You can buy attention (advertising) You can beg for attention from the media (PR) You can bug people one at a time to get attention (sales) Or you can earn attention by creating something interesting and valuable and then publishing it online for free: a YouTube video, a blog, a research report, photos, a Twitter [...]

Social Media is everywhere. The size of the network space that the major heavy weights in the Social Media Game currently occupy is easily in the hundreds of millions! Currently the three most popular networks are Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (in that order), and the common assumption here is that the vast majority of the people using these networks are young people, and that simply isn’t the case today.

How well are you reaching your target audiences online? Over one-half of all online moms are now using Facebook regularly. Mothers are a prime target for Assisted Living marketing efforts because they are the ones who are searching for the facility needs for their parents who are going into homes. Sure they can be reached using TV, radio, print and other forms of traditional media. But social media must also be considered.

Why should I bother with social media? The simple reason is traffic. Beyond that, the real benefits of Social Media Marketing lie in the new ways you can make yourself available to your audience, customers and prospects by creating community around your products and services and humanizing your organization. Traditional methods of marketing focus on [...]