Lead Gen

The Right Leads.
The Right Residents.
The Right Growth.

Marketing your senior living community isn’t just about getting more leads—it’s about getting the right leads. If you’re struggling with low occupancy, high marketing costs, or unqualified inquiries, you’re not alone. The good news? We can fix that.

Services Include:

  • Search Marketing
  • Google Ads
  • In-Stream + Connected TV
  • Amazon Advertising
  • Meta Ads
  • Programmatic
  • Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Campaigns
  • Retargeting
  • Campaign Optimization
  • Conversion Rate Optimization
  • eCommerce Advertising

How We Drive High-Intent Leads For Senior Living Communities

Senior living marketing requires more than just running ads—it requires a strategic, multi-platform approach that puts your community in front of people who are actively looking for senior living solutions.

At SSDM, we specialize in high-performance lead generation that doesn’t just bring in inquiries, it brings in qualified, high-intent prospects who are ready to take the next step. Our team understands the unique journey that seniors and their families go through when searching for the right community, and we build targeted, data-backed marketing strategies that connect with them at critical decision-making moments.

Is Your Strategy Attracting the Right Leads, Or Just More Noise?

Senior Living
Lead Gen

Starting at $5,000/mo

Struggling with low occupancy? SSDM’s Senior Living Lead Generation service is designed to attract, qualify, and convert high-intent prospects into real move-ins. With real-time performance tracking and strategic campaign management, we maximize your marketing investment and deliver qualified leads that fill your community faster.

What’s Included

Customized Audience Targeting

Reach high-intent prospects actively seeking senior living communities using advanced demographic, behavioral, and geographic filters.

Multi-Channel Lead Acquisition

Campaign deployment across paid search, display, social media, and remarketing to maximize lead volume and diversity.

Optimized Landing Page Design

Conversion-focused landing pages tailored to highlight community differentiators and generate qualified inquiries.

CRM Integration + Lead Routing

Seamless integration with your CRM or lead management platform for real-time lead capture and assignment.

Performance Tracking + Reporting

Real-time dashboards and monthly reports that monitor KPIs like cost per lead, conversion rates, and occupancy impact.

Ad Creative Development

Engaging copy and visuals aligned to resonate with adult children and future residents, tested for performance across platforms.

Local Market Intelligence

Insights on competitive landscape, search trends, and seasonal shifts to inform campaign targeting and budget allocation.

Lead Quality Scoring

Filter out low-quality inquiries and prioritize high-fit leads with automated lead scoring based on engagement signals.

Strategic Campaign Management

Ongoing optimization of media spend, ad placements, and creative to ensure consistent results and improved ROI.

This service best works within our Propel SL platform to create a full-funnel marketing and sales solution for senior living operators.

Trusted by
  • Sales Leaders
  • Marketing Leaders
  • Operators
  • REITs
Just Like You

SSDM has reduced ad spend while increasing leads. By understanding the business, they take a unique, effective marketing approach. Their results speak for themselves.
Johnathan R. Common Sail Investment Group
The SSDM Team has made an incredible impact on our web presence through their PPC management. We are thrilled with the results.
Erin K. Social Media Manager, Common Sail Investment Group
"I need a clear plan for my media strategy"
"I’m unsure how to set realistic ad performance goals"

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Discovery + Strategy Development

Senior living is personal, and so is our approach. We begin with an in-depth discovery session to understand your community’s vision, your census goals, and the emotional motivators of your ideal residents and their families.
Next, we conduct a holistic audit of your current marketing efforts—from website traffic and lead sources to CRM data and digital ad performance. This helps us identify not only where gaps exist, but also where meaningful opportunities lie.

Based on this insight, we craft a customized growth marketing strategy tailored to your goals, budget, and timeline—ensuring that your message reaches the right people, at the right time, through the right channels.

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Community-Specific Planning + Customization

Every senior living community operates under different circumstances—and each requires a unique marketing approach.

We identify your community’s current status:

  • New Development: We build early-stage awareness and interest to drive pre-leasing efforts before doors open
  • Lease-Up: We focus on speed and efficiency, implementing tactics that shorten sales cycles and increase move-in volume quickly
  • Struggling Community: We assess perception gaps and focus marketing on repositioning, resident satisfaction, and lead re-engagement

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Channel Selection + Campaign Planning

Based on your goals and audience—whether you’re targeting adult children, seniors themselves, or professional referral networks—we identify the most effective marketing channels: Google Ads, Facebook/Instagram, display retargeting, SEO, email workflows, and more.

We then build campaign plans that include:

  • Creative direction tailored for emotional resonance and clarity
  • Clear targeting by persona, geography, and intent
  • Budget distribution aligned with lead goals and development timelines

Conversion tracking and performance measurement tools are embedded from day one.

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Campaign Execution + Optimization

Once campaigns launch, our team actively monitors performance across all platforms. We fine-tune creatives, adjust targeting, rebalance budgets, and optimize for conversions—daily.

Key tactics include:

  • A/B testing of messaging, headlines, and visuals
  • Continuous refinements to landing pages and calls-to-action
  • Dynamic budget adjustments to prioritize high-performing segments

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Data Collection + Analysis

We track key metrics including cost-per-tour, inquiry-to-move-in rate, ROAS, and channel-specific performance. But we go further—analyzing which touchpoints matter most in your buyers’ journey, and what content truly converts.

This insight shapes not only your current campaigns but informs future community launches or repositioning strategies.

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Regular Reporting + Insights

You’ll receive regular reports (weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly) with straightforward summaries, actionable insights, and strategic recommendations. No fluff—just the metrics that matter most to your census targets.
Review meetings are scheduled to keep us aligned, identify new growth opportunities, and pivot when needed.

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Continuous Growth Optimization

Senior living marketing isn’t “set it and forget it.” Our team stays agile—learning from performance data, testing new ideas, and staying ahead of industry shifts.

We scale what works and sunset what doesn’t, ensuring that your lead generation efforts remain efficient, cost-effective, and responsive to market conditions.

Marketing Investment Calculator

Maximize Marketing ROI for Occupancy Growth

Recognizing that many clients face challenges in determining the optimal lead-generation marketing investment for each senior living community, we developed a tool to simplify this critical calculation.

This resource analyzes key factors such as the number of communities, available units, and the leads required to maintain occupancy rates at or above 90%.

By leveraging the insights provided by this tool and strategically partnering with SSDM, your organization can optimize marketing spending to drive higher-quality leads, increase move-ins, and elevate occupancy rates.

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$369.91
*3 Communities/100 Total Units Minimum

Total Monthly Investment**

$9,864.17

*3 Communities/100 Total Units Minimum
**Calculations are based on average occupancy length and monthly cost to arrive at an average lifetime customer value.
These numbers vary greatly for unique communities and operators.

For a custom calculation based on your unique community mix, schedule time with us or give us a call.

Maximize ROI with Data-Driven Media Activation

Get the most out of your ad spend with high-converting campaigns within the channels that matter. We optimize every dollar to ensure you reach the right audience at the right time.

Let’s scale your communities together.

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