Marketing needs (Site, Social Media, etc)

[stoph]

Registered CharlotteMEDI.com and CharlotteMEDI.org. Will set up a site using GitHub Pages (Free)

Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram "CharlotteMEDI" names are taken (as well as Charlotte_MEDI)

Turns out there is also a weight loss clinic in Charlotte called Medi

[DavidCTaylorPhD]

@stoph thanks for looking into that information. Bummer about the weight lose group. Have you tried things with “CLT” instead of Charlotte or something with “Queen City”?

[thomasd538]

Fagan just suggested CharlotteMEDIOrganization. I like CharlotteMEDIPandemic - You need a little dark humor.

[thomasd538]

Seriously, how about MEDICLT is that avialable on twitter, facebook, etc?

[stoph]

Sorry, too slow to update this thread. I created CLT_MEDI on all platforms.

[fireroad602]

Perfect!

[DavidCTaylorPhD]

@stoph i like the CLT_MEDI. it connects with the website url and projects the same name. Nice work! Also CLT is a popular handle for Charlotte now. Great work!

[stoph]

https://www.facebook.com/Charlotte-Medi-100811044905278/ (Will fix that username later)
https://twitter.com/CLT_MEDI
https://www.instagram.com/clt_medi/

About to create the github page as well. @tjfagan thoughts on moving this out of your personal space into a 'Charlotte MEDI' org?

[JeremyProffitt]

should we bind the social media sites with ifttt so postings on twitter or instagram automatically post everywhere else?

[stoph]

I've recruited a buddy that does marketing/social media for a living to help out. Josh Tessler. I'll ask him to maybe join a call in a couple days to talk through some options.

[ghost]

Sorry I should have piped up earlier yesterday, but I was juggling some students/colleagues with tech crises during the WebX meeting --

Marketing only makes sense if you have a very, very clear idea of 1) your client base and 2) your product/mission. If the client base is medical professionals and the product/mission is providing medical-grade PPE from CLT based manufacturers, then what you have right now sounds good.

If, however, your product/mission is pooling community resources (including local manufacturers) to provide stopgap, emergency PPE during the Covid-19 pandemic, I think the name/marketing needs to make that much clearer. Also, (and this relates to my comment on #26 ) if part of the function is pool grassroots, community resources towards emergency PPE production, then this should also be clarified. This may not be a focus of the group at this point, however, it's just something that should be made clearer in marketing names/materials if it is.

[tjfagan]

@stoph please feel free to get the items off my personal site.

I do want to continue to research and develop not on the CHarlotteMEDI and have a few people so the public does not get confused as to where to start.

[fireroad602]

@stoph Can I get login info for Instagram clt_medi?

My sister in law is sending me photos, videos, and testimonials from the clinicians who are using the face shields?