{"id":41451,"date":"2025-10-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=41451"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:33:46","slug":"senior-living-sales-playbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/senior-living-sales-playbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it\u2019s time for a new senior living sales playbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.yardi.com\/documents\/inside-your-new-senior-living-sales-playbook\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/CRM-lead-stages-whitepaper-Blog1920x1080.jpg?w=1920\" alt=\"White paper: Inside Your New Senior Living Sales Playbook\" class=\"wp-image-41453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/CRM-lead-stages-whitepaper-Blog1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/CRM-lead-stages-whitepaper-Blog1920x1080.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/CRM-lead-stages-whitepaper-Blog1920x1080.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/CRM-lead-stages-whitepaper-Blog1920x1080.jpg?w=400 400w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/CRM-lead-stages-whitepaper-Blog1920x1080.jpg?w=500 500w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/CRM-lead-stages-whitepaper-Blog1920x1080.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/CRM-lead-stages-whitepaper-Blog1920x1080.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/CRM-lead-stages-whitepaper-Blog1920x1080.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/CRM-lead-stages-whitepaper-Blog1920x1080.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/CRM-lead-stages-whitepaper-Blog1920x1080.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/CRM-lead-stages-whitepaper-Blog1920x1080.jpg?w=1440 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lead stages strategy is reshaping sales in senior living.&nbsp;Senior living providers are throwing out the old sales playbook, engaging prospects and seeing faster move-ins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our latest white paper, two providers share the data and show how this new approach outperforms the traditional sales journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-are-lead-stages\">What are lead stages?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A flexible, data-driven approach defines steps in the prospect journey to show where people are in their decision-making process. Then sales and marketing teams can respond with the right message at the right time \u2014 from inquiry to tour to decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each stage is defined by the prospect\u2019s actions and supported by real-time data across the customer relationship management (CRM) and accounting systems. Unlike traditional \u201chot, warm, cold\u201d model, lead stages reflect a modern, prospect-centered sales journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-inside-the-white-paper\">What\u2019s inside the white paper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding a prospect\u2019s stage leads to stronger engagement, faster decisions and higher occupancy. Jaybird Senior Living and SRG Senior Living are seeing the difference a smarter CRM strategy can make:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An <strong>eight-day decrease<\/strong> from <strong>first contact to move-in<\/strong> for Jaybird Senior Living<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <strong>17% increase<\/strong> in <strong>inquiry-to-tour conversions<\/strong> (92%, up from 75%) for SRG Senior Living<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Jaybird and SRG use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/product\/rentcafe-senior-crm\/\">RentCafe Senior CRM<\/a>, which allows flexibility for the successful lead stages approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Senior CRM team compared the results of clients who were using lead stages and those who weren\u2019t. They found <strong>those using lead stages had 10% higher lead-to-move-in conversion rates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get all the details, <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.yardi.com\/documents\/inside-your-new-senior-living-sales-playbook\/\">read our free white paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lead-stages-in-action\">Lead stages in action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srgseniorliving.com\/\">SRG Senior Living<\/a>, this approach has been \u201ca game-changer in our marketing,\u201d said Allie Goodwin, VP of sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery single lead that we have gets targeted exactly where they\u2019re at in their journey.\u201d People who inquire about an SRG community will get very different marketing than someone who is in the decision stage.<br><br>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaybirdseniorliving.com\/\">Jaybird Senior Living<\/a>, president Justin Wray said that the strategy has made a tangible impact when combined with Senior CRM. \u201cWith Yardi, we\u2019re able to adapt to where our users and prospects really are in their journey,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not just saying, \u2018This is a cold lead.\u2019 We can actually say, \u2018This is where this individual is in their journey.\u2019\u201d<br><br>Both Jaybird and SRG found that using lead stages in Senior CRM is configurable to their business model. 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