![]() The following articles are from the ALFA Update, case studies from Senior Living Executive, and audio files from ALFA's conference sessions. Growth strategy articles focus on ideas, best practices and solutions to problems related to marketing strategy, sales process, competitive positioning, and land/site development. 6/18/2013
Brand Strategy, Branding, Business, cheatsheet, Competitive Positioning, Marketing Strategy
ALFA is proud to announce the upcoming launch of the ALFA Print Shop, a valuable new resource designed exclusively for ALFA member organizations. Reg...
5/15/2013
Brand Strategy, Lead Generation, Marketing Strategy, PowerPoint Presentations, Sales Process
The constant momentum of evolving economic indicators, demographics, communications technology, and access to information will continue to have an eno...
4/24/2013
Business, cheatsheet, Competitive Positioning, Employee Compensation, Human Resources, Human Resources and Organizational Development, Research
The 2013 ALFA Senior Living Compensation Survey is open to assisted living, independent living, skilled nursing care and convalescent care companies. ...
11/1/2012
Brand Strategy, Executive Focus Group, Featured Magazine Articles, Growth Strategies, Investment To Grow, Senior Living Executive, Strategy
The visionaries behind six highly successful senior living companies share a common characteristic: compassion.
10/23/2012
Brand Strategy, Business, Choice, Community Awareness and Education, Competitive Positioning, Growth Strategies, Marketing Strategy, Strategy
When people spend a significant portion of their adult years living a certain lifestyle, it’s no surprise they’d want to spend their twilight years in...
9/11/2012
Business, Finance, Growth Strategies, Investment To Grow, Lead Generation, Sales Process, Strategy
While there are different schools of thought on the practice of offering discounts in senior living, many agree it can be a beneficial strategy to inc...
9/5/2012
Award Programs, Best of the Best Awards, Human Resources and Organizational Development, Investment To Grow, Organization Development, Staffing
The Senior Living Management class at Washington State University focuses on preparing students for work in the senior living industry. Earning an ALF...
9/1/2012
Competitive Positioning, Featured Magazine Articles, Marketing Strategy, Sales Process, Senior Living Executive
Offering tangible value and communicating it with sophisticated simplicity puts you in position to command the appropriate price for your units.
7/16/2012
Brand Strategy, Branding, Competitive Positioning, Featured Magazine Articles, Senior Living Executive
Emerging niche communities target seniors in very distinctive groups–from faith group to hobbies to income level.
7/16/2012
Brand Strategy, Featured Magazine Articles, Lead Generation, Marketing Strategy, Sales Process, Senior Living Executive
With 80 percent of leads lost over the phone, it’s time for sales professionals to rethink their strategies.
4/24/2012
Competitive Positioning, Growth Strategies, Investment To Grow
The Canadian senior living market is more developed than many other countries, but a lack of assisted living options offers opportunities for American...
1/18/2012
CEO, cheatsheet, Growth Strategies, Investment To Grow
Sharing its industry expertise, ALFA will be mentoring India’s first and only senior living association through a new partnership aimed at improving q...
1/1/2012
Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), Competitive Positioning, Featured Magazine Articles, Investment To Grow, Strategy
Should senior living providers look at accountable care organizations as safe bets or sure losers? ACO expert Erik Johnson attempts to answer that que...
11/15/2011
Investment To Grow
A riveting presentation at the ALFA Senior Living Leadership Forum explored the current state of the economy as it related to senior living. A newly r...
11/1/2011
Competitive Positioning, Featured Magazine Articles, Space Planning and Design
A look at the latest trends in senior living design, both in new construction and retrofit of existing communities.
10/4/2011
Award Programs, Best of the Best Awards, Investment To Grow, Professional Development
Growing Together, a Best of the Best Program to Spotlight created by Brookdale Senior Living, provides interactive language classes to employees, who ...
9/7/2011
Best of the Best Awards, Competitive Positioning, Financing Senior Living – Consumer Education, Investment To Grow, Marketing Strategy
The Orchards at Bartley Assisted Living’s all inclusive rate structure has improved customer satisfaction, simplified billing processes, and earned th...
7/1/2011
Business Planning, From the Ground Up, Investment To Grow, Land/Site Development
As construction of Carlton Senior Living's Elk Grove community moves forward, success depends on timing and careful coordination.
6/21/2011
Investment To Grow, Marketing Strategy, Strategy
Whether they are successful or not, third party partnerships can make or break a senior living business. In the current issue of the Assisted Living E...
5/1/2011
Competitive Positioning, Featured Magazine Articles, Growth Strategies, Investment To Grow
The annual list of the largest senior living providers, now expanded to include independent living and memory care as well as assisted living companie...
3/1/2011
Best of the Best Awards, Competitive Positioning, Featured Magazine Articles
ALFA 2011 Best of the Best winners set new best practices benchmarks, developing senior living programs worth emulating.
1/1/2011
Featured Magazine Articles, Finance, Investment To Grow
2011 brings new opportunities for organic growth and enhancing financial operations.
12/27/2010
Brand Strategy, Competitive Positioning, Consumer Intelligence, Growth Strategies, Investment To Grow, Marketing Strategy, Sales Process
A company’s Web site is often a potential resident’s first impression of a community. Three senior living execs weigh on in how to maximize your Web r...
12/7/2010
Investment To Grow
Investors have several good reasons to take another look at investing in senior living, according to NIC’s latest investment guide.
11/2/2010
Brand Strategy, Competitive Positioning, Consumer Intelligence, Independent Living, Investment To Grow, Marketing Strategy, Physical Plant, Property Management, Sales Process, Space Planning and Design
Two senior living executives weigh in on what community managers should do to make a tour more than just a stroll down a hallway. Read more…
3/1/2010
Competitive Positioning, Growth Strategies, Investment To Grow
The next issue of Assisted Living Executive will feature the highly anticipated annual Largest Providers list – and there’s been some reshuffling at t...
1/25/2010
Competitive Positioning, Staff Performance, Staffing
Hiring creative employees is critical to innovation and developing products and services that will keep your company ahead of the competition, says Ke...
1/17/2010
Competitive Positioning, Investment To Grow, Science and Technology
More companies need to broaden the definition of “innovation” so they can ultimately craft a more effective business model, says A.G. Lafley, chairman...
1/15/2010
Competitive Positioning, Investment To Grow
The deadline for sending your company’s nominations for the 2010 ALFA Hero Awards and Best of the Best Awards is TODAY, January 15th!! Here are the de...
1/5/2010
Competitive Positioning, Green Living, Investment To Grow
The social and environmental – in addition to the financial – bottom line should all be targets of innovation for forward-thinking and strategic busin...
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