{"podcast":{"title":"Early Childhood Investigations","slug":"early-childhood-investigations-7652274","podcast_index_feed_id":7652274,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10e6eb298/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://ecewebinars.com/spotify","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45271030/a837b6eca0227d1a.jpg","author":"Playground","episode_count":35,"summary":"Early Childhood Investigations is your gateway to inspiring, research-based professional development. Since 2009, our free webinar series has brought together authors, researchers, and leaders in early care and education to share timely insights and spark meaningful conversations across the workforce. We believe high-quality professional development should be accessible, practical, and immediately useful. ECI is a movement that empowers directors, administrators, and teachers to elevate their practice and strengthen outcomes for children and families. https://ecewebinars.com/spotify","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T08:18:49.894702+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/early-childhood-investigations-7652274"},"episode":{"title":"AI Search Is Here - The Gold Rush Opportunity for Child Care Centers in 2026 by Bruce Spurr","slug":"ai-search-is-here-the-gold-rush-opportunity-for-child-care-centers-in-2026-by-bruce-spurr","published_at":"2026-06-05T04:47:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/early-childhood-investigations-7652274/ai-search-is-here-the-gold-rush-opportunity-for-child-care-centers-in-2026-by-bruce-spurr","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/early-childhood-investigations-7652274","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hannahbitoteter4/episodes/AI-Search-Is-Here---The-Gold-Rush-Opportunity-for-Child-Care-Centers-in-2026-by-Bruce-Spurr-e3kc6q7","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10e6eb298/podcast/play/121035015/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-5%2F425549723-44100-2-ed422756c952a.mp3","summary":"RESOURCES Watch the full webinar here Join our newsletter! Earn your Professional Development hours with FREE sessions delivered right to your inbox every week Check out the producer of ECI, Playground, the Child Care Management Software Only 3 centers will own the leaders in your market—How to make sure you’re one of them Search is being completely rebuilt — and most childcare centers don’t realize it yet. Parents are no longer just clicking ads or scrolling your social posts. They’re: Asking AI tools like ChatGPT where to find childcare nearby Reading AI-generated summaries at the top of Google Choosing centers directly from Google Maps At the same time, buying attention through ads is getting harder, more expensive, and less predictable for local businesses—the cost is out of reach of most child care centers. (Google finally admitted to us that new ad accounts need $100/day media spend to train their AI buying algorithm! That’s absolutely ridiculous for the ECE industry!) In this live training, Bruce Spurr, CEO of Grow Your Center, will break down how AI-powered search is transforming the way parents discover childcare — and why this shift is creating the biggest local visibility opportunity we’ve seen since 2008. History is being made. We’re not just going to talk about AI search, but give you CONTEXT in how the new world of “SEO” fits into your complete marketing stack in 2026…how owners just like you are filling their open classroom spots! In this session, you’ll learn: Why Google Maps has quietly become the most important “search engine” for parents How AI summaries are deciding which childcare centers get mentioned (and which get ignored) Your website is not only still relevant, but a critical conversion tool in your marketing stack Why attention is getting mor…","meta_description":"RESOURCES Watch the full webinar here Join our newsletter! Earn your Professional Development hours with FREE sessions delivered right to your inbox every…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5142,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/early-childhood-investigations-7652274/episodes/ai-search-is-here-the-gold-rush-opportunity-for-child-care-centers-in-2026-by-bruce-spurr/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/early-childhood-investigations-7652274/ai-search-is-here-the-gold-rush-opportunity-for-child-care-centers-in-2026-by-bruce-spurr.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}