This document summarizes Justin Freid's presentation on reaching healthcare audiences efficiently through search engine marketing. It discusses challenges like attributing ROI when websites can't directly generate prescriptions. It also covers developing an understanding of patients' and doctors' treatment cycles and search behaviors, leveraging custom research to inform keyword strategy and ad copy testing. Finally, it emphasizes the importance of meeting audiences in the channels they already use, like LinkedIn, Facebook, and industry-specific social networks and publications.
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Justin Freid
SVP Emerging Media @ CMI
Father of 2 boys under 2
Twitter: @justin_freid
Writer for Search Engine Land
and MarTech Today
Who is this dude?
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Our clients generate revenue through Rx and Rx refills
Websites cant write prescriptions
The Situation
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How do we know our marketing efforts are successful?
How do we tie ad spend to ROI?
Which channel gets credit?
The Challenge
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Looking At The Unique Situation Of This Industry
Activated by symptoms, patients
search before their appointment
Preparation for incoming patient visits,
continuing education on specialty
Diagnosis
Post diagnosis research
on disease and treatments
Prescription
Ongoing education
on side effect
management,
treatment options
Ongoing
education on
disease state and
new brands
Pre-prescription research on dosing,
administration, contraindications
Consumers
Health Care
Professionals
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Develop an understanding of the treatment cycle
Creation of KPIs or MVAs
Assigning value to KPIs
LTV of Rx
How We Approach It
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Develop finely targeted set of keywords
Leverage proprietary research tools
Determine what keywords are overlap
between B2B and DTC campaigns
Estimate Creation Process Overview
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Potential DTC keywords:
Cancer treatment
Brand copay card
New cancer drugs
What Is An Overlap Strategy?
Potential overlap keywords:
brand side effects
prostate cancer
treatment from
company
Brand name
Potential B2B keywords:
Brand prescribing info
Clinical trial data for
brand
Prescribing info for
brand
Due to some terms being relevant to both audiences, an
overlap strategy is needed to prevent bid inflation
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Due to have two distinct audiences, brands with B2B and DTC
content on separate domains have the ability to serve two ads.
Ad copy is utilized to prequalify audiences on the select set of terms
we double serve on
Great option for competitive blunting
Pharma Can Double Serve
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Do doctors even use Google?
Over 72% of doctors search for
professional purposes each day
Leveraging Custom Research To Understand Your Audience
Top SourcesUsed During Office Hours %
Medical information found through online
search engines
53%
Pharmaceutical or medical device company
representatives
52%
Online drug reference tools and apps 47%
In-Office tools 43%
Medically relevant email or eNewsletters
from medical publishers and associations
43%
Cardiology
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Terminology is key in keyword development
Understand the end costumer, dont depend on your client
Talk To Your Customer Not Your Clients
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Social Listening Can Provide Great Insights
Nathan Pennel, MD, PhD
Med Onc @ Cleveland Clinic
@n8pennel, 3.7K Followers
Mike Thompson, MD, PhD
Hem Onc @ Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic
@mtmdphd, 15.3K Followers
Gilberto Lopes, MD
Med Onc @ Sylvester Comp. Cancer Center
@glopesmd, 20.8K Followers
Michael Fisch, MD
Med Onc @ AIM Specialty Health
@fischmd, 18.4K Followers
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Be Where Your Audience Is
Expanding Your Reach Through Other
B2B Marketing Efforts
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Your audience does a lot online.
Where do they spend their time?
Expanding Reach On Business Related Channels
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Tips for success on LinkedIn:
Know who is involved in
your purchase process
Cater messaging based on
their specific role
Reach each person in the
purchase path
LinkedIn: Deliver Content To The Right People
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Tips for success on Facebook
Utilize custom audiences to
narrow your targeting
efforts to people who
matter
If you have the budget, use
Axiom data to target key
audiences
Facebook: Custom Audiences
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Through social listening, understand where your audience is.
Connect On Industry Specific Social Networks
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If you cannot directly track sales, create KPIs and assign values
Support keyword research through custom research,
ask your end customer, not your client
Understand where the customer spends their time,
hit them with relevant content
Lets Recap What We Learned: