How to stay relevant in health care.

Tidal Health and Prairie Dog delve into the issues currently facing health care marketing with a discussion on the importance of market orientation, the need for creativity in health care marketing and understanding the human problem behind the business problem, just to name a few. Tune in to the “Staying Relevant in Health Care: Audience Understanding, Marketing Process, and Brand Building” podcast below. [embed]https://vimeo.com/867178735?share=copy[/embed]...

Getting the most from your marketing agency

You’re a health care marketer, so you know the drill. You’re busy. Pulled in multiple directions. Asked to do the seemingly impossible … and then some … all in between a full day of meetings. What you need is more time. Time to think. Time to plan. Time to bounce around ideas. Cue your agency. In my experience, utilizing an agency is like having a string of starters at the ready. With an array of...

The Discipline of Distinction.

In 2009, Tropicana launched a refresh of its best-selling product in North America — Tropicana Pure Premium. Almost immediately social media was abuzz with criticism of the new packaging. Within two months, sales dropped by 21%, resulting in a $30 million loss. The creative director of Tropicana’s agency was quoted in The Branding Journal explaining, “We thought it would be important to take this brand and … evolve it into a more current or modern...

You are a health care marketer. You eat change and uncertainty for breakfast.

Yes, you do. It has never been easy to be a health care marketer, but you are resilient. You are rising. And your work has true value and meaning. When I started in the mid-’80s, our profession was limited to newsletters and press releases. Very few of us were at the table. Since then, we’ve worked hard and intelligently, supporting our recommendations with evidence, articulating our actions and proving our impact with measurable results....