As social media becomes more ingrained into our lives, it takes on greater importance for everyone – especially organizations and brands. When a crisis occurs, social media becomes a big player in communication efforts. How an organization handles a crisis can have a lasting effect on that organization.

After years of complaints and requests for change, Twitter has finally acquiesced and increased the per-Tweet character minimum to 280. For those of us who have difficulty being concise, this is a godsend. However, how will this affect your Twitter strategy?

You’ve put a lot of thought and effort into your website. It looks great. But then you start looking at the metrics. Why is your bounce rate so high?

What do you think hospitals will be like in the next decade? A group of 33 experts from around the world recently participated in a crowdsourcing simulation to imagine how rapidly-evolving technologies and demographic and economic changes might alter hospitals over the next 10 years.

After much planning and hard work, your organization’s new website is ready to be launched. Hallelujah! But wait – have you thoroughly vetted your relaunch plan? Did you include the search experience as part of your design?

Healthcare organizations are using mHealth strategies more and more as they seek to improve engagement with their patients. However, most of their mHealth efforts have focused on more clinical-related messaging, such as reminders for preventive care services, appointment reminders or providing health information. But mHealth messaging efforts can also be used to improve the bottom line.

Younger demographic groups are important to all marketing strategies, but don’t forget the older generations. Seniors are using social media, just not in the same way as millennials and Gen X. Marketers have used data from Pew Research Foundation to learn how to engage with seniors on social media.

What does Amazon have to do with healthcare? What Amazon has done to the retail sales industry with its digital presence is very similar to what telemedicine is doing to traditional healthcare providers via digital. Is your organization ready for the change?