Early Childhood Business Made Easy
Early Childhood Business Made Easy: Preschool, Childcare & Play Cafe Success Strategies
Transform your preschool, childcare center, or play cafe from chaotic overwhelm into a profitable, time-freedom business. Host Kelley Peake, former KinderCare executive and owner of multiple seven-figure early childhood businesses, shares proven strategies for enrollment growth, team management, marketing that works, and operational systems that actually stick.
You'll Learn How To: ✨ Increase preschool enrollment and retention without expensive ads ✨ Hire and keep great teachers in a competitive market ✨ Grow play cafe traffic and party bookings consistently ✨ Structure your services for maximum profit (without raising tuition) ✨ Build systems that free up your time instead of stealing it ✨ Market to modern parents who value quality over price ✨ Scale your early childhood business without burning out
This Podcast Is For: → Preschool owners and directors drowning in daily chaos → Childcare operators struggling with staffing and slim margins → Play cafe and enrichment program owners wanting more bookings → Working moms building early childhood businesses while raising families → Anyone who started their EC business to make a difference—not to work 60-hour weeks
Kelley doesn't teach theory. She shares real strategies from 25+ years operating Peake Academy (boutique preschool), Play Boutique (indoor play cafe), and coaching hundreds of early childhood businesses through her Shine Membership and CEO Mentorship programs. Every episode delivers actionable systems you can implement this week.
Popular Topics: Early childhood business operations, preschool marketing strategies, childcare enrollment systems, play cafe revenue growth, hiring and retention for early childhood, parent communication frameworks, pricing strategies for preschools, operational efficiency, work-life balance for childcare owners.
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Early Childhood Business Made Easy
18: I Do These 3 Things Every January
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Unlike any other creature on Earth, human beings get to create their own reality.
We do this by starting and finishing projects, whether we are starting a company, creating a family, or simply growing a garden.
This is the philosophy I live by, which is why, every year, I start my January with a vision for the next 364 days.
Having a strategic plan (even if planning isn't always your strongest suit) is crucial if you want your business to keep thriving.
Without an exact vision, you're just stumbling in the dark, hoping something works.
With an actionable plan, you're taking control of your business and guiding it to where you want it to be.
What's even better is that you don't need anything overly complicated to achieve this.
I myself only need to do three things every January to plan my business year, and lucky for you, I'm sharing them today!
Ready? Let's dive in!
Key points discussed
Intro (00:00)
Everyone needs a strategic plan (00:46)
3 things I do every January (03:29)
The big picture vision (05:07)
The annual vision plan (07:27)
Goal setting (09:07)
Additional resources
Get your Annual Strategic Vision Plan here.
Get your Big Picture Vision Worksheet here.
Get your Goal Setting Worksheet here.
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Connect with Kelley:
Instagram: @kelleypeakecreative
Facebook: @peakecreative
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