marketing for children's businesses

More enquiries.
Less guesswork.
Built for childcare.

Most marketing advice is written for online shops and SaaS companies. You run a nursery, swim school, soft play or children's activity business — so I built this for exactly that.

  • Marketing built for nurseries, swim schools and children's activity businesses
  • Local SEO that puts you in front of parents searching right now
  • Websites from £500 that turn visitors into enquiries
  • One person doing the work — no account managers or junior teams

20 minutes. No obligation. I reply within one working day.

Splashy, the OctoWorks octopus mascot, wearing his gold browline glasses

10+ years

Childcare and owner-run businesses

A decade of marketing, ops and brand work for businesses where trust and parents are everything.

From £500

Websites that bring enquiries

Built to turn a parent browsing on their phone into a booking or enquiry.

1 person

You talk to me, I do the work

No account managers, no junior teams, no disappearing after launch.

real childcare results

From a business a lot like yours.

If you're considering working with Nick, I'd highly recommend him. The website and booking system have been brilliant, and his support throughout has been second to none.
SplashnswimPrivate 1-to-1 swim school, Essex

Wanted a professional website and booking system that reflected their brand and made life easier for team and customers. Nick delivered a system that's easy to use, works seamlessly, and made managing bookings far more efficient.

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sound familiar?

If you've said one of these this month, we should talk.

“Parents find us on Instagram, but they don't actually book.”

Social likes are not enquiries. You need a website that finishes the job when a parent is ready to act.

“We show up on Google, but we're below the big directory sites.”

Directories take a cut and bury your brand. Local SEO puts your own site in front of parents searching in your area.

“Our website looks fine, but nobody fills the form in.”

Looking nice and converting are different jobs. The words, layout and speed on mobile are usually the fix.

“I don't know which marketing is actually bringing customers in.”

We set up simple tracking so you know what's working instead of guessing where enquiries come from.

what I do

Childcare marketing, without the fluff.

I focus on the six things that actually move the needle for nurseries, swim schools and children's activity businesses.

Local SEO for childcare

Show up when parents search for your exact service in your area. Google Business Profile, local listings, and the right pages on your site.

Websites that convert parents

Clean, fast, mobile-first sites that answer the questions parents actually have and make the next step obvious.

Google Ads that don't waste money

Targeted campaigns for busy enrolment windows, open days or new term launches. Properly tracked, properly managed.

Email and follow-up systems

Most enquiries need more than one touch. Automated, human-sounding follow-up that brings parents back when they're ready.

Messaging and brand voice

The right words across your site, ads and emails so parents trust you before they ever pick up the phone.

Simple tracking and reporting

Know which channel brought each enquiry. No dashboards full of vanity numbers — just the few that matter.

why octoworks

I know this sector from the inside.

I've run and worked inside owner-run children's activity businesses. I know the enrolment cycles, the parent questions, the late-night admin, and the feeling of being busy but not sure where the money went. That is why the marketing I build is practical, not theoretical.

  • Built for businesses that parents trust with their children
  • No jargon, no twelve-month retainers, no hidden agencies
  • First useful change usually happens in week one
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Splashy celebrating a childcare business win
get in touch

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Twenty minutes, no obligation, no pitch deck. I reply within one working day, always me, never a bot.

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