Archive for the ‘Sales & Marketing’ Category
2011 Summer Senior Living Sales & Marketing Webinar Series
Join us for the third Free Senior Living Summer Sales and Marketing Webinar brought to you by Hunsicker Consulting and SellingSeniorLiving.com. You can register for the Webinar listed below. Everyone who registers will receive the popular Executing Word of Mouth Marketing White Paper. This webinar will be presented by Rick Hunsicker.
Build a Highly Effective Marketing Plan for 2012
Friday, August 19 12PM CDT
Learn a unique approach to build your 2012 Marketing Plan based on how customers buy and get successful strategies to consider for your 2012 Marketing Plan.
To Register – Click Here
Body Language in Sales
Did you realize what your Body Language tells customers can make or break sales for you? Have you ever studied Body Language and it’s affects on sales success?
If you’d like to learn some of the ways the way you use Body Language can help you in your business of senior living sales, you’ll find great information in the Senior Living Excellence Sales and Marketing e-Learning Module on Body Language in Sales.
Body Language in Sales is one of over 45 e-Learning Modules in the new Senior Living Excellence Sales and Marketing library now available at http://www.sellingseniorliving.com/senior-living-excellence.html.
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~ Rick Hunsicker
214-906-3801
President/Founder
www.HunsickerConsulting.com
www.SellingSeniorLiving.com
The Competitor Set-Up
Are you losing sales and move-ins to a competitor on a consistent basis, and wonder how you can more effectively compete with them?
There is a technique that I call “The Competitor Set-Up” and it involves knowing the competitor well enough to be able to “set them up” without ever mentioning their name to the prospect. Since we never want you saying anything negative about a specific competitor, we do want you to be able to learn how to arm the customer with information and questions so that they can more clearly see the differences between your community and those you compete with.
The Competitor Set-Up is one of over 45 e-Learning Modules in the new Senior Living Excellence Sales and Marketing library now available at http://www.sellingseniorliving.com/senior-living-excellence.html
For more tips, subscribe to our monthly newsletter!
~ Rick Hunsicker
214-906-3801
President/Founder
www.HunsickerConsulting.com
www.SellingSeniorLiving.com
Build a Highly Effective Marketing Plan for 2012
2011 Summer Senior Living Sales & Marketing Webinar Series
Join us for the Free Senior Living Summer Sales and Marketing Webinar brought to you by Hunsicker Consulting and SellingSeniorLiving.com. Everyone who registers will receive the popular Executing Word of Mouth Marketing White Paper. These webinars will be presented by Rick Hunsicker.
The first webinar of the Series, Dealing with the Housing Situation presented on July 22nd had a near sell-out audience and received high praise from attendees.
Advanced Sales Approaches for Senior Living Today
Friday, August 19 12PM CDT
Learn a unique approach to build your 2012 Marketing Plan based on how customers buy and get successful strategies to consider for your 2012 Marketing Plan.
To Register – Click Here
Do CCRC’s Improve and Extend Life for Seniors?
I’ve recently had an inquire from another consultant asking if I had a source for the statements many make about seniors living better and longer in a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC). One of my colleagues found one such source that I want to share with you.
Most sites that refer to CCRC residents living longer use http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/ccrcrpt.pdf as their source. It has this paragraph on page 8:
“The information within this section relies heavily on the findings of William Scanlon and Bruce Layton in the United State GAO Report to Congressional Requesters. Statistics show that CCRC residents have a life-expectancy which is 1½ to 2 years longer than other elderly individuals. It has also been found that CCRCs reduce the risk of disease and disability and improve the health and functioning of their residents. Although little research has been done on what exactly causes these noticeable health benefits, many have attributed it to the more active approach that CCRCs take towards health care.”
The report was written by Jacquelyn Sanders, a third-year undergraduate student at Colgate University at the time. She doesn’t quote original sources for the statistics and in the report she refers to (by Scanlon & Layton), http://www.gao.gov/archive/1997/he97036.pdf
I hope this helps you in presenting to your customers the benefits of living in a CCRC vs. remaining in their home.
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~ Rick Hunsicker
214-906-3801
President/Founder
www.HunsickerConsulting.com
www.SellingSeniorLiving.com
Sneak Preview
Would you like a sneak preview of one of the most innovative learning and training tools for senior living sales professionals? Click on these two links for a preview of Senior Living Excellence.
Senior Living Excellence Introduction
Building Trust and Credibility
Hope you enjoy and learn!
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~ Rick Hunsicker
214-906-3801
President/Founder
www.HunsickerConsulting.com
www.SellingSeniorLiving.com
2011 Summer Senior Living Sales & Marketing Webinar Series
Join us for the first Free Senior Living Summer Sales and Marketing Webinar Series brought to you by Hunsicker Consulting and SellingSeniorLiving.com. You can register for one or all three of the webinars listed below. Everyone who registers will receive the popular Executing Word of Mouth Marketing White Paper. These webinars will be presented by Rick Hunsicker.
Effectively Dealing with the Housing Situation – Friday, July 22 12PM CDT
Learn about why owning a paid for old house is a bad idea for seniors today, especially financially and how more communities are helping seniors get houses sold! Sign Up
Advanced Sales Approaches for Senior Living Today – Friday, August 5 12PM CDT
Learn some of the newest and most effective sales approaches being utilized today by successful communities and how to effectively overcome the most common sales objections. Sign Up!
Build a Highly Effective Marketing Plan for 2012 – Friday, August 19 12PM CDT
Learn a unique approach to build your 2012 Marketing Plan based on how customers buy and get successful strategies to consider for your 2012 Marketing Plan. Sign Up
What’s in a Title?
I’ve had many interesting discussions with folks in senior living about titles for the people that are directly presenting and selling their communities. We see terms such as Marketing Director, Sales Counselor and Community Relations Director. What do any of those titles have to do with what the person is really doing when they are working directly with a senior or adult child?
From my experience over the last 26 years, I find those who are most successful are acting as a “counselor” for the senior or adult children, helping them understand their options in senior living after discovering the customer’s current and future situation. And if their community meets that customers needs, these professionals recommend that the senior or adult child proceed to move to their community. So, I’m taking the position that the title for this position, or any position that engages directly with the customer, be called “Senior Living Counselor.”
Companies I have worked with in the past have used this title, and its impact and implication on both the sales team member and the customer have been positive. So, give it try and see how it works for you!
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~ Rick Hunsicker
214-906-3801
President/Founder
www.HunsickerConsulting.com
www.SellingSeniorLiving.com
Rick’s Rule of 78 – Part 2
Did you know that 1 lost sale each month for a year will cost your community 78 months of revenue for that 12 month period? If your monthly fee was $3,000 per month, that would add up to $234,000 lost revenue, for just losing one sale a month.
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~ Rick Hunsicker
214-906-3801
President/Founder
www.HunsickerConsulting.com
www.SellingSeniorLiving.com
Rick’s Rule of 78 – Part 1
Did you know that 1 additional move-in a month for a year will provide your community 78 months of additional revenue for that 12 month period? If your monthly fee was $3,000 per month, that would add up to $234,000 additional months of revenue for the year, for getting just one more a month.
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~ Rick Hunsicker
214-906-3801
President/Founder
www.HunsickerConsulting.com
www.SellingSeniorLiving.com
