Most senior living marketers would agree that we are all happy to say goodbye to 2020. By now, you have your 2021 budgets in gear and probably even have some programs rolling out. If you’re smart, however, you have included room for some tweaks and budget adjustments along the way. Because this year, you’re going...

Most of the folks visiting your website are local consumers researching the senior living options in your city or region. Some of them could very well be future residents of your community. The problem is, you cannot determine their potential until you learn who they are. But it’s easy to identify your website visitors with...

In the beginning of 2020, it was pretty much business as usual for senior living marketers. Onsite events and community tours encouraged visits from prospective residents and family members. The prospect’s journey was well established. Now, we must meet our prospects where they are today. The good news is that, according to a recent LeadingResponse...

No two prospects are the same. Every senior living marketer knows that. Therefore, it makes no sense to keep sending the same generic emails and mail pieces to hundreds, if not thousands, of prospects – each with different motivations and needs. Thanks to technology, we can now do so much more with data segmentation. The...

How much do you know about hyper-targeting and re-targeting? If you are still spending massive amounts of money purchasing lists of names and addresses, odds are you’re getting a very low return on your investment. Without a much deeper set of information about the people who live at those addresses, you will end up spending...

Valerie Whitman is the vice president of senior living at LeadingResponse. She has worked in the industry since 2004, and she knows her way around a budget. Valerie Whitman How is your marketing budget holding up? That might be a tough question to answer, since the pandemic has changed the game plan for so many...