If you work with a hospital or health system, the most important section of your website is likely the provider directory. In fact, in an unofficial ranking of 50 of Perficient’s recent hospital website implementations, we found that, aside from the homepage, the provider directory is the most visited section and one of the most […]
Content Marketing
Empathy and Intent: Leveraging Customer Insights for High-Performing Content
The paths your audiences use to engage with content, make decisions, and buy are becoming increasingly complex. It’s never been more important to let people shop when, how, and where they want. But how do you know what customers want? And how can you create content that engages and drives them to purchase? We recommend […]
4 Direct-to-Consumer Ecommerce Strategies To Drive Sales and Loyalty in Pharma and Med Device
Today’s customers and patients crave and expect both personalized and convenient shopping experiences. And when given those experiences, consumers tend to buy and be more loyal because there’s less friction in the buying journey. It’s a recipe for direct-to-consumer (DTC) business models to thrive… “Seven in 10 (69%) of Americans made at least one purchase […]
Preparing for HCIC 2021
It’s time for the Healthcare Internet Conference (HCIC), reconvening in person Nov. 2-4, 2021, at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Resort. The HCIC experience aims to help healthcare teams refocus marketing and digital efforts while lifting up their team and organization after a tough year. The 25th Annual Healthcare Internet Conference is the premier Fall forum […]
How Taxonomy Connects Healthcare Consumers With Content
We’ve all been spoiled by how easy Amazon and other leading e-commerce leaders have made it for us to find related items when we browse their websites. If I’m searching for a pair of shoes or a blender but not finding the exact item I want, I can often find related items that the site […]
Perficient Interviewed for Forrester Report: Rethink Brand And Performance Media
Today’s customer is unwilling to endure poor, disjointed experiences. As many as one-third of consumers will walk away from a brand after only one bad experience (PwC). To retain current customers and continue acquiring new ones, companies need to prioritize the customer’s needs and expectations. This reframing must extend across the organization, but one critical […]
Kaizen Evolution of Your Healthcare Website
In this blog series, we explore experience design for the patient and member journey. Strategy to Improve Digital Experiences in Healthcare Continuous Change, Always Consumer-Centered Designing and creating content for a website is not a one-and-done deal. It’s an ever-evolving venture. Your website is your largest and most expensive marketing tool – you’d be remiss […]
Content Creation Tips for Healthcare Marketers
In this blog series, we explore experience design for the patient and member journey. Strategy to Improve Digital Experiences in Healthcare Patient- and Member-Centered Content and Experience Design A hallmark of poorly-considered healthcare content is the tendency to create definition-based pages in isolation of one another. Before you write a word, make sure you understand […]
Reach and Engage Healthcare Consumers
Healthcare marketers want to “Wow” – to help their consumers, teams, and organizations thrive. But they often tell us that they’re struggling to make it happen. While marketers and experience leaders have big goals, the work of connecting all the dots – the data, insights, and integrated tools that drive meaningful, personalized connections – may […]
Build Winning Healthcare Site Experiences + Keep Internal Stakeholders Happy
In this blog series, we explore experience design for the patient and member journey. Strategy to Improve Digital Experiences in Healthcare Lead With Data Marketing teams often feel the urge to create navigation or journey structures based on departmental structures. Often, services are promoted based on internal seniority instead of what is most meaningful or […]
Sitecore Branch Templates for Content Authors
Branch Templates have been around in Sitecore for several versions (officially called Branch Templates since Sitecore 6, I believe). And even looking at Sitecore Branch Template documentation, you will notice that it is specifically set under the Developer section. However, in my experience and once development creates the page template, a content author is completely […]
AEM Content Services: Using Sling and Node APIs to Provide Asset collections – Part 2
In part 1 of this series, I discussed a method for getting AEM Asset Collection items into the JSON representation of a page. This uses the Sling model + HTL component pattern to obtain the collection items and display their values in the JSON, based on asset type. Specifically, the Sling model enables the JSON […]