One of the regular refrains we often repeat as a team is “don’t kill the engine.” Meaning, we can explore ideas as a business, but we can’t let those ideas interfere with providing service to our clients. If something will interfere with our ability to deliver on our core promise, then we have to reconsider […]
Reenvisioning Your Role as a Marketer
How did you get into marketing? What were your expectations? I remember seeing graphic designers’ art back in college and thinking how cool that career path would be, but I wasn’t an artist. I couldn’t do that job. Besides, I had other career paths in mind. Years later, I found my way into marketing by […]
Overcoming Physician Engagement Challenges in 2023
With all of the many changes in the world of healthcare, marketing and communication strategies seemingly need to be completely rewritten on an annual basis. Physicians aren’t as cut off as they were during the height of Covid, but several competing demands are rushing to fill that available time. Physician Availability Let’s take a look […]
Call Your Audience to Adventure
This was my first year attending Social Media Marketing World in San Diego, and I certainly left with enough knowledge that my head felt like it was going to pop. Social media is obviously changing in many ways: Rather than going through all of the fascinating details I heard during the meeting, I want to […]
From Product Experience Stats to Satisfaction: Optimize for Retention
If your customers / end users for your product are physicians, you have a highly demanding audience. Their tools need to work every time. If your products aren’t living up to a high standard, then physicians and hospitals may need to take their business elsewhere. If you’re working with patients / consumers, your job isn’t […]
App Usability in Medical Device Design for Patients, Physicians, and Product Engineers
Product usability is a critical factor in the success of any medical device, both commercially and clinically. Still, not everyone realizes how much goes into making a product more intuitive. We recently had the chance to sit down with Jose Bohorquez, president of Bold Type, to discuss our outlooks for the medical device industry as […]
Be More Human in Your Marketing with the Right Tech
When we look back at all the technological innovations that have come up in our marketing tools, it’s easy to see where we’ve put a barrier between us and the people we mean to help. This isn’t just a problem with how we interact with our audience and our customers. We create the same […]
Keeping the Vision for Your Product in a Hard Economy
If your budget gets cut back, what can you do to stay focused on the purpose behind your product? In medtech, companies aren’t creating pointless products. These devices and technologies are meant to improve patient care. Purpose doesn’t make a medical device exempt from the laws of economics, though. Here are some thoughts on how […]
