Early Childhood Investigations Webinars

What Early Childhood Investigations Webinars does

Early Childhood Investigations Webinars operates ECEexperts.com, a two-sided online marketplace directory connecting early childhood education organizations with specialized consultants offering training, business consulting, research, and content development services. Founded in 2010 by Fran Simon, M.Ed., the platform is operated by Engagement Strategies, LLC and is headquartered in Potomac, Maryland per first-party terms of service. It serves daycare centers, preschools, preK through grade 3 programs, associations, non-profits, publishers, and vendors on one side, and independent consultants and consulting firms on the other. A sister platform, ECI Webinars, has built a community of nearly 60,000 early childhood professionals through free conference-quality webinars since 2010 and drives approximately one million sessions annually to the directory.

The platform's core technology is a web-based directory featuring profile portfolio capabilities, search functionality, hundreds of specialty classifications covering the early childhood sector, and a proprietary private messaging system that protects consultant contact information from spammers while allowing client-initiated contact. Subscribed consultants create profiles featuring photos, resumes, presentations, mission statements, certifications, awards, and work experience, with personalized shareable links and integrated search visibility. The platform supports both independent consultant subscriptions and bulk organization subscriptions that include a branded company page listing affiliated consultants with a distinguished badge.

The business model is a freemium two-sided marketplace. Organizations search and view consultant profiles at no cost. Independent consultants and companies pay affordable annual subscription fees for profile listings, with bulk organization tiers available for firms managing multiple consultants. At the time of data collection, the site indicated that consultant subscriptions are temporarily closed while free search remains available. The company is privately held, operates with 1-10 employees, has no disclosed funding rounds, and serves markets in the United States and Canada.

Name

Early Childhood Investigations Webinars

Legal name

Engagement Strategies, LLC

Website

https://eceexperts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Early Childhood Investigations Webinars operates ECEexperts.com, a two-sided online directory connecting early childhood education organizations with independent consultants for training, business, research, and content services. Operated by Engagement Strategies, LLC, with a sister webinar platform serving ~60,000 community members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consultant Directory Subscriptions: Annual subscription fees charged to independent consultants and organizations that want to list their profiles on the directory. Consultants pay to be discoverable by organizations searching for expertise.
2. Organization Bulk Subscriptions: Companies and agencies subscribe in bulk on behalf of their consultants or authors, purchasing a set of individual profiles plus a branded company page listing all consultants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ECEexperts.com is a web-based directory that connects early childhood organizations with experienced independent consultants offering training, business consulting, research, and content development services. The directory is free to search; consultants and organizations pay annual subscription fees to list profiles, with bulk subscriptions available for companies/agencies managing multiple consultants under a branded page. A proprietary private messaging system protects consultant contact information while enabling direct client contact.

Product overview

Early Childhood Investigations Consulting Directory (ECEexperts.com) operates as a two-sided marketplace connecting early childhood organizations with specialized consultants. The core offering is the free-to-search directory at ECEexperts.com, supplemented by paid subscription tiers: Independent Consultant Subscriptions and Organization/Affiliated Consultant Subscriptions for companies managing multiple profiles. Sister brand ECI Webinars provides complementary free webinar content. The directory features hundreds of consultant types across areas such as training, business consulting, research, and content development, with profiles supporting portfolios, credentials, and direct messaging.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Early Childhood Consultants Directory (ECEexperts.com)
• ECI Webinars

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 60,000 decision makers in the ECI Webinars community available as potential referral sources
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Superprof: Global marketplace connecting learners with tutors and instructors across many subjects. Directly comparable as a two-sided subscription/listing model that helps individual experts (in this case tutors) get discovered by organizations/families, analogous to ECEexperts.com connecting consultants with ECE programs.
• Wyzant: Online marketplace for in-person and online tutoring and instruction. Comparable business model: experts create profiles, students search and contact, and the platform monetizes via featured listings and lead fees. Similar freelance-expert marketplace mechanics applied to the education vertical.
• Outschool: Marketplace for live online classes and enrichment programs serving children and families. Overlaps in the early childhood / K-12 education space and uses a marketplace model with provider profiles discoverable by parents and programs, analogous to the consultant discovery model on ECEexperts.com.

Broad incumbents

• Care.com: Large marketplace for childcare, senior care, and other care services. Operates a two-sided marketplace with caregiver profiles and family/program search, broadly comparable in the childcare domain but much larger and broader in scope.
• Thumbtack: Large local services marketplace that connects customers with professionals across many categories. Comparable marketplace mechanics (profile listings, search, lead generation) applied to a much broader professional services surface including some education-related services.
• LinkedIn: Global professional network with built-in search, profile, and messaging for service providers. Functions as a free/paid professional discovery platform that partially substitutes for vertical directories like ECEexperts.com for consultants seeking visibility.

Emerging players

• Catalant: Marketplace connecting businesses with independent consultants and experts. Comparable consultant-discovery marketplace model, though Catalant focuses on business/strategy consulting rather than the early childhood education vertical.
• Bark.com: Online marketplace for local professional services where experts list profiles and customers request quotes. Comparable marketplace structure and SME/professional target audience, though not specialized in education.
• GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group): Expert network that connects professionals with consulting, research, and learning opportunities via profile-based discovery. Comparable in connecting subject-matter experts with organizations seeking expertise, though serving a higher-end consulting client base.

Regional players

• Noodle.com: Education marketplace and content platform that helps families and students find schools, programs, and education experts. Thematically adjacent in connecting consumers with education experts, though positioned more for school/program discovery than for consultants.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ECEexperts
• Facebookfacebook.com/EarlyChildhoodInvestigations
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/early-childhood-consulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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