{"id":2747,"date":"2023-04-28T09:51:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phamax-digital.ch\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2023-05-11T13:43:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T13:43:40","slug":"digital-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phamax-digital.ch\/academy\/digital-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Digital Landscape?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Remaining competitive in today\u2019s fast-paced digital world requires complete understanding of your target audience and engagement opportunities. To do this, it feels like you need to be everywhere, all at once. Exhausting, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, not if you utilize a digital landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking at everything your target audience touches with a birds eye view is the \u2018digital landscape\u2019 concept and grasping it can be the difference between getting ahead of competitors and falling behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this guide, we\u2019ll take you through all the elements of a digital landscape framework and how to build one.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/path> <\/svg><\/span>A digital landscape gives a comprehensive view<\/a><\/span><\/strong> of all the digital assets and channels your target audience absorbs info through<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path> <\/svg><\/span>An analysis of the landscape will help you understand<\/a><\/span><\/strong> your target audience, identify new opportunities and optimize your investments<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path> <\/path> <\/path> <\/svg><\/span>To build your landscape, you need to collect data<\/a><\/span><\/strong> from several sources, both within and outside your organization<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path> <\/path> <\/svg><\/span>A complete digital landscape is built around 5 blocks<\/a><\/span><\/strong> structuring the collected data (audience, search, competition, channels, content)<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path> <\/path> <\/svg><\/span>All reports should contain actionable information<\/a><\/span><\/strong> so marketing managers can identify the appropriate channels<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path> <\/svg><\/span>A yearly analysis of the digital landscape is key<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to stay up-to-date with the latest changes<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Defining the Digital Landscape<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In reality, a landscape is a large and defined area of land that encompasses many geographical features. The best way to view a landscape is from a distance, so you can take it all in. A digital landscape is similar and can easily be defined as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path> <\/svg><\/span>A comprehensive view of all the available digital assets and channels in a specific therapeutic area and\/or geography<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In pharma, this means that a digital landscape encompasses all the digital assets and channels your target audience absorbs information through. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can step back to analyze the landscape for suggestions and insights for how to use each channel best. You should also explore the different digital landscapes used by different segments of your audience. That\u2019s where the specific specialties and\/or geography of the audience comes in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path> <\/path> <\/svg><\/span>For a little reminder of how to segment (and why you should), read our guide on using personalisation to reach HCPs<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 Important Reasons to Analyze the Landscape<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Understanding the landscape of your HCPs is a good start, but digital landscape analysis is the essential tool that will help you stay competitive. Here are three excellent reasons why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path> <\/svg><\/span>Understand Your Target Audience<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By providing quantitative and qualitative data and insights, you can challenge and even contradict existing beliefs. You can adjust your approach to better fit reality and create effective engagement opportunities as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path> <\/svg><\/span>Identify New Opportunities<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Current and emerging trends, including new channels, can fill gaps in your marketing strategy. An objective view of the competitive landscape identifies where competitors fall short, allowing you to take initiative and capitalize those areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path> <\/path> <\/svg><\/span>Optimize Investments<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Analysis allows you to remodulate investments and optimize spend on channels and assets that are most appealing to your target audience. Informed decisions based on data allow you to efficiently spend your budget and reliably increase ROI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Start Gathering Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To build your landscape, you need to observe data. Sometimes this data is easily available, other times you need to put effort in extracting it from sources for your digital landscape. Sources are split into internal and external categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internal Sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Collect and filter information from various sources within your organization:<\/p>\n\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Internal Task Force<\/strong> – insights from teams across departments, from marketing to sales<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Advisory Boards and <\/strong>KOLs<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>– lists, programs and boards of KOLs providing data<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Customer Data<\/strong> – CRM data, user surveys, persona analysis, and more<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Past Analytics<\/strong> <\/strong>– Campaign performance results and long-term analytics<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

First, implement constant and structured discussions with colleagues across departments – your internal task force. Each team has information to be accumulated in order to form a comprehensive digital landscape analysis. Sales representatives, for example, have constant contact with healthcare professionals and valuable insights into their needs and expectations. Collect and filter this information to avoid potential biases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The medical team is also a valuable partner in gathering information, especially through key opinion leader (KOL) programs, which identify relevant HCPs and observe their online presence. Influence the topics discussed during advisory board meetings to obtain these insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essentially, master all unstructured data coming from existing digital channels and identify meaningful trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

External Sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Look beyond your organization to identify new opportunities and gaps that may have been overlooked. The analysis of external sources at the core of digital landscape analysis, so observe with an unbiased eye.<\/p>\n\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Social Media Platforms<\/strong> – track audience behavior through interaction, content consumption and engagement rates<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Search Engine Data<\/strong> – search behavior via keyword search volumes and ranking performance<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Online Publications<\/strong> <\/strong>– includes trends, traffic volumes, ad formats, and competitors<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Industry Reports and Surveys<\/strong> – Overarching trends, growth rates, and preferences<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Monitoring both professional and general social media provides valuable insights into important metrics. Search engines are also a useful source of quantitative and qualitative information on all kinds of search behavior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications including medical journals, news outlets, and industry blogs provide additional insights into latest trends and competitor preferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, precious insights can be found from research organizations, market intelligence, or consulting firms focused on marketing to healthcare professionals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combining these sources creates a map of which channels are most effective in reaching a greater slice of the target audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Structuring Data Into A Landscape<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are five building blocks for your digital landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path> <\/svg><\/span>Audience<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Provide an overview of the target audience, including demographics, psychographics and statistics to demonstrate the context and potential reach of marketing activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path> <\/svg><\/span>Search<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Focus on search and competition analysis, using search engine results pages (SERP) and search engine optimization (SEO) tools to identify high ranking websites and target keywords. This provides insight into potential web visitor behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path> <\/path> <\/svg><\/span>Competition<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Analyze competitors\u2019 digital assets and social media to identify what competitors rank for and their paid channel activities. This could highlight worthwhile advertising opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path> <\/path> <\/svg><\/span>Channels<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Group websites and social networks used by the target audience and competitors into categories, e.g. medical media, doctor\u2019s associations, etc. Assess authority, traffic and advertising opportunities of each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path> <\/svg><\/span>Content<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Evaluate the content that performs well on each channel, identifying the most effective channel to distribute each type. Include analyzing common and best-performing content, such as blog posts, videos and infographics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Example of a Digital Landscape in Pharma<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Take a look at these extracts of a digital landscape analysis we recently performed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our target audience was UK ophthalmologists and we analyzed digital behavior using multiple sources. The final deliverable included lists of relevant websites, keywords, channels and influencers\/social media accounts for the specific therapeutic area (ophthalmology) in a specific area (UK). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importantly, all reports should contain actionable information so marketing managers can identify and select appropriate and efficient channels to reach the target audience.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay Up-To-Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Performing a yearly analysis of the digital landscape is essential to stay up-to-date with the latest changes<\/a>, so you can monitor and focus on channels that you may not otherwise consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regularly update and recategorize websites, apps and networks depending on behavior, usage, and function. This is especially important for social media, including both professional networks for HCPs and general networks where they may also be active. Monitor how these networks evolve and develop – they may vary from one country or region to another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, a well-conceived digital landscape provides valuable insights into your target audience (and your competitors\u2019) and helps you make data-driven decisions to optimize your digital marketing strategy. Start by following the steps outlined above and reach out to us at Phamax Digital for Wingman assistance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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