Month: December 2018

TaskUs emerges as clear leader in employee engagement and excellence in company culture

Posted on December 21, 2018 by - Client News

TaskUs, the world’s leading customer experience and business process outsourcing firm for rapidly growing companies, was recently recognized for its exceptional company culture. TaskUs received six industry awards in just the last month.

TaskUs debuted in the top half (#40) of the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the 100 Best Places to Work in 2019. The Employees’ Choice Awards program is based entirely on input from employees who provide feedback on their jobs, work environments and the company. This year, TaskUs had an impressive 4.3 (out of 5) score on the platform and 99 percent voiced their approval of CEO Bryce Maddock.

Read the full announcement: TaskUs Emerges as Clear Leader in Employee Engagement and Excellence in Company Culture (BusinessWire)

Healthcare leaders among Entrepreneur's E360 2018 rankings

Posted on December 20, 2018 by - Client News

Among the fast-growing companies ranked in Entrepreneur’s E360 2018 rankings are Los Angeles-based Cloudbreak Health and Geneva Health Solutions.
Cloudbreak Health is a unified telemedicine platform dedicated to helping health systems and providers connect, communicate and care for their patients. Cloudbreak platform simplifies how providers care for patients, putting a full care continuum at their fingertips 24/7, removing distance and language barriers.
By combining a cloud-based platform and remote monitoring of implantable cardiac devices, Geneva Health Solutions transforms cardiac device data into actionable information to improve clinical workflow and patient care for cardiology practices across the country.
Read the full announcements:
Cloudbreak Health: Cloudbreak Health Named One of the “Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America” By Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2018 Entrepreneur360 List (BusinessWire)
Geneva Health Solutions: Geneva Health Solutions Named One of the “Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America” By Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2018 Entrepreneur360 List (BusinessWire)

 

Geneva Health Solutions and Ochsner Health System partner to bring innovation to Louisiana patients with cardiac device implants

Posted on December 19, 2018 by - Client News

Today, Ochsner Health System – a nationally-recognized healthcare system based in Louisiana – announced a new partnership with Geneva Health Solutions (GHS) – the leading device data management platform and remote monitoring service for implantable cardiac devices. This partnership marks the first time GHS cloud-based technology platform and remote monitoring service for patients with cardiac implants will be utilized in the region – Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. The GHS system will drive full automated scheduling and reporting in collaboration with Ochsner’s established electronic medical record (EPIC).
“We are honored to be selected by Ochsner to deliver a high caliber remote monitoring service to their patients and help become an extension of Ochsner’s hardworking device clinic team,” said Yuri Sudhakar, CEO of GHS. “The data deluge from these devices can overwhelm cardiac practices, physicians and staff. With our platform and service, cardiology practices can focus on their patients, not data management.”
Read coverage highlights below:
Ochsner Adds Remote Patient Monitoring for Cardiac Implant Patients (mHealth Intelligence)
Geneva Health partners with Ochsner in remote cardiac monitoring (FierceBiotech)

The Tangent Agency reports strong growth in 2018 and expands services for 2019

Posted on December 13, 2018 by - Client News

The Tangent Agency, a fast-growing entertainment marketing and brand strategy agency, today announced a banner year of success: growing its business, staff and revenue. In just three years, Tangent has gone from working with only two studios, to collaborating with every major studio in Hollywood, top TV networks, gaming companies, streaming services and brands. Tangent provides integral support to filmmakers, partners and dealmakers, to help make the most of their valuable entertainment IP. Building off of their reputation of delivering best-in-class creative and strategic guidance, Tangent has solidified its place at the intersection of story-telling and story-selling in an ever-changing entertainment landscape.
“The Tangent Agency is my go-to partner,” said Marc Weinstock, former President of Marketing at Fox and Sony Pictures. “They’re great to work with and coming from the studio world, Tangent provides the perfect blend of creativity and strategy, no matter the project.”
Read the full article: The Tangent Agency Reports Strong Growth in 2018, Expanding Services for 2019 (BusinessWire)

Geneva Health Solutions hits critical milestones driving growth; predicts cardiac data explosion in 2019

Posted on December 12, 2018 by - Client News

Geneva Health Solutions (GHS), the leading cloud-based technology platform and service for managing data from implantable cardiac devices, announces triple-digit revenue growth in 2018, an indicator of the explosive growth of implantable cardiac device data expected in 2019. This year, GHS has also tripled its client base and workforce, quadrupled the number of devices being monitored through its service and increased its revenue more than ten-fold.
“Data deluge from implanted cardiac devices has hit critical mass for cardiac practices, physicians and staff, and our ability to become an extension of their team and implement an effective remote monitoring program is truly improving patient care,” said Yuri Sudhakar, CEO of Geneva Health Solutions. “Armed with actionable information every day, cardiologists can pro-actively reach out to patients with device issues and arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation and heart failure diagnostics well in advance of a significant health problem.”
Read the full announcement: Geneva Health Solutions Hits Critical Milestones Driving Growth; Predicts Cardiac Data Explosion in 2019 (BusinessWire)
 

TaskUs' Jaspar Weir on the three ways to ensure coaching drives growth on your team

Posted on December 11, 2018 by - Client News

In today’s competitive business environment, there is a constant desire to improve professionally and personally. This has fueled the tremendous surge in the U.S. market for self-improvement, which includes audiobooks, apps and personal coaching. As reported by Harvard Business Review, more than $1 billion was spent on business and personal relationship coaches last year and the number of business coaches worldwide has increased by more than 60% since 2007. However, investing in a coach is a costly endeavor considering that top executive coaches can command fees of more than $100,000 a year.

“I am an advocate of coaching,” said TaskUs CEO Jaspar Weir. “My co-founder and I have had a business coach since the early years of TaskUs. We’ve experienced firsthand the significant impact he has had on our lives and our growing business. As a business leader, it is important to pay this insight forward by providing coaching support to our entire team from the bottom up, as well as the top down.”
Read the full article: Three Ways To Ensure Coaching Drives Growth On Your Team (Forbes)

CrowdOut provides $30 million credit facility to support Personiv’s growth

Posted on December 10, 2018 by - Client News

Private lending syndication platform CrowdOut Capital announced last Wednesday the completion of a $30 million credit facility to Personiv. According to CrowdOut, the borrower is a business process outsourcer that employs over 2,500 employees in 3 different countries and the proceeds from the loan will be used to provide additional liquidity for future acquisitions, organic growth and recapitalize the company. This marks the second loan CrowdOut has provided to Personiv in just over a year.
“High growth companies like Personiv seek out non-bank financing solutions like ours because they need flexibility,” said Alexander Schoenbaum, CEO of CrowdOut Capital. “Our expedited due diligence and streamlined approach to underwriting loans is a unique value proposition over banks and traditional credit funds. Our 1 to 4 year term loans offer cost-savings to borrowers and strong ROI for investors.”
Read the full article: CrowdOut Provides $30 Million Credit Facility to Support Personiv’s Growth (CrowdFund Insider)

Didi Hirsch's medical director talks about holiday stressors and ways to cope

Posted on December 4, 2018 by - Client News

One in four people say they have taken on more than they can handle during the holidays, according to a recent survey by VitalSmarts. Most respondents (56%) said they are overwhelmed with “just keeping up” with all of the activities and expectations of the season, followed by financial concerns (50%), shopping for gifts (46%), family events (33%) and their own health (26%). And almost three in four (72%) told mental health platform Simple Habit that they feel stress during the holidays, with family and money giving them the most grief.
Dr. Donovan Wong, medical director of Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services told Moneyish that people put too much pressure on themselves to make everyone happy.
“Take care of yourself first … so you can even be capable of helping other people out,” he said. “And a lot of times that means setting a limit, and that’s fine.”
Read the full article: These are 4 of the biggest holiday stressors — and ways to cope (MarketWatch)

 

4 ways to tell if your PR campaign was successful in 2018 | eNews from OWC

Posted on December 1, 2018 by - eNewsletter

For 2019 planning, here are the four ways to gauge whether your marketing and public relations investment paid off as it should:

  1. Engagement Growth – Take a hard look at the numbers.
  • Were social media engagements up or down?
  • Was the sales team getting leads as a result of media coverage?
  • Did the PR and marketing team come to you with new ideas that challenged your thinking?
  • Did you have full visibility into what the marketing and PR team was doing?
  • Did you ever feel “blown away” by a result?
  1. Impact on Sales Funnel – Public relations should feed the bottom line.
  • What were the web traffic report numbers prior to, during and post news announcements? There should have been spikes of traffic during and after an announcement or media coverage.
  • What was the unique visitor count and average visitor time?
  • Did you have the ability to collect incoming emails to develop an email response to drive them down the sales funnel?
  • Did public relations turn interest in your company into a conversation?
  1. Media Coverage Quality and Quantity – When you’re a hammer, all the world is a nail, so of course we are hyperaware of the amount of coverage over a year. Here’s what our clients want to see:
  • How much coverage and who did it reach?
  • Were you in the right media outlets? If not, why? You can’t improve what you don’t know.
  • How did the stories trend online? Which got the most likes or comments?
  • Were you the primary source, a secondary or a mention?
  • Was the coverage positive, negative or neutral?
  • Did news stories get re-purposed in all marketing touchpoints such as newsletters, sales decks, emails to prospects and social media channels?
  • If not, it’s time for all of marketing to get together for some holiday cheer and start brainstorming the best ways to work together to make more of your marketing and PR spend.
  1. Talent Impact – In this zero-unemployment market, it is more important than ever to attract and retain top talent. Have you been getting the A-Players you want?
  • Did you have a recruitment component in your PR and marketing agenda?
  • Were new key hires announced? Did coverage help to open doors with recruitment efforts?
  • What have your employees and ex-employees said about you on Glassdoor? Most job applicants look there first.
  • Have you been effectively communicating your company’s culture and core values to attract talent?

As the holidays approach, we’ve begun preparation of one of the most radically transparent acts our agency performs … Media Hit Books. People love to see how fat the books are and peruse at their leisure. Clients show them off in their conference rooms, lobbies, with investors and major prospects. This is a great reminder that public relations is the least expensive, most effective marketing tool and it makes your mothers proud.

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Didi Hirsch CEO explains when to seek treatment

Posted on December 1, 2018 by - Client News

Mental experts, including Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services’ CEO Kita S. Curry, Ph.D, recently explained the symptoms of depression to help you determine if you or a loved one may need to be assessed for a depressive disorder.

During these weeks your mind is likely occupied by what Curry describes as “persistent thoughts of failure, hopelessness or shame, and [you’re] thinking in black-and-white.”

Types of thoughts you may experience, according to Curry: “‘No one has ever loved me; it’s always been this way; it will never get better!’ That’s when you know you’re probably depressed.”

This sense of hopelessness can be so pervasive you may find yourself unable to feel joy, even when great things happen.

Read the full article here: Am I depressed or just sad? How to know when to seek treatment (NBC News)