Mastering Digital Content in the Age of Zero-Click Search and AI Overviews: Real Strategies for Healthcare Marketers

Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 2 p.m. Eastern

Your Panelists:

• Leslie Cozatt, Executive Marketing Consultant, Providence
• Laura Kuechenmeister, Corporate Director of Content Marketing & Design, Emory Healthcare
• Kirsten Lecky, EVP Insights and Growth, WG Content
• Bridget Reuter, Service Line Marketing Manager, Virtua Health

Join us to hear from these powerhouse healthcare brands that are successfully adapting their strategies:

• Emory Healthcare: Discover how Emory is leveraging immersive storytelling to captivate and engage their audience.
• Providence: Leslie Cozatt, Executive Marketing Consultant, will discuss the evolution of blogs from awareness-building tools to thought leadership platforms driven by subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Virtua Health: Bridget Reuter, Service Line Marketing Manager, will highlight the use of predictive AI and electronic medical records (EMR) in targeted email marketing.
• WG Content: Kirsten Lecky, EVP, Insights and Growth will provide an overview of the big picture in digital content shifts across hundreds of clients and thousands of projects. She’ll share what content trends are emerging and where organizations are investing.

 
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Epic Cheers Update

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Optimized Healthcare Marketing: A Fully Integrated and Transparent Funnel

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Why Accurate Customer Data Is So Crucial – and Complex

“The data needed to run a modern healthcare marketing program is becoming vaster and more complex every day, and marketers will require ever more sophisticated tools to manage this data more efficiently and effectively in the future,” says Daniel Fell. Fell is a senior strategist with Optum and a member of the eHealthcare Strategy & Read More

How Customer Data Platforms Can Power More Consumer-Driven Opportunities in Healthcare

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When Stewardship Is a Core Value, Cost Management Is Critical

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Chicago-Area Health System Puts Spotlight on Identifying and Managing High Costs

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Making Virtual Visits Scalable and Sustainable

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COVID Accelerates Digital-First Strategy at Two Systems

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