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Key findings from our industry experts.
Key findings from our industry experts.
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Do Salespeople Have a Role in Marketing?
Sales reps are an essential element of the life science marketing mix — even though scientists say they get most of their information from colleagues and catalogs. In our market we’ve been told by scientists that Fisher Scientific, Invitrogen, Bio-Rad have the best-trained, most effective sales forces. Sales reps play an important role in informing […]
Direct Mail Still an Important Part of the Mix
Sorry for the long time between posts…it’s been a busy week here at BioInformatics, LLC . Of special note, I was invited to make a presentation of another major life science supplier and discuss many of the topics presented here in this blog. I was struck yet again by how few of those present were […]
The Power of Positioning
I’m going to take a break here from what was supposed to be a sequential exploration of the media available to life science marketers and the influence of Highly Engaged scientists. I’ll get back to that in a few day but wanted to point out that my company has just released a fascinating series of […]
Websites and Life Science Marketing
Last time I wrote about the enduring role of the print catalog in the marketing mix. Now let’s turn to the Web. We know from our research that 68% of scientists spend one to two hours per week visiting vendor Web sites. (No surprise, Highly Engaged scientists spend more than 2 hours online looking for […]
Catalogs in the Marketing Mix
Well, I had hoped to add some images to my post today but apparently I haven’t yet evolved to that level of blogger sophistication. Next time. Maybe. Every year we ask scientists what are the most common ways they learn about vendors and their products. As in past years, catalogs were cited by the 62% […]
Informing and Influencing Scientists
Late last year, we asked over 1,000 scientists what would convince you to purchase a product from a supplier you’ve never used before. The most commonly cited motivators was a recommendation from co-workers (66%) which underscores the importance of strong branding in attracting new customers. Scientists, like most consumers, also enjoy getting items at no […]
What Makes Highly Engaged Scientists Different?
Highly Engaged life scientists seek out information for themselves. They aren’t bound to or reliant upon colleague recommendations. Instead, they require “first-person” or “hands on” information about the products they use, or may use in the future. They don’t necessarily believe everything you tell them via marketing materials, but they want to know what you’re […]
Classifying scientists by Media Engagement
In my last post, I explained that we created a “media engagement score” for scientists based upon the frequency of 7 key behaviors: Evaluating or purchasing a new product Referencing a printed catalog Registering at a vendor Web site Seeking more information in response to direct mail Meeting with sales representatives Seeking more information in […]
Introducing Media Engagement
Sorry for the gap between posts. I was invited to speak to the marketing team of a large life science supplier embarking on a major re-branding initiative. I’m a great believer in applying market research in multiple ways including corporate training. My hosts were very gracious and had many questions about how scientists react to […]
NY Times on the Oligo Market
There’s an interesting article in today’s New York Times on the growth gene synthesis companies. I’m happy to report our very own Tamara Zemlo was interviewed for the article and our 2006 report on the oligo market was cited. In that report, we estimated the size of the oligo market to be around $700 million […]