On-page and Off-Page SEO: Is Searchability on Your Radar?

10 Powerful Senior Living Statistics

Who Should Be on Your Social Media Team?

10 Digital Trends to Look for in 2012

We will start blogging again on Jan.4  Until then, Happy Holidays!

10 Tips for Successful Event Marketing

Is On-Boarding Really Necessary?

15 Senior Living Competitors in 3 days

Online Tool Forges Connection with Residents’ Families

Here are some articles that we found informative and/or entertaining:

Reader Survey Results: Social Media Marketing in Private Duty Home Care:

http://blog.privatedutytoday.com/2011/11/reader-survey-results-social-media.html

SEO Tips for 2012, if you aren’t doing your own SEO, make sure somebody is!

http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2011/10/13/seo-tips-2012/

A good reminder about change for all of us:

http://tinyurl.com/7gtrpxo

A beautiful, cool day here at Headquarters.  In the shrinking distance, we hear the thundering onset of the holidays, but for now, we can relax with the last remnants of Halloween candy and sort through some senior housing and care industry articles:

A very personal reminder regarding how a lead’s status can change in an instant:

http://tinyurl.com/6kaath3

A new, convenient and hopefully comfortable way to monitor dementia patients.  Maybe Nike will buy the patent and add a swoosh?

http://healthland.time.com/2011/10/27/a-gps-enabled-shoe-to-track-wandering-alzheimers-patients/

A good view and recommendations on the current and future of the senior housing industry:

http://seniorhousingforum.net/2011/10/the-senior-housing-gap-part-1/

Enjoy the calm before the storm……

Been a fast-paced week!  Between attending the LeadingAge Conference, a monster travel ordeal and catching up back at headquarters, I’ve found time to pick out some articles links for all our retirement and assisted living community friends, great alzheimer and nursing care folks and compassionate home care and hospice providers, plus all the wonderful others that have their own niche!

Great Footnote to LeadingAge Conference:

http://tinyurl.com/6kbjzqb

Caregiving’s hidden benefits:

http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/caregivings-hidden-benefits/

A National Strategy on Alzheimer’s:

http://tinyurl.com/6zhzk9f
 

Three Emerging Growth Trends in Senior Housing

Hotline Gives Hope to Family Caregivers

Do Your Sales Reps Ask The Right Questions?

3 Tips for Local Search Optimization

Facebook for Business – If you haven’t set-up your Facebook business page, or you aren’t happy with your results, they offer tips and suggestions.

How User Friendly is Your Web Site?

Back to Basics in relationship building

How to Use YouTube to Increase Traffic, Leads & Sales (Video) – Long, and a bit “salesy” but some good tips if you are considering doing a video.

September/October LeadingAge Magazine

Making a Connection with Online Video

New state-mandated counseling for seniors irks assisted-living industry

Exploring Options for Financing Senior Living & Care recorded webinar

Survey results - What is most wanted in an Assisted Living Community?

Top 10 Internet Marketing Strategies

5 Things You’re Doing Wrong in Home Care Marketing

Results-Driven Content Marketing

Lick of Sense . . .

Selling the Good Life

Five Social Media Must-Haves for Crisis

Selling To Seniors – The Principle of Scarcity

Are Your Marketing Habits Sabotaging Your Results? 3 Warning Signs

Marketing Budget 2012: Plan for Meaningful Strategies

Assisted Living Goes All-Inclusive

Marketing Doesn’t Have a Magic Wand

Top 14 Benefits of Social Media Marketing

Remember Grandparent’s Day Sunday : )