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The Revenue-Ready Marketing Playbook, Part 4: How a Shared Playbook Across Sales and Marketing Unlocks Value

Fri, May 2, 2025 | Posted by Jyotsna Makkar

This is Part 4 of the Revenue-Ready Marketing Playbook, a 4-part series for mid-market CEOs who want marketing to move the needle.

You’ve got a sharp Marketing team. An experienced Sales leader. Solid product-market fit. And yet, the customer experience feels disjointed.

Campaigns generate leads that go quiet after handoff. Sales calls start from scratch, even when prospects have engaged with marketing content. Messaging shifts between touchpoints and the onboarding experience doesn’t match what was sold.

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Winning the Budgeting Game in Healthcare Marketing, Part One

Thu, Oct 10, 2024 — In today's competitive healthcare landscape, securing and effectively utilizing marketing budgets is crucial for success. However, traditional budgeting methods may not be sufficient today as the industry shifts from sales-heavy to marketing-focused strategies, and a plethora of data and analytics become available to help measure goal attainment. I recently spoke with Scott Alexander from Jairus Marketing about smart budgeting in today’s healthcare industry. We talked about how today’s budgets are complex, data-driven decision-making processes compared to the arbitrary and unscientific budget exercises of the past. Winning the budgeting game in healthcare requires understanding regulatory concerns, operational considerations, and clinical/hospital systems as critical pieces of the value analysis equation.

Healthcare Marketing: Getting Your Value Propositions Right, Part 2

Thu, Oct 3, 2024 — My last blog featured highlights from a recent conversation with Jairus Marketing CEO Scott Alexander. This conversation spotlighted the long-reaching benefits of compelling value propositions in healthcare marketing. For the second half of this topic, let’s explore how tailoring value propositions to specific audiences is essential for success in healthcare.

Healthcare Marketing: Getting Your Value Propositions Right

Wed, Sep 25, 2024 — As a healthcare marketing specialist, I know how challenging it can be to articulate your value to your target customers. I often see what people think are effective value propositions, but they're just sales-based marketing buzzwords that require a dictionary, an encyclopedia, or a concordance to understand. I recently spoke with Scott Alexander, CEO of Jairus Marketing, an innovative healthcare marketing firm that tactically helps healthcare companies build brand awareness, market demand, and sales opportunities.

Harnessing AI and Digital Marketing: A Competitive Edge for Healthcare and Life Sciences – Part Two

Thu, Sep 19, 2024 — Our last blog discussed how artificial intelligence can be a competitive difference-maker for companies in the healthcare and life sciences industries. As we continue the conversation, we will highlight the importance of AI in the social media marketing landscape, especially how AI is re-imagining traditional content creation and audience targeting strategies.

Harnessing AI and Digital Marketing: A Competitive Edge for Healthcare and Life Sciences – Part One

Wed, Sep 11, 2024 — In today’s dynamic business landscape, the healthcare, life sciences, and health tech sectors are undergoing rapid transformation driven by digital innovation. Social media and digital marketing have emerged as indispensable tools, enabling organizations to enhance efficiency, drive competitiveness, and engage with stakeholders in unprecedented ways. However, balancing innovation with strict adherence to regulatory compliance is crucial. As an industry expert with deep experience guiding companies through digital evolution, I see tremendous opportunities for leveraging these tools to gain a strategic edge.

Navigating the Choppy Waters of Recession: A Healthcare Marketing Survival Guide

Thu, Feb 22, 2024 — As the dark clouds of economic recession gather on the 2024 horizon, healthcare companies must brace for the choppiness ahead. It's no secret that the healthcare sector, once deemed recession-proof, now faces the stark reality of financial strain, with more than half of hospitals already operating in the red. This alarming statistic not only signifies the urgency for change but also beckons a strategic pivot in how healthcare entities approach marketing.

Are you Ready for the Next Senior Living Crisis | Part 4

Tue, Jun 6, 2023 — Convert More Prospects to Residents Getting new residents and their families to become aware of and consider your senior living facility is neither easy nor cheap to do – which is why it’s absolutely critical to converting as many of those who contact you as possible.

Are you Ready for the Next Senior Living Crisis | Part 3

Tue, May 23, 2023 — Make Local Digital Marketing Your Secret Advantage If you’ve been with us throughout this blog series, by now you have a greater understanding of the broader market forces that challenge your senior living business and some of the measures you can take to be one step ahead of the competition.

Are you Ready for the Next Senior Living Crisis | Part 2

Tue, May 16, 2023 — Use Insights to Uncover Your Unique Value If you believe that the best measure of your senior facility’s competitive advantage is signed contracts – this blog is for you Beyond the rent checks and smiling faces of the residents you see each day lies a treasure trove of insights that can guide your marketing and communications today, tomorrow, and into a competitive future. When your unique value is clear and relevant to prospects, they are more likely to choose you over your competition.

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