Amy Foster Trenz

About Amy Foster Trenz

Amy is responsible for all marketing activities including business and market development, market research and planning as well as promotion and advertising strategy. Previously, she worked as a Vice President/Account Director at Frankel & Company (Arc Worldwide, San Francisco) where she led account teams for clients including Visa, Nestle, and Del Monte Foods. She also worked as Marketing Services Director at Sutter Home Winery (St. Helena, CA) and Promotion Manager at Del Monte Foods (San Francisco).
Amy received her BFA in Communications from Southern Methodist University. She is married with two sons, has trekked and climbed mountains in Africa, Asia, North and South America, and is often spotted running the trails of Central Oregon.

Mobile: Driving senior housing leads and move-ins

Amy Foster Trenz

Last fall G5 conducted a survey of our senior housing clients with a mobile presence, and examined the role mobile is playing in driving senior housing leads and move-ins. Our findings were presented in December at the Advanced Sales & Marketing Summit for Seniors Housing, Assisted Living and Nursing Industries in Phoenix, and are now … Read More

Facebook goes after Yelp traffic with mobile business page redesign

Amy Foster Trenz

Yelp is a top destination for users looking for business reviews as well as phone numbers, addresses and hours. Facebook wants that traffic, so last week it introduced a new mobile design that features details about local businesses, including star ratings and buttons to Like or Call. Facebook hosts 15 million local business Pages in … Read More

G5 Self Storage Client Adopts Leading-Edge Technology with G5 One™ Responsive Design Websites

Amy Foster Trenz

New software ensures StorKwik websites function flawlessly on all devices BEND, Ore. And PHILADELPHIA – April 22, 2013 Company News • G5, the leading provider of Digital Experience Management® (DXM®) software and services for the self storage industry, today announced that its client StorKwik has launched G5 One™ Responsive Design Websites for all of its … Read More

G5 Wins Another Best Website Design Award

Amy Foster Trenz

Digital Marketing Leader Brings Home More Gold BEND, Ore. – April 11, 2013 News • G5, the leading provider of Digital Experience Management (DXM) software and services for the property management sector, was awarded “Best Website Design Service” honors by Inside Self-Storage (ISS). • This was the first year that website design was a featured … Read More

25 Percent of Search Clicks come from Mobile Devices

Amy Foster Trenz

Mobile technology is a powerful marketing tool. As of January 2013, nearly half of all U.S. adults owned smartphones, and more than 30 percent had a tablet, according to The Pew Research Center. Meanwhile, a recent study found mobile devices were responsible for nearly one-fourth of all paid clicks at the end of 2012. With such … Read More

Facebook is the No. 1 mobile app

Amy Foster Trenz

At the end of 2012, Facebook was crowned the No.1 U.S. mobile app. In December alone, the social network received more than 85 million unique monthly visitors on mobile devices, outpacing runner up Google Maps by nearly 10 million, according to a recent comScore Mobile Metrix ranking. What these figures mean Consider this: by 2016, Forrester … Read More

Keeping Up With Google

Amy Foster Trenz

In honor of Valentine’s Day, you need to embrace (“love” doesn’t apply here) Google’s numerous changes to its search algorithms, paid advertising tools and social network. The following is an excerpt from one of our latest offers, a white paper on Keeping Up With Google: How to Get Found as the Search Giant Evolves. Download … Read More

More Facebook content to appear in Bing results

Amy Foster Trenz

Following Facebook’s recent announcement of Graph Search, Bing announced its own plans to shake up search results. The search engine will now incorporate five times more Facebook content on its results pages, creating a more social experience for anyone who uses the site. What you should know about the Bing-Facebook deal Now when your customers … Read More

Bounce Back From Negative Property Reviews

Amy Foster Trenz

Reading a negative review of your property can feel like getting the wind knocked out of you, especially if it’s the first one you’ve ever received. No matter how unjust these comments may be, you should never take them personally, or worse, ignore them completely. Instead, consider tackling the problem head-on with these response tactics. … Read More

Get Your Property on Google+

Amy Foster Trenz

If you want to be more visible on the Web and better connected with current residents and prospects, you have to be on Google+. This rapidly growing social media platform is an integral part of successful strategic Internet marketing, and the benefits of creating a profile are endless. If you’re holding back, here are three … Read More

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