In most of my conversations with health care marketers, campaign strategy is not complete unless it includes an internet strategy. Everyone wants and needs an internet strategy (and now a mobile strategy, too) to stay relevant.
Usually when people talk about using the internet for marketing, they are thinking of it as a promotional channel. Call it digital marketing, non-personal promotion, or online communication, it doesn’t matter. The point is that for a truly integrated marketing plan these days, there needs to be a set of online tactics to make it complete.
But there is something missing from this picture. Yes the internet is a convenient, cost-effective promotional channel. It doesn’t require sales reps or postage or expensive TV buys. It’s the internet, and everyone is connected. So there you go, right?
No.
