Zuckerman Promotes Docs To Boomers

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By Joan Voight





SAN FRANCISCO–The American College of Physicians is trying to reach the over-40 crowd in the organization’s first ad campaign.





A national TV and print effort was crafted by Zuckerman Fernandes MacDaniels Sproul in San Francisco, which won the business about a year ago. The ads break this week on cable TV in six to eight major metropolitan markets and in the July issues of news and consumer magazines. The budget is estimated at more than $5 million.





Based in Philadelphia, this professional association of internists sought to raise public awareness of its specialty in a way that is dignified and restrained, said agency officials.





‘Research showed that consumers don’t know much about specific medical specialties,’ including the expertise of internists trained in the ailments that affect people over 40, said Ira Zuckerman, agency chief executive officer.





To define the difference between internists and other doctors, the agency and client coined the themeline,...































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