Healthcare Rap

Master J and Triple B are back at it, dropping reality checks that they want you to cash. We are past the days of merely monitoring online reviews, so how do we take full advantage of this gold mine of opportunities to connect with brand advocates? How do you create your story and hand it off to others to tell it for you?   Join the #MarketingInfluence movement by giving a shout out to a fell...

Technology and buzzwords won’t help in this episode. It’s time to launch into orbit and do something new. Gone are the days of throwing technology at people problems, of failing to gain buy-in for pushing the envelope, and for only thinking about what happens if things go wrong.   Don’t settle for red lights. Don’t settle for safety and comfort. It’s time to stop marketing backwards. See acas...

The digital health experience is a sum of so many tiny touch points now, nearly all of which occur at a time other than when you’re at the clinic. Marketing can’t own them all, but we also can’t think our job is done by handing things off to other teams without setting them up for success. We can’t assume that we have to keep doing what we’ve done in the past; in fact, everyone loses if all we do...

Don’t assume that we know whom we should be marketing to in healthcare just yet. Triple B and Master J discuss how target audiences have changed and how marketers too frequently ignore current patients and customers. An article from Forbes by Alyssa Kleinman spurs a discussion about pivoting our messaging when marketing a continuum of care.   The boys give a shout out to a friend of the podca...

It's another party for your eardrums! Marketing and medicine can sometimes find themselves at odds, but rethinking the value of the relationship can turn things around. Why do surgeons who can perform masterful procedures get in front of a video camera and suddenly become a deer in the headlights? Why do we try to market healthcare technology in a vacuum? Jared and Peter discuss the keys to improv...

Jared and Peter are on a quest to change the messaging of healthcare advertising, starting by eradicating the word "multidisciplinary" from existence! Now that we have been marketing directly to patients for many years, what should we be telling them? We have more complicated messages than ever, with more limited space and time to reach anyone. Is it progress, or a recipe for frustration? What are...

Breakin’ it down like they’re clowning around! Jared and Peter discuss how to bite the bullet and get comfortable with analytics. Should we stay focused on old-school metrics like followers and reach, or has marketing data evolved? Take your next steps down the road of making analytics part of your everyday life – it doesn’t have to be scary!   Get comfortable with a little help from Moneybal...

Do marketers play the same role they did 10 years ago, or even 2 years ago? Expectations have evolved rapidly, and so must roles within healthcare organizations. In this week’s episode, Jared and Peter explore how marketers are expected to the best in class … in every class!   It starts with learning to be comfortable being uncomfortable, because a marketer’s role will keep changing. To close...

Don't miss a beat of healthcare's newest craze! Get a glimpse of the future of healthcare marketing with veteran podcaster Jared Johnson and new co-host Peter Balistrieri, who extend an entertaining invitation to become change agents in your organizations. The two current hospital marketers challenge the thought that healthcare marketing is dead and discuss how best practices are changing as a res...