Publisher: Childrens Directory | Maternity | Vancouver Kids | Parenting

The Lower Mainland Children’s Directory The Children’s Directory was started in March 2007 by two moms who saw a void in the marketplace. After countless hours searching the internet for play groups and activities to participate in with their newborns and preschoolers they realized that there wasn’t any one place that a parent or caregiver could go to see what was happening in their neighbourhood. The Children’s Directory was born and quickly grew to become a trusted source of local events, shops and services available to parents and caregivers in the Lower Mainland. “Our goal was to create a directory that would focus on local businesses, services and events geared to children and young families in the Lower Mainland. From Surrey, East to Chilliwack and South to White Rock.” -Kristie Pool In 2009 Kristie Pool one of the founding mommas left the company to have her third child and Jennifer Erickson became the go to mom for all Children’s Directory readers and partners. As both the Publisher and the Managing Director Jennifer has changed the look and format of the Children’s Directory to include a highly visible blog and social media presence. The Children’s Directory has also expanded their boundaries to cover Whistler to Hope and is working to expand to Vancouver Island and the Okanagan in the coming months. The Children’s Directory is always looking for new and exciting ways to be involved in the community and maintains a presence at all local goings on. We have been featured in the Province Newspaper, on Market Mommy, Mom Entrepreneur, Natural Mommie, Bargain Moose and more. We regularly sponsor community events such as the Parental Guidance Conference, Once Upon a Belly Tradeshow, Movies for Mommies, Sweetpea Pageants and the annual Spring Fling Autism Awareness Fundraiser to name a few. Advertise with us! Blog advertising has become one of the most effective advertising channels over the past few years. Large brands have realized the power our little blogs have in reaching a wider audience and have sought out mom and dad bloggers across the nation to spread the word about their products and services. Blog advertising is not only effective in reaching your target market, it’s also cost effective and accessible to businesses of all sizes. Advertising rates are much lower the your traditional options such as newspaper or radio ads and you generally can count on a much higher level of engagement within the on-line community. Our Stats: We reach 40,000 unique visitors each month. (Google analytics/ Alexa.com July 2014) Our visitors are located across North America with 90% located in British Columbia, Canada. Most frequent visitors are college educated females with children between the ages of 24-50. Men between the ages of 30-45 also stop by from time to time. We use multiple platforms to promote our posts and sponsors, such as Facebook (2,200 followers), Twitter (3,600 followers), Pinterest, Instagram and You Tube. Our monthly newsletters go out to over 5,000 subscribers. Service & Experience Our team has a solid background in providing high levels of customer service and will work with you to create an effective and budget conscious advertising plan for your business that will get the results you expect. With so many options for utilizing your advertising budget available to you in the marketplace today we are confident that our exceptional service levels coupled with our value added advertising packages will be the best option for your advertising dollars.