Important Lessons About Healthcare Marketing Learned at the Thanksgiving Table

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It’s that time of year again – when families gather, dishes are passed, stories are told (or retold), and we take a moment to connect around the table with those we love. It’s also the time of year when organizations are making plans and…

Chartwell Agency Wins Two of the Highest Honors in National eHealthcare Leadership Awards

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Chartwell Agency, an award-winning marketing firm based in northern Illinois, recently was honored with two national awards for work on its healthcare clients. The eHealthcare Leadership Awards recognizes the very best websites, digital communications…

Learn About and Listen to Your Audience

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Patience is an overlooked virtue in the world of marketing and communications. I know that’s not a popular sentiment, especially in our fast-paced, mobile-first, Google-everything world. Are you one of the people checking your smartphone…
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If Your Marketing Strategies Were Halloween Candy

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Halloween means different things to different people. To some, Halloween is about costumes and scary yard displays. To others, it may mean carving pumpkins and haunted houses. To me, it’s about candy. It’s about the only time of year…

Research Now to Avoid Headaches Later

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“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Benjamin Franklin Developing and creating a marketing campaign can be a very time-consuming and expensive process. They can be months or years in the making and can carry large budgets…

Training as a Perk? Absolutely!

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Today, millennials make up a larger percentage of our workforce than any other generation, so it’s no wonder that HR professionals and business leaders are interested in learning more about what makes this group of knowledge workers tick.…
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Marketing Into – and Through – a Recession

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There has been much talk recently by academics, financial experts and politicians about a possible recession in the not-too-distance future. If you experienced the past recession and its impact on marketing dollars – or lack thereof – you…
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Don’t Just Earn Media, Own It

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While media relations plays an important role in a well-rounded public relations strategy, consider adding additional communications strategies to your toolbox, including owned media.   A successful communications strategy employs earned…

You Had Me at Pumpkin Spice

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I love Fall. It’s my jam. Apples, gourds, orange, brown, I live to decorate around it. I leave summer to the people with no sweat glands. Give me crisp, cool air; my favorite cardigan; the crunch of leaves under foot, and dare I say it……

Get real about your messaging

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It’s time for another advertising appreciation blog, this time courtesy of Coors Light. I instantly fell in love with one of the company’s most recent commercials titled, “The Official Beer of Being Done Wearing a Bra.” The commercial…