Healthcare Marketing Underground

Media, media, content, and more media. With 2016's SHSMD Connections in the books, Chris Bevolo and our own Kriste Goad are joined by special guest Vivian Schiller, editor-in-chief and head of Weber Shandwick’s Mediaco practice. The trio unpacks and explores a presentation Vivian gave during SHSMD — media, content, and the importance of omni-channel storytelling. Chris reveals the Chicago restaurant with a view that is sure to make you scream “Holy Buckets!” Find out why Vivian thinks the...

It wasn't just a one-time fluke — the Healthcare Marketing Underground really has returned with another special guest. Chris Bevolo is joined by Jill Austin, chief marketing officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, to preview their upcoming SHSMD Connections speaking session. The duo dives deep into the change healthcare organizations are experiencing through the lens of Jill's experience at VUMC. In 2015, what began as an intense three-day visioning process turned into a year-long...

After an eight-month hiatus, the Healthcare Marketing Underground is back! Join Chris Bevolo, Chris Boyer, and special guest Lindsay Resnick (who recently joined ReviveHealth) for a special SHSMD edition of the podcast. You'll hear more about Lindsay's background before the gang dives deep into 2016's SHSMD Connections — tips and tricks for attendees on how to get the most out of the conference. Plus, find out which word the team designates as the "hipster beard" of healthcare marketing...

Join Chris Bevolo, Chris Boyer, and Dana Weymouth for an end of the year special of the Healthcare Marketing Underground podcast. The gang takes a look at Google Zeitgeist, explores healthcare trends from 2015, and makes predictions for the biggest television show of 2016. Tune in for this special edition episode! http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151219/MAGAZINE/312199988 https://www.google.com/trends/topcharts#date=2015&geo=US&cid

Join Chris Bevolo, Chris Boyer, and Dana Weymouth for a Christmas Special as they come to you from states of Denial, Delusion, and Confusion. In this episode, the trio covers the advance of facial-recognition technology in advertising, how worried we should be about artificial intelligence, and the age-old debate of whether American Christmas ads possess an emotional dissonance their U.K. counterparts lack. All this and...

On this week’s Healthcare Marketing Underground podcast, Chris Bevolo and Chris Boyer dive into the stuffin’ of how establishing the success of your marketing campaign based solely on media impressions isn’t always gravy. In Bevolo’s recent blog post, he discusses the shift from impression based marketing benchmarks to data-driven analytics and how this change affects marketers across the board. Touching on an outside blog post sent through our internal grapevine, the duo analyzes the...

This week, Chris Boyer is joined by Jared Usrey, Creative Technologist, and Libby Werner, Account Supervisor, at ReviveHealth to discuss some of the latest trends in digital and personalized marketing. From the lack of trust that consumers have in sharing health data with Apple and Google, to patients not having a problem merging their social media accounts with their medical records, it’s clear that the marketing landscape is changing dramatically. Libby, Jared and Chris analyze the...

In a moment of self-realization, Chris Bevolo kicks off the podcast this week revealing his different online and offline buying behaviors. Joined by Jackie Olson, and first-time guest Amy Negrete, vice president of content strategy at ReviveHealth, the topic of conversation centers on “What a Great Digital Customer Experience Actually Looks Like” from the Harvard Business Review. The trio dives into the disconnect between what retailers offer in the digital versus the physical space, and...

Say cheese! Coming to you this week from the Healthcare Marketing Underground, Chris Bevolo is joined by Valence Health co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Phil Kamp. The duo dives right into a captivating conversation touching on the new waves hitting the healthcare world. Getting into the nitty-gritty of everything from provider sponsored health plans to value-based care, the discussion covers everything need-to-know for some of healthcare's hottest topics. So what should your next move...

Chris Boyer is joined by Jackie Olson and special guest Ashley Merchant on the podcast this week. With snow flurries falling, the team rolls right into their discussion of consumerism and convenience and what it means for the future of healthcare as we know it. From Boyer’s recent blog post to his speaking engagement at the Annual Thought Leadership in Access Symposium (ATLAS) hear what the team has to say about this hot topic. How informed is the patient in their healthcare decision-making?...

Spoiler alert! Stranger danger! This week Chris Boyer and Chris Bevolo discuss the potential dicey situation that is digital marketing. Piggybacking off of Chris Bevolo’s latest blog post, the pair talks everything from what it takes to play with the big digital dogs to “bad” impressions. They aren't talking about the lack of eye contact, weak handshake type of bad impression. Is your brand utilizing the most proactive strategy in the world of digital or dabbling in the danger zone? Listen...

Chicklet? Gobbler? Turklet? What do you call a baby turkey? Oddly enough, in this week’s Healthcare Marketing Underground podcast our team searches for the answer. Back on track… Chris Bevelo and Chris Boyer are joined by Jackie Olson where they recap SHSMD 2015. Chris2 dive into their takeaways from this year’s SHSMD. Where they heard from a plethora of industry leaders and influencers including thee Kevin O’Leary from the infamous Shark Tank. The discussion progresses as the team delves...

This week Chris Bevolo and Chris Boyer are joined by special guest Julie Yoo, Kyruus co-founder and chief product officer. This trio kicks off the conversation by diving into the details surrounding Kyruus’ second Annual Thought Leadership on Access Symposium (ATLAS). Focusing on hot topics such as clinical impact of patient access, along with operational and financial facets of how healthcare organizations can improve their patient experience. Boyer continues the conversation noting that he...

Chris Bevolo is joined this week by Dana Weymouth and our own Kate Caverno, senior account executive, and design intern Megan Shricel. After revealing the ingredients in ReviveHealth's custom cocktail, The Phoenix, the conversation turns to talking savvy shoppers and the myth of the ‘macho man’ in today’s healthcare world. The quad delves into how today’s society tends to be rather picky and choosey about the benefits and services they receive from healthcare providers while also debating...

Welcome to the Healthcare Marketing Underground podcast for the week of September 27th 2015. This is episode #271, and I’m.... A forum for riffing and ranting on hot or important healthcare marketing topics, trends and ideas, with a whole lot of other noise thrown in. Attendees: Chris Bevolo, Chris Boyer, Dana Weymouth and Jared Usery Updates: Upcoming Speaking Events October 2, 2015 Utah Health Association Fall Leadership Conference, Park City, Utah (Chris Boyer speaking) October 7-9,...

Where can you find adult coloring, yoga, champagne, and even impromptu opera? Escaping to The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, Chris Bevolo, Chris Boyer, and Jessica Blackburn recap this and more from the 2015 Joe Public retreat. This week they share insights on such trending topics as personalized marketing, marketing team structure, and digital strategy pulled straight from the retreat, where 17 hospital and health system marketing leaders began their journey to healthcare marketing...

This week's podcast kicks off with a lot of background noise (was that the Jolly Green Giant?) and talk of all things fried at the Minnesota State Fair. As always, Chris Bevolo, Chris Boyer, and this week's third man, Dana Weymouth, segue into trending topics in healthcare marketing. Taking a Goofus and Gallant approach (anyone remember Highlights magazine?), they dissect two healthcare marketing blog posts, one of which makes a strong case for traditional advertising while the other focuses...

Title: “Are you a Wino?” This week Chris Bevolo is joined by Chris Boyer and Jackie Olson. Their conversation begins with a myriad of topics including foodies, winos, and DJ’s. Then the conversation turns to content marketing in healthcare, as they feel like they board a time machine to review an article that claims brand journalism and wellness content are new publishing trends for hospitals (spoiler alert: they aren’t). They dive further into the importance of developing content for local...

This week Chris Boyer hosts and is joined by Jackie Olson and Special Nashville Guest, Malea Barron (she meant Reising). They tackle a complex subject of hospital charity work and bad debt which goes deeper into the definition of not for profit and for profit hospitals. Malea gives great insight into how hospital finances work from the research done by University of San Fransisco. Chris highlights the shocking results that for profit hospitals charity care numbers are higher then not for...

This week, Chris Bevolo, Adam Meyer and Chris Boyer deliver a short and simple podcast focused primarily on Chris Boyer’s interview with ehealthcarstrategy.com about the impact of mobile on SEO (search engine optimization). In it, they discuss how hospitals should evolve their websites to adopt a mobile-first strategy, and how Google’s new SEO algorithm is continually evolving to meet the ongoing movement to mobile. Of course, the conversation wavers to briefly address the Cecil the Dentist...