Author: David Schultz

Introducing PersonaLAB™ by Media Logic

Introducing PersonaLAB™ by Media Logic

Marketers have used buyer personas for decades, but most are static and trapped in a slide deck. What if personas could talk back? What if you could ask them anything, any time, even at 11 p.m. the night before a big meeting? That question was the inspiration behind Media Logic’s PersonaLAB™, a new strategic tool […]

The Importance of Ethical Practices in Health Insurance Marketing

The Importance of Ethical Practices in Health Insurance Marketing

Over the past five years, aggressive marketing campaigns for Medicare Advantage plans have overwhelmed and confused consumers with sometimes-empty promises of extra benefits and no premiums. At Media Logic, we are confident that our regional health insurance clients have always played by the rules and treated prospects with respect. We take pride in our commitment to ethical marketing practices, and we know our clients do too.

5 Tweetable Bits of Advice That Still Stand Out After AHIP

5 Tweetable Bits of Advice That Still Stand Out After AHIP

One of the common themes of AHIP Institute’s 2015 conference in Nashville earlier this month was all the talk about innovation. However, most of what we’re continuing to think about – and determined to put into practice – has to do with a few provocative bits of sound advice we picked up in the sessions we attended.

UnitedHealth “Doubles Down” on Retail Clinics with Purchase of MedExpress

UnitedHealth “Doubles Down” on Retail Clinics with Purchase of MedExpress

While many insurers may feel like they only need to survive marketplace trends (like consumer focus on savings and convenience), others intend to take up the challenge of capitalizing on industry disruption. For UnitedHealth, the nation’s largest insurer, one way to create opportunity in today’s market is with retail clinics.

What Payers and Providers Should Know About the CVS Name Change

What Payers and Providers Should Know About the CVS Name Change

It would be easy to dismiss the decision by CVS Caremark to change its name to CVS Health as part of a publicity stunt. After all, they tied it in with the announcement that they would be removing all tobacco products from their retail stores, which – as expected - garnered a boatload of valuable media coverage. But that would be a mistake. Especially for payers and providers.

Healthcare Start-Up Oscar: Good Press, Bad Publicity

Healthcare Start-Up Oscar: Good Press, Bad Publicity

Has Oscar been focused so much on the technology piece that it forgot the people piece? Will it be able to overcome these kinds of customer experiences and build a viable and profitable membership base? If not, it wouldn’t be the first time that an early adopter and disruptor failed. Time will tell. And time is likely to bring additional disruptors to the industry, as well.