Join our #CMWorld twitter chats! Every Tuesday at noon Eastern, culminating at our big event, Content Marketing World, in Cleveland, Ohio. Still time to register - September 9-12, 2013. www.contentmarketingworld.com. This week's chat was with Chris Seper from MedCity News, discussing healthcare content marketing.
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Q1: Let’s get started! What is the
biggest difference between healthcare
content marketing and other industries?
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I just don’t see the direct and hard ROI in other fields. And, of course,
good healthcare content means healthier people. #bigdeal #cmworld
@chrisseper
Regulations are used by bad marketers to avoid getting things done.
Lots of opportunities if you want to find a way. @JoePulizzi #cmworld
@chrisseper
A1 it has a compliance aspect (like FiSvc) but can have a great service
journalism component too #cmworld
@SFerika
In other sectors you have agencies being built. In healthcare you have tech
companies & beyond that integrate content marketing. #cmworld
@chrisseper
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Q2: How can healthcare companies mine
their heavily-regulated customer data to
provide stories and content? #CMWorld
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This isn’t meant to sound trite, but it’s direct: Patients want to tell their stories.
Ask them. #cmworld
@chrisseper
#cmworld But let’s go beyond that. FORGET the regulated data (jump over it).
Go to social media
@chrisseper
A2: Think like journalists. No shortage of healthcare content in the news.
Always someone willing to tell a great healthcare story #CMWorld
@SamBrennand
Patients are sharing their stories on YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest & beyond. They
want to share. #cmworld #hcmktg #hcsm
@chrisseper
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Q3: Healthcare content marketing
doesn’t always need to be digital;
in fact print is alive in industry.
What are good examples? #CMWorld
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Good content? I have also loved what Blue Shield, Kaiser, Stanford and
Cedars-Sinai do - give me info I can use. #cmworld
@SusynEliseDuris
A3: Vim and Vigor Magazine (http://t.co/wGOPnP28fy) is a great example of print
in the healthcare industry #CMWorld
@lucasmillerwsu
Even though it’s a more traditional media model, WebMD magazine is a
great print + digital model for follow #cmworld
@JoePulizzi
A3 I’ve loved the Kaiser Permanente team’s Thrive content which has crossed all
comm channels, not just digital #CMworld
@SFerika
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Q4: Does your content marketing team
have both a B2B plan as well
as a B2C plan? How do they
work together? #CMWorld
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Consumers weren’t really customers in the payment sense. That was gov’t & providers.
But now patients truly matter. Need more. #cmworld
@chrisseper
But I think B2B and B2C marketing will always be separate. #hcmktg demands very
specific messages and they don’t cross. #cmworld
@chrisseper
Companies like Invacare need to have both B2B and B2C content strategies.
Very challenging. #cmworld
@JoePulizzi
@chrisseper Exactly! Many healthcare companies are just beginning to get the
direct to consumers messaging and media in place #CMWorld
@jenkobylar
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Cleveland Clinic’s health hub is a great model http://t.co/bRyXjag6aJ.
Is becoming the center of their patient marketing #cmworld
@JoePulizzi
Doing right: @everydayhealth, @kidshealth, @clevelandclinic, @mayoclinic, @stjude,
@xerox, @medtronic & @myUHC #cmworld
@chrisseper
@ColleenWeston small practices doing it right include St. Agnes hospital in Baltimore.
Their print newsletter is worth gold. #cmworld
@predsicker
Stanford, Blue Shield, Kaiser, Cedars-Sinai are among the leading healthcare
companies doing content marketing right. #cmworld @CMIContent
@DebLoggia
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Q6: Mobile apps are popping up in the
healthcare industry. What are good uses
of healthcare apps for content marketing?
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Wellness. Wellness. Medical adherence. Wellness. Wellness and wellness.
@CMIContent #cmworld
@chrisseper
@itriage a powerful app. Also, most payers - UnitedHealth, Humana,
Aetna, etc. - are smartly leveraging content. #cmworld
@chrisseper
Hospitals need a good waiting room app like @GreatClips or like
Charmin’s Sit or Squat http://t.co/cmZTAd9lbi #cmworld
@JoePulizzi
A6: mobile apps will be hard for healthcare mkting. The market is being
flooded w/ truly useful wellness apps from insurance co.s #CMWorld
@consected
Seen too many healthcare apps on the market. Very few with truly awesome value,
me thinks. #cmworld
@predsicker
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Q7: Do healthcare marketers need
special precaution when creating content
as to not replace the advice for
medical professionals? #CMWorld
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A7: I think healthcare orgs SHOULD try to replace other content become THE
information experts - hire doctors to create content #cmworld
@JoePulizzi
A7. Challenge with using docs for content if their time. Hard for them to write.
HOWEVER, content marketers can ghostwrite. #hcmktg #cmworld
@chrisseper
A7: Ideal scenario for #hcmktg content producers => Chief Medical Officers
and legal review in approval cycle #cmworld
@SusanDElia
A7: Our rule was that all content was produced by doctors, the editor was used to make
it more readable/understandable #cmworld
@NenadSenic
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Q8: Healthcare companies are
traditionally large. What is the best way
to get buy-in in this complex org?
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A8. Show them their peers are doing it!! http://t.co/WBolxjonX1
@CMIContent #cmworld
@chrisseper
A8: I think @chrisseper is right...now focus is on getting more patients
(since the revenue model changed). Tie content to that. #cmworld
@JoePulizzi
Q8. I’ve found LinkedIn discussions to be a good place to build r/ships
with healthcare folks. Good way to get buy in. #cmworld
@predsicker
Find out the difference between those that subscribe to your content and
those that don’t. Should be telling... #cmworld
@JoePulizzi
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A9. Pharma is largely trapped - both by regulation and by fear.
Rely on 3rd parties for extra buzz. #cmworld
@chrisseper
AstraZeneca doing some great work on the research side http://t.co/
rBWvmK1sGH w/ Partnerships #cmworld
@JoePulizzi
A9. Whole pharma sales world is also changing. Content marketers should
find a place in a pharma closed loop marketing system. #cmworld
@chrisseper
A9. Pharma also about HYPER targeting key docs. They pay big money,
but for specific people. You gotta have them. #cmworld
@chrisseper
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Q10: What is the top thing healthcare
content marketers need to improve on
or learn when it comes to social media?
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A10: Getting leaders involved in social media is critical. You see so few stars when
it comes to healthcare. #cmworld
@JoePulizzi
A10. What I hear most is that healthcare content marketers need to understand
their concerns about compliance and engagement risk. #cmworld
@predsicker
A10. Social media is moving very fast. More sites, segmentation.
Google+ coming FAST! #cmworld
@chrisseper
A10. Must answer this question: What are your org’s goals. How does social
meet it? Where do you put your time & effort. #cmworld
@chrisseper
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