Julie Podewitz, CEO & Founder of Grow Your Occupancy, talks with the sales leadership team at The Arbors and The Ivy Assisted Living Communities about their experience with the sales coaching they began over 3 years ago.

Emily Quinn, Co-Owner and RDSM, Sondra Jones, RDSM, and Stephanie Zelazo, Regional Sales Specialist, look back on the coaching sessions, the things that had the quickest impact and the things that had a longer lasting impact on not only their sales team but their organization as a whole.

In part 1, Julie Podewitz, CEO & Founder of Grow Your Occupancy, talked with Kristin Ward, President of Austera Group, about positioning senior living communities to maximize their potential.

Julie and Kristin are back for part 2 to dive deeper into the top 3 operational fixes that senior living operators can do to stay competitive and grow occupancy.

In this first of a two part conversation, Julie Podewitz, CEO & Founder of Grow Your Occupancy, talks with Kristin Ward, President of Austera Group, about positioning senior living communities to maximize their potential.

Kristin, a 30 year veteran of the senior living industry, shares the top 3 operational fixes that senior living operators can do to stay competitive and grow occupancy.

For senior living providers with a diverse portfolio of communities in varied markets, is there really such a thing as a universal approach to sales and marketing?

Julie Podewitz, CEO & Founder of Grow Your Occupancy, talks with Francine Bass, Vice President of Sales at United Group of Communities, about the secret weapon that is working to transform their occupancy outcomes.

Julie Podewitz, CEO & Founder of Grow Your Occupancy, welcomes back Christy Van Der Westhuizen, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Legend Senior Living, to the Grow Your Occupancy podcast.

Christy recently took a 3 week vacation to South Africa, and not only did her sales teams not fall apart in her absence, they actually grew occupancy! Find out her leadership skills that made it happen.

We're back with part 7 of our most popular topic – senior living sales specialists share what they're doing to get occupancy growth results in their senior living communities!

Julie Podewitz, CEO & Founder of Grow Your Occupancy, is joined by Jessi Barton from The Lodge at Stephens Lake in Jasper, GA, and a panel of Grow Your Occupancy's Senior Sales Specialists: Susan Braley, Heidi Benard, Jennifer Ptacek, Melinda Haney, and Lori Vernier. They share the greatest areas of opportunity they found that helped them to grow senior living occupancy in 2024.

Is your senior living community situated in a very competitive market? What can you do to make your community stand out from the competition?

Julie Podewitz, CEO & Founder of Grow Your Occupancy, talks with Sasha Davis, COO of Model55, and Allison Page, VP of Sales and Marketing at Thrive Senior Living, about making the most of your community's differentiating factors – and how custom-furnished spaces and model apartments can set your community apart from the competition.

We're back with part 6 of our most popular topic – senior living sales specialists share what they're doing to get occupancy growth results in their senior living communities!

Julie Podewitz, CEO & Founder of Grow Your Occupancy, is joined by Jessi Barton from The Lodge at Stephens Lake in Jasper, GA, and a panel of Grow Your Occupancy's Senior Sales Specialists: Susan Braley, Heidi Benard, Jennifer Ptacek, Melinda Haney, and Lori Vernier. They share what worked to grow senior living occupancy in 2024.

Julie Podewitz, CEO & Founder of Grow Your Occupancy, takes a look back at 2024 – both personally and professionally – and shares her mindset to learn and grow, from not only the highlights but also the mistakes and challenges.

It's very common in senior living sales to see a push from management to increase occupancy at the end of the month. All too often, the result is a shift from sales activities that are proactive to ones that are reactive.

Julie Podewitz, CEO & Founder of Grow Your Occupancy, takes a closer look at the phenomenon of the month-end sales push and offers tips that result in better overall outcomes.