Visiting Nurse Association of Greater St. Louis
Through over 100 years of serving the St. Louis region, VNA has addressed the health needs of people at all stages of life, providing a continuum of care from wellness programs to palliative care and end-of-life hospice service. While the brand was historically well-known and trusted, it lost visibility through a growing competitive environment.
THE PROJECT
VNA looked to our team to help them shape a new strategic direction and increase brand awareness. Our team worked with VNA leadership and staff to develop a clear strategy that would differentiate VNA in the region and communicate the benefits of its continuum of care approach.
A messaging-first approach
It was determined that we would build a campaign narrative upon on four key areas: subject-matter thought leadership, organizational news, patient testimonials and virtual event opportunities.
- Strengths and opportunities
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We identified VNA’s long history of service, which can be conveyed as trustworthy, as a major strength. Their convenient continuum of services focuses on their values as an organization which differentiates them from their clinical competitors.
These strengths were easily translatable into opportunities for VNA, such as generating leads for future care services from their diverse audience segments.
- Tone and voice
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Knowing the brand would need to speak to diverse audience segments, the tone and voice were set in the following terms:
- Knowledgeable
- Personable
- Understanding
- Compassionate
- Supportive
- Trustworthy
Digital marketing
To increase leads for VNA’s core services, including hospice and advanced illness management (palliative care), our team developed a digital strategy including SEM, social advertising and ad remarketing that targeted adult care influencers and referral sources. With digital marketing in place, we created lead-gen landing pages for services. The pages enabled us to collect visitor information and automate email sequences to educate interested users and address their needs throughout their decision-making process.
SEO + content marketing
To build brand awareness and authority in senior services throughout the region, our team developed a content marketing plan with articles and thought leadership blogs based on search keywords. Content topics targeted adult caregivers and patients seeking help and provider resources. Additionally, we developed thought leadership articles that shared new perspectives on advanced illness management, helping bring visibility to potential referral partners in the medical community.
VNA needed to increase awareness as a known and trusted provider. Magnetize not only helped VNA reclaim a strong brand position but increased its palliative care and hospice service census by a monthly average of 50% compared to the previous two years.
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