Maintaining Positive Engagement During the Pandemic
Expert review management and communication strategies to support occupancy growth in crisis conditions.
Challenge
A newly opened senior living community faced unprecedented challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Unable to offer in-person tours or allow residents to visit with their families, the community struggled to maintain visibility and engagement. The key challenge was sustaining positive reviews and managing online feedback, as the prospective resident’s or adult child’s buying journey shifted almost entirely online.
The Gameplan
ADage Marketing Group delivered a multifaceted review management and communication strategy to navigate the crisis and support the community’s occupancy goals. The approach included:
- Boosting Positive Reviews: Implemented a comprehensive plan to increase the number of positive reviews, focusing on online platforms critical for decision-making.
- Managing Negative Feedback: Proactively managed any negative reviews or operational challenges to minimize impact on the community’s reputation.
- Engaging Key Stakeholders: Solicited positive testimonials from families and professional partners to enhance the community’s online presence.
- Targeted Communication: Delivered timely, expert communication across multiple channels to keep prospective residents and families engaged despite restrictions.
Creative Implementation
ADage’s strategy was tailored to address both the immediate and long-term challenges posed by the pandemic:
- Proactive Review Solicitation: Developed a campaign to encourage residents’ families and professional partners to leave positive reviews, leveraging email signatures, branded printed materials, and scripted conversations with the sales team.
- Google My Business (GMB) Optimization: Ensured the GMB profile was set up with direct links to review platforms and reinforced with branded imagery and testimonial posts.
- Responsive Engagement: Created custom, customer-service-oriented responses to reviews and maintained ongoing engagement across social and review platforms.
- Crisis Communication: Orchestrated a steady flow of communication with residents’ families to maintain trust and transparency during uncertain times.
Results & Impact
ADage’s agile strategy delivered impressive outcomes for the newly opened community:
- 550% Increase in Reviews: Within 12 months, ADage increased the volume of reviews by 550%, significantly improving the community’s online reputation.
- Improved Lead Generation: The influx of positive reviews contributed to a higher number of online inquiries and lead generation during a critical time.
- Higher Organic Search Rankings: Increased positive reviews boosted the community’s ranking in Google search results, enhancing visibility and driving more traffic to the website.
Summary
ADage Marketing Group implemented a strategic review management and communication plan to support a newly opened senior living community during the pandemic. By increasing positive reviews, managing negative feedback, and maintaining proactive communication with families, ADage helped the community sustain engagement despite restrictions. The approach resulted in a 550% increase in reviews, improved lead generation, and higher organic search rankings, boosting the community’s online visibility and reputation.
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What Our Clients Say
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“As a former regional director of sales and marketing, I've been involved in vetting and hiring agencies for 18 years. ADage stands out as the best among any agency that I've worked with to date. The industry veterans at ADage deliver an exceptional value. When you hire ADage, you know you have a senior living marketing partner that will be at your side through thick and thin. They are truly invested in your senior living organization's success.”
"Just wanted to pass along a little thank you for the great EQ training with Adrienne last week. Your engaging, humorous style makes the day go by quickly and makes learning easy. I still am in a bit of awe seeing how spot on they styles matched up to how I really am. Thanks again and keep up the great work. Hope to see you again soon!"
"ADage Marketing Group has been fantastic to work with! They are proactive and have resources for everything that can contribute to occupancy. Unlike some of the larger marketing firms, the ADage team treats us like partners rather than clients and are always quick to return calls. I'm grateful for their partnership!"
“Need to brainstorm an emergency occupancy recovery plan on a Friday afternoon, leading into a holiday weekend? ADage is there. Need to know how to integrate and leverage your senior living CRM with various marketing platforms? ADage has a plan for you. Do you need insight into how to allocate your marketing budget to achieve the greatest ROI? ADage will walk you through it.”
"In a previous role, over 30% of my clients were marketing agencies, including nearly every worthwhile agency in the senior living space. When I actually needed an agency to fulfill our own marketing objectives, there was only one I chose to work with: ADage."
“Personally and professionally they are refreshing and smart. They bring thoughtfulness of the senior market and an awareness of the changing cultural landscape to their work and push us to think not just about the next sale, but also about positioning ourselves for the future."
“Their expertise and knowledge of the market, along with their effective creative practices have helped us to get straight to the business of increasing census and brand awareness. This ultimately allows us to provide a higher level of community and caring for our residents. A total win!"
"It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Ms. Adrienne Mansfield. She and her team have done a stellar job of managing all aspects of creative marketing for our company over the past ten plus years. The success of our company would not have been possible without the services of Adrienne and her team. I would highly recommend her to anyone!"
"As a new small business owner serving senior living, ADage supported me in bringing focus to my brand and mission. The greatest tool they provided was a one-stop shopping list for all of the templates, brochures, flyers, and digital materials that they created. I don't have to search through my own files - I go to my pinned ADage list and have simple and quick access to them. If I need updates or changes, they do so and the links are instantly ready for me. Their services have been a game changer for my processes."
"We have worked with the ADage Group and they have been wonderful! They are extremely professional and an asset to our organization. Great partner."
“ADage stands out because they truly care about their client's success, are well versed on previous client campaigns, and provide insights and recommendations in developing new marketing strategies. A true business partner."
"As partners they are easy to work with - motivated and independent - able to implement tactics in the market with savvy and speed and great attention to detail. In many cases we have been able to repurpose their creative approaches that have been particularly successful for other communities in our organization - an added bonus to the inherent value they offer us!"
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