Our Philosophy

  Healthcare marketing is moving one way. We are moving another.

  It is well documented that hospitals continue to spend increasing amounts
  on mass media advertising at a time when the public can tune it out with
  digital recorders, satellite radio and the distractions of emerging
  technologies. According to McKinsey, in just six years, traditional 
  advertising  will be one-third as effective as it was in 1990. Media
  saturation accounts for a 37 percent decrease in the impact of advertising.

  And let's remember that this advertising craze is marketing something
  that people do not want and may be years away from "purchasing."

  We reposition your marketing approach through exhaustive evaluation
  and around core marketing beliefs.

  Our USP: a low cost market strategy that differentiates and builds
  long term relationships and tipping points for choosing you.

  •   Delivering an experience. Whether it is landing on a customized
      web page or tailoring the clinical delivery of services, what people
      remember about their hospital time is the total experience not just
      the clinical outcome. Need further proof? Read Fred Lees' "If Disney
      Ran Your Hospital
    " the 2005 ACHE Book of the Year. We integrate
      your marketing and experience delivery. In fact we believe that the
      Chief Marketing Officer should also be the Chief Experience Officer.
     
  • Collecting Data. You deliver targeted marketing and a targeted experience by collecting data at every opportunity. Not just CRM or
    the patient satisfaction survey but continuous quality monitoring. Collecting data helps you target your marketing and define the healthcare experience. And when you collect exhaustive data, you also learn about your potential customers' non-healthcare priorities and can then plan to intersect them. When you do you build tipping points for choosing you when they need you.
     
  • Leveraging Customer Crusaders. How does a person progress
    from a potential customer to a customer to a life-long crusader that recommends you to others? It comes down to having an emotional connection and strong bond between the company and the customer. We will help you develop and put in place strategic tactics to identify and engage customer crusaders. And when you do that you essentially have an army of free marketers spreading your message. Read more here.

  Read more here about marketing repositioning.

  Here are articles that shed light on our philosophy.



 

 

 
 


 

Fast Forward Consulting
Anthony Cirillo, FACHE, ABC; Principal
15645 Northstone Drive
Huntersville, NC 28078
704-992-6005 / 704-992-6160 (fax)
cirillo@4wardfast.com