Market your brand like a lawyer
Pharma marketers should think more like lawyers when they build their launch plans. Here's how.
How to Lose a Pitch in 2024
We all want to win pitches, so we should start by avoiding common mistakes that can derail our presentations and make the process harder
AI and Your Customers’ Attention
It isn’t enough to show up with your marketing: you have to provide value and delight to your customers or you’ll be ignored. AI is the latest in a series of changes that are making boring communications invisible and irrelevant.
Taking Pride in Pharma
The pharmaceutical has a bad reputation with most people, but that ignores all the good it does for our health. Those of us who work in the industry need to do more to highlight its virtues.
Rethinking Clinical Trial Marketing
Are you thinking about how to raise awareness of your clinical trials? Your competition is, and taking the traditional approach could leave you behind.
The Complexities of Real-World Treatment: A Spicy Example
What is the real-world experience patients have on your brand? There are many factors that can impact it that might not be on your radar. Our intern, Serena, walks us through an example.
Don’t Wait for Data
Waiting for your trial to read out before beginning launch planning? Consider what you might be missing out on before you go that route.
Pharma Industry Trends to Watch in 2023
The life sciences industry faces some headwinds in 2023, but some encouraging trends and opportunities can help you overcome them.
The Emotional Complexity of Health Brands
Patients dealing with health challenges have powerful, complex emotions. So why does it seem like most Pharma ads tap into the same narrow range of emotions?
Culture Requires a Strategy
Does culture just happen, or can you create a strategy to build one? We believe there are certain actions companies and brands can take to create a powerful, distinct culture.
The Five Types of Competitors
Your competitors aren’t just the brands fighting for share in your indications. Taking a more complete view can enhance your marketing strategies.
Never Test Positioning
We like to feel our marketing strategy is validated. Despite that, it is our belief that positioning research is usually counter-productive. So how do you choose positioning, and what research SHOULD you be doing?
Pharma Marketers: What Job Does Your Brand Do?
If you feel like every positioning exercise unearths the same ideas, maybe it’s time to apply the “jobs to be done” theory.
Hacking Physicians’ Habits
A deeper understanding of physicians’ habits, and how to change them, is a key part of creating a successful brand launch.
The Marketing Fantasy World
Why the common understanding of what marketing can accomplish is wrong, and how we can set better goals for our communications.
Fixing Tactical Planning
Frustrated with tactical planning exercises that generate lots of ideas but few executable tactics? Read on for a better approach.
Targeting Versus Niching
Is your brand niched, or have you found the right target? Knowing the difference is key to maximizing your market opportunity.
The Uses and Misuses of Workshops
Don’t workshop just to workshop. How to think through whether a workshop is the right approach to solve your strategy challenge.