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Senior Living Marketing Insights2024-03-17T08:42:16+00:00

15+ Years of Ideas and Insights From the
Big Buzz® Team

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DATA-DRIVEN EBOOK:

Team Alignment is the Secret to Achieving Higher Marketing Outcomes

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Social Media, The Ultimate Open House Event in Senior Living

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Industry Benchmarking for Optimum Investment in Marketing Collateral Assets

CTAs That Work
DATA-DRIVEN EBOOK:

Calls to Action that Work: The Senior Care Industry Insider Report

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Flourish! - by Wendy O'Donovan Phillips

Flourish! The Method Used by Aging Services Organizations for the Ultimate Marketing Results

KABOOM!: The Method Used By Top Dentists for Explosive Marketing Results

“Big Buzz helps us lift our head and look long term. Thanks to them, we have a written 3- to 5-year growth strategy now on which our executive team is aligned. This brings a lot of peace of mind and keeps us on track. In the first 9-month period following Big Buzz’s growth plan, we increased new leads 170% and increased new lead move-ins 171%.”

KRISTEN REYES-TARSIUK, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE AND MARKETING, CRISTA SENIOR LIVING

“Wendy and her team are wonderful! Very helpful and willing to do whatever needed for success. They are very organized and on top of things, and Wendy has a good pulse on the industry. Big Buzz is a company with a mission to get you noticed. Thank you for all your help! We get a lot of support from Big Buzz, whereas the people over our account prior did not provide as much support.”

JANET BREED, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WINNPRAIRIE

“Wendy and her team are thorough, responsive, knowledgeable, professional and experts in their field. Everyone we have worked with at Big Buzz has been top notch. They bring a personal touch, an understanding on an individual level. They are experts in guiding brands to desired levels of recognition through proven marketing methods and tactics.”

OLIVER FRUM, TERRITORY SALES MANAGER, PREXION

15+ Years of Ideas and Insights From the Big Buzz® Team

Blog:

Join the 13,000+ care professionals who read our weekly insights.

Join the 13,000+ care professionals who read our weekly insights.

eBooks:

DATA-DRIVEN EBOOK:

Team Alignment is the Secret to Achieving Higher Marketing Outcomes

DATA-DRIVEN EBOOK:

Social Media, The Ultimate Open House Event in Senior Living

DATA-DRIVEN EBOOK:

Industry Benchmarking for Optimum Investment in Marketing Collateral Assets

CTAs That Work
DATA-DRIVEN EBOOK:

Calls to Action that Work: The Senior Care Industry Insider Report

Podcast:

Lectures:

Books:

Flourish! - by Wendy O'Donovan Phillips

Flourish! The Method Used by Aging Services Organizations for the Ultimate Marketing Results

Lectures:

Books:

Flourish! - by Wendy O'Donovan Phillips

Flourish! The Method Used by Aging Services Organizations for the Ultimate Marketing Results

KABOOM!: The Method Used By Top Dentists for Explosive Marketing Results

Blog: 15 Years of Ideas and Insights From the Big Buzz Experts

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Podcast: Marketing Mysteries Solved!

Are you a senior living executive looking to solve a complex marketing mystery or challenge? Gain tools to uncover the marketing problems killing your organization fastest, strategies that will focus you on the right clues (rather than distractions) and evidence of much more lasting marketing solutions. Real executives like you are engaged in active listening and strategic thinking to solve real marketing mysteries with facts and data. Gain clarity on how you can improve nurture marketing, generate higher quality leads and sustain long-term success.

The marketing experts from Big Buzz regularly lecture in front of audiences ranging from 25 to 3,000 attendees, including for Argentum, various chapters of LeadingAge, Oregon Health Care Association Annual Convention, Washington Healthcare Association Annual Session and the Michigan Assisted Living Association Annual Conference among many more. Private consulting is also offered in some cases. Inquire about full-immersion learning for you and your team to take your marketing, sales, team communications and resident-family communications from driving cold leads to attracting tour-ready leads.

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well-articulated!”

“Outstanding, attainable.”

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Wendy is the founder and CEO of Big Buzz, a marketing agency delivering a steady stream of tour-ready leads to teams serving the senior living industry. For more than 15 years, her firm has helped senior living marketing and sales teams nurture leads to increase occupancy, grow and scale. Wendy is the author of the book Flourish!: The Method Used by Aging Services Organizations for the Ultimate Marketing Results, has been published in McKnight’s, has been a regular contributor to Forbes, and has been quoted in The Washington Post, ABC News and Chicago Tribune. She has been honored by the American Marketing Association for excellence in her field and has been named a Gold Key Award Winner by the Business Marketing Association. In her two-decades-long career, she has consulted with hundreds of care organizations globally to support in improved nurture marketing outcomes.

Melinda has been a senior living sales and marketing expert at Big Buzz since 2016 and holds a key position on the firm’s leadership team. She consults with organizations nationwide to optimize marketing strategies for best results. Melinda received her master’s degree in strategic leadership in healthcare from the University of Denver in 2016. Melinda is affiliate faculty for Metropolitan State University of Denver in the Department of Health Professions, where she educates the younger demographic about the current and future challenges for healthcare leaders and where we can work together to provide the highest quality of future care. She has taught dozens of courses and has consulted with more than a hundred healthcare organizations to help guide marketing success.

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Most senior living organizations feel overwhelmed about marketing. Distracted. Confused. Apathetic. Flourish offers the cure. This concise handbook shines a light on how aging services organizations can put a method to their marketing for years to come. Flourish lays out an easy-to-follow method for marketing:

  1. Survey the clients, families and team
  2. Define a Message and Design Equation
  3. Build a Balanced Marketing Formula
  4. Deploy the plan for steadfast results

It’s simple, yet wildly effective. The transformation is measurable. Senior living organizations that apply the Flourish method enjoy validation of their efforts, higher returns on marketing investments, more stability in high occupancies, longer waiting lists, steady growth and increased organizational value. Flourish is filled with concise analysis of why certain marketing tactics work best and when. It covers how to instructions on five marketing strategies and 20 marketing tactics.

Flourish! - by Wendy O'Donovan Phillips

“So many ways to implement!”

“Deeply motivating!”

“Her methods are very focused and directed and have proven very beneficial!”

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