Networking to find your baby

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Comment by Anna Mann on May 10, 2012 at 2:12pm

We've had a hard time getting "likes' on our facebook page. We have asked everyone to share. I think because this is our second adoption and because the wait was short for number one, people are just not paying attention. And I resent having to repeat myself asking my networks to like and share our page only to see the same couple of people sharing and no one else. Its unexpected and its kind of annoying/hurtful. I guess I just needed to vent...

Comment by Angela B on April 26, 2012 at 7:12am

We are starting our second adoption, application is in for our second homestudy and are setting up our social worker visits. excited, and scared about the process again....we have a beautiful son who was adopted in 2010 and had a wonderful bmom but we had a lot of trials before meeting her...hoping to not interact with so many scammers this time around. We are planning on using parentprofiles.com but know that a lot can change in 2 years and more websites might have popped up. Where/how have you networked for a second adoption???

Comment by Thea R. on July 23, 2011 at 1:03pm

My philosophy is all about sticking as many "irons in the fire" as possible! Having a blog, twitter account, facebook page are great. Adoption-Share is also a great tool as it connects you with licensed agencies on a national scale! Reaching out to smaller agencies that you like and mailing them your profile is also a great tool but something that Adoption-Share are slowly eliminating the need for.

Comment by Hal Kaufman on July 18, 2011 at 10:01am

That's fantastic Katy and you are so right. Facebook is free, too!

More and more agencies and attorneys are contacting us about helping their families with networking and advertising. It is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive for adoption professionals to find potential birth families. At the same times it's actually becoming easier for prospective adoptive families to do the same thing (thanks to the Internet and the fact that today's generation of expectant parents is often online looking for potential adoptive parents).

By the way everyone, we are offering our services at a 10% discount through July so if you are interested in some on-demand courses and consulting services on this and other subjects, check us out. The coupon code is 10PERCENTJULY2011.

Hal from My Adoption Advisor

Comment by Katy Cook on July 18, 2011 at 7:46am

Our birthmom found out about us through facebook! It was a fantastic way to spread the word. You need to be willing to put yourself out there.... :)

 

Comment by Julie on July 17, 2011 at 8:46am

We did it all last time....cards left in bathrooms of places, emails to attorneys, letters, you name it....and wound up adopting via our online profile. This time I am hoping for the same. We have had probably 1 really good contact so far and have been active for about a month or so.

Comment by goodiesformom on July 15, 2011 at 7:52pm

How is it going? I've sent tons of e-mails to lawyers and now sending letters to local hospitals and OBs. What are you doing to network? I just feel like I'm doing all this and NOTHING :(

Comment by Kathy Kelly on April 12, 2011 at 7:09pm

We just completed our adoption website and placed it on a couple of adoption profile sites that are inexpensive. I couldn't believe the first day we received a phone call from a legitimate birth mother! I know from our past adoption experience that we will likely hear from many people before we find a match.

I feel like I should be doing something, just not sure what. Waiting is tough. We found our daughter's birthmother online, so we have high hopes for online networking. We are also using an agency that is doing outreach for us.

I would love for you to check out our website and give feedback. I don't even know how to make it rank higher in search engines or measure traffic through Go Daddy.

http://www.kathyandlisa.com/index.html

 

Thanks everyone!

Kathy

Comment by Michelle on January 19, 2011 at 1:27pm

HI Nicole, I will review your site and give my opinion. Our site has not been updated yet but would love to her your opinion on our current site.wants2adopt.blogspot.com. I will review it tomorrow as I have to run.

Comment by Nicole and Mike on January 19, 2011 at 9:14am

Great! Hey would you mind taking a look at ours with your new knowledge and providing me with suggestions? Thanks!

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