Wow!

Since embracing Parentfinder’s eMarketing strategies for increasing expectant birth parent contacts, One of our agency partners has increased expectant Birth Mother contacts by over 300%.  Over the last two weeks they have finalized a dizzying 20 adoptions! Building families is what it’s all about!  If your agency is struggling to raise your visibility, call me to schedule a free consultation.

Adoptive Parents - visualizing

To renew confidence in your purpose, set aside one hour per day to:
• Visualize clearly. See your goal. Feel it coming true. Set your sights!
• Repeat positive affirmations. Wipe out self-doubt! Be your own cheerleader.
• Take action! Do one thing every day that brings you closer to your goal.

Welcoming The Law Offices of Deborah Steincolor to parentfinder

www.parentfinder.com

 welcomes adoptive parents from the offices of
Deborah Steincolor Esq. We look forward to working with you!

http://www.theadoptattorney.com

Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Matt and Emily

Introducing Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Matt and Emily. They are with Adoption Associates in Jenison, MI.  You can view their profile on parentfinder.com by clicking here

http://www.parentfinder.com/emilyandmatthew

 

If you are an agency looking for a trusted partner who creates dynamic profiles.  A diverse group of profiles for one low price - eBook, video profile, printed, personal adoption website, social media presence, adoption journal help and more contact me –  greg.phelps at cairsolutions.com

Adoption Profile Tip - your home

Your home is more than a structure that keeps you warm and dry.  It’s a yard, a neighborhood, a community and a place for adventure as you raise a child.  That’s a lot of story to capture.  It’s far more colorful that characterizing it as a three bedroom ranch in the suburbs.  In our yard we learn about nature.  Once the leaves fell this fall I found three cecropia moth cocoons.  Teaching kids about nature takes me back to childhood.  Understanding the wonder of the world around us adds depth and gives me another way of bonding with our child.  As you describe your home in your adoption profile, think about everything it offers and paint a rich picture.

Adoption Journal - Time to Post a Thanksgiving update

Our Thanksgiving Holiday includes the annual tradition of heading across the lake to the toboggan run which opens on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. I take the nieces and nephews. We can put 4 people on a toboggan.  This year we used two sleds and tried to race each other.  The track is ¼ mile long and refrigerated, so if the temps are above freezing you can still go.  There is a radar gun near the end of the track that flashes your speed.  This year we made it to 34 miles per hour, flying through the woods with smiles on our face.  Great family fun! 

 

 

Make sure to update your Adoption Journal with an activity and photo from the holiday.

Adoption Journal Update - Thanksgiving week

What we want for a child on Thanksgiving is for them to feel the love we as parents have in our heart.  To experience the bond of family coming together.  To taste the richness of recipes passed down through generations.  To hear stories from our elders of struggle, sacrifice, and triumph.  To understand the comfort and joy of this family tradition regardless of what else may be happening in our lives.

Adoption Profile Tip

Creating a printed adoption profile requires high resolution photos.  Those photos should be a minimum of 500KB in size.  You can’t take a photo that is 100KB in size and make it bigger.  Think of it this way, digital photos are made up of bits of information.  Making a photo file size larger requires more information about that image…if it wasn’t there at the beginning…it will be even more obvious that it isn’t there when you blow up the photo.  The spaces of missing information are illustrated as blurred color.  The result is a pixelated photo. 

You only have one opportunity to make a great first impression. After spending all of that time writing a great profile; don’t compromise it with bad photos.

Adoption Journal Update - tip

I enjoy each season for the different activities we experience. Carly catching up on reading by the fire with snow falling outside, what a beautiful family evening.
What makes your house a home? Tell us with an Adoption Journal update.

Adoption Profile Tip

I work with hundreds of adoptive parents.  Together we refine their adoption profile.  Many see the process of profile outreach as a competition with other parents.  I remind them the competition is only within themselves, to put their best foot forward in story and photos.  It reminds me of this saying: 
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.” – Mikhail Baryshnikov

Indiana Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Jason & Kenny

Introducing Indiana Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Jason & Kenny. There are with

Kirsh & Kirsh in Indianapolis, IN.  You can view their profile on parentfinder.com by clicking here

 

 

 

 

If you are an agency looking for trusted adoption professionals who help Adoptive Parents create a 20 page printed profile, eBook, video profile, personal adoption website, social media presence, adoption journal help and more contact me – greg.phelps at cairsolutions.com

Monday - Time for an Adoption Journal Update

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
- Barbara de Angelis
For me this past weekend was spent in the presence of love with my wife and daughter – parent’s weekend at Indiana University. Capture your weekend activity in an Adoption Journal post

Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Eric & Michelle

Introducing Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Eric & Michelle. Their agency is Adoption Associates, Inc in Jenison MI.  You can view their profile on parentfinder.com by clicking here http://www.parentfinder.com/extra_profile_view_17.php?id=6990

 

 

 

If you are an agency looking for trusted adoption professionals who help Adoptive Parents create a 20 page printed profile, eBook, video profile, personal adoption website, social media presence, adoption journal help and more contact me – greg.phelps at cairsolutions.com

Your Adoption Journey - Gratitude

My daughter came home from preschool and announced to my wife and I that we each needed to say a Thankful before eating as we sat at the dinner table.  It became our way of praying before dinner.

Several years later I turned off the morning news deciding that I would rather start my day with good vibes.
This morning I came across a different way to Be Thankful and thought I’d pass it along. Feeling gratitude feels good.  The world needs more of that.  Thank you! – Greg

 

Be Thankful
Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don’t know something
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge
Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes
They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you’re tired and weary
Because it means you’ve made a difference.

It is easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are
also thankful for the setbacks.

GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles
and they can become your blessings.
~ Author Unknown ~

 

Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Jason & Amy

Introducing Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Jason & Amy. Their agency is Adoption Associates, Inc in Jenison MI.  You can view their profile on parentfinder.com by clicking here

 

 

If you are an agency looking for trusted adoption professionals who help Adoptive Parents create a 20 page printed profile, eBook, video profile, personal adoption website, social media presence, adoption journal help and more contact me – greg.phelps at cairsolutions.com

The art of breathing - through the adoption process

Life is full of pressure. Why add to it? As adoptive parents move through the adoption process remember to complete everything to the best of your ability, love a lot and hold faith tightly within.  Pressuring everyone to move faster helps no one and adds unnecessary pressure to you and everyone that is there to help.

Hopeful Adoptive Parents Phil & Beth with Adoption Associates in Lansing Michigan

Introducing Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Phil & Beth. Their agency is Adoption Associates, Inc. in Lansing MI.  You can view their profile on parentfinder.com here

 

 

If you are an agency looking for trusted adoption professionals who help Adoptive Parents create a 20 page printed profile, eBook, video profile, personal adoption website, social media presence, adoption journal help and more contact me – greg.phelps@cairsolutions.com

Your Adoption Journal - weekend update

We have a fall weekend planned that includes picking out pumpkins.  I like the tall ones.  Keely likes the fat round ones.  Next weekend we’ll carve faces.  Photos to come!  Whatever you are doing this weekend bring your camera and capture it for your adoption journal. - Greg

A story of hope from the Pittsburgh Foster Care System

Foster care is supposed to be a place where kids can get help, recover from past trauma, and maybe begin to trust adults again. For these kids, it was the opposite, and it was a nightmare. Until Detective Jack Mook came along.  Check out this short uplifting story from CBS On The Road

click here to watch

Your Adoption Journal - update

The month of October at our home is when I cut down the peonies and clean out the flower bed just outside our front door.  That’s where the pumpkins will sit, the skeletons will stalk and the bats will hover during Halloween.  After my work was done I went to the store and brought home treats of candy corn and caramel apples for the women in our home.  This coming weekend we'll pick out pumpkins.
What did you do over the weekend?  Now is a great time to update your adoption journal with a thought from childhood or current spooking comings and goings.