Atlanta is home to two of our favorite things: HIMSS10 and great hamburgers! Yes, you can learn about the future of healthcare and enjoy delicious beef patties, all in the same day. Some of the tastiest options available are described in our latest post on the Healthcare IT News Destination HIMSS10 blog. From unique locations [...]
While we sing the praises of social media, such as Twitter, blogs and LinkedIn, healthcare IT companies need much more to succeed. For example, social media doesn’t replace a marketing strategy, nor does it substitute for public relations efforts. And taking on a social media campaign is not a short-term strategy that should be entered [...]
Huh? It may sound ridiculous, but it illustrates one of the most significant marketing and PR challenges facing healthcare IT companies today. Many innovative healthcare companies are pioneering products and services that are ahead of the market—helping improve patient safety, enabling better care delivery or delivering greater efficiencies to business operations. Yet your prospect often [...]
Twitter is rapidly becoming an everyday tool for all businesses, including healthcare IT companies. As this social network becomes more entrenched in the marketing and PR world, people need to understand ways to successfully use Twitter to promote their company or brand. After finding ways to attract fellow Tweeters to follow an account, people running [...]
That’s right. Social media isn’t a fad, but instead a fundamental shift in the way we communicate in both business and personal aspects. A few months back, I wrote the blog post, “Social Media: A passing phase that’ll never catch on…just like the Internet,” and to that same point, the video below from Socialnomics demonstrates [...]
Whether you’re selling to consumers or other businesses, there’s no better endorsement than one from a client, and this is especially true for healthcare IT vendors. Showing prospects that you have clients willing to speak on your behalf gives your product third-party credibility and often puts it ahead of competitive products. We’ve included five ways [...]
Looking to get more out of Twitter? Avid users and newcomers alike can easily expand their industry knowledge, stay on top of the latest trends and monitor best practices − all by following the right mix of associations, pundits and experts. Here’s a brief guide to get you started:
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (@HIMSS). [...]
This Q&A is from our conversation with Jim Riley, vice president sales and marketing at Capario. We asked him to share his thoughts on the healthcare company’s recent rebranding initiative, which spanned everything from a new corporate name, logo and tagline to a new Web site, collateral materials and a comprehensive public relations campaign.
Q: Why [...]
In public relations, press releases aren’t really the Holy Grail, but they are certainly a meat and potatoes staple of the profession. That being said, many have speculated if this form of PR is moving toward extinction, especially as social media continues to gain momentum. A recent opinion piece from Bulldog Reporter highlights this exact [...]
When discussing social media with our healthcare IT clients or industry colleagues that are new to the realm of Web 2.0, the inevitable question we’re often faced with is “how do you find the time to keep up and do all this blogging and twittering?”
Yes, blogs, RSS feeds, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and other social [...]