2012 in review

Hi all, The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for my blog. Thanks to everyone that visited my blog post I appreciate the visits and the chance to share some of my thoughts around technology and Life Sciences. I will publish a plan in early January for the 2013 calendar year. Scroll Read More

Fresh start in 2011

By now everyone has gotten past their New Year’s resolutions and is picking up where they left off last year. So thinking about my  first blog post for 2011 I would like to cover the following areas: A look back at 2010 Maintaining momentum in 2011 The focus for the year Reviewing 2010 The nice Read More

Deriving “value” in today’s world of Social Media

The focus on this article is to help you find “value” through the use of social media tools. The idea came to me when I read the Community Pharm post entitled “Hindsight Is 20-20 But Foresight Is Critical.” In this article, the main idea was on the Pharmaceutical brand manager’s focus on budgeting. I want to discuss ways in which this budget can be applied to activities that ultimately add ‘value,’ and how you can find ways to apply social media tools to drive revenue your products.

Must read: Pharma and Healthcare Social Media Wiki

I came across a tweet from the Beaker blog about a Wiki on the use of social media tools for the industry. Well thanks to Jonathan Richman there is one place to find out who is using which Web 2.0 tools. Since I am coming up with a strategy for a new Life Sciences IT Read More

Why pay attention to Social Media?

Whether you are looking for ways to improve your business, or seeking your next job opportunity you’ll need to find time to leverage Social Media tools. I recently asked my LinkedIn network the following question: “What types of social media tools are you using (aside from LinkedIn)?” Choosing from ExecuNet, Twitter, Facebook, Xing, OtherI found Read More