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BlogWell Minneapolis Social Media Case Study: Mayo Clinic, presented by Lee Aase
1. How Big Brands Use Social Media
Minneapolis at General Mills | August 13, 2009
Lee Aase
Mayo Clinic
“Mayo Clinic Social Media Update:
Growth and New Applications”
2. Mayo Clinic Social Media Update:
Growth and New Applications
Blogwell MSP
Lee Aase
Manager, Syndication and Social Media
Mayo Clinic
August 13, 2009
3. Agenda
• Rapid recap of BlogWell Chicago
(see it at http://bit.ly/SKMwo)
• Sharing Mayo Clinic update
• Twitter Transformation
• Unique cost-saving “old media”
project facilitated by social media
launching this month
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4. Disclaimers
• These results not typical
• Use as directed
• Read and follow label directions
• Side effects may include vertigo, watery
eyes, crackberry thumb and iPhone
application addiction
• Social media tools are an essential part of a
balanced communications diet
• If insufficient media coverage persists,
consult your communications doctor
• Your mileage may vary
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7. Sources of Information Influencing
Preference for Mayo Clinic
Word of mouth 84
Stories in the media 57
MD recommendation 44
Advertising 27
Internet/Websites 26
Personal experience 24
Mailings to home 18
0 20 40 60 80 100
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14. Twitter Transformation for
@mayoclinic
• Started with Hippocratic approach
• Tweeting via RSS feed
• Started following, engaging Feb ’09
• @mayoclinic followers have
increased >400% in 6 months
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17. Enhancing Distribution of
Patient-Generated Content
• Alerted to interesting video of elderly
couple playing piano in Gonda atrium
• Embedded in Sharing Mayo Clinic,
posted to Facebook, Tweeted on 4/7/09
• Video had been seen 1,005 times in six
preceding months since upload
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36. Results
• More than 4.3 million views on YouTube
• More than 1.4 million views on Sharing
Mayo Clinic
• Before posting to Sharing Mayo Clinic:
1,000 views in six months
• After posting, Facebooking and
Tweeting: 5,000 views per hour
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39. Healthline becomes Medical Edge
Weekend
• Host is Mayo Clinic M.D. with 20
years local radio experience
• Previous syndication not feasible
• 1999: Unlikely profitable
• 2008: $20K/month unavailable
• Opportunity for creative application
of social media tools
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40. The MacGyver Syndication Plan
• Production continues at KROC-AM
• Segments delivered to affiliates as
mp3 files for next week’s broadcast
• Topic for live production posted to
blog, promoted via Twitter
• Listen live through audio stream
from flagship station
• Podcasts posted 9 days later
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41. Official Launch August 22
• Already a “win”: formerly local
program now internationally available
• Gradual growth is practical because
costs are nearly $0.00
• Unbridling a physician’s passion
• Significant new social media content
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