Healthcare Social Media: The Elements Of A Successful Rx

By now, just about everyone on the planet understands and appreciates the value of social media

. It is more cost efficient than advertising. It allows for a two-way dialogue with your customers. It also has become an important source of research for marketers

Healthcare companies are among the most recent industry group to recognize that embracing healthcare social media techniques can greatly expand the reach of their marketing budgets when measured against what traditional media costs. However, these companies understand that healthcare social media efforts should be integrated into their offline, relationship-building marketing plans in effect resulting in a multichannel approach designed to fulfill the informational needs of an increasingly mobile consumer public.

We offer a relatively simple approach for drug companies wishing to undertake a healthcare social media program.

Define the brand.

While snazzy digital marketing tools might get your product found, it might not be remembered. Even a well-designed site will not distinguish a product or drug when there is no promise of difference. So the first priority is to define and express that difference. You need to lay the paving stones for distinguishing your brand from the competition if you are to succeed with your healthcare social media efforts.

Build the brand.

Once your brand position is carved out, it is time to give it life through all forms of media. In terms of healthcare social media, it starts with your website, but should move out to the blogosphere, LinkedIn, YouTube, FlickR, Pinterest among other vehicles.

Make it easy to be found.

The secret to success in Healthcare Social Media is how to make your product easily found. Relevancy scoresthe math behind each of the major search engines rankingscan be influenced through deliberate steps. A careful selection of keywords that best capture what youre all about woven throughout your website content is a smart step. Headers and subheads, and links from other sites to yours are all key components for success in healthcare social media.

Search advertising can pave the way for successful pharmaceutical social media efforts

There are quite a few Internet advertising options and drug companies should be aware of in deploying their pharmaceutical social media campaigns. Google AdWords is one such program. AdWords can be changed quite quickly and your healthcare social media campaign can be adapted to take advantage of emerging opportunities.

Measure and fine tune the program

For drug marketers, it is critical that the success of the healthcare social media campaign be measured. Analytics and AdWord reports are free to Google advertisers. These reports require a degree of expertise to interpret and evaluate. And, while most healthcare social media programs will enable you to adjust your campaign quickly, you do need internal resources to track, analyze and manage your efforts or else you could be shooting in the dark.

While there are many other healthcare social media techniques we didnt touch upon (e.g., blogs), there aforementioned represent a good starting point and can be expanded and provide a strong foundation by which your efforts can be deployed.

by: Kevin Waddel

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