Create More Value Through Your
Healthcare Social Media Program:
10 Important Questions To Answer
Approximately…
70,000,000 total videos on YouTube
100,000,000 YouTube videos viewed per day
13 hours of video uploaded every minute
133,000,000 blogs indexed by Technorati since 2002
900,000 blog posts every 24 hours
1,111,991,000 Tweets to date
3,000,000 Tweets each day
200,000,000 active Facebook users
100,000,000 users logging on Facebook at least once a day



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Net: no one’s waiting (at least probably not) for your content

So ask yourself…

Are you worth their precious and limited time?

What’s in it for them?

And what’s in it for you?

Are your social efforts aligned with your strategic goals?



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© 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
1.   What are your goals, and how might social fit…


                                                                thought
              research                                        leadership
                                                                                                                               public
                                                                                                                              relations


                                    corporate                                           prospecting
 growing                              social                                              & leads
awareness                         responsibilty
                                                                                                                                       positive
                                                                                                                                        brand
                                                                                                                                     associations

            recruitment                                                                           Investor
                                                  education                                       relations




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2.   What type of community are you trying to
     engage…

         who are they

         what problems are they trying to solve; whether
          in business or their personal lives

         where do they currently go for information



      





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3.   How familiar are each of these communities
     with your organization…

         existing or new relationship

         frequency of interactions

         your reputation among them, etc.





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4.   What is your niche or singular message…

         where’s your expertise/your greatest value

         what’s your laser-like focus that keeps fans
          coming back

         how obtain search traffic through your specific




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5.       What’s your big-picture strategy…

         thought-leader
                   driving category debate

         education
                   channel for information,
                    knowledge, resources

         entertainment
                   avenue for fun, memorable,
                    sticky experiences

         empowerment
                   inviting audiences to participate in,
                    and promote initiatives 
 



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6.   How approach your content and
     conversations…

   type, e.g. articles, white papers,
    video, presentations…
  style, e.g. controversial,
    interactive, descriptive…
   sources, e.g. inside company,
    third-party…
   keywords that you want to own
   guardrails
        frequency
        quality
     
        legal implications
         authenticity, etc.
                       





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7.   Types of outreach channels you’ll employ…

         based on answers to previous questions:

             what are the vehicles you'll use to gain maximum
              participation; and that best support one another

             how will you use traditional media to compliment and




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8.       How will you resource your effort…

          how much internal time and resource do you
           require, e.g. content and conversations team,
           technical team, research team

          who will be your social face and voice, e.g. CEO,
           marketing, cross-functional teams

          how will you get employees on-board, e.g. internal
           training and simulations
             





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9.   What policies are in place for…

        employee participation
        brand consistency
        handling confidential and proprietary
         information
        crisis situations, etc.

 





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10.   How will you monitor progress and
      performance…

         ongoing internal monitoring
         agreement to performance criteria
         agreement to metrics

 





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Summary

1. What are your goals and how might social media fit in?

2. What type of community are you trying to engage?

3. How familiar are each of these communities with your organization?

4. What is your niche or singular message?

5. What’s your big picture strategy?

6. How will you approach your content and conversations?

7. What types of outreach channels will you employ?

8. How will you/can you resource your social media effort?

9. What policies are in place?

10. How will you monitor progress and performance?


                 © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
Trajectory
   20 Community Place
   Morristown NJ 07960
       973-292-1400
 www.trajectory4brands.com



Contact: Eric Brody, President
     973-292-1400 x201
 eb@trajectory4brands.com

Create More Value Through Your Healthcare Social Media Program: 10 Important Questions To Answer

  • 1.
    Create More ValueThrough Your Healthcare Social Media Program: 10 Important Questions To Answer
  • 2.
    Approximately… 70,000,000 total videoson YouTube 100,000,000 YouTube videos viewed per day 13 hours of video uploaded every minute 133,000,000 blogs indexed by Technorati since 2002 900,000 blog posts every 24 hours 1,111,991,000 Tweets to date 3,000,000 Tweets each day 200,000,000 active Facebook users 100,000,000 users logging on Facebook at least once a day © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
  • 3.
    Net: no one’swaiting (at least probably not) for your content So ask yourself… Are you worth their precious and limited time? What’s in it for them? And what’s in it for you? Are your social efforts aligned with your strategic goals? © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
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    © 2010. Thiswork is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
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    1. What are your goals, and how might social fit… thought research leadership public relations corporate prospecting growing social & leads awareness responsibilty positive brand associations recruitment Investor education relations © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
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    2. What type of community are you trying to engage…  who are they  what problems are they trying to solve; whether in business or their personal lives  where do they currently go for information 
 © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
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    3. How familiar are each of these communities with your organization…  existing or new relationship  frequency of interactions  your reputation among them, etc.
 © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
  • 8.
    4. What is your niche or singular message…  where’s your expertise/your greatest value  what’s your laser-like focus that keeps fans coming back  how obtain search traffic through your specific © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
  • 9.
    5. What’s your big-picture strategy…  thought-leader  driving category debate  education  channel for information, knowledge, resources  entertainment  avenue for fun, memorable, sticky experiences  empowerment  inviting audiences to participate in, and promote initiatives 
 
 © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
  • 10.
    6. How approach your content and conversations…  type, e.g. articles, white papers, video, presentations…  style, e.g. controversial, interactive, descriptive…  sources, e.g. inside company, third-party…  keywords that you want to own  guardrails  frequency  quality   legal implications authenticity, etc.
 
 © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
  • 11.
    7. Types of outreach channels you’ll employ…  based on answers to previous questions:  what are the vehicles you'll use to gain maximum participation; and that best support one another  how will you use traditional media to compliment and © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
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    8. How will you resource your effort…  how much internal time and resource do you require, e.g. content and conversations team, technical team, research team  who will be your social face and voice, e.g. CEO, marketing, cross-functional teams  how will you get employees on-board, e.g. internal training and simulations 

 © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
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    9. What policies are in place for…  employee participation  brand consistency  handling confidential and proprietary information  crisis situations, etc.

 
 © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
  • 14.
    10. How will you monitor progress and performance…  ongoing internal monitoring  agreement to performance criteria  agreement to metrics

 
 © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
  • 15.
    Summary 1. What areyour goals and how might social media fit in? 2. What type of community are you trying to engage? 3. How familiar are each of these communities with your organization? 4. What is your niche or singular message? 5. What’s your big picture strategy? 6. How will you approach your content and conversations? 7. What types of outreach channels will you employ? 8. How will you/can you resource your social media effort? 9. What policies are in place? 10. How will you monitor progress and performance? © 2010. This work is the property of Trajectory LLC, and no part of it can be used without our permission
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    Trajectory 20 Community Place Morristown NJ 07960 973-292-1400 www.trajectory4brands.com Contact: Eric Brody, President 973-292-1400 x201 [email protected]