Brownies and Tchotchkes: How Not to Nurture a New Referral Relationship

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Making new friends is easy; it’s keeping them that takes work, not only in your personal life but in the business world. A new business relationship requires attention and nurturing in order to grow, just like a personal one. In the home care industry, salespeople often receive training on how to schmooze with potential referral partners, but not much training … Read More

Huh? How Home Care Industry Lingo Gets in the Way of Connecting with Consumers

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Did you ever meet someone from another culture, try to communicate, and end up resorting to simply smiling politely and nodding? Our cultural differences can create insurmountable barriers, either from language and dialect alone, or even from some of the fascinating idioms each culture has accepted as normal, while others find baffling. For example, Russians may proclaim, “I’m not hanging … Read More

Creating a Data-Driven Marketing Strategies for Home Care

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Today it’s nearly impossible to do anything without first considering the data behind your decision. Take race car drivers, for example. Two big races – the Indy 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix – were held last month, and if you watched, you probably noticed a ton of data, both on your screen and being discussed by commentators. From brake … Read More

How to Attract and Keep the Best Millennial Caregivers With These Creative Caregiver Recruiting Ideas

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Article by Anne-Lise Gere, SPHR, independent Human Resources consultant and owner of Gere Consulting Associates LLC. Step aside, baby boomers – the largest generational group in the U.S. workforce is now officially millennials, those born between 1981 and 1997. With more than 75 million millennials at work, it’s crucial to both understand and meet the needs of this generation in order to attract and retain … Read More

Marketing Your Home Care Business: Telling Your Story in a Brand New Way

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Everyone loves a good story, whether it’s sitting around a campfire toasting marshmallows, gathered around the dinner table, or snuggled under the covers with a sleepy toddler and a brightly colored board book. At corecubed, we’re no different. We love to hear our clients’ stories – what inspired them to start their business, the history behind that “why,” and what motivates … Read More

Assess the Quality of Your Home Care Marketing Content with This Quick Checklist

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Let me ask you something: Are you content with your content? In other words, of the nearly 200,000 words in the English language, how satisfied are you with the ones you’re using to represent your agency – on your website, in your brochure, on the phone with inquirers? Are they crafted together in a compelling way that causes referral sources … Read More

Throw Family Caregivers a Lifeline: Use Life Hacks to Market Home Care

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Hacking is a big buzzword today; we hear it everywhere, often in reference to computers. But hacking goes far beyond traditional computer hacking. In fact, it has made its way into our daily, non-digital, lives. As technology has made our lives faster and more efficient, many of us are seeking the same “hacks” or efficiencies in our day-to-day lives. Enter … Read More

Get a LEG Up on the Competition with Our Simple Home Health Care Sales Acronym

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It’s no secret that the home care industry is an incredibly competitive market, and with good reason: our aging population and the corresponding need for care providers ensures  company longevity and the potential to not only enjoy a successful business, but to know that your agency is having a direct impact on quality of life for older adults. But as … Read More

Don Your White Hat for Better Home Care SEO Results

Everyone knows that in the movies the bad guys wear black, and the good guys always wear white. The same is true in the world of search engine optimization (SEO). As such, SEO is often categorized as either white hat or black hat, and as you can guess, one is good and the other is both bad and harmful for … Read More

Home Care Marketing Pet Peeves We Can’t Stay Quiet About Any Longer

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Imagine, for a moment, that you are your business, personified. Now take a look in the mirror. What do you see? More importantly, what does your target audience see? At corecubed, we pride ourselves on helping in-home care agencies define the personality of their businesses through branding, and then project that brand to their intended market, to essentially say, “This is … Read More

Top Home Care Marketing Trends in 2017

Home Care Marketing Trends

Digital marketing isn’t just a trend these days; it’s THE way to get your business out in front of your audience. It’s also the way that people find the goods and services they want or need. But there are plenty of trends within digital marketing that tend to ebb and flow as technology and consumer habits evolve. This year, we … Read More