Category Archives: Marketing

Orbitz: Rethinking the Loyalty Program

If you’re like me and you utilize sites like Orbitz or Travelocity to search for good deals on travel, you likely heard about Orbitz’s new loyalty program last week. Instant Gratification Members of the program will earn “Orbucks” for hotels, flights and vacation packages, and redeem them immediately for hotel stays. President of Orbitz.com, Chris […]

Must-Know Marketing Writing Tips for the Web

Whether applying timeless rules or today’s news, better marketing comes from good writing. Below are a handful of ways to power up your writing for marketing purposes. Who are you? Evoking a classic song by The Who, today’s prospect doesn’t care about you; the prospect cares about what you can do for him/her. When appealing […]

The Marketing Tech Capital of the World

Indianapolis woke up to a very exciting announcement Thursday morning. Compendium, a local marketing technology software company, has been acquired by the software giant Oracle. Compendium is a content marketing solution and has experienced tremendous success over the past several years. In the spirit of full disclosure, I must share that I am an early […]

The Cost of an Email Address

These days it seems like everyone has at least one email address. I have three I check on a regular basis. Which email address I provide to someone has a lot to do with their relationship with me. If it’s a business relationship, they get my Right On Interactive address, a personal relationship my Gmail […]

Content Marketing: Delivering Interesting, Custom Content

balance your content

Content marketing is a popular topic these days. Everyone is looking for advice and best practices to implement in an effort to drive revenue. Is email marketing still the path to follow or do you mix it up with direct mail pieces? What about webinars, social media, blogs, ebooks, whitepapers and infographics? Salesforce Marketing Cloud […]

Monitoring the social conversation

How to Maintain Social Engagement Through The Customer Lifecycle

As I mentioned in a previous post, the Internet has forever changed the way in which we share our experience with a brand or company. Likewise, it’s changed how organizations are able to collect feedback from customers, analyze it and gain valuable insights. The social conversation between brands and their customers is now just as […]

Google says goodbye to keywords

No doubt you’ve already heard the day everyone in online advertising and marketing has been fearing has arrived. Google has cut off all keyword data. It’s no more. Google now provides encrypted searches using HTTPS (secure search) and keyword data will no longer be shared with website owners. Secure search eliminates the ability for organizations […]

Acquire, Convert, Nurture: The Digital Marketing Funnel

Bear with me, I’m going to talk about a funnel, but maybe not the exact one you’re familiar with. I like fairs (with their funnel cakes) as much as the next guy, but what I’m referring to is a new twist on an old sales standby: the lead funnel. Let’s reimagine it as the digital […]

Marketing throughout the Customer Journey

Customer Service Journey

You’ve seen and studied the diagrams. Maybe you paid to hear subject matter experts talk about it. You’ve certainly experienced it for yourself. Every once in awhile it’s a trendy phrase, but it’s never really gone away or come back. It’s always there but marketers don’t always focus on it. I’m talking about the customer […]

5 Ways to Set Up Dynamic Content Using Marketing Automation

Audience relevance is the most important element of content success, followed by engaging and compelling storytelling that triggers a specific response. In a recent survey, over 30% of B2B marketers claim that their biggest concern with content marketing is that it’s not reaching the most appropriate audience. Dynamic content coupled with marketing automation allows you […]