Comments on: In health care, social media requires strategy http://www.vantageclinicalsolutions.com/blog/2009/06/04/in-health-care-social-media-requires-strategy/ Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tannus Quatre PT, MBA http://www.vantageclinicalsolutions.com/blog/2009/06/04/in-health-care-social-media-requires-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-10067 Tannus Quatre PT, MBA Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:56:38 +0000 http://www.vantageclinicalsolutions.com/blog/?p=816#comment-10067 Thanks for your comments Barbara. I agree that social media with the purpose of finding employment as a clinician (PT, MD, DDS, etc.) is not the primary benefit. For the purpose of connecting with a market audience however, social media such as Twitter, Facebook, and even LinkedIn play an important role. There are many ways in which engaging your audience through these channels can be quite simple, and require little, if any time on the part of the clinicial or private practice. In an effort to find efficient and cost-effective means to connect with an audience, it's here that the real benefit lies. Tannus Thanks for your comments Barbara. I agree that social media with the purpose of finding employment as a clinician (PT, MD, DDS, etc.) is not the primary benefit. For the purpose of connecting with a market audience however, social media such as Twitter, Facebook, and even LinkedIn play an important role. There are many ways in which engaging your audience through these channels can be quite simple, and require little, if any time on the part of the clinicial or private practice. In an effort to find efficient and cost-effective means to connect with an audience, it’s here that the real benefit lies.

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]]> By: Barbara Boucher, PT, PhD http://www.vantageclinicalsolutions.com/blog/2009/06/04/in-health-care-social-media-requires-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-10021 Barbara Boucher, PT, PhD Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:45:43 +0000 http://www.vantageclinicalsolutions.com/blog/?p=816#comment-10021 Excellent advice, Tannus. My decisons regarding online presence have been deliberate also. Sustaining my blog is my priority right now. However, I follow a few people's twitters (tweets?) online without twittering myself. My small presence on LinkedIn is not yet more than a sideline online portal - similar to my presence on Wellsphere (how I found you). Finding work as a therapist, as you well know, is not too hard. So the networking-for-employment mission of LinkedIn hardly speaks to me. Excellent advice, Tannus. My decisons regarding online presence have been deliberate also. Sustaining my blog is my priority right now. However, I follow a few people’s twitters (tweets?) online without twittering myself. My small presence on LinkedIn is not yet more than a sideline online portal – similar to my presence on Wellsphere (how I found you). Finding work as a therapist, as you well know, is not too hard. So the networking-for-employment mission of LinkedIn hardly speaks to me.

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