong with trades and home services.
Chapter finder → - 08
Network In Action
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Referral groups that meet once a month. Good if you cannot give up a morning every week.
Chapter finder →
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Your partners are in this room: life insurance agents, mortgage brokers, and primary care practices.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: life insurance agents, mortgage brokers, and primary care practices.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 02
Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: mortgage brokers and residential real estate agents.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Chapter finder → - 03
Your local estate planning council
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: life insurance agents and financial advisors.
Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.
Chapter finder → - 04
NAIFA / FPA chapter
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: life insurance agents and financial advisors.
Classes and carrier ties. Life, property, and investment people here do refer to each other when their licenses differ.
Chapter finder → - 05
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: life insurance agents, mortgage brokers, and residential real estate agents.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 06
Prime Time Business Network
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
A South Florida referral group. Only one person per job in each chapter. So your competitors are kept out, and your referral partners have the other seats.
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An independent local leads group
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Most cities have small leads groups you will never find online. A realtor or insurance agent usually starts them. Ask three people in your trade who they meet with.
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Local Facebook & community groups
Online communityYour partners are in this room: storage companies, locksmiths, and therapists and counselors.
City groups, condo and HOA groups, and parent groups. For home services this is often the biggest free source on this list. Most competitors post ads instead of answers.
Chapter finder →
Let us be straight with you. For childcare centers and preschools, a weekly referral group is not the best pick. Your partners gather in professional groups instead, so spend your time there. We would rather say that than sell you a seat you do not need.
Is your seat open?
Prime Time takes one childcare & preschool per chapter. Put in a South Florida ZIP above and we will show you which seats are open.
Add a ZIP code at the top of the page to see which seats are open.
Prime Time doesn't operate where you are yet.
We have fifteen chapters in South Florida and none near you. Telling you to join would be bad advice. The rooms above are the real answer where you are. We can email you the one page version and let you know if we open near you.
Send me those roomsHave the next meetings sent to you
The rooms above are the answer. This is when they meet. Tell us where to send it and we will email you the next dates for childcare centers and preschools, with the one page plan.
We already know your trade and your area from this page, so there is nothing else to fill in. We do not ask for a phone number. Every email we send has an unsubscribe link.
Your one-page action plan
Five partners, five things to say, three rooms. Print it and keep it in the car.
Networking plan: Childcare & Preschool
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Insurance Life (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a couple has a child - Storage Facility (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place - Mortgage Broker / Loan Officer (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody changes jobs or gets relocated - Primary Care Physician (Two-way)
Shared trigger: a couple has a child - Financial Advisor (Two-way)
Shared trigger: somebody changes jobs or gets relocated
The three rooms to be in
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: life insurance agents, mortgage brokers, and primary care practices.
- Your local Realtor board or association: Your partners are in this room: mortgage brokers and residential real estate agents.
- Your local estate planning council: Your partners are in this room: life insurance agents and financial advisors.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: life insurance agents, mortgage brokers, and primary care practices.
- Your local Realtor board or association: Your partners are in this room: mortgage brokers and residential real estate agents.
- Your local estate planning council: Your partners are in this room: life insurance agents and financial advisors.