Tech Trends

The healthcare industry in Asia is predicted to reach USD 2.21 trillion in 2018. Given the potential and the stakes involved, marketers need to pay close attention and adapt to changes in the industry by simplifying and digitally communicating niche and highly specialized information to patients. To practice what we preach, here are three simple ways to start rethinking your healthcare strategy digitally:   1. Go Visual: In order for healthcare professionals to convey highly specialized information to consumers, multimedia and visual tools specifically, are the key to health literacy.…

[caption id="attachment_1670" align="aligncenter" width="2998"] Source: We Are Social’s Social, Digital & Mobile in APAC in 2014 report[/caption] Asia-Pacific covers over half the world’s active social media users, so it’s no wonder many businesses invest in social media. However, with technology advancing and social media networks competing for a bigger piece of the pie in the social space, it is crucial not to put all your eggs in one basket and safeguard brand visibility – make your website or blog the center of your brand’s online universe. Sarah Skerik, PR Newswire’s vice president…

The blending of paid content into newspapers or magazines in a way that can be difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish from independently reported stories – took a landmark step in US media this January when the New York Times greeted readers with a digital redesign and, to greater buzz, the launch of a “paid posts” feature, a variation of what is more frequently referred to as “native advertising”. While native advertising is by no means a new trend, many journalists and media watchers reacted to the Times’ move with…

Brands spend a lot of time and resources creating news and branded content, surprisingly some of these news-worthy content are just sitting on their websites. Of course not all news are suitable for wider distribution, that is why you have to plan and strategize what goes further than your owned channels, and what doesn’t. That’s a topic for another blog post, but if you do want to distribute your news, what should you be considering? 1. Surfacing content in a sea of information With a growing number of social media…

  Going the safe route with your press releases does little to separate your release from the countless thousands of others going out each day. The proven, safe way lacks innovation, while shaking things up a bit by including QR codes in marketing materials can reap massive benefits. While you don’t have to create the world’s largest QR code, you can still effectively utilize one by plugging it into a press release. Invented a bit before their time, QR codes didn’t make much of an impact at first, but they…