No matter how your healthcare organization invested in marketing in 2020, 2021 opens a wide new door of opportunity. Taking the time to plan a relevant and smart marketing strategy now will poise your healthcare organization for success—more patients coming in the door and individuals benefiting from your services.
Read MoreMarket research is essential when you’re looking to launch a new product, expand your services, or get ahead of your competitors. Without accurate data on your future and current clients, competitors, or industry trends, your strategy may be based more on gut instinct or outdated practices. Third-party market research, however, can provide crucial, impartial insights that businesses need to push forward with effective marketing and PR strategies.
Read MoreStory finding, no matter what industry you work in, can be tedious. In healthcare public relations, finding the right story — and by right story, I mean one that resonates with readers, is relevant and timely to your organization, and makes you feel good about the work you do — is exhilarating, but can also be overwhelming. It’s not difficult to find a good story due to a lack of ideas or content — we have plenty of this, maybe even too much at times. The difficult part is finding a story that your audience can easily digest and find meaningful, while at the same time aligning with the goals and mission of your healthcare client’s organization.
Read MoreAs our world continues to become more and more technology-driven, AI is here to stay. And we’re finding it to be helpful in a variety of ways. AI-powered apps, text messaging programs, and online portals are changing the landscape of the healthcare industry and also changing the way patients interact with their providers.
Read MoreA thought leader in marketing, public relations, sales and brand management and an avid advocate of mental health in the workplace, McKinney will use her position to propel NAMI Central Texas’ strategic plan, which includes increasing programs, diversifying funding, and expanding the organization’s visibility and influence.
Read MoreSocial proof – the process by which individuals look to their peers, role models, or other important figures to make decisions about how to act or respond to a situation – is a common human behavior, and a very powerful marketing tool. People tend to trust the opinions and actions of their friends, which is why product endorsements and word-of-mouth marketing are such a critical part of the marketing mix.
Read MoreWhen sharing ways in which our agency works with organizations, one of the main questions I’m asked is why organizations hire agencies or consultants in the first place. It’s a valid question for anyone who has never outsourced services. While there is certainly a myriad of answers, based on my experience, here are the main forces that drive our clients to outsource to us. And yes, sometimes an organization will outsource for two or more of these reasons.
Read MoreHealthcare is a quickly evolving industry as companies compete to keep up with technology advances, while simultaneously attempting to provide patients with personalized care and reduce out-of-pocket costs. Innovation in both pharmaceuticals and medical devices allows for improvements to many current healthcare practices, but we’ve also seen the change expose vulnerabilities to the success of corporations and private physician practices. The 2016 industry outlook continues to be full of shifts like in 2015. Health systems and private practices are finding mergers and acquisitions necessary to survive among larger competitors, data is an ever-important element to health as we now collect behavior through wearable technology, and pressure is felt throughout to do more with less in order to reduce costs for patients.
Read MoreRecent modifications in healthcare regulations are causing swift changes in the field of healthcare marketing. Discover the 4 critical things every healthcare marketer should know for 2015.
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