Interviewing a Sales Specialist at Innovare

Tom Campbell began his career at Innovare Medical Media in the Summer of 2018 and has been an integral part in the businesses success, growth and culture.  Innovare asked Tom to talk about his life at Innovare and life outside of the office.  Thanks Tom!

Tom, you came to the Innovare team in 2018 with a wealth of sales experience in healthcare and financial services.  Talk to us about your experience over the years transitioning to Hospital Placed Media sales.

My time at Prudential Financial Services afforded me the experience to become proficient in business management, talent recruitment, healthcare, and insurance & financial service needs. Having been in management with three satellite offices, I gained an understanding of wealth accumulation, wealth protection and healthcare services. Budgeting, strategic planning, marketing strategies and business planning were some of my prior responsibilities. Transitioning to Innovare Medical Media allowed me to use my experiences, while having a career, (not just a job) and it gave me the ability to work with a product/service that I strongly believe in.  With Innovare, I’ve been given the opportunity to provide a marketing strategy that is uniquely different to a demographic that I believe separates a client from the rest of the competition.

In 2018, I was looking for an opportunity to have a career in a large corporation. Having been in sales and betting on my ability to perform while being a “spoke in someone’s wheel”, I realized it was time for a change. Innovare Medical Media was just that, a Family-Owned Business with high growth in a healthcare field that is the fastest growing field in any business sector. After interviewing with the management team and listening to their vision and the opportunity that was in front of me, I was sure Innovare was where I wanted to be.

What most interests you about the Hospital Placed Media industry?

Hospital Placed Media (HPM) is a marketing eutopia. HPM provides advertising clients a demographic that includes Healthcare Professionals (high income earners) staff, and the communities they serve.  The concept of being branded on digital media allows for multiple messaging on-campus inside the Medical Centers.  I believe that this concept separates clients from others that are not utilizing HPM as Medical Centers provide a captive audience along with high traffic in high dwell areas.

What is your favorite part about being on the Innovare team?

Innovare, being a Family-Owned Business comes with a culture where ideas and thoughts are shared comfortably. Success and accomplishments are celebrated, and a winning TEAM environment exists!  The growth in the HPM industry provides regular excitement. Innovare is a great place to bet on yourself, bet on your peers, and have the support of management.

Talk to us a little about what goes on outside of your Innovare life.

Outside of working with Innovare, I am blessed to have a wife Nancy, with whom I’ve spent the last 40 years with.  Together, we share three beautiful children (Courtney, Caitlyn and Joseph) and two grandchildren (Aria & Sawyer). My wife and I enjoy going to dinner, taking in Broadway Shows and going to see a movie whenever possible. Our grandchildren keep us entertained and happy. One of the greatest gifts in life is being a grandparent! Aria swim’s competitive year-round on a U10 traveling swim team and Sawyer has launched his newfound love for soccer in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Both my wife and I are New York Giants football fans and New York Yankees baseball fans. You will find us at a few games watching loyally.

My personal motto: Be happy, be kind, love life, believe in a higher power and make money. That’s Life!

Hospital Placed Media – Programmatic Partnership Launch

Innovare Medical Media has chosen Vengo as its exclusive programmatic media partner. Hospitals are a unique place-based network in 24/7 high traffic, high dwell time environments. Reach an audience of affluent health care professionals to make an impact on a local level at scale. Innovare Medical Media will be available on all SSPs by year end, so make sure Hospital placed media is on your plan for 2023.  LinkedIn Post

 

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A Quote From Ballad Health

Innovare Medical Media and Ballad Health partnered in 2017 with 2 hospital facilities in Tennessee.  After initial success the partnership was expand to include another 8 Hospitals (in TN and VA) for a total of 10 Hospital facilities.  Tom, Tull, Vice-President and Chief Experience Officer from Ballad Health comments below on the partnership:

Innovare has been an outstanding partner in helping us to solve the issue of charging station availability. Families and staff alike enjoy the amenity, and the professional appearance of the stations are welcome addition to the environment. An added benefit is the extended partnerships that community businesses can enjoy through placing ads on the stations plus the ability to share in the revenues generated through advertising sales. Innovare is a model partner!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Strategic Internal Communications on Charging Stations

Getting the Word Out with Innovare

The Community Relations Team at Northwell Health has been creatively leveraging the Innovare signage network across the system to promote various scheduled events.  Innovare has installed large format digital charging solutions in busy waiting areas and cafeterias across Northwell Health.

Senior Director, of Corporate Community Relations – Western Region, Vincent Cunningham commented,

“Recently our team had limited enrollment for an upcoming event and decided to run content on the Innovare network to increase awareness.  As we promoted the sign up details for the event, in just a few days the event participation tripled.  These digital displays are installed in highly-visible locations at our hospitals and we were able to communicate the event successfully to patients, visitors, and staff.”

 

See what other Hospitals say about the Innovare showcase Program: HERE

See what Community Business Partners say about the Innovare showcase Program: HERE

Areas we Serve: HERE

 

Insurance Invests in OOH and Hospital Placed Media

Hospital Placed Media Ads for Health Insurance – Open Enrollment Awareness

Insurance is a segment of a top 10 industry category in OOH ad spend: Insurance & Real Estate. OOH ad spend for insurance, which includes medical, auto, homeowners, agencies and brokers, is down slightly (-8%) the first half of 2022, primarily due to decreased investment from agencies and brokers. However, the automobile, life, medical and dental insurance segments for OOH ad spend are up 33 percent January – June 2022.

The research also highlights the types of OOH ad messages most likely to engage consumers are those focused on benefits offered, pricing and promotions.

OAAA: Out of Home Advertising Association of America is the national trade association for the US OOH industry including all DOOH, billboards, transit, street, and place-based.

Geopath Member Spotlight | Innovare Medical Media

A conversation with Michael Ricciardi, Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Innovare Medical Media.

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Q: What was your path to Innovare?

Prior to co-founding Innovare Medical Media, I held various roles at Pfizer across sales, training, and marketing. Through a mutual friend, I was introduced to my now business partners, Mark, and Nick Lieberman.

Mark and his family owned and operated Interspace Airport Advertising, an airport media services company, which had concessions in over

200 airports worldwide – with about 150 airports here in North America and the rest positioned throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Central America. Interspace was a successful small media business and was sold to Clear Channel in 2006. Mark had stayed on for a few years, and meanwhile as I was finishing up my MBA and looking to explore new opportunities, our paths crossed.

A mutual friend introduced me to Mark and his son, Nick. They were looking to utilize the successful proprietary airport media model in another sector. Even though we didn’t previously know each other, we had similar interests and backgrounds. We began to pursue opportunities within the healthcare space (Hospital Placed Media) and in 2010, we started Innovare Medical Media (Innovare).

Q: What has driven your recent company success?

When we started in 2010, the initial months were extremely challenging. This entrepreneurial concept was new to hospitals. Nick and I were seeking to find the first hospital to give Innovare a chance and help pioneer this platform. In the beginning there were only three of us and Hospital Placed Media didn’t really exist, but in March of 2011, Winthrop-University Hospital in NY (now NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island) became Innovare’s first hospital partner. Two hospitals chose to partner with Innovare in 2011, then we grew to add five in 2012, slowly growing to 20 in 2013, paving the way to what is now 165 hospital partners and more than 400 digital screens across the country.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

What are Colleges & Universities Saying about HPM?

Education continues to utilize Hospital Placed Media (HPM) to reach their target audience!

Innovare Medical Media has been a cornerstone of our marketing efforts for several years now. We offer multiple healthcare programs and there is no better way to capture the attention of prospective students looking to further their education than through the digital placements offered through Innovare.  –  Brian Martin, Director of Graduate Admissions – Moravian University

Healthcare professionals are constantly seeking additional education to advance their careers, in addition to hospital and health system employees who may be looking to move up in their positions and seek out additional educational opportunities.  – Jan Kirsten – Executive Director of College Relations – Ocean County College

We are thrilled to report that in our latest campaign, we noticed an immediate impact and direct correlation to enrollment at the college. This even includes prospective students sending us a picture from their phone of our advertisement within weeks of installation. – Travis Smith, Director of Public Relations at SUNY Canton

Innovare Media has provided Rockhurst University with an impactful and strategic avenue to drive our message about healthcare degree opportunities available at our prestigious university in the heart of Kansas City. – Dave Hunt, Director of Marketing – Rockhurst University

Learn More about HPM Here!

Innovare’s Project Manager

Introducing Marianne Pish!

Marianne Pish, Innovare’s Project Manager, recently celebrated her 6th year working with Innovare where her job has evolved over the years. After on-boarding advertising clients in a graphics coordinating role for 4.5 years, Marianne pivoted to assist Innovare in on-boarding new hospitals across the country. Since starting this role, she has successfully onboarded over 30 new hospitals in a dozen states. This includes working diligently with hospital facilities teams, IT teams, and marketing departments to assure a seamless install. On Innovare’s side, Marianne works with our content management team, shipping/freight companies, product manufacturing vendors, contractors & installers, and our sales organization. Marianne is the glue that brings it all together and Innovare is lucky to have Marianne as an integral part of a great operations team!

Outside of work you’ll find Marianne at her home in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, with her husband, Jonathan, and two children; Roxanne and Jonny. Marianne loves the outdoors and camping with her family, she has a true passion for cooking, and is an avid Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives fan!

Right at Home Finds Value in Hospital Place Media

 

To Whom it May Concern,

Right at Home in Hillsborough, NJ believes there’s more to caring for people than just providing in-home assistance. You deserve a care partner that understands the course of your journey and will help navigate the road ahead. Whether it’s preparing a meal or providing 24-hour care, we will be there for you. Whether it’s helping with dressing and hygiene, providing medication reminders, or simply providing transportation to medical appointments, Right at Home’s dedicated caregivers will help you or your loved one navigate life.
To increase awareness of our brand, Right at Home looks to find customers when they are making significant life decisions about in- home care. Many of these decisions are made at the hospital after a significant event. Right at Home wants to be at the top of these family’s minds when they are making these extremely difficult decisions. This is exactly what Innovare Medical Media delivers: a point of care message delivery advertising platform.

We originally partnered with Innovare in 2011 and just recently in 2022 signed a 6-year extension for multiple locations at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Campus in Somerville, NJ. We are advertising in three locations to visitors, patients, and healthcare professionals (who I would add are heavy influencers of these decisions). There is no better place to advertise than at your local hospital. Most importantly, our business has experienced a strong return on investment from this platform and that is the very reason we made this long-term commitment.

Working with Innovare has been a tremendous success, and we look forward to the years to come of a strong partnership.
Kind regards,

Carl Kuebler

Innovare Partners with The Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME)

CAHME Reaches Healthcare Professionals Nationwide on 100+ LCD’s

 

Innovare Medical Media (Innovare) is thrilled to be partnering with The Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Innovare will be sponsoring two 4-week campaigns between September and December 2022, for CAHME to reach healthcare professionals nationwide. Through an accreditation process, CAHME actively promotes continuous improvement in the preparation of future healthcare leaders by developing measurable, competency-based criteria for excellence in healthcare management at leading universities around the globe. Ensuring the health of our communities depends on creative, knowledgeable and mission driven professionals. Graduating from a CAHME Accredited program helps to better prepare the future leaders of healthcare.

Nicholas Lieberman, Innovare President & Co-Founder, is excited by the partnership: “CAHME’s non-profit mission in healthcare education is commendable, and Innovare is thrilled to be able to help CAHME reach a healthcare professional audience that clearly values education for themselves and their family. We look forward to seeing CAHME’s vision, of more universities instituting their critical accreditation process, continue to excel”. Anthony Stanowski, CAHME President and CEO said, “Innovare is committed to their health system clients to direct ambitious employees to accredited healthcare management programs, which will better advance their career. Through their generosity, Innovare is directly helping to improve healthcare.”

Learn more about Innovare: www.innovaremedia.com

Learn more about CAHME: www.cahme.org

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