Local Parent's 'Build Your Own Business' is an opportunity for parents like yourself to benefit from the advantages of running your own business, but without the risk and difficulties of going it alone or the large set-up fees associated with most franchise's.

We have packaged up all the best tips and tools needed to ensure the successful and profitable running of a parenting business and turned it into the Local Parent 'Build Your Own Business'.

We will provide you with the training, documentation, tools and support you need to run your own Local Parent magazine and website. We even have dedicated site coordinators to manage and support the administion work for you allowing you to focus on the most important aspect of any business - maximising your profits!

Best of all, setting up a Local Parent magazine doesn't require a massive financial investment. We do NOT charge any franchise setup fees making it a realistic affordable opportunity and reducing your risk.

This is not a get rich quick scheme, however it does offer a very attractive earning potential whilst allowing you to benefit from flexible hours. You will also be part of a growing team of parents, supported by our expert head office team, ensuring that you always recieve prompt support, advice, information and tools you need to run your business. 

Training & Support
The training will be tailored to your exact requirements dependent on your previous experience and availability. It is available as a mixture of face-to-face, telephone and online training sessions, backed up by easy to follow manuals and continous support. There are no hidden costs - all training and support, regardless of how many questions you ask, how frequently you contact us, or how many training sessions you attend is FREE.

At the end of the training you will have the:

• confidence to apprach a potential advertiser
• skills to successfully close the sale
• ability to identify and create your optimum distribution network
• knowledge to meet your legal and financial responsibilities

The Work
Your work will revolve around three month cycles inline with the quarterly publishing dates. The majority of your time will be spent talking to potential advertisers, winning new sales, and building relationships with existing advertisers securing repeat business.

• You will use our free, sophisticated, yet easy to use sales system to help manage your sales efforts
• We will work with your advertiser to create their advert so you don't need any design skills
• We will update the website with their advert details so you don't need any technical skills
• We will invoice the advertiser so that it reduces your administration efforts
• We will plan and write the features for your magazine
• You tell us which advert goes where, provide local information, and review the magazine
• We will organise the printing of the magazine

We do all these tasks for you as to do them effectively requires a lot of training and time. This way you can focus your effort on the most important part of your business - generating sales, profit and money to take home. 

The magazines will then be delivered direct to you to package and deliver to your distributors.

Number of hours?
How many hours you spend on your business will be down to you, but obviously the more effort you can put in the greater opportunity you have to realise the full earning potential of your business.

We would recommend that you need the ability to spend a minimum of 10 hours per week during term time. This could be supplemented by extra hours during the evening or weekends to catch up on emails. However, at lot of your advertisers will sign up for multiple magazines, and there is the potential to have quiet periods between magazine deadlines. This means that you can for example do mimimal work during school holidays.

The hours are ideally suited for parents with children over the age of four or younger if you have suitable chilcare arrangements in place.