Holiday Advertising – The Best of the Best

The holiday season is in full effect. With the COVID-19 pandemic still impacting bottom lines, business owners face tough decisions regarding the allocation of advertising budgets throughout the year. Never fear, the experts are here with some holiday advertising advice and a rundown of our 5 favorite holiday ads of 2021. Trim a Tree, Not …

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Diversity in Trial Recruitment: Targeting Diverse Populations

[by: Carissa McCall, BS] In today’s world, we are surrounded by the need for diversity in all settings. One place where diversity should not be overlooked is in clinical trials. The reality is that medical conditions don’t discriminate. Medical diseases and conditions may affect all people differently, but they still can affect anyone. For this …

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IRB Review: An important part of the clinical trial process

IRB approvals. Although most of us dread the process of submission, edits, resubmission and waiting for approval, IRB review is a very important step in the clinical trial process. An IRB, or Institutional Review Board, is meant to protect the rights and welfare of human research participants by ensuring that recruitment materials (among other things) …

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The Best Place to Hide a Dead Body is Page Two of Google

[by: Brandy Haslam, MBA] 93% of all buying decisions start with an online search.  Where is your website showing up? There is a quote I read a few years back that if you ever want to hide a dead body, the best place is on page two of a Google search. I’m not sure about you, but …

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Holiday Marketing: Go, Go, Go.

[by: Amanda Midence] The holidays are amazing! Filled with great food, family reunions and all the shopping you’ve been putting off. Your inbox is jam-packed with emails, coupons, promotions and holiday greeting cards. It’s safe to say that your patients’ inbox looks the same. Your site’s budget is competing with million-dollar campaigns, and you might be …

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Ho Ho Holiday No-Shows: Tips to decrease missed appointments

[by: Amanda Midence] Decorations are up, and the holiday spirit is in the air! You have the next month jammed packed with family gatherings, dinners, and shopping and so do your patients. No-shows are already a concern at most sites and during the holidays, it can sometimes become a common occurrence as patients are traveling, …

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Ghost, Goblins and Clinical Trials

by: Brandy Haslam, MBA Halloween is a time for haunted houses, ghost and goblins, scary stories and terrifying clown movies. We love scaring ourselves. That exhilarating feeling we get from the best haunted houses and scariest movies is something we don’t often get the rest of the year. I personally love haunted houses and make …

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Instant Message Marketing Is Here: Are You Ready?

[by: Amanda Midence, BBA] Messaging apps are becoming a phenomenon around the world. Everybody texts to some extent and messaging apps present the perfect medium to be expressive and connect with people from around the world. According to a recent report, WhatsApp has more than one billion active users per month and the app is …

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A BLOG? But why?

[by: Amanda Midence] You are a site, and you focus on research and bettering people’s lives. Why should you spend your time blogging? Isn’t that for millennials and avocado toast reviews?  Nope. Think of blogs as a way of updating your website on a regular basis. You can’t re-arrange or re-create your website every week …

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A good first impression through social media

By: Amanda Midence Think about the last time you met someone new at a barbecue, networking event, or the office. Within the first 5 seconds, you created an idea of what the person is like and decided if they were trustworthy. The same idea stands for the online world. Potential patients go online, search, find …

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