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10 Points for Winning with Patients

Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 10:28 AM

From the December 2009 DTC Perspectives magazine: Now is the time to re-think about DTC marketing in the 21st Century. With all of the new ways to engage with patients, Ellen Hoenig-Carlson of AdvanceMarketWoRx suggests 10 prescriptions to help marketers improve their DTC efforts in 2010.

Hoenig-Carlson's top 10 prescriptions can help strengthen DTC efforts in 2010 to “forward their brands and consumers’ lives with new thinking about patient marketing.” 

  • Adopt an updated definition of DTC
  • Embrace the "long tail"
  • Go where your consumers are
  • Consumers are less open to being sold
  • Consumer power is a fact of life
  • Keep each brand's strategic core strong
  • We live in a "less is more" world
  • Don't short change the details
  • Define new ROI metrics
  • Excel at "active listening"

Click here to read Hoenig-Carlson's full advice for the 2010 outlook for DTC marketing. All other articles – including special coverage of the 2009 DTC Hall of Fame awards – from the December 2009 issue of DTC Perspectives magazine can also be found on our magazine home page.

 

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