Jason and Catherine have completed their adoption profile on www.parentfinder.com

Jason and Catherine have completed their adoption profile on www.parentfinder.com. They are hoping to adopt a baby in Pennsylvania.  To view their adoption profile, click here: https://www.parentfinder.com/jasonandcatherine/about

To view their adoption profile book, click here: https://www.parentfinder.com/profileflipbook/flipbook/20_4021/20_4021.html

They are adopting through A Baby Step Adoption in Reading, PA

You can learn more about A Baby Step Adoption by clicking here: http://www.ababystepadoption.com

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Waiting parents Tim and Josine think Parentfinder is great!

“Wow it’s been great!” is the feedback we just received from waiting parents, Tim and Josine, with Heart of Adoptions Alliance in Tampa, FL

As a way of measuring our services and service we send a satisfaction surveys to all waiting families at 3 key times.

1. After completing their profile book/ebook.
2. After completing their profile video profile.
3. After completing their adoption profile website.

Tim and Josine recently finished their profile book. 

Click here to view Tim and Josine's profile book,  https://www.parentfinder.com/profileflipbook/8412-0745982/mobile/index.html#p=1

Hopeful Adoptive Parents Nick and Emily from the Michigan

Introducing Hopeful Adoptive Parents Nick and Emily from the Michigan. They are hoping to adopt a baby in Michigan.  Their adoption agency is Adoption Associates in Jenison, MI. You can view their profile on www.parentfinder.com by clicking here http://www.parentfinder.com/nickandemily

You can view their flipbook profile here http://www.parentfinder.com/profileflipbook/7779-7968352/7779-7968352.html

Hopeful Adoptive Parents Teri and Brian from New York

Introducing Hopeful Adoptive Parents Teri and Brian from New York. They are hoping to adopt a baby in New York.  Their adoption agency is Alliance for Children in Needham, MA. You can view their profile on parentfinder.com by clicking here www.parentfinder.com/brianandteri

Adoption Journal Update

Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite author.  His mural was painted in Indianapolis as a part of their Super Bowl Celebration.  I stated reading Vonnegut novels in high school as a part of our class assignment.  As young adult I read another, Breakfast of Champions and then was hooked.  I’ve read them all.  Second favorite author, Dr Seuss J.  How about you?  Could you put together a top 5 list for your adoption journal?

Introducing Hopeful Adoptive Parents Arjan and Natasja

Introducing Hopeful Adoptive Parents Arjan and Natasja from the Netherlands. They are hoping to adopt a baby in the US.  Their adoption agency is Heart of Adoptions in Tampa, FL. You can view their profile on parentfinder.com by clicking here www.parentfinder.com/arjanandnatasja

Adoption Profile Tip - Adding a Journal Update

Adoption Journal update: My daughter Carly wanted a retro bike she could ride to work.  She found an old bike “For Free”. Telling me she wanted to strip it, paint it, add a new seat and handle bar grips and make it new, I thought it sounded like a great project we could do together.  I took it apart, stripped off the paint, sanded it, washed it and painted it.  I had never done anything like that.  YouTube videos showed me step by step what to do.  Yesterday she helped me put it together.  Her smile let me know that the time I spent stripping off the paint was so worth it!  
What did you do over the weekend?  It only takes a few sentences illustrated with a photo.  That story may be the one that resonates with a birth mom. Go to www.parentfinder.com and add a journal entry to your adoption profile.

Adoption Profile tip - From the Heart

When my kids were young we couldn’t afford ballet classes.  I worked out a deal with the school to trade professional services in exchange classes.  I was never able to sit and watch a ballet performance because I was shooting video for the school.  My sacrifice allowed them to pursue their dreams. There is so much value in that!

I know adoptive parents who placed because they talked about going the extra mile.  Have you done that with your adoption profile?  Make it an Adoption Journal Update – what lengths will you go for a child, make it real, relevant, and heart felt.

Adoption Journal update - what did you do over the weekend?

Adoption Journal update - My grandmother had a strawberry patch at the edge of her garden.  In May when I visited her farm I helped her pick strawberries and make jam.  She shared the jam with friends and family and stories of her childhood with me.  We share our berries too.  This past Saturday and Sunday I made 24 pints of strawberry jam.  I share stories of the farm with my girls.  Share a story of family unity in your adoption journal – Don’t forget to illustrate it with a photo!

Time to Update Your Adoption Journal

Adoption Journal Update: 

Sunday I attended the ballet with my dad.  He was trained as an artist from the time he was in middle school receiving a scholarship to collage.  His passion for illustrating led to a career as a commercial artist creating artwork for nationally recognized brands. All three of his kids, myself included, have been touched by art.  Yesterday he cried as he watched his granddaughter dance the lead in Swan Lake.  She’s danced for 15 or her 18 years.  He sees in her the same passion for the arts he felt at that age.  She too has a scholarship.  A special bond.  A warm moment in time to witness. 

With Memorial Day approaching, think about your heritage, your family, and those special pieces of family history you want to share with a child.  Mention one in an adoption journal post – don’t forget to illustrate it with a photo!

Introducing Indiana Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Neil and Lynn

Introducing Indiana Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Neil and Lynn .

They are hoping to adopt a baby in Indiana.  Their adoption agency is Kirsh & Kirsh P.C. You can view their profile on parentfinder.com by clicking here http://www.parentfinder.com/neilandlynn

Adoptive Parent Profiles - Change is hard

As we implement Parentfinder's Family Marketing Program with agencies, some parents ask why?  They've gone to the pains to create a profile, why change it?  The short answer, because it shortens wait times. Would you rather be seen in one location with a profile that isn't mobile friendly, or in multiple locations?  Your agency's site, Parentfinder, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, your own website, Vimeo and YouTube are all utilized. We get you out in multiple places, with a rich profile and it works. My question to parents, why aren't you demanding it?

Updating Your Adoption Journal - How did you Mother's Day?

How did you celebrate Mother’s Day?  What a great adoption journal post!  Describe your day, illustrate it with a photo.  Make wise use of your words, telling the story without being wordy.  Every time you add insight to who you are and how you see the world, you provide an opportunity for your message to be heard by a birth mom. It may be that nugget of your life that resonates with her.

Parentfinder Marketing Services welcomes Colorado Christian Services

Parentfinder Marketing Services welcomes Colorado Christian Services Adoption Agency!  CAIRS will be building a more responsive website while creating an eMarketing campaign focused on reaching more birth moms.  Next we will help their Hopeful Adoptive Parents create dynamic profiles and push those profiles out on the web in multiple ways.

Marking a difference with adoption agencies, makes a difference

"We have seen a very definite increase in birth mother calls, many of which have resulted in placements since CAIRS began our e Marketing campaign. Also a different demographic of birth mothers are contacting us-more educated, more middle class.  It has been very interesting to see it all play out. We're so thankful for your efforts!" – Laura, Adoptions by Shepherd Care

Your adoption profile - telling a better story

As a parent who has already written your adoption profile once or twice, look at rewriting as an opportunity to tell a better story.  Having spent 13 years writing professionally and another 15 writing for business I come at this with finger tips calloused from rewriting.

Think about this, when you get together with friends and begin telling stories, it’s probably not the first time you've told that story.  Each time you tell it, you refine it, cutting out the fat while sharing the best parts.  Your adoption profile is no different.  The gems of your story deserve to be told, those are the nuggets you want to share with an expectant birth mother and ultimately a child. 

Adoption Video Profile - Tip

Video Profile tip - Make sure you replay everything you record saving only the best segment in each series. Example- Record 3 different intros saving the best one. This way our video editors will know exactly which clip you liked best and get your video back to you for approval in a timely manner.
Also as you are talking about hobbies, interests and family, make sure we have footage or photos from your profile to add.  That way your voice narrates the additional footage showing the viewer exactly what you are discussing.

Pete and Sarah have added a new video in parentfinder

Hi We're Pete and Sarah! We're hoping to adopt a baby in Michigan. Watch our new profile video in Parentfinder to learn more about us http://www.parentfinder.com/PeteandSarah

Raising visibility of adoption profiles with video

Brent and Irene, with Kirsh & Kirsh, updated their parentfinder profile with a video at the end of last week.  They matched over the weekend!  Great couple, really nice video

Professional Experience Matters #HelpingHopefulAdoptiveParents

Our video guru Jeff has 30 years’ experience as a video editor and composer. That level of professional experience yields comments from adoptive parents like this;

"I can't believe you could make that out of what we sent. 

We approve! J “

-Peggy, Hopeful Adoptive Parent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B19a3z_PoaY