3. If there’s only one thing you
remember tonight…
They’re your
customers more
than your patients.
4. Marketing?
• To communicate a consistent intended
message to a specific intended audience.
• Marketing is NOT just advertising.
• Marketing is NOT just PR.
• Marketing is NOT just sales.
• Marketing helps CREATE the sales
opportunity.
• Successful marketing develops long
term relationships
5. Healthcare marketing
(has) is changing
• Choices
– Consumers in charge of healthcare decisions
– Self-Diagnosis on the web
– Disposable income
– Insurance / HMO / Flex Account / etc
• The idea of Customers vs. Patients
6. Ask your doctor if
getting medical
advice from TV
commercials is
right for you
12. Do you have a
marketing plan?
Do you ever look at it?
13. A Marketing Plan...
• Defines Marketing Costs
• Shows Marketing Value
• Defines Mission / Provides Focus
• Written Game Plan
• Evolving Document
A Marketing Plan is
On Paper…On Purpose
14. After the Marketing Plan,
Great Marketing…
• Begins with the Healthcare Product
• Driven by Message
• Sustained through the Relationship
21. Most prevalent marketing mistakes
• “Me Too” Competitive and following fads
• Campaigns designed around cutesy or non-
relevant centers
• Marketers trying to reach themselves
• Money Issues
– Focus on costs rather than effectiveness
– Thinking that $$$ = Success
– Accepting proposed prices
• Forgetting multiple media maximizes the
message
• No marketing plan
25. Databases are your friend
• Deal with multiple audiences & items
– Segmentation
• Patients with different conditions
• Orthodics
• Age and other demographics
• Other
• Methodology
– personal
– mailings
– calls
– electronic
• Research leads to positive market development
26.
27.
28. Strokes Happen
• Baptist Health
System in San
Antonio
• 80 Mannequins
– # of San Antonio
stroke deaths annually
• Actors at restaurants
had “strokes”
• Web e-cards
46. What is a Brand?
• Your single most valuable asset
• A promise that past performance will
indicate future results
• Your target’s experience with you
• Faces vs. personalities
• Perception IS reality
You have a brand even if you
don’t have a brand strategy.
47. Case Study: Brand Kentucky
• State was spending $2.5 million annually for separate &
overlapping ad agencies and marketing campaigns
• Governor proposed an unified state brand
• Goal: Provide an unified message for tourism & economic
development
• Citizens voted for logo at welcome centers & online
48. Case Study: Brand Kentucky
As viewed from the other 49 states,
=
Brands are created by the consumer, not the marketer!
Logo ≠ Brand
56. Measurement
• Measure actual ROI as well as responses
• Measure satisfaction and “stickiness” as
well as the actual numbers
• Use the info to make adjustments
You can’t manage what
you can’t measure
57. Tracking / Effectiveness
"I know that half my advertising works.
I just don't know which half."
John Wanamaker (1838- 1922)
If you say the same thing...
STOP ADVERTISING.
58. Healthcare Marketing Success
• Brand Strategy
• Marketing Plan
• Operations that inspire great word-of-
mouth
• Consistent Messaging
– Relevant & Memorable
– Delivered through channels that are targeted
and measurable
59. Thank You
Healthcare Marketing 101
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