Generation Z is between 10-24 years old and comprises 33% of the world’s population. They are the next generation of consumers, patients, patient advocates, and industry leaders for the healthcare industry. Gen Z should be a focal point for how healthcare marketing...
COVID-19 Can Change Consumer Opinion, Behavior on Alcohol and Cannabis
Cannabis sales rise during COVID-19 pandemic Bar, restaurant and tasting room closures, as well as safety concerns because of COVID-19, have dramatically decreased the number of consumers going out, which is reducing demand and sales of on-premise alcohol. As more...
2020 Sparks Company DEI Initiatives—What’s Next?
As communicators and public relations professionals, we are strategists and experts across many fields. During this unprecedented year, many of our efforts have been redirected to help our clients navigate the global COVID-19 pandemic. While it’s important to address...
Marketing Tactics that Win in Today’s Environment
In the span of a few months, COVID-19 has brought years of unprecedented change in the way companies operate their businesses and consumers live their lives. Marketers and businesses are racing to meet target audiences' needs as we're entering the "new normal" of this...
COVID-19 Shifts Social Influencer Marketing – We Talked to the Experts
To pinpoint changing social trends caused by COVID-19, Quinn Thomas conducted in-depth interviews with over 20 online influencers. In particular, we gauged shifts in traffic, engagement, and which types of content have been the most and least popular. Our top three...
Healthcare Communications Solutions in the COVID-19 Landscape
There is no modern-day precedent to inform how organizations should respond to the impact of COVID-19. From the federal government to local hospitals and clinics, we’re all writing the playbook as we go. After a few months of intense work for our healthcare clients,...
Strengthening Your Remote Workforce During COVID-19
Here at QT, I’ve become accustomed to working in our well-equipped office, having impromptu brainstorm sessions with my fantastic colleagues, and traveling around the Pacific Northwest to support our stellar roster of local clients. In the wake of COVID-19, most of...
Event Canceled? The Show Can Go On With a Virtual Fair Website
As the country works to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by suspending events and gatherings, Virtual Fair websites are a lesser known solution to help companies and organizations get information to the masses – without the traditional in-person experience. What is a...
The Fifth Trimester: Returning to Work After Maternity (and Paternity) Leave
I recently had a superb collision of events—the week I returned from maternity leave one of my coworkers suggested we go to a talk by author and founder of The Fifth Trimester, Lauren Smith Brody. The Fifth Trimester is a movement to help businesses and parents work...
Interview with an Online Influencer: Five Tips for Marketers to Ace Collabs
PR professionals and marketers are accustomed to industry evolution. This is especially true in media relations. Long gone are the days of simply drafting a press release, writing a killer pitch, and hoping a key reporter writes a story about an exciting announcement...
Four Stellar Questions to Ask During Your Next Job Hunt
As my summer internship with Quinn Thomas draws to a close and I look toward the next step in my career, I’ve learned there’s one part of the interview process that can have a significant impact on how the hiring team looks at a candidate. While you may be focusing on...
A Guide to Building Unified Healthcare Messaging for Organizations
There is no industry more complex than healthcare. Often times, a healthcare communicator can find themselves in enough messages and proof points to boil the ocean. And too many messaging priorities can cause brand confusion and watered-down storytelling. We recently...
Healthcare Reactive Response Strategy: Do’s and Don’ts
As a healthcare PR professional, I guarantee that you’ll spend more time dealing with crisis communications than you would like. From natural disasters to high-profile patients, lawsuits, and everything in between, reporters will call often and sometimes just hours...
5 Tips To Simplify And Amplify Patient Health Care Stories
As communications professionals, it’s so easy to get lost in the technical aspects of healthcare that we often forget about the power of telling individual human stories, specifically those of patients. With the complex advancements in technology, data, and life...
Brand Strategy: Why Building Trust For Your Brand Matters
I have a very crude test for whether I trust a brand. When it comes to sharing my personal information with them, do I use my primary email or a junk email? Do I follow them on social media, or not? You may do this too, as most people have a way of protecting access...