Data in Health Marketing

How targeting audiences using psychographic profiles should be done ethically

How targeting audiences using psychographic profiles should be done ethically

The last 10 years have seen an explosion in the use of data. What was once the preserve of academic institutions, laboratories and bookmakers, is now everywhere. For every good news story, there has been controversy. From alleged political hijacking of election campaigns to growing mistrust of marketing with social media, organisations need to ask themselves how they should be leveraging data. Ethical health brands need to take a lead

Google data insights suggest people want their cats to outlive their family.

Google data insights suggest people want their cats to outlive their family.

Despite their apparent arrogance and their dismissive attitudes, humans still love cats. They make movies about them, treat them like a member of the family and apparently love them so much they would rather they live longer than their own husband. Well, that is one interpretation of the data if you don’t analyse it through cognitive science…

Forget the Preventive Medicine industry, join the Carrot movement instead

Forget the Preventive Medicine industry, join the Carrot movement instead

If you took data insights at face value, you would have good reason to leave the Preventative Health industry faster than Usain Bolt can run the 100m. Using our digital ecosystem machines here at Antlerzz, we discovered there were approximately 210 Google searches for “preventative health” per month in the UK only. In comparison 40.5k confused people searched for “carrots”, seemingly unaware of what they are. If Carrots are this popular in comparison to Preventative Health, is it time to abandon the industry?

Segmentation of the market: Why your customers are not who you think they are.

Segmentation of the market: Why your customers are not who you think they are.

In an age of growing competition across the digital ecosystem, understanding the target user and your audience is becoming increasingly more important for organisations. Most organisations fail when building user personas. It’s not “what” people are that is important. It’s understanding the audience’s “why” that is crucial to understand.