How much of your marketing budget is allocated to paid social media advertising? Are you wondering if it’s worth investing in healthcare Facebook ads? If it’s not something you’re taking seriously in 2022, you’re missing out on a massive opportunity to attract new audiences, increase awareness, drive conversions, and improve your bottom line. With approximately […]
What is Integrated Marketing and Why It’s Crucial for Healthcare Brands
Business leaders in every industry understand that morale starts at the top. When the C-suite is aligned and shares a unified, consistent message throughout the entire organization, it instills loyalty, trust, and confidence in your brand, mission, and goals. Ideally, marketing relays this message to your consumers. But since marketing happens in many channels, or […]
What is Programmatic Advertising? Plus, 9 Tips on How to Get Started
The digital advertising industry is constantly evolving. One major evolution is in the way people buy ads in the first place. The traditional method was a manual, complicated process. But recent technological advancements – such as programmatic advertising – have improved and automated the way people buy and sell online ads. Programmatic digital advertising is […]
Social Media in Healthcare: 7 Ways to Increase Consumer Engagement in 2022
Social media is an indisputable knowledge hub for every type of consumer, including the healthcare consumer. In the United States alone, eight in 10 internet users search for health information online and 74% of these people use social media. Consumers are returning to their favorite social media platforms time and again to get the information […]
How Healthcare Advertisers Can Target Audiences Without Third-Party Cookies
Targeted advertising is powerful and effective. It relies on data about who your audience is and what they are looking for. Up until recently, advertisers had easy access to valuable third-party data and targeting options from giants like Google and Apple. These companies gathered this data through cookies, hence the name, third-party cookies. But things […]
How to Market to 65 Million Generation X Consumers to Win Their Business & Loyalty
Are you ignoring Generation X in your healthcare marketing strategy? You shouldn’t be, and here’s why: Gen Xers have the highest rate of brand loyalty, period. They are partial to the brands they trust and are willing to pay a premium for their products and services. Not only that, the 65 million Gen Xers are […]
Why You Should Not Abandon Traditional Media Advertising (& What to Do Instead)
The pendulum has swung dramatically from traditional to digital media marketing in the healthcare marketing industry over recent years. Digital ad spending surpassed traditional media spending in 2019 and is expected to exceed two-thirds of total media spending by 2023. Healthcare audiences live and communicate in a digital world. Understandably, healthcare organizations and the agencies […]
Major Healthcare Consumerism Shifts You Need to Embrace Now for Marketing
Healthcare consumerism isn’t just “coming.” It’s already here. What’s more, healthcare consumerism means big changes for healthcare organizations and officially ushers in a new era of the patient experience. Are you modernizing your business to meet your patients’ changing needs and expectations? If not, you’re already falling behind. In today’s blog post, I share some […]
How to Build a Fruitful Partnership with Your Healthcare Marketing Agency
Building a cohesive marketing strategy that supports your long-term business goals takes collaboration, time, and expertise—not to mention continuous oversight and optimization. Hiring a marketing agency is an excellent option, especially when you need specialized expertise or simply don’t have the necessary resources available. The challenge? Not every agency-client relationship is fruitful. And some can […]
Best of 2021: 14 Insights from Healthcare Marketing Experts
As 2021 comes to a close, we have a gift for you — a roundup of the best advice on our blog from this past year. It’s been a pleasure working with and interviewing so many experienced marketing professionals. Whether colleagues or team members, these experts are the people who bring this blog to life […]