Award-Winning Hospital Branding Blog
Springboard Strategy | Brand is pleased to present to you our award-winning hospital branding blog. Therefore, as an innovative branding and communications firm with clients ranging from leading health systems to medical associations, we are constantly thinking and writing about many of the latest trends and forces impacting healthcare organizations.
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Reviving Healthcare Brands CSR
Twenty years ago, when some companies were "printing money," corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies were often developed as a way to deflect consumer attention away from big profits, write-off more expenses, and - in fairness to those who did - do good for...
Keeping Your Healthcare Marketing Content Fresh
Keeping your healthcare marketing content fresh on your website can be challenging, but is vital since content is the most important ranking factor in Google’s search algorithm. Stale content can lead to bored readers and duplicate content can lead to penalties from...
4 Strategies for Branded Medical Practices
Strategies for "Branded" Medical Practices When you hear the word “brand,” your first thought may be a logo or a tagline, especially if you are tied to a branded health system. However, branding your medical practice is much more than that, and more complicated. Your...
Leadership Marketing Plan – Pitching to the C-Suite
How to Pitch a Leadership Marketing Plan & Budget -- Lessons from the Shark Tank You'll not only need to pitch a leadership marketing plan and budget to the C-suite. Smart marketers will treat C-suite presentations as if they were walking into the "Shark Tank". ...
6 Tips for Marketing to the Hospital C-Suite
Subsequently, one of the benefits of working closely with a Hospital C-suite on branding initiatives is developing a deep understanding of their goals, motivators and pain points. Here are some of the techniques (strategic and tactical) that we’ve employed on behalf...
What’s your Healthcare Brand Digital EKG?
During an annual exam, your physician can get a good sense of your heart health with an EKG. As healthcare brand marketers, a Brand EKG can also give you a quick read of your brand’s health. For example, this model helped hospitals, namely C-Suite representatives,...
In Healthcare Brand Marketing, Simple is Better
Healthcare is not simple. For consumers, it’s difficult to navigate the waters of patient care, referrals, and insurance costs/reimbursements. For physicians, balancing patient care with enterprise-wide business and growth goals is challenging. And for...
8 Bad Habits to Avoid in Healthcare Marketing
As the new year kicks off, there are all sorts of tips and habits to break in order to help improve your personal and professional success. For those in healthcare marketing, here are eight habits that will help fix your strategies and outcomes. 1.) Focusing on...
Managing the “8 Second Rule” for Healthcare Brands
When it comes to reaching and motivating consumers, healthcare marketers face a double “whammy.” First, studies show that the average person is exposed to 7,500 brand messages and marketing content every day. The School of Human Sciences and Technology estimates that...
Healthcare Marketers: Lessons from the Shark Tank
IIt is . I had the pleasure to present at the SHSMD Connections conference in Seattle a few weeks ago. My co-presenter, and fellow disruptor, Paul Szablowski and I were thrilled to see a full house for our session. Healthcare marketers were eager to learn business...