“We hired Grow Your Occupancy to do a sales leadership training workshop for our Executive Directors. Julie provided great role-playing exercises that drove engagement and raised the team’s overall sales acumen. After the training we had some Executive Directors commit to spending at lea...

“GROW is an amazing organization. They provide exceptional service and value. We need a rather large number of mystery shops done in a very short timeframe. GROW got them done – beautifully – with time to spare. I cannot recommend them enough!”

“Juniper was so fortunate to have Julie Podewitz of Grow Your Occupancy join us for one of our monthly trainings. Her enthusiasm is contagious. Her content was spot on and compelling. We were particularly impressed by the focus on those mid-funnel, perhaps beyond ‘not ready yet’, but certainly stuck...

“The Grow Virtual Sales Specialists have had a very positive impact on our communities. They are incredibly responsive, professional and productive; making calls to both new and existing leads, schedule tours and aiding with move-ins. It’s such a relief to know that every lead is being t...

“We’ve engaged Grow leadership and sales coaching services earlier this year and although we did not budget for it, we are definitely seeing an ROI from the investment and will be including it in 2024 budgets as we see the value of continued engagement.”

“I would recommend Grow Your Occupancy to anyone and everyone! The team at GROW cares about our prospects and our sales team. They understand their responsibility not only to us, their client, but to our industry. Integrity, honesty, respectfulness and great follow up–that’s how I...

“My confidence and results grew during my coaching sessions with Julie. I went from 4 move ins monthly to 5 and then 7. I am more comfortable giving advice, creating the journey for the customer. It doesn’t feel salesy yet I’m achieving greater results. Do yourself a favor – invest in sales coaching...

“My new ED shadowed on a tour, and part of her feedback was praise around listening, but also connecting in a way that the family knew I was listening…. all I could think was, “that’s training from Julie!”

“We engaged the Grow team to support our CRM transition. This was a huge project for us with many moving parts and decisions to make. Julie and her team supported us every step of the way in making the integration simple and successful. We implemented the recommended activity and conversion benchmar...

“Thank you so much for your amazing discovery you are doing with our prospects! I am always impressed with your emails and recommendations. You are such an amazing asset to the PSL communities you are representing!”

“We hired Julie and her team to conduct mystery shops for us. I had used other vendors before. The shops that I received were scored fairly and accurately. The best part of the shops was the constructive coaching to encourage the salespeople to try different techniques!  The salespeople accept...

“I did love the training and took lots of tools from it. I borrowed her phrasing about matching your heartbeat to a community. I used it on my Friday tour, a very very very tough tour (we won over Stonebrook Village and Harbor Chase)! He emailed back over the weekend and deposited on Monday an...

“Using a virtual sales assistant for call outs, follow ups, and database cleanup has taken a huge burden off our sales teams’ shoulders. Removing this added stress allows them to focus on converting the highest probable leads by spending time developing deeper relationships with prospects.”

“Julie first trained with our teams almost 15 years ago. We immediately saw occupancy and revenue growth and have continued putting her sales practices into place through the years. Implementing proven sales systems is a critical component to support our portfolio growth and change. We recently brou...

“Julie is a pro at what she does and an excellent resource for marketing ideas and approaches to the senior living industry. Her positive spirit and time-tested ideas can make a big impact on your sales. It is well worth your investment!”

“One Lincoln Park started using (Grow Your Occupancy) coaching services in 2010 when our “magic number” was 50. It is now 6! Julie has been instrumental in helping keep our sales team focused and motivated. Every coaching call makes us feel good about what we have accomplished and leaves us with gre...

“I have worked with Julie Podewitz for over 5 years. Most recently, Julie has been providing coaching calls to my marketing team for a large independent living senior property. Our coaching calls with Julie have provided that extra push that resulted in record occupancy. We couldn’t be more happy to...

“During the 6 ½ years Julie worked with me (as Director of Operations and Vice President of Marketing) and our marketing teams, she is the one individual with the greatest impact on our collective success, growing to 95% company-wide census. As a coach and presenter, Julie has a direct but supportiv...

“The training I received from Julie had great impact on my professional growth. Through her coaching, I have been able to develop my skills of active listening, drilling down and closing!”

“Julie’s coaching resulted in my career advancement. Not only did I personally grow occupancy to 100% with a waitlist, but then was able to help others advance their occupancy as well. Julie has the ability to help people tap into their strengths. She is intuitive and gets to know the people she wor...

“Julie Podewitz is the ultimate Sales and Marketing Professional. In the 18 years that I have been in sales, I have never worked with someone with such an innate ability to train others while giving them such a sense of pride in the career that they have chosen. Anyone who has the pleasure to learn...

“Julie inspired our group of owners, operators, and marketing/salespersons to use her brilliant tips to make the best use of leads and convert them to sales! Packed with wonderful, useful, and practical information that is easy to understand and implement.”

“Julie’s presentation resonated with our team members. She provided real-world examples and tools to differentiate themselves from the competition, accelerate the sales cycle and connect with prospective residents.”

“I have had the privilege of working with Julie Podewitz in various roles. As a mentor, Julie was able to share her sales expertise and coach me on all aspects of relationship selling and effectively leading sales teams. As a supervisor, Julie provided me with the tools, support and leadership that...

“Julie has a passion for helping others succeed. She helped me to think in ways I never did before and changed my techniques while staying true to my own style.”

“It is a true honor to have known Julie for several years. I have worked with Julie in several capacities and it is apparent that she is the best! I would consider Julie an absolute expert in the senior-living industry. She’s an extraordinary leader and motivator. Julie has a way of coaching you to...

“Julie was my VP of Sales of my company and I quickly learned the massive amount of knowledge she had. She was amazing to work with for so many reasons. Not only was she extremely knowledgeable and intelligent, she was also extremely uplifting. She had a way of noticing your strengths and even point...

“Julie has an amazing gift that enables her to work with all types of marketing and sales personalities to help them discover their strengths and unique methods to improve their sales results. Julie has had a 100 percent success rate with helping to move multiple sales and marketing directors forwar...

“Julie’s decades of deep senior living sales experience coupled with her passion for helping seniors and their families traverse the complex dynamic of where, when and how to move to senior living make her uniquely qualified to assess and fix senior living sales and personnel issues. Her love of tea...

“Julie’s training was an excellent restart & refresh for our marketing team.  The straightforward & thought-provoking topics helped all of us think outside of the box with our communication and sales tactics.”

“We hired Julie to speak with our sales leaders. Julie is a rockstar and her knowledge of the senior living space and understanding of sales makes her insights actionable and thoughtful. In our first session, Julie provided great feedback that we included in our standard process immediately. O...

“…but it (Julie’s sales playbook) is the BEST I had ever seen! Julie Podewitz truly knows what needs to be done to generate sales and has incorporated these winning systems and processes into her Playbook. That sure makes life easier and more profitable!”

“From my perspective as an owner and investor, the investment in hiring Grow is a great return on capital because not only does the sales team get a proven playbook of success but the owners of the building are able to de-risk the transaction by securing topline revenue stability via consistent sale...

“Julie’s has been a top trainer and mentor for sales professionals with a wide variety of backgrounds. Her ability to mentor and connect with clients is a unique talent not often found. Julie’s coaching style is one of support with the right amount of constructive feedback. She gets results an...

“Julie is a nationally recognized senior living expert who combines strategy, industry knowledge, coaching, and passion to drive big wins for her clients. If you’re ready for amazing growth with proven results, hire her!”