Brand Plan Consultation

Posted in: Brand Consulting, Business Strategies, Marketing Strategy- Dec 13, 2011 1 Comment

Getting the Brand Plan together A client who is developing a new company came to FirstTracks Marketing’s President Greg Connolly to get their brand plan in shape. Why? Isn’t it OK to hit the ground running with all the great tools like clever ads, social media buzz, spiffy new website and a catalog or two to [...]

I’m NOT in Sales!

Posted in: Business Strategies, Marketing Strategy- Jul 06, 2011 2 Comments

I read a scary bit of research from the pros along the Charles River. Forrester Research was working on the “of’s” of marketing in businesses today. The Of’s being perceptions of /need of/cost of etc. and what they found was, drum roll please….

Newsletters, They Still Work

Posted in: Hospital Marketing, Marketing Strategy- Jun 20, 2011 Comments Off

In our business the buzz is all about being on-line, social media tactics with webinars offering every form of advice. My in box looks like a 2am infomercial fest. The buzz can be deafening and overwhelming to the point that I just might get struck down if I ever suggested to a client that something [...]

Building a better hospital website with WordPress CMS

Posted in: Hospital Marketing, Wordpress- Jun 14, 2011 1 Comment

Does this sound like your hospital website content publishing process? ALL of your hospital website content needs to be fed through one person who has to actually build the pages using an HTML editor which is a slow, time-consuming process and puts a finite cap on the amount of information that can be shared through [...]

How Twitter Can Work for Assisted Living Facilities

Posted in: Assisted Living, Social Media Marketing, Twitter- Jan 06, 2011 Comments Off

The Twitter network is massive and millions of people use it every day to do research, get answers, connect with friends and monitor information. Here is a practical example of how I used Twitter for customer service. And how you could be using it to make your Assisted Living Facility or business much more accessible to a very large audience of users quite easily.