80% of people have completed research online before providing contact information. Is your senior living community winning that crucial moment? Or is your funnel leaking leads? April LaMon partners with senior living communities to help them better understand their prospective residents, and how to make the most of the vital moment before the form fill.
April is the co-founder of Lead InSite, a behavioral analytics firm with proprietary software that helps senior living marketers understand the consumer journey. April is a data expert, and master of behavioral analytics. The Lead InSite team applies their solution to the resident journey two ways:
Things change quickly in senior living digital marketing. April has noticed the following changes in terms of demographics:
Aging population (greater longevity)
Tremendous innovations in healthcare and medicine
More affluence with modern seniors
Your community’s website can address these demographic changes by creating compelling solutions for prospective residents. Understanding what younger seniors are looking for and what they want for their lives will help your senior living marketing team convert more of the 80% of visitors in “research mode”.
One question your senior living marketing team should consider:
Is your community creating demand or merely capturing demand?
Depending on where your community’s efforts fall given the previous question, April notices a range of options. Overall, she’s seeing more industry curiosity in the marketplace. Though this curiosity goes beyond the typical offerings of features and amenities.
Senior Living still suffers from a lack of category understanding and awareness, and what the industry could be. Within this model, many senior living communities are striving to become more for their residents. The need to provide fulfillment beyond a living space ushering in the next phase of a resident’s life is an opportunity your website can address.
Website and broader web platforms have to illustrate what it’s like to live/work at your community, so a visitor doesn’t have to walk through the front door to get that experience.
Ironically, of all the tools available to marketers, the one fully within your community’s control is your digital platform (website, social platforms) and often, they get the least amount of attention.
Within this episode of FIFF, the team also addresses:
To learn more about April and her team, visit Lead InSite. For questions for Phil and the Fresh Insights from Fresh Faces team, contact us. We’ll help your community make your website the center of your senior living digital marketing strategy.