Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Pharma People Pioneers-Personal Accounts-Social Marketing-Pharma Companies-Novo Nordisk

Pharma People Pioneers on Pinterest

I have been keeping track of pharmaceutical employees who have personal accounts on Twitter for over a year (see "More Pharma Social Media Pioneers Recognized"). There are currently 105 people on the list (find it here).
I do this for several reasons:

  1. to see if the people who "talk the talk" of pharma social media actually "walk the walk" (only 40% of pharma people who have taken my Social Marketing Readiness Self-Assessment personally use social media "frequently; fill out the assessment here and see more results),

  2. to keep track of how these pioneers are using social media, and

  3. to help me communicate with them (it's often impossible to reach them via email or by phone).
A majority of these pioneers have LinkedIn accounts for professional use and probably many also have Facebook pages. While I also keep track of pharma pioneer LinkedIn pages, I generally do not bother to peer into their personal lives that they may chronicle on personal Facebook pages.
Recently, I've been interested in Pinterest for my own use and started searching for pharma companies who have Pinterest accounts (see "Should Pharma Ponder Pinterest? Novo Nordisk Is!" and "Pharma Pinterest Update: Bayer US Pins, Novo Nordisk Depins!"). Yesterday, however, I received an email notice from Pinterest that Craig DeLarge, Director, Healthcare Professional Relationship Marketing at Novo Nordisk, who liked my pin "Charlie Kimball, Novo Nordisk, and Me Make Up. http://bit.ly/kjIAH." (This link is to the blog post in which that pin/image appears.)
Craig has a very interesting Pinterest page (here) that includes the following "boards" (ie, categories of images):
  • Places I've Been
  • Brands I Love (Live)!
  • Health
  • Wisdom
  • eMarketing
  • Social Media
  • Politics
Craig likes some of the brands I like, including BMW, Movado (watches), and Apple ("Apple MacBook Air My latest tech crush"). Novo Nordisk, of course, is also on his list of brands that he likes and obviously lives by.
I was also interested in what Craig pinned on his "Politics" board, especially this one about Mitt Romney:
Source: a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net via Craig on Pinterest
I've learned a lot about Craig DeLarge in a very short time via the images he has posted to his [emphasis]personal[end emphasis] Pinterest page. While Facebook also now is very visually focused, it takes me longer on Facebook to discover a person's true beliefs and interests than it does on Pinterest. As they say, an image is worth a thousand words.
I searched Pinterest for other pharma people social media pioneers on my list, but found only 2 others: Kevin Nalty, Consumer Product Director, Psychiatry, Janssen, and Brad Pendergraph, Manager, Consumer Digital & Social Engagement at Novartis (recently or soon to be laid off). These people -- and Craig -- are among the most followed pharma people on Twitter, so it makes sense that they would lead the way on Pinterest.
I look forward to finding more pharma people/social media pioneers on Pinterest. In fact, I think I will start a new board on my Pinterest page dedicated to "repins" from pharma people (I already have one for repins from pharma companies). read more..

Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Non-Profit Organization-Globe Newswire-Facebook

Pathways.org Launches Tummy Time Contests on Facebook

CHICAGO, April 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pathways.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of early detection and intervention therapy for children with sensory, communication, and motor delays, announced the launch of its new Facebook campaign. The organization will begin running bi-monthly Tummy Time contests on Facebook to engage new and expectant parents and grandparents and share the importance of detecting early motor delays. (Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE)) read more..

Sunday, 8 April 2012

Pfizer Announced Plans-Pfizer, Social Media -Personal Technology-Clinical Trial

Pfizer, Social Media "Clinical Trials: Lipset Explains

Last year, Pfizer announced plans to run the first clinical trial to allow patients to participate from home by using computers and smartphones instead of going to a clinic or doctor’s office. The idea was to create a model for saving money that will rely on personal technology to more easily recruit patients and monitor [...] read more..

Thursday, 5 April 2012

Product Development-Doug Hirsch-Pharmacist-Facebook

Shopping For Drugs

When Doug Hirsch turned 40, he made a list of things he wanted to do before he died. Sounds dramatic, but at Facebook where Hirsch once worked in product development, being 40 is apparently like pushing 100. So he booked a series of doctor appointments to make sure he had a clean bill of health. His dermatologist gave him a prescription, which he took to a Walgreens on Wilshire Blvd in Santa Monica, but politely walked out when he saw the $612 sticker. A few blocks away at Rite Aid, the pharmacist told him rudely not to waste his time asking for prices. Hirsch made one last attempt at CVS, where the pharmacist quoted him $416. It was still very expensive, and he walked out the door, ready to give up the medication altogether, when the pharmacist came running after him, and told him he coul... read more..