{"id":7019,"date":"2009-09-02T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.com\/twitters-for-dogs-and-other-indirec\/"},"modified":"2019-02-21T01:22:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T01:22:43","slug":"twitters-for-dogs-and-other-indirec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/blog\/twitters-for-dogs-and-other-indirec\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter’s for the Dogs! … and Other “Indirect Customers”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>No, I’m not agreeing with Rich Meyer (@richmeyer<\/a>) that Twitter is only good for PR. PR people may be the “dogs” in “dog and pony” shows, but they are not really dogs.<\/p>\n

I’m wondering if Twitter can be used to inform dog owners about medications for their pets and how that may be regulated by the FDA.<\/p>\n

Why do I wonder about this? For one thing, I see that Imran Haque, Director eBusiness Strategy and Inside Sales, Pfizer Animal Health, will be the last speaker at eyeforpharma’s 4th Annual eCommunications & Online Marketing Summit<\/a> in November, 2009. [I’ll be a panel member at this conference and Pharma Marketing News<\/a> is a Media Partner.]<\/p>\n

Mr. Haque’s topic: “Developing a digital strategy for direct and indirect customers”<\/p>\n

Very interesting. My little cartoon shows what a hypothetical “Pfizer_Dogs” Tweet might look like directed to and received by an “indirect customer.” I suppose FDA would think this Tweet violated its regulations, even if it’s a dog-to-dog communication.<\/p>\n

All seriousness aside (as comedian Steve Allen would say), I am curious about what Mr. Haque has to say on the subject. Perhaps he will be a guest on my planned Pharma Marketing Talk<\/a> show scheduled for October 13. More on that later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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