HMPS 2023 Takeaways: Navigating the Future of Healthcare Marketing
In the wake of the Healthcare Marketing and Physicians Summit (HMPS) this past April in Austin, we’ve all returned to our routines, invigorated and brimming with fresh insights. The invaluable opportunity to reconnect in person with our colleagues in healthcare marketing was a breath of fresh air. After weathering a global health crisis that altered […]
Beyond Benefits: The Art of Empathetic Connection in Health and Wellness Marketing
Picture this: you’re shopping for a new fitness app or a vitamin supplement. Brands bombard you, promising to revolutionize your life, but how many truly understand you and your needs? As health and wellness marketers, we must move beyond simply communicating the benefits of our products. We must go beyond the formula of communicating benefits […]
Google to Sunset Similar Audiences in May 2023
Is Google planning to do away with lookalike targeting this year? The answer is sort of. Currently, Google offers something called Similar Audiences, which is their version of lookalike targeting. Lookalike audiences are targeting segments that begin by using a first-party data file, (i.e current customers) and then letting systems like Google or Meta ingest […]
How Client Agency Relationships Can Thrive After Leadership Changes
Change on both the client and agency side is inevitable. Parallel Path’s Senior Strategic Consultant, Andrew Utech dives deeper into how an agency can be a proactive leader in assuring stability and long-lasting client-agency partnerships. In an industry that’s so fickle, how can agencies and clients instill a sense of stability in an effort to […]
YouTube Raises the Bar on Validating Credible Healthcare Information
YouTube is Leading The Way in Helping Consumers Find Credible Healthcare Information Where’s the first place you turn to when you have a health question? The internet, of course! A multitude of online sources provide robust libraries of health articles that answer some of the most commonly asked health questions. But following the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
A Poetic Pause to Reveal the Solution
The faster we can connect, the more we can get done. Isn’t that the promise of email, texts, Zoom, and Slack? 5G doubles productivity. Go! Go! Go! The light is always green! While we are busy getting more work done, has quality faltered for speed? Do we allow time for our best work to be […]
Is Google Search Dying?
Believe it or not, we have been hearing that SEO is dead every year since Richard Hoy first claimed it on the Online Advertising Discussion List in 1997, and yet, SEO is still one of the most in-demand digital marketing services and skills. The most common reasons given for why SEO is dead are updates […]
Marketing to Gen Z: Authenticity Matters
Generation Z and Brand Engagement Born in the mid-1990s and mid-2000s, living entirely within the digital age, Generation Z has never experienced a time without the internet. Each new generation comes with its own characteristics and presents unique opportunities and challenges for marketers. Gen Z’ers are stigmatized as being technology addicts and lacking the ability […]
5 Marketing Priorities of Hospitals & Health Systems
The modern hospital and health system marketer must meet their audience where they are. Having a digital-first approach is critical for success. Now more than ever hospital and health system marketing teams are feeling the challenges of being under-resourced to accomplish an ever-growing list of priorities. In speaking with hospital and health system marketing […]