The Move in Senior Living Marketing

Welcome to The Move In Senior Living Marketing, a podcast from Unlock Health, a full-service marketing partner for the aging services industry. Join us for candid conversations exploring the latest marketing strategies with the senior living community leaders, and innovative solution partners, who are moving our industry forward. Together we’ll build a community to build better communities. Welcome to The Move In Senior Living Marketing, with Larry Williams.

What Senior Living Marketing Taught Us in 2025, and How to Win in 2026 with Eric Varin

In this episode, Eric Varin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Grand Living, joins the conversation to unpack how senior living marketing is changing, and what leaders need to do next. Eric shares why authenticity and transparency matter more than ever, how video has become a critical trust-building tool, and what shifting consumer behavior…

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Conversations that Moved Me: Reflections from a Year of The Move In with Guest Host Greg Anderson

In this special year-end conversation, Guest host Greg Anderson interviews regular host Larry Williams as he reflects on the insights gained from hosting 50 episodes of the Move In Senior Living Marketing podcast. They discuss the evolving landscape of sales and marketing in senior living, emphasizing the importance of a unified approach, understanding the modern…

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From Black Holes to Better Leads: Modernizing Call Tracking with Charlie Scholz

In today’s conversation, recorded at the SMASH conference, Charlie Scholz, Senior Director of Marketing at True Connection Communities, brings his agency-honed expertise in digital attribution to spotlight one of the senior living industry’s most overlooked challenges: call tracking. Charlie explains why so many leads disappear at the front desk, how dynamic call tracking and AI-powered…

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From Mailers to Machine Learning: The Evolution of Senior Living Marketing with Shonia Russelle

In this episode, Shonia Russelle shares her 35-year journey in senior living marketing, emphasizing the importance of embracing change, lifelong learning, and the evolving landscape of marketing strategies. She discusses the balance between traditional and digital marketing, the significance of the prospect’s experience, and staying true to one’s passion in the industry. https://otterbein.org/

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Connecting the Dots: Unifying Sales, Marketing, and Data with Sonia Vachon

In this episode, Sonia Vachon of Further delves into the rapidly evolving world of senior living sales and the critical need to break down silos between sales and marketing. She shares why today’s most successful organizations view technology not as a replacement for human connection—but as a powerful tool to amplify it. Sonia unpacks how…

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How Dynamic Creative Drives Engagement with Pandel Ludwig

In this insightful episode recorded at the SMASH conference, Pandel Ludwig, Director of Marketing at American Senior Communities, takes a deep dive into the evolving world of dynamic creative optimization. Pandel shares how her team is leveraging data, AI, and ever-changing ad formats to connect with audiences more meaningfully, from PPC and Google Gen Ads…

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Designing for Today’s Consumer Demands with Heather TerHark

In this episode of With the Move, host Larry Williams sits down with Heather TerHark, Chief Strategy Officer at Vivo Senior Living and a Board Advisor for SMASH, to explore how consumer demand in senior living is rapidly evolving and how providers can keep up. Live from the SMASH conference, Larry and Heather delve into…

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Empathy, Trust, and the Art of Letting Go with Matt Paxton

In this episode of The Move In, host Larry Williams sits down with Matt Paxton, one of the nation’s leading cleanout experts, star of Hoarders and Filthy Fortunes, and author of Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff. Matt shares how his decades of work helping families downsize, declutter, and transition into senior living have revealed…

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How Internal Branding Transformed Culture at Nebraska Medicine with Katie Beach and Frank Lococo

On this episode of The Move In Senior Living Marketing, Larry Williams chats with Katie Beach and Frank Lococo from the University of Nebraska Medicine team. The conversation centers on the importance of authenticity in recruitment and the need to foster a cohesive internal culture at Nebraska Medicine. It emphasizes the importance of delivering on…

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Data-Backed Decisions: Smarter Marketing in Senior Living with Carsten Ellsworth

In this episode of The Move In, Carsten Ellsworth, Marketing Director at Avista Senior Living, discusses the importance of data in senior living marketing. He emphasizes the need to let data guide storytelling rather than forcing data to fit preconceived narratives. The conversation explores the emotional complexities of the sales cycle in senior living, the…

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