The Social Marketing Construct describes the practice of using marketing principles to influence behavior for individual and social good.
As life science companies move "beyond the pill," social marketing is becoming more and more popular among our for-profit clients. Forward-thinking companies are now looking to sponsor behavior change initiatives that increase people's health because doing so helps build brand equity.
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