I met with a potential client a few months back and walked him through what we typically do as a medical device agency. We talked about the positioning, the branding, the creative campaign development and the approach that we take when working on launching – or relaunching a medical device. But that’s not this client’s problem. […]
When it comes to medical device marketing, think like a superbug
As a medical device marketing agency, one of the things that we help our clients do is to figure out their positioning within the market place. We have lots of posts on how we can help our clients differentiate their brands, here and here, BUT in a sense, what we’re trying to do is to help our med […]
What’s in a name?
A few years ago, I became pregnant with my first child. Amidst the joy, anxiety, nesting, and doctor’s appointments lay another task—thinking of a name for this person! At first we made light of the situation, thinking of every silly name we could (I expect that most celebrities stop at this phase of the process). […]
Best MedTech Advertising of 2016
As we close in on the end of 2016, we feel so honored to have contributed to the success of so many cutting-edge new devices. We’ll let you in on a little secret about us: we love medical technology. Ok, maybe you knew that already, but the reason we love it so much is that […]
Cross Reference Tool for Stealing Competitive Share
When it comes time to steal share from the competition, it’s important for your sales team – and your customers know exactly how to switch to your product. Sometimes that’s simple – swap Heinz for Hunts in the grocery aisle. But when it comes to switching medical device products, things get a little more complicated. […]
Three Ways Marketers Can Differentiate Themselves
I can’t think of a single product, service or technology that doesn’t have some sort of competition. Even high tech medical devices that might be otherwise be considered first entrants or category creators still have to differentiate themselves from the competition. When marketers are developing their competitive marketing strategy they take these three types of competitors […]
5 Steps for Better Marketing Metrics [Infographic]
“If you don’t know where you are going,you’ll end up someplace else.” -Yogi Bera For med device marketers, getting clarity on your marketing metrics is a great step to ensure that you’re achieving your marketing objectives. But how exactly can you ensure that you’re creating truly meaningful metrics? We have put together a 5-step infographic to show […]
Marketing Metrics for the Medical Device World
The return on investment in marketing and advertising activities has always been tricky. It doesn’t help that sales can be quantified in a number of different ways – dollars, units, share. And then when you add the extra complexity of selling on consignment, slob rates, inventory turnover, contracted pricing, NGOs, it’s no wonder that clearly demonstrating the impact that […]
Defining your brand’s SQ
What in the world do we mean by your brand’s SQ? No doubt you’ve heard of I.Q (Intelligence Quotient) and perhaps even E.Q (Emotional Quotient / Intelligence). Now a high IQ doesn’t necessarily translate into anything meaningful in life – fortunately or unfortunately depending. But a high EQ? Then you also likely have better job performance, enhanced leadership […]
LinkedIn for Med Device Companies
LinkedIn can be an especially powerful tool for building your business or brand in the B2B space. When you look at the statistics, 96% of Americans are on Facebook so it’s no wonder that many people are focusing efforts there. But the second highest percentage of people are networking on LinkedIn and the types of […]