We’ve taken a look into the future to bring you our predictions relating to the world of health, medicine, and technology in 2017: VR/AR will be big at trade shows this yearIn our experience doing market research for our clients, one thing is clear: physicians like getting their hands on new tools and new technologies […]
What’s in a name?
A few years ago, I became pregnant with my first child. Amidst the joy, anxiety, nesting, and doctor’s appointments lay another task—thinking of a name for this person! At first we made light of the situation, thinking of every silly name we could (I expect that most celebrities stop at this phase of the process). […]
Duplicated: Best MedTech Advertising of 2016 – [#1062]
Start with research. Pharma ads are often researched ad nauseum – but only to ‘pick’ a final concept. Instead turn the sequence around and start with research with the primary target. True voice of customer research looks at the customers needs, their thoughts, feelings, attitudes and beliefs. Make sure that your research focuses both on what […]
Best MedTech Advertising of 2016
As we close in on the end of 2016, we feel so honored to have contributed to the success of so many cutting-edge new devices. We’ll let you in on a little secret about us: we love medical technology. Ok, maybe you knew that already, but the reason we love it so much is that […]
Pharma Brand Ad Spending Compared to Google Searches
By now, most everyone has seen Coyne College’s map of the most searched-for pharma brands in the US — it has shown up everywhere from Fierce Pharma to r/dataisbeautiful. But, here at The Matchstick Group, we were curious: does this map reflect these brands’ advertising spending? The answer, surprisingly, is no. When comparing the top brands on the map to […]
Cross Reference Tool for Stealing Competitive Share
When it comes time to steal share from the competition, it’s important for your sales team – and your customers know exactly how to switch to your product. Sometimes that’s simple – swap Heinz for Hunts in the grocery aisle. But when it comes to switching medical device products, things get a little more complicated. […]
Three Ways Marketers Can Differentiate Themselves
I can’t think of a single product, service or technology that doesn’t have some sort of competition. Even high tech medical devices that might be otherwise be considered first entrants or category creators still have to differentiate themselves from the competition. When marketers are developing their competitive marketing strategy they take these three types of competitors […]
5 Steps for Better Marketing Metrics [Infographic]
“If you don’t know where you are going,you’ll end up someplace else.” -Yogi Bera For med device marketers, getting clarity on your marketing metrics is a great step to ensure that you’re achieving your marketing objectives. But how exactly can you ensure that you’re creating truly meaningful metrics? We have put together a 5-step infographic to show […]
Med Tech Companies Take On International Women’s Day
Yesterday, March 8th was International Women’s Day in case you missed it. It’s a day aimed at inspiring women, celebrating their achievements and advocating for bigger and better things in the future. This year several Med Tech companies supported International Women’s Day in a variety of ways. Here are a couple of our favorites: Johnson […]