October 23, 2013

10 Ways To Make Obamacare Website More Successful


President Obama is having a tough time with his new HealthCare.gov website. So far he's spent $394 million on it, and it doesn't even have any funny cat videos.

The President has found out what we in the civilian population have known for years -- expecting an online expert to get something right is like expecting a 16-year-old to vacuum the garage. And having an I.T. department is like having a family of blind monkeys with aluminum baseball bats.

Meanwhile, the average 14-year-old in South Korea could have built the website in about a half-hour while rubbing one out and winning a golf tournament.

There's only one group of people who can help the president now -- the people who really know what they're doing online. I think it's time for us professional marketers to step up and help the President.

So here, Mr. President, are 10 Ways To Make The Obamacare Website More Successful:
1. Change the URL to HealthCare.MILF

2. Have a section where you can upload pictures of your favorite disease

3. Appoint a healthcare "global ambassador" like Will.i.am or Lady Gaga
4. New campaign slogan: "Think it's easy running a country and a website?"
5. Have the IRS "accidentally" investigate the tax returns of everyone who doesn't sign up
6. Do some really cool shit with QR codes
7. Promotion: Enroll by January 1st and win a date with Nancy Pelosi

8. Tweet out what diseases are trending

9. If you spend over $500 on prosthetic devices, free shipping

10. Blame Bush

8 comments:

Jamie said...

Surely it should be #BlameBush

Jay Allen said...

If only they had an effective social media campaign, all would be fine. Oh, wait ....

Cecil B. DeMille said...

I think this is more a case of the product sucking. All the advertising in the world, even stuff with funny cats and babies and nut shots, will not convince anyone that a $10,000 deductible is "affordable."


The website isn't broken. The product is.

Jason Fox said...

Pretty sure 3, 5, 6 and 10 are actually happening.

Matthew Tarpy said...

#3 - Baltimore Ravens

Roy Kissel said...

Can't believe that they're not in the App Store yet.

Sean Peake said...

11. Tea Party/Ted Cruz/Koch Bros.

Allismarketing said...

12. Reboot