Sage Age is a highly respected leader in senior living strategic marketing and sales consultation services. Proven experience strengthened by strategic marketing and sales excellence, creativity and a proactive approach provides our client partners with successful marketing and sales efforts. For over 35 years, we have partnered with senior living lifestyle clients who desire to efficiently and effectively assess, introduce, market and ultimately successfully achieve desired sales and occupancy goals.

Sage Age provides comprehensive strategic marketing and sales services, including consultation, project/market feasibility assessment and research, strategic planning, marketing and sales planning and implementation and sales training, as well as advertising, public relations, media management and related creative support services for all stages of a lifestyle product development.

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What You Can Learn from the Alexa “Loretta” Ad by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - The messaging of this ad that made it memorable. It wasn’t just a pull on the heartstrings. It had intelligence. ...

Your Closet Isn’t Big Enough to Hold My Pain! by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - It’s not about relationships—ah the blasphemy!—there I’ve said it! ...

Your Facebook Post is Now Dead and Buried! What You Can Do About It by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - The latest ins and outs of social media posting, with a focus on things that everyone can basically understand and… ...

Why LinkedIn Should Be a Critical Part of Your 2020 Marketing Strategy! by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - If you’re a LinkedIn “no show” you’re really missing out. LinkedIn has moved far beyond being a platform for job… ...

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Are Facebook “Likes” Going Away? Should You Care? by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - Facebook is testing out removing that little counter that shows how many “likes” a post gets. Could the removal of… ...

I Actually Didn’t Mean to Say That . . . by Steve Moran Posted in: Leadership - This should be the aspiration of every leader at every level. ...

Jaw Dropping Reality, Courtesy of Pew Research! by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - Many communities remain shackled to old ways ...

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Is Delight Our Massive Senior Living Failure? by Steve Moran Posted in: Life Enrichment - The last few weeks I have been thinking about delight and joy. ...

Is the Future of Senior Living a “Woman” Thing? by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Empower Initiative, Leadership - Just like that, Women’s History Month is almost over. Come and gone. Did you even know about it? ...

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Twilight Zone? No, It’s Much Better! by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Life Enrichment - Innovation, creativity, and a willingness to think outside the box could be what’s needed by community operators to survive and… ...

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What You Don’t Know WILL Hurt You: Q&A on Digital Marketing by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - In today’s world, digital marketing is the cornerstone of effective marketing. It’s important to get it right! ...

Why is This Community at 100% Occupancy with a Waitlist? by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - Could this be the key to what senior care needs to stay vital and relevant? ...

Sitting and Waiting to Ruin Your Community by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - Never let a negative review go unanswered. ...

What To Do About Facebook Now by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - Some good may come out of the debacle as Facebook doubles down on its efforts to improve security and make… ...

You Will Not Believe What Resident Photos and Videos Are Proven to Have the Highest Impact by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - Instead of hiding residents with disabilities, bring them out from the shadows and celebrate their stories and lives! ...

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“Mrs. Strategy” Knows How to Walk Her Talk by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Leadership - It’s rare to see a strong leader, especially in this industry, bring in another strong leader to challenge them and… ...

Why Your Leads Keep Dropping Off the “Conveyor Belt” by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - Treating leads like an assembly line can be a lethal mistake in an industry such as senior care where each… ...

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They’re Easy, They’re Cheap, and They’re Turning People Off by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - “Easier and cheaper” may be undermining all the hard work you have done to make sure your website is optimized… ...

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Killer Digital Marketing Platforms Will Soon Be Snagging Your Leads . . . by Susan Saldibar Posted in: Sales & Marketing - Old school lead generation and management processes are getting kicked to the curb by integrated digital marketing platforms ...

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Sage Age Strategies Wins Big by Steve Moran Posted in: Sales & Marketing - The Generations Award is an international competition focused on excellence in senior marketing. Sage Age Strategies a Senior Housing Forum… ...

Senior Housing Forum Congratulates Sage Age Strategies by Steve Moran Posted in: Sales & Marketing - Congratulations to Sage Age Strategies for taking home seven awards in two different competitions. ...

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Hummingbird and Senior Housing Marketing by John Gonzales Posted in: Sales & Marketing - Google is quietly changing the way it presents search results using a new smart and intuitive algorithm aptly called, “Hummingbird.”… ...

Abe’s Garden – the first national center of excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease by Steve Moran Posted in: Development, Life Enrichment - Alzheimer’s disease is a hot topic and for good reason: The number of new cases being diagnosed each day is… ...