SEO, Google Ads, and AI in Home Care — Jeremy Fuller

Jeremy Fuller, a digital marketing expert with 23 years of experience and founder of Grow Senior Care Marketing, shares actionable insights for home care agencies.

In this episode, you'll discover:

1. The ChatGPT Surprise: How a client found their agency through ChatGPT—without it being a marketing goal.

2. The $500 Mistake: Why most home care agencies waste 80% of their Google Ads budget (and how to fix it).

3. Automation Pitfalls: The dangers of over-automating caregiver recruitment and how to strike the right balance.

4. SEO Myths Debunked: Why tracking rankings isn't SEO—and what moves the needle.

5. AI's Double-Edged Sword: How AI changes search behavior and the risks of unvetted AI-generated content.

Lesson Takeaways:

1. Stop Choking Ad Spend: A $500/month Google Ads budget is often too small to be effective—either go bigger or pause entirely.

2. Humanize Automation: Use tech to streamline processes (like caregiver nurturing), but keep critical touchpoints personal.

3. Reviews Matter: Agencies with 100+ Google reviews dominate local search—aim higher than the industry average of 40.

4. AI Proof Your Content: Always review AI-generated material for compliance risks (e.g., "fall prevention" vs. "fall assistance").

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:20 - Guest Introduction

01:23 - The unexpected ChatGPT client discovery story

02:47 - AHA! Moments, Learnings and Opportunities from Checking Business Processes in Home Care Agencies

03:17 - Jeremy's partnership to launch a home care agency in Tulsa

03:45 - Compliance challenges and automation opportunities in home care

05:00 - The problem with sending caregivers back to Indeed

06:55 - Jeremy's unique approach: Offering prayer during marketing audits

07:45 - The big mistake: Over-automating caregiver communication

09:10 - How to automate wisely (without losing the human touch)

11:06 - The most underrated SEO tactic: Google reviews

12:12 - What SEO actually is (and isn't)

14:27 - Mistakes Home Care Makes: Choking Google Ads Spend

16:43 - Why small Google Ads budgets fail—and how to optimize keywords

18:17 - Jeremy's recent SEO breakthrough (the "quarter pickup" strategy)

20:00 - AI's impact: ChatGPT as a search alternative and compliance risks

23:22 - The danger of AI "slop" and how to avoid it

Quotes

1. "80% of Google Ad budgets are wasted on the wrong places. If you're spending $500/month, you might as well not run ads at all." — Jeremy

2. "SEO isn't tracking rankings—it's taking actions to send Google the right signals. Reviews are part of that, but not the whole story." — Jeremy

3. "AI is like the early days of Google. It's not replacing search yet, but it's starting to uptick—and home care needs to pay attention." — Jeremy

Resources:

1. Grow Senior Care Marketing: https://growseniorcaremarketing.com/

2. Jeremy Fuller on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-fuller-marketing/

3. Ultimate Home Care Marketing Session: https://growseniorcaremarketing.com/grow-my-agency/

4. Connect with David Knack on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-knack/

5. Connect with Zingage on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zingage/

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