Nearly a year has passed since the COVID-19 pandemic severely restricted, or shut down completely, businesses across the country. The coronavirus has forever altered how senior living operators approach prospective residents of their communities.
We’re halfway through the first quarter of 2021, and many elective medical practitioners have created their budgets for the year. As we recently noted in another blog, marketing budgets typically make up 5% to 12% of revenue for business-to-consumer practices.
Marketing professionals were challenged to do more with less last year – and that hasn’t changed in 2021. Many are trying to figure out how to fill their sales pipelines with prospective residents on a limited budget.
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.