BuildX Conference – Women in Construction 2024

WHO: The Madison Area Builders Association, Milwaukee Metropolitan Builders Association, and NARI of Madison have come together to host a BuildX conference, a one-day conference focusing on empowering women in the construction industry.

WHERE: The Ingleside Hotel Pewaukee, WI

WHEN: Tuesday, March 5th

DETAILS: In the ever-evolving landscape of the construction industry, social media has emerged as a powerful tool for businesses to engage with their audience, build brand awareness, and ultimately generate leads. The session begins by exploring the fundamental principles of social media marketing, emphasizing the importance of understanding target demographics, crafting compelling content, and fostering authentic connections with followers. Attendees will leave with actionable insights and practical tips to enhance their social media presence, drive meaningful engagement, and ultimately, increase leads. Whether you’re a seasoned marketer or just beginning to explore the potential of social media for sales, this presentation promises to equip you with the knowledge and tools necessary to thrive in today’s competitive digital landscape.

Leveraging Social Media for Effective Lead Generation: Strategies and Best Practices: Tuesday, March 5th

Internet Marketing Director, Nicole Wagner will be presenting Leveraging Social Media for Effective Lead Generation: Strategies and Best PracticesThe session will discuss how to use online media, your website, and content development to build an online presence that attracts the right audience and converts them into quality leads. Attendees will analyze their current online marketing programs and assess the strength of these programs. They will learn how to create a content program and web presence that helps them reach the right audience with the right message.

Leveraging Social Media for Effective Lead Generation: Strategies and Best Practices will be presented on Tuesday, March 5th  Click here to learn more about Nicole Wagner.

You can register for this event here

Learn more about the BuildX Conference here 

For more information on Nicole for speaking:

LeadingAge 2024 Annual Conference

WHO: LeadingAge Pennsylvania is a non-profit trade association consisting of over 380 exceptional senior housing, healthcare, and community services across the Commonwealth. Since 1963, they have dedicated themselves to helping their members advance the vision of healthy, affordable, ethical aging services. LeadingAge PA offers services in Life Plan Communities/Continuing Care Retirement Communities, skilled nursing communities, assisted living residences, personal care homes, and affordable senior housing.

WHERE: Kalahari Resort & Convention Center

WHEN: May 7 – 9, 2024

DETAILS:

The LeadingAge PA Annual Conference offers presenters an unparalleled forum for showcasing a variety of forward-thinking ideas centering on innovations in senior care and services, financial operations, reimbursement issues, current, and emerging trends, advances in technology, and updates on the current and future regulatory environment. Stevens and Tate Marketing has two speakers featured at this year’s show.

Digital Marketing Strategies to Build Website Traffic and Increase Lead Conversion: Tuesday, May 7th

Internet Marketing Director, Nicole Wagner will be presenting Digital Strategies to Online Lead Generation: How to Drive Demand. The session will discuss how to use the online media, your website and content development to build an online presence that attracts the right audience and converts them into quality leads. Attendees will analyze their current online marketing programs and assess the strength of these programs. They will learn how to create a content program and web presence that helps them reach the right audience with the right message.

Digital Strategies to Online Lead Generation: How to Drive Demand will be presented on Tuesday, May 7th at 1:45 PM to 2:45 PM. Click here to learn more about Nicole Wagner.

Learn more about LeadingAge Pennsylvania here:

Caring Communities Webinar 2023

Caring Communities Webinar 2023

WHO:

Caring Communities is a full-service insurance management company committed to the non-profit senior housing and care industry. They serve over 800 communities in more than 40 states and also have a centralized goal of connecting, sharing, and enriching those around them.

WHERE: Online Webinar

WHEN: June 20th, 2023

DETAILS:

The Caring Communities Webinar on Risk management is a great way for you to learn ways to protect and manage your organization. With already over 200+ registered attendees all across the U.S., there will be many opportunities to meet new people in the industry and get real-life perspectives on a very important topic.

Topic: 5 Strategies to Take a WOE Marketing Program to WOW.

President, Dan Gartlan will speak on the 5 Strategies to Take a WOE Marketing Program to WOW. During this session, those in attendance will have an opportunity to create measurable and attainable marketing objectives to clearly define elements that can affect their own organization. Moreover, this engaging session will explore interdependent strategies that focus on brand storytelling, SEO, and social media. You’ll learn cohesive and integrated strategies that work in combination to create the ideal platform for enhanced success, specifically focused on inbound-driven techniques.

Click here to learn more about Dan Gartlan.

Also in attendance will be Nicole Wagner. Nicole holds a Bachelor of Marketing with an Advertising focus from Western Michigan. She is an online marketing expert with extensive experience in all things internet related. She has worked extensively in the aging services industry. Nicole continues to share her knowledge through engaging presentations, seminars, and webinars on a variety of topics nationwide. She has received excellent feedback for her passion, insight, and motivational speaking. She has spoken at numerous conferences, such as AHCA/NCAL and LeadingAge. Although she will not have a presentation, she will be able to answer any question that arises during Dan Garlan’s presentation.

Click here to learn more about Nicole Wagner

To learn more about Caring Communities, click here.

Illinois Healthcare Association’s Annual Convention & Expo

WHO: The Illinois Health Care Association, founded in 1950 and governed by a 13-member board of directors, is a non-profit organization comprising of more than 500 registered and certified long-term care institutions and homes/programs for the developmentally handicapped across the state.

WHERE: BOS Center, Springfield, IL

WHEN: September 11-14, 2023

DETAILS: 

Each year, IHCA hosts the state’s largest convention and exhibition for long-term care professionals. This annual four-day event has over 100 instructional seminars on a variety of themes, as well as a thorough expo with exhibitors on the latest technology and services available to long-term care providers. Attendees are also encouraged to participate in a variety of engaging, peer-to-peer networking events.

Perfecting the Media Mix: Balancing Online And Traditional To Drive The Best ROI

President Dan Gartlan will speak on Perfecting the Media Mix: Balancing Online and Traditional to Drive the Best ROI. In this session, attendees will explore various media options, learn how each outlet meets a different need, and discover how multiple media channels can work together to drive brand awareness, understanding and generate leads. After this session, attendees understand how the media mix differs based on your objectives, target audiences and types of services and levels of care your community offers.

Click here to learn more about Dan Gartlan.

Digital Strategies to Online Lead Generation: How to Drive Demand:

Internet Marketing Director, Nicole Wagner will be presenting Digital Strategies to Online Lead Generation: How to Drive Demand. The session will discuss how to use online media, your website and content development to build an online presence that attracts the right audience and converts them into quality leads. Attendees will analyze their current online marketing programs and assess the strength of these programs. They will learn how to create a content program and web presence that helps them reach the right audience with the right message.

Click here to learn more about Nicole Wagner.

To learn more about IHCA’s Annual Convention and Expo, click here

For more information on scheduling Dan or Nicole for speaking, click here.

2023 AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo

2023 AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo

WHO: With more than 14,000 member facilities, the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) is the largest organization in the US that represents long-term and post-acute care providers. Millions of elderly and disabled people get long-term or post-acute care every day at their member institutions. By providing solutions for quality care, AHCA/NCAL seeks to enhance their lives.

WHERE: Colorado Convention Center

WHEN: October 1st-4th, 2023

DETAILS: 

The AHCA/NCAL Expo is a great opportunity for you to explore those new innovative ideas and resources to take home to your organizations. In the hall, more than 350 business leaders display the newest developments and concepts created specifically for long-term and acute-care professionals.


Balancing the Media Mix to Improve Marketers ROIs:

President, Dan Gartlan will be presenting Balancing the Media Mix to Improve Marketers ROIs. In this session, attendees will explore various media options, learn how each outlet meets a different need, and discover how multiple media channels can work together to drive brand awareness, understanding and generate leads. Attendees will learn how the media mix differs based on your objectives, target audiences and types of services and levels of care your community offers.

Click here to learn more about Dan Gartlan.

Digital Strategies to Online Lead Generation: How to Drive Demand:

Internet Marketing Director, Nicole Wagner will be presenting Digital Strategies to Online Lead Generation: How to Drive Demand. The session will discuss how to use the online media, your website and content development to build an online presence that attracts the right audience and converts them into quality leads. Attendees will analyze their current online marketing programs and assess the strength of these programs. They will learn how to create a content program and web presence that helps them reach the right audience with the right message.

Click here to learn more about Nicole Wagner.

You can find more information on this event here. For more information on scheduling Dan or Nicole for speaking, click here.

Fabtech North America Largest Metal Forming

FABTECH 2023 Chicago

FABTECH 2023 Chicago

WHO: FABTECH is North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event. For all of your metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing needs, FABTECH offers a convenient “one-stop shop” location where you can meet with leading suppliers, view the newest industry products and innovations, and find the tools to boost productivity and profits.

WHERE: McCormick Place

WHEN: September 11th-14th 2023

DETAILS:

The only event that allows you a comprehensive view of metal forming, fabrication, welding, and finishing is FABTECH. The newest production machinery can be found here. Find innovations by industry and application at FABTECH 2023.

Improve your Sales and Marketing Messaging through the Power of “Why”:

President, Dan Gartlan will be presenting Improve your Sales and Marketing Messaging through the Power of “Why.” In this presentation Dan will explore how linking an organization’s WHAT and HOW to its WHY can emotionally connect with prospects to drive engagement through case studies, discussions and hands-on activities. Join in learning how to uncover your competitive advantages and reason for being. Then explore how to craft messaging that drives an emotional connection with prospects.

Click here to learn more about Dan Gartlan.

Digital Strategies to Online Lead Generation: How to Drive Demand: 

Internet Marketing Director, Nicole Wagner will be presenting Digital Strategies to Online Lead Generation: How to Drive Demand. The session will discuss how to use the online media, your website and content development to build an online presence that attracts the right audience and converts them into quality leads. Attendees will analyze their current online marketing programs and assess the strength of these programs. They will learn how to create a content program and web presence that helps them reach the right audience with the right message.

Click here to learn more about Nicole Wagner.

You can register for this event here.

Learn more about FABTECH 2023 at https://www.fabtechexpo.com/ 

For more information on scheduling Dan or Nicole for speaking, click here.

LeadingAge Illinois 2023 Annual Conference

WHO: LeadingAge Illinois is one of the largest and most respected associations of providers serving older adults in Illinois. Committed to advancing excellence, we advocate for quality services, promote innovative practices, and foster collaboration. We serve the full spectrum of providers including home and community-based services (HCBS), senior housing, life plan communities (LPC)/continuing care retirement communities (CCRC), assisted living, supportive living, and skilled nursing/rehabilitation centers.

WHERE: Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center

WHEN: March 7 – 8, 2023

DETAILS:

This year’s Annual Meeting offers everything that you’ve come to expect. Through knowledgeable speakers and industry experts, quality education, exhibitors in the expo hall, networking, and the Opening Reception, you’ll find what you need to serve, support, and evolve. Stevens and Tate Marketing has two speakers featured at this year’s show.

5 Strategies to take a WOE Marketing Program to WOW: Tuesday, March 7th

President, Dan Gartlan will speak on 5 Strategies to take a WOE Marketing Program to WOW. Through examples and case studies, this session will explore how linking an organization’s WHAT and HOW to its WHY can emotionally connect with prospects to drive engagement. Join marketing strategist, Dan Gartlan, in learning how to uncover your competitive advantages and your organization’s core values or reason for being. Then, explore how to craft messaging that drives an emotional connection with prospects. Furthermore, the session will define the process that you can do with your team for discovering and articulating your organization’s WHY and how to connect your competitive advances to it in a way that makes you stand out.

5 Strategies to take a WOE Marketing Program to WOW will be presented on Tuesday, March 7th at 9:45 AM to 10:45 AM. Click here to learn more about Dan Gartlan.

Digital Strategies to Online Lead Generation: How To Drive Demand: Wednesday, March 8th

Internet Marketing Director, Nicole Wagner will be presenting Digital Strategies to Online Lead Generation: How To Drive Demand. The session will discuss how to use the online media, your website and content development to build an online presence that attracts the right audience and converts them into quality leads. Attendees will analyze their current online marketing programs and assess the strength of these programs. They will learn how to create a content program and web presence that helps them reach the right audience with the right message.

Digital Strategies to Online Lead Generation: How To Drive Demand will be presented on Wednesday, March 8th at 9:45 AM to 10:45 AM. Click here to learn more about Nicole Wagner.

You can register for this event at https://annualconference.leadingageil.org/2023/index.cfm. Learn more about LeadingAge Illinois here https://leadingageil.org. For more information on scheduling Dan or Nicole for speaking, click here.

IHCA Long Term Care

IHCA Long Term Care 72nd Annual Convention & Expo

WHO: IHCA Long Term Care members include proprietary and non-proprietary facilities that represent skilled, intermediate, intellectually and developmentally disabled, skilled pediatric, assisted living and sheltered levels of care.

WHERE: Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL

WHEN: September12-15, 2022

DETAILS: IHCA Long Term Care Expo

The Illinois Health Care Association (IHCA) has been a major voice for long term care in Illinois for more than 70 years. Stevens and Tate Marketing has two speakers featured at this year’s show.

President, Dan Gartlan will speak on How To Improve Your Marketing Messaging Through the Power of “Why”. Through examples and case studies, this session will explore how linking an organization’s WHAT and HOW to its WHY can emotionally connect with prospects to drive engagement. Join marketing strategist, Dan Gartlan, in learning how to uncover your competitive advantages and your organization’s core values or reason for being. Then, explore how to craft messaging that drives an emotional connection with prospects. Furthermore, the session will define the process that you can do with your team for discovering and articulating your organization’s WHY and how to connect your competitive advances to it in a way that makes you stand out.

How To Improve Your Marketing Messaging Through the Power of “Why” will be presented on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 3:30pm – 5:00pm. Click here to learn more about Dan Gartlan.

Internet Marketing Director, Nicole Wagner will be presenting Winning Websites Build Human Connections To Improve Lead Generation. The session will discuss how an effective website is one that not only looks good, but also has the content and information individuals are looking for and that leads them to the right decisions. Prospects want to look at a website and be able to feel as if they know your organization. In other words, a website needs to have a human quality in order to connect with site visitors and convert them to leads. This presentation will discuss key website elements to help showcase your brand message. Content covered will include understanding buyer personas and the stages of the buyer’s journey, how to build trust, why your story matters, balancing professionalism and relationships and how to educate and be helpful online.

Winning Websites Build Human Connections to Improve Lead Generation will be presented on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 1:30pm – 3:00pm. Click here to learn more about Nicole Wagner.

You can register for this event at ihca.com/convention. Learn more about IHCA at ihca.com. For more information on scheduling Dan or Nicole for speaking, click here.

 

RECAP: FABTECH 2016

WHO: Suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and professionals in the metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing industries—more than 1,500 vendors and 40,000 attendees from around the country.

WHERE: Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

WHEN: November 16-18th, 2016fabtech 2016

DETAILS: FABTECH is North America’s largest Metal Forming, Fabricating, Welding and Finishing event. Stevens and Tate Marketing has two speakers featured at this year’s show.

The speakers at Stevens & Tate are thrilled to be sharing their collective B2B marketing expertise gained from decades of industry experience, at the Nation’s largest event of its kind. This is the third year in a row that Internet Director Nicole Wagner has been selected to speak at this prominent event, and it will be the second year for President Dan Gartlan.

At the show, the pair will both be presenting educational sessions on Friday, November 18th. The goal is to help business leaders and industry professionals learn new ways to get more out of the initiatives they have in place, to stay ahead of changing trends, and to stand out in a crowded marketplace.

Wagner’s “Enhance Your Online Presence and Drive Success Through Your Website and Social Media” will take place from 11:00-11:30am. Gartlan’s “Actionable Strategies Proven to Improve Marketing Results” will follow from 12:00-12:30pm.

Gartlan’s highly informative session is based on his highly requested Attraction Marketing program, designed to help educate attendees on key tactics and initiatives that work together to create positive impact in their marketing programs and on business success. Additionally, it explores effective ways to monitor and adjust initiatives by setting measurable objectives and tracking future indicators and results.

Wagner will be presenting an updated version of her program from last year, with essential strategies that manufacturers can incorporate to maximize the impact of their online efforts. Focus is on how website optimization, search engine marketing and social media work hand-in-hand and how various techniques can create efficiencies and improve performance. A reputable trait of these educational sessions is the emphasis on providing relevant and actionable takeaways that are targeted to each audience—which is one reason they continue to be so well received by organizations of every size and scope around the country.

FABTECH is North America’s Largest Metal Forming, Fabricating, Welding, and Finishing Event—bringing together an anticipated 40,000 professionals and 1,500 exhibiting companies to network, learn and discover new solutions for success. For four days, November 9-12, 2015, attendees can meet with world-class suppliers, participate in over 100 educational sessions and expert-led presentations, and explore the latest innovations in technology, products and industry developments.

To learn more about FABTECH 2016, see a list of exhibitors, register to attend, and get full details about the show, click here.

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RECAP: PMA Manufacturing Sales Summit


WHO: Sales and marketing professionals from around the world

Manufacturing Sales SummitWHERE: The Conrad Indianapolis Hotel in Indianapolis, IN

WHEN: September 27-28th, 2016

DETAILS: Stevens & Tate will join hundreds of sales and marketing professionals in the manufacturing industry for a featured speaking session. Read more