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• 1About Your FirmBriefly describe your firm's history and background.+
• 2About Your FirmProvide details of your firm's size, financial status, and stability.+
• 3About Your FirmWhat services do you provide in-house, and which (if any) do you deliver through partners?+
• 4About Your FirmHow does your firm get to know your client and truly understand our philosophies, our communities, and our team?+
• 5About Your FirmWhat differentiates your firm from others?+
• 6Strategy & BrandHow would you approach positioning PSL as a national brand while preserving local, community-level excellence and identity?+
• 7Strategy & BrandDescribe your process for developing brand strategy and messaging that scales across 50 plus communities.+
• 8Strategy & BrandHow do you balance home office brand consistency with the authentic, local voice of individual communities?+
• 9Website Development — AEO & SEODescribe your approach to designing and developing a website (or network of microsites) optimized for both SEO and AEO.+
• 10Website Development — AEO & SEOSpecifically, how do you optimize for Answer Engine Optimization?+
• 11Website Development — AEO & SEOHow do you measure AEO performance and visibility within AI-generated answers?+
• 12Website Development — AEO & SEODescribe your approach to local SEO across many distinct markets.+
• 13Website Development — AEO & SEOHow do you ensure accessibility (ADA / WCAG) for a senior-focused audience and their adult-children decision-makers?+
• 14Website Development — AEO & SEOWhich CRM and marketing-automation platforms do you work with, and how would you integrate lead capture and nurturing for PSL? Yardi is PSL's CRM.+
• 15Ongoing Management & AEOAEO is evolving rapidly. How will you keep PSL ahead of its peers as discovery shifts toward AI answer engines?+
• 16Ongoing Management & AEOHow do you keep abreast of changes in search, AEO, and social algorithms, and how do you communicate this to clients?+
• 17Ongoing Management & AEODescribe your ongoing optimization and content-production process and cadence.+
• 18Lead Generation & PerformanceDescribe how you build and operate a measurable lead-generation program, and how you would apply an AEO-first approach to lead gen for PSL.+
• 19Lead Generation & PerformanceWhat is your approach to attribution and tying marketing efforts to tours, move-ins, and occupancy?+
• 20Lead Generation & PerformanceProvide examples of lead-generation results you have achieved for comparable clients.+
• 21Lead Generation & PerformanceWhich CRM Platforms have you integrated with? Please indicate experience with senior living-specific CRMs.+
• 22Lead Generation & PerformanceHow do you ensure accurate, real time lead capture and attribution into the CRM?+
• 23Marketing Automation & EmailWhich marketing automation and email platforms have you implemented? Which do you prefer?+
• 24Marketing Automation & EmailDescribe your experience building nurture workflows and lead scoring.+
• 25Call Tracking & AttributionWhich call tracking platforms have you implemented?+
• 26Call Tracking & AttributionDescribe your use of dynamic number insertion and call attribution back to campaigns and communities.+
• 27Reputation, Reviews & Referral NetworksWhich reputation and review management tools have you worked with?+
• 28Reputation, Reviews & Referral NetworksDescribe any experience integrating with or feeding data to senior living referral and listing networks.+
• 29Integration ApproachDescribe your general approach to integrations — APIs, webhooks, and middleware.+
• 30Integration ApproachHow do you document integrations and ensure they remain stable over time?+
• 31Integration ApproachWhat happens to our integrations if we change agencies or underlying vendors in the future?+
• 32Technology PartnersList your current technology and platform partnerships and certification levels.+
• 33Technology PartnersHow do these partnerships translate into tangible benefits for clients?+
• 34Technology PartnersDo you hold any reseller, referral, or affiliate relationships with platforms you may recommend to us? Please disclose any financial relationships.+
• 35Technology PartnersDescribe any media-buying partnerships or preferred ad placements, and how you ensure recommendations remain in the client's best interest.+
• 36Performance BenchmarksWhat typical results do clients see in the first 6 and 12 months of a partnership?+
• 37Performance BenchmarksWhat realistic lead generation, occupancy, and recruitment expectations would you set for an organization like ours?−

  Honest framing for an organization of PSL's size and footprint: targets set per market rather than portfolio-wide averages, because a Bungalow in Nevada, MO and a Retreat in Beaufort, SC do not carry the same demand curve. Expectations are written down, tied to spend, and revisited quarterly.

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• 38Performance BenchmarksWhat is the most significant, measurable result you have achieved for a client, and how did you achieve it?+
• 39Social Media, YouTube & VideoDescribe your social media strategy, management, and optimization capabilities at both brand and community levels.+
• 40Social Media, YouTube & VideoHow would you grow our PSL YouTube channel? Describe your content and production approach.+
• 41Social Media, YouTube & VideoDescribe your approach to short-form video and Instagram and Facebook Reels for senior living storytelling.+
• 42Public Relations & StorytellingDescribe your PR capabilities and how you would build national brand awareness for PSL.+
• 43Public Relations & StorytellingDo you have experience executing premium branded-storytelling campaigns (e.g., BBC StoryWorks-style)? Please provide examples.+
• 44Public Relations & StorytellingHow would you launch and manage our current BBC StoryWorks series (article and videos)?+
• 45Public Relations & StorytellingHow would you utilize our Legacy Project, Faces of Phoenix and Veteran's photo series for marketing and storytelling?+
• 46Public Relations & StorytellingDescribe your media-relations and thought-leadership capabilities, and your approach to reputation and crisis management.+
• 47Relevant ExperienceHow many years of experience does your firm have serving senior living, healthcare, hospitality, or comparable multi-location consumer brands?+
• 48Relevant ExperienceCan you provide examples of senior living or comparable clients you have worked with?+
• 49Relevant ExperienceWhat unique opportunities and challenges have you identified in marketing senior living, and how do your solutions address them?+
• 50Innovation & TechnologyPSL is willing to be a pilot organization for emerging technologies. What emerging tools, platforms, or approaches would you recommend we pilot, and why?+
• 51Innovation & TechnologyDescribe a time you piloted a new technology or approach for a client and the outcome.+
• 52Analytics & ReportingWhat AI insights or dashboards, analytics, and reporting do you provide, and how do they connect digital performance to business outcomes?+
• 53Analytics & ReportingProvide details on the tools and platforms you use to measure and report performance.+
• 54Analytics & ReportingPlease provide an example of your current reporting package and the frequency that you deliver it to current clients.+
• 55Account Team & ServiceProvide an overview of the proposed day-to-day account service team.+
• 56Account Team & ServiceProvide background and experience for each team member and describe their role.+
• 57Account Team & ServiceDescribe how you provide ongoing service, responsiveness, and day-to-day account management.+
• 58Transition & ApproachProvide a conceptual program and rationale, including recommended priorities for the first 90 days and first year.+
• 59Transition & ApproachProvide a timeline and transition plan if you were selected to partner with PSL.+
• 60Compensation & ReferencesWhat is your fee structure and overall philosophy regarding compensation?+
• 61Compensation & ReferencesPlease provide the process for ad dollars being spent per community.+
• 62Compensation & ReferencesPlease provide three (3) references. (Company, Name, Title, Phone, Email)+