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Building a Brand Journalism Team: Michael Yoder

It started with a desire to connect with people via social media and platforms like LinkedIn. As a result of his early adopter experience, Michael Yoder ended up at Spectrum Health guiding the digital communications efforts. One of his major projects  involves working with communications, marketing and social media ambassadors to develop and execute a detailed content plan. He has helped Spectrum Health transition from a traditional communications department to a Brand Journalism team.

Follow our conversation below:

Michael Yoder00:00 Introduction
01:18 Michael Yoder – Spectrum Health
01:43 Michael’s background
04:00 Brand Journalism
05:11 Traditional news coverage
05:44 Intense competition to be “first”
07:10 How will the transition impact the team
08:20 “News jacking”
09:06 Creating a digital newsroom
13:25 Technology tools – Kapost
14:40 Sign-off process
16:00 How did the digital transition come about?
18:19 How does the team manage content assignments?
30:50 LinkedIn strategy
32:50 Hospitals lagging behind in Showcase Pages
25:10 LinkedIn thought leadership
26:10 LinkedIn analytics
27:00 Publishing daily
27:30 LinkedIn publishing platform
30:09 Getting physicians involved
30:40 Using analytics to create content – Brandwatch
33:30 Elevating communication
34:20 Social Media Tip: Ahava Leibtag of Aha Media. Use 4 pillar topics for content development
35:12 Closing remarks

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Content Strategy for Healthcare

Meet Ahava Leibtag – Content strategist, writer, website consultant. Ahava  is President of Aha Media Group. She has worked in healthcare digital consulting with clients such as Johns Hopkins Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Georgetown University Hospital. She also has an uncanny ability to make sense of complex topics like healthcare and government. We discussed content strategy, getting the C -Suite on board and healthcare marketing. To catch the segments of our conversation, check the time stamp content below.

The Digital Crown00:00 Introduction
00:50 Meet Ahava Leibtag
01:35 Mayo Clinic Social Media Residency
02:12 “Content is King”
02:46 Confusing Content and Delivery
03:00 Three parts of content development
04:19 Strategy meeting
04:40 Profit is not a dirty word
05:34 Karl Marx on “value”
06:40 Three Types of content
07:25 Health libraries
08:05 Market differentiation
11:02 Don’t tell the lawyers
12:15 What are you trying to accomplish?
14:35 C-Suite involvement
16:49 Social media metrics
20:35 New media is not different
20:35 Dandelion websites
22:40 Content audit
23:10 Physicians online: Dr. Kevin Pho, @Doctor_V, Dr. Anonymous
24:10 Mama Doc Blog: Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson
29:29 Social Media Tip: Theresa Meyers, St. Criox Hospice

Visit our resources page for more valuable (and free!) resources on social media and digital health:

Ahava Leibtag’s LinkedIn profile

Resources from Aha Media Group:

Creating Valuable Content

7 Unbreakable Rules of Content Strategy

The Digital Crown: Winning at Content on the the Web