LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR MOM’S
BABYSITTING BUSINESS FRANCHISE
SeekingSitters Franchise Systems, Inc. is a new, fast-growing franchise that has found a
unique solution to an age old problem: finding a good babysitter when you need one.
SeekingSitters uses modern day technology of an interactive website to help families
find safe, reliable child care 24-7. The founder is a mom of three who saw a problem,
found a solution and turned it into a multi-million dollar company.
“Private Eye Mom” Adrienne Kallweit founded SeekingSitters in 2004 after struggling
with her own child care needs. She was running her Private Investigation Firm and
wanted to hire her son’s preschool teacher. She ran the teacher’s background
investigation and was shocked at what she found: a variety of charges that raised
questions about the teacher’s character. Yet, the teacher was still working at a public
school. That’s when Adrienne started “seeking out her own sitters” that passed her
stringent background checks and could work around her unpredictable schedule.
She saw a greater need – not just in her hometown – but nationwide. On family trips
to Denver, Colorado and Austin, Texas they faced the same dilemma: they couldn’t
find a good sitter they could trust. So on a 7 hour drive from Austin back to Tulsa, she
and her husband wrote their business plan and launched their website that night.
SeekingSitters was born.
Adrienne
Kallweit and
below with
husband
David and
children
(left to right)
Bella, Ethan
and
Canaan
Since their first babysitting job in 2004, SeekingSitters has grown to over 2500 babysitting
jobs monthly with 33 franchise locations in 13 different states. Adrienne and David are
committed to making sure that childcare is offered in a safe and reliable method in all 50
states. They have built the business without debt, funding their business as they grew.
Awards: In November 2007 they won Tulsa’s 1st Annual Entrepreneurial Spirit Award and
won $25,000 to invest in building their franchise.
In April, 2008, Working Mother Magazine named
SeekingSitters one of the “Top Women-Owned
Businesses”
In May, 2008, SeekingSitters was featured on “The
Big Idea with Donny Deutsch” on CNBC.
In May 2009, SeekingSitters was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine
In August 2009, SeekingSitters was featured on CNN segment “How We Got Started”
2006 · First Franchise Sale
2009 · Hundreds of locations nationwide In November 2009, SeekingSitters was featured on CNN-Headline News “Small Business Success”
*contact corporate for exact franchise count
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SeekingSitters also
provides an excellent
place to work
SAFEST SITTING SOLUTION
SeekingSitters provides the same unique, reliable and trustworthy service in every
franchise location. And the service provided includes a properly performed background
screening on each SeekingSitters referred babysitter and each
family that utilizes the service. These background investigations
are performed through SeekingSitters in-house investigation
company, Hide and Seek. Hide and Seek was founded in 1978
and from 30 years of investigative experience, they know that
pertinent personal character information can be overlooked
unless an in-depth background investigation is performed on an
SeekingSitters has given me the
opportunity to go to college full time
and work full time. The owners have
worked around my college schedule
from the first day I started working
there. The owners have been very
supportive in anything that comes
across my path. They are the best
bosses a girl could ever have! The
hours are very flexible for a college
student or anybody. The families are
fantastic! All the families give you
positive feedback. Every single family
is different and that is what I loved
about working with them. You
experience something new with every
family. - Cara P. OKC, OK
individual; therefore, an intense hands-on background check is
performed on every sitter. This thorough background check process in conjunction with
SeekingSitters one-on-one interview process is how SeekingSitters babysitting service can
find and screen the best sitters possible.
Marcie, SeekingSitters’
Contract Professional Sitter
It is important that we not
only screen our sitters but
check out the members as
well. Each family is screened
for identity verification and
sex offender records
All approved sitters have undergone a thorough screening of the
following areas:
 One-on-one interview with a SeekingSitters’ manager, determining that each approved sitter meets SeekingSitters babysitting S.T.Y.L.E.
 Verification of previous childcare experience including but not
limited to reference verification and work history review
 Personal Identity Verification, Fraud Alerts Verification
 Local and National Sex Offender Network Check
 Criminal Record searches, state and local county records
 Education Verification
 Fiduciary responsibility evaluation
 Personal Character Evaluation (based on several variables
identified in the background check process as well as through
a one on one interview with SeekingSitters personnel)
SeekingSitters
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Harmony, Contract Professional
Sitter since 2004. Has worked
over 1000 jobs through
SeekingSitters
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UNIQUE SERVICE
SeekingSitters has changed the way you think of a “Babysitter”
SeekingSitters Babysitter Referral Service is Reliable, Convenient, and Trustworthy. SeekingSitters families can Rely on
their local owner to work for them and find a sitter for each specific need. One call to SeekingSitters or simply request
Website Traffic
online and an available prescreened Certified Sitter contacts you. SeekingSitters service provides Convenience to
busy families by offering online services for scheduling, invoice tracking and sitter profile review. Your local
Month
Hits
SeekingSitters office is even available around the clock for your last minute needs. And most importantly, with
Oct 2009
4,663,778
Sept. 2009
4,352,008
Team and SeekingSitters continually gathers and reviews member feedback in order to continue to refer the most
Aug. 2009
4,323,655
qualified professional sitters.
July 2009
3,397,356
Our experience with creating websites for our previous business has played a major role in designing SeekingSitters’
June 2009
3,564,277
SeekingSitters you know you are using a service you can Trust. All Certified Sitters have extensive experience and
have been thoroughly background screened. Only the most qualified are accepted into the SeekingSitters Babysitting
unique website that is unlike any other in the nation. WWW.SEEKINGSITTERS.COM is not only a source for its
members of finding and ordering on-call background-screened and experienced babysitters, and paying for the sitters on
our website, but it also is a SAFE source of work for hundreds of Professional Sitters across the nation who need to find that niche job to fit the hours they would like
to work, either full-time or part-time. WWW.SEEKINGSITTERS.COM has three components on our website for those interested in children’s welfare when it comes to
“Easy, Safe Babysitting Solutions” – there is a site within our site for “Families” and for “Babysitters” and, a site within our site for “Franchises.” Please take a look at
our website and see how easy it is to hire a babysitter who has undergone an intense
background check and knows and loves children; or how great it would be for a college
student to actually have a steady income at the hours they need; or how exciting it would be
to be for a young couple with children to find a lucrative franchise they could operate from
their home on their Blackberry © and be stay-at-home moms and dads!
SeekingSitters has grown to more than 5000 members nationwide!
The service provided by Seeking Sitters is above and beyond what one normally thinks of
as simply "finding a babysitter". Rather than solely relying on recommendations from
friends, you gain access to some of the best sitters in Tulsa who not only have been
thoroughly screened, but who have been used throughout Tulsa and receive continuous
education and monitoring from Seeking Sitters. The girls come in confident, enthusiastic
and with an age specific plan for each child. I often come home to art projects created
while I am away. I have used the service in a variety of ways - for normal babysitting
needs, for an extra pair of hands, and for traveling with my family during vacation. I
cannot express enough how confidant I am to leave my three children in the hands of these
capable professionals.
- Kristi P., Tulsa
SeekingSitters
®
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Home based business run by moms……
…...designed to help other
SeekingSitters was founded in 2004, franchising started in July of 2006 and already
moms at home.
seven franchises and three company owned units are successfully in operation.
The goal through franchising is two part: 1) To spread SeekingSitters across the nation
so that families everywhere can come to trust a name for on-call, in-home childcare service; 2)
Accolades: In November 2007, SeekingSitters won
Tulsa’s 1st Annual Entrepreneurial Spirit Award and
won $25,000 to invest in building their franchise.
To be able to help other moms and dads own their own successful business that allows them
flexibility with their family.
In April, 2008, Working Mother Magazine named
SeekingSitters one of the “Top Women-Owned
Businesses”
“It is a gift to be able to spend time with our three children and also be able to have a career
that we enjoy, and sharing this privilege with other entrepreneurial-minded moms and dads
has been a wonderful and exciting experience.” said Adrienne Kallweit.
In May, 2008, SeekingSitters was featured on “The
Big Idea with Donny Deutsch” on CNBC.
The other SeekingSitters locations are growing at a fast pace and each location is enjoying the
In May, 2009, SeekingSitters was featured in
Entrepreneur Magazine.
fun and flexibility of being self-employed. Typically the primary operations (in all existing
locations) are managed by the wife and the husband works another job. We are very selective
of the owners that have started a SeekingSitters; it is very important that they share the same
In August, 2009, SeekingSitters was showcased on
CNN’s “How We Got Started” segment.
values on which SeekingSitters was established: Time for Family, Fun in Business, Mom & Dad
Shared Enterprise.
Seeking Sitters has truly been one of the biggest blessings and best
investments of our lives. We have so much more financial security, freedom of
time and flexibility of schedules. I can stay at home with our toddler and help
to financially secure our future. The support from home office has been
immeasurable. There are constant updates to the website to make life even
easier for our members, sitters, as well as owners. The entire system is so easy
to use and has been well thought out that our 2 year old could probably
maneuver it with ease. Corporate held our hand through the entire process
and our membership has been growing by leaps and bounds in a matter of
months. This company should in the next 3 years give us the financial freedom
to have us both work from home
Alicia and Scott Champion, Franchise Owner Oklahoma City SeekingSitters
SeekingSitters Annual Mom’s Retreat
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SEEKINGSITTERS STORY AND
SEGMENT IDEAS
Balancing it all: SeekingSitters owners offer
their secrets to making it all work
Screening Sitters: What Most Background Checks Miss
When it comes to your children’s safety, you can never be too careful
or too thorough. Founder Adrienne Kallweit is a licensed private
investigator and mom of three. She can talk about what all background
checks must cover – and what most online databases miss.
A New View on NannyCams: Proactive instead of Reactive
There are some parents who use the Nanny-Cam to monitor their
sitters whether or not their childcare personnel have undergone
through background investigations or experience screening process.
We have all seen the nanny cam videos – a nanny neglecting or abusing
a child. Often a suspicious parent set up that camera secretly hoping to
catch the nanny in the act. At SeekingSitters we take a much different
approach to nanny cams. Our philosophy is “proactive not reactive.”
We screen our sitters to assure they are going to interact with the
children and be skilled and professional at their jobs and then we even
encourage parents to use cameras, but be open about it. What better
way to motivate a nanny or sitter to do their “best work” then to let
them know you are watching. Nanny cams can be used to keep
communication open between the parents and the children at home.
All owners are moms of young children and have all figured out
how to make it work with a family and running a successful
business.
Secrets from a successful entrepreneur. She
started a successful franchise and had three
kids all before the age of 30. How did she do it?
SeekingSitters Owners Offer Their Secrets to Making it All
Work. Our owners are all moms and dads who balance the
responsibilities of running a business with raising a family.
Many turn to founder Adrienne Kallweit for inspiration. She
can provide “Secrets from a successful entrepreneur” She
started a successful franchise and had three kids – all before
the age of 30. Today – all are thriving and growing. How did
she do it?
 Taking a risk: Adrienne comes from a family of entrepreneurs and has
seen first hand that starting a business takes risk.

Support from family: Adrienne works with her husband and he has been
an integral part of the business since conception.

Hard Work: No business can be grown without hard work. Adrienne has
found creative ways to build her schedule around her life. Adrienne also
says it is important to balance her work schedule with her family
schedule. Even if she is working with the kids, she takes time to stop at a
park to play between meetings.

Involving your family in the business: Adrienne has always felt that it is
important to involve the kids in the business. The whole family is a part of
the business, and by involving the kids, it makes them feel like they are a
part of mom’s day.
Thriving in a Tough Economy
Service, service, service—that is the key to staying on top.
Service, service, service: Customer service is almost non-existent, from
restaurants to retail, many of us have just decided to settle. At
SeekingSitters, our customer service and attention to our families’
needs sets us apart. It is not uncommon for owners to be calling sitters
at the last minute to fill a last minute request. In fact, our owners
sometimes babysit themselves to make sure a family is covered. We
hire only the best and expect only the best. That has allowed
SeekingSitters to thrive as a business during a tough economy
SeekingSitters provides jobs—for many it is a second job to help get
through tough times.
SeekingSitters also provides a great supplemental income for many
women who need to work a second job to keep up with rising gas
prices or for that stay-at-home mom who now needs to bring in an
income.
SeekingSitters
®
Raising Kids and keeping it real – and real fun!
From play dates to discipline, founder Adrienne Kallweit is a
great resource for any story dealing with issues related to kids.
She and her franchise owners are all moms and business
owners with extensive experience caring for kids. From Denver
to Dallas, Seattle to San Diego, St. Louis to Little Rock –
SeekingSitters has the country covered! Their owners can help
with your next story, TV or radio interview. We can also put
you in touch with “real moms and real families” to interview.
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