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How to use your care home reviews in your marketing

Reviews and reputation

How to use your care home reviews in your marketing

Your reviews are an asset, not a scoreboard.

4 November 2026 · 3 min read

Your CQC rating and your marketing: what to do at each rating

CQC and care news

Your CQC rating and your marketing: what to do at each rating

The rules on showing your rating, how to challenge a report, and what your marketing should say at each rating.

2 November 2026 · 10 min read

Care home branding, photographs and film: a practical guide

Brand, photos and film

Care home branding, photographs and film: a practical guide

What your brand really is, and how to show it with real photographs, a walkthrough film and print families keep.

2 November 2026 · 11 min read

How to get your care home in the local paper

Local press and stories

How to get your care home in the local paper

How to find a story, write it up and get it to the right reporter, step by step.

2 November 2026 · 10 min read

What a care home website needs to win families’ trust

Your website

What a care home website needs to win families’ trust

What families look for first, and what the rules ask of your site.

2 November 2026 · 11 min read

Care home reviews: how to earn them, answer them and use them

Reviews and reputation

Care home reviews: how to earn them, answer them and use them

How to invite reviews fairly, answer them well and use them where families look.

2 November 2026 · 11 min read

How to handle care home enquiries so none are lost

Enquiries and follow-up

How to handle care home enquiries so none are lost

Everyone promises you more enquiries. Here is how to stop losing the ones you've got.

2 November 2026 · 11 min read

How to get your care home found on Google and AI

Being found on Google and AI

How to get your care home found on Google and AI

The order of work for getting found: your Google listing, website, directories, reviews and Bing.

2 November 2026 · 11 min read

How to advertise a care home on Google, Meta and ChatGPT

Adverts

How to advertise a care home on Google, Meta and ChatGPT

What to do first, what Google, Facebook, Instagram and ChatGPT adverts cost, and how to tell which ones fill rooms.

2 November 2026 · 10 min read

How to write a care home marketing plan and set a budget

Planning and budgets

How to write a care home marketing plan and set a budget

A marketing plan for a care home fits on one page.

2 November 2026 · 11 min read

How care homes can cut agency staff costs with better recruitment marketing

Planning and budgets

How care homes can cut agency staff costs with better recruitment marketing

For most care homes, staff are the biggest cost by a long way.

2 November 2026 · 4 min read

The 11pm enquiry: how quickly a care home should reply

Enquiries and follow-up

The 11pm enquiry: how quickly a care home should reply

It's 11pm on a Sunday.

2 November 2026 · 5 min read

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