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Demystifying Social Media and Making It Relevant to Healthcare Marketing
Social Media Experts?
Social Media Authorities?
– This is a moving target and we’re all working to catch up
How About Social Media Evangelists?
How I Got Started?
Why Is Social Media Relevant?• Marketing is being redefined
• Moving from monologue to dialogue• Conversations are happening without us
• Engagement is what we’re after• This is a gift• Your absence is conspicuous• The quality of information being
shared is suspect
A Curse and a Blessing• Truly a gift to marketers• This is real world - good and bad• Hive Marketing - brand evangelists• Motivate and activate brand advocates -
grateful patients• Turn them into citizen journalists; more
credible• A tool with numerous applications
Who’s using social media?– Two out of every three Web users– 10% of all Internet usage– Time spent on social sites growing three
times as fast as general Internet usage– 35-49 year olds are Facebook’s fastest
growing demo and makeup one-third of the audience
– In 2008 Facebook added twice as many 50-60 year olds (14 million) as 18 year olds
Online Patient Communities
• PatientsLikeMe.com• Medhelp.org• DailyStrength.org• Organizedwisdom.com• Everydayhealth.com• Revolutionhealth.com• ACOR.org• HealthAngle.com
Article yesterday in The Washington Post
A Curse?• Andrew Keen - “The Anti-
Christ of Silicon Valley”• “The Cult of the Amateur”• Distrusts the wisdom of the
crowd• The demise of the expert• Loss of authoritative sources• The Great Seduction:
http://andrewkeen.typepad.com
Kerry - Cancer Patient• Essiac Tea - Alternative
treatment for cancer• Lots of chatter on cancer
patient online communities• National Cancer Institute
studies showed that it actually promotes tumor growth
Why Social Media for Healthcare?
Today, your reputation lives online. Shouldn’t you be part of the conversation? That’s where you’ll find your patients and employees.
Why Social Media for Healthcare?
• Consumer-driven healthcare
• More skin in the game
• Unprecedented access to information
• Changing patient and consumer expectations
• Expectation of participation in care
Why Social Media for Healthcare?
• New channels to voice displeasure - or pleasure
• To manage your brand, you need to know what’s being said
• Social media word-of-mouth has greater credibility and authenticity
• Old school marketing has less credibility
What I See Happening Today• Haphazard development of social media
• The rush to social media (ebennett.org)– 391 hospitals using social media– 194 YouTube channels– 203 Facebook pages– 284 Twitter Accounts– 44 Blogs
Our Mantra: Be Strategic
• The social web offers another set of tools in your tool box
• Integration is key
• Look before you leap
• Program: flexible and dynamic, but not haphazard
Our Approach
Step 1 -Strategic planning• Definition of audiences• Determination of social channels to be used
Step 2 - Channel creation• Building branded pages
Step 3 - Content creation and monitoring• Weekly content calendars• Weekly key stat measurement
Social Media Marketing Plan
Mark Shelley and Dan Dunlop, “Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan,” Healthcare Marketing Advisor, August 2009
Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Step #1 - Participate
It will be difficult to develop a plan, and sell the value of a plan, if you aren’t engaged in the medium
Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Step #2 - Culture Preparedness
• Assess you organization’s appetite for social media. Risk averse? Fear in the C-suite?
• Then begin bringing them along.
• They’ll appreciate a strategy!
Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Step #3 - Define Audience and Stakeholders
How do they use social media?
Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Step #4 - Objectives & Goals
What are you trying to achieve? It may vary by audience. Grateful patients, board members, employees, influentials, referring physicians, media…
Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Step #5 - Desired Outcomes
What does success look like? Increase in brand awareness or preference, enhance search engine rankings, web traffic, engagement, patient volumes, brand positioning?
Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Step #6 - Channel Selection
Don’t try to do everything. Be strategic in resource allocation. What channels allow you to achieve your objectives?
Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Step #7 - Integration
How will you integrate the program with your other Marcom efforts? Don’t forget PR and internal communication. Also, recruitment marketing.
Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Step #8 - Plan Resource Allocation
Avoid social media burnout before it occurs. Design a sustainable program.
Learn to repurpose content!
Step #8 - Plan Resource Allocation
It is not always about volume of posts or tweets. (Socialoomph.com)
Repurposing Content
1. Press release on PRLog2. Use share function3. Post on Twitter and Facebook with
one click (del.icio.us, digg, stumbleupon, newsvine, squidoo)
4. Distribute via LinkedIn Groups as “news” or “discussion” using PRLog small URL
http://www.prlog.org/
http://www.linkedin.com
LinkedIn Groups: http://www.linkedin.com/home?myGroups=&trk=hb_side_grps
Healthcare Marketing LinkedIn Groups
http://www.linkedin.com/home?myGroups=&trk=hb_side_grps
Pitch Engine - Free Service
Same Process Repurposing Video
• Post to your website
• YouTube & ICYou.com
• Facebook Group
• Your blog
• Post link on LinkedIn Groups
• Use VodPod to capture news videos
• Etc.
Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Step #9 - Measure
Develop metrics: Google Analytics, technorati blog rankings, followers, friend counts, fans, engagement, etc. Also measure your activity: posts, tweets, etc.
Content Creation/MeasurementFacebook
# Fans 197 207 216 218Responses 11 12 14 45
TwitterFollowers 13 85 124 139Retweet Impressions 1083Tweets 6 22 43 64
Blogspot Page Views (per 2 weeks) 38 93 128 176Replies 0 0 0 0518 Posts 18 33 43 45
You Tube Videos Watched 37 89 106Channel Views 31 44 52Videos 2 4 6
Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Step #10 - Monitor
Track conversations happening online. Socialmention.com, Filtrbox, MonitorThis, etc. Google Alerts at a minimum. Have a process for this.
Step #10 – Monitoring Resources• BlogPulse• BackType Alerts• TweetBeep• BoardTracker• Social Mention• Facebook Lexicon• MonitorThis• Filtrbox• Meltwater News• Google Alerts• Yahoo Alerts• Socialoomph
Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Step #11 – Policy• Employee social media policy. Check out
Mayo Clinic’s policies online at http://sharing.mayoclinic.org/guidelines/for-mayo-clinic-employees/
• Chris Boudreaux online database of organizations’ policies: http://socialmediagovernance.com/policies.php
Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Step #11 - Policy
Also need a policy for physician and physician group activities on social media platforms
Putting Social Media to Work• Crisis Communication - Build up online
communities in anticipation of the need to inform and activate brand advocates
• Brand Advocacy/Positive Buzz - Funnel quality information about your brand to constituents (hive marketing); this includes internal audiences
Putting Social Media to Work• Communicate Key Messages
– Quality and Patient Safety– Patient- and Family-Centered Care– Etc.
• Elicit feedback from the market place• Provide access to quality health info• Educate and build preference for services• Meet consumer expectations• Humanize your institution
Case Study: LMC & The State Newspaper
Case Study: LMC & The State Newspaper
Case Study: LMC & The State Newspaper
Case Study: Tufts & BCBS of Massachusetts
Case Study: Tufts & BCBS of Massachusetts
Case Study: Tufts & BCBS of Massachusetts
Case Study: Tufts & BCBS of Massachusetts
Case Study: Tufts & BCBS of Massachusetts
Case Study: Tufts & BCBS of Massachusetts
Wall Street Journal Health Blog
A Few of My Favorite Things:
ICYou Video - http://tinyurl.com/6pcmyd
• The YouTube of Healthcare
Flip Video• Size of a cell phone• Great for recording docs• USB jack - immediate download to computer• Upload videos to YouTube, ICYou Video, Facebook and your blog• Record press conferences• Hospital events
Twitter Groups (twittgroups.com)
http://twittgroups.com/group/hcmktg
HootSuite.com
TinyURL.com
http://www.ning.com
http://www.wordpress.com
http://www.blogger.com
Online PR Tools• PRLog - http://www.prlog.org• EPR-Network• FreshNews• Pitch Engine• Twitter• Linkedin• Flickr - Photo Sharing
Some Common Concerns
“What If Someone Says Something Bad?”• They’re going to speak out whether you
provide a forum or not• Wouldn’t you rather know what’s being
said?• Most likely, five people will jump in and
say something good• Difference between a brand detractor
and an unhappy customer
“It Will take Too Much Time.”• A partial truth
• Be strategic in your use of social media
• Repurpose content:– Website– Blog– Facebook
• TweetLater (www.socialoomph.com), pre-date blog posts
“It’s Too Compicated and Only for Tech-Savvy People.”• If I can do it, anyone can do it• Start by getting involved• Join Facebook if you’re not already
there• Get a feel for social media• Start a blog but don’t make it public;
live with it for a while
Social Media Resouces• Burrelles Luce - Free on-
demand webinars on social media: “Adding Twitter to your strategic PR toolbox”
• White Papers everywhere - Vocus, Nielsen, McKinsey Quarterly, Burrelles Luce, Deloitte
Social Media Resouces• Center for Media Research - Free
research briefs on social media. www.mediapost.com
• Healthleaders Media - Free eNewsletters and online content
• www.Ragan.com - Daily headlines• PublicityInsider.com - Free webinars• Business Wire - Free webinar series• Vocus - Free webinars
Good Reading
• Groundswell, Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff• Join the Conversation, Joseph Jaffe• Social Media is a Cocktail Party, Jim Tobin
and Lisa Braziel• PR 2.0, Deirdre Breakenridge• The New Rules of Marketing & PR, David
Meerman Scott
Summary: A Few Sins of Social Media
• Haste - Don’t start without a plan• Fear - You can’t be afraid to lose control• Apathy - Don’t stick your head I the sand;
especially at the C-suite level• Sloth - Content must be updated• Gluttony - Don’t take on too much too fast
Website:Email:Twitter:Phone: 919-929-0225
Dan Dunlop, PresidentJennings