Every brand tries to take its relationship with its customers to a point where they’re no longer looked at as a commodity. In today’s media-engulfed world, your customers and prospects are being inundated with a never-ending stream of content and messaging. It is more important than ever that you build a real one-on-one relationship with […]
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Consumers and businesses alike used to conduct business face-to-face, in retail stores or board rooms. The Internet truly changed everything. When Amazon launched, less than 1% of the world was using the Internet. Times have certainly changed — and so has the customer. The marketing funnel is dead. Customer journeys are now more complex, spanning […]
Knowing who your target audience is and the type of content that’s most likely to interest them is critical for engaging prospective and current customers alike. Successful organizations today provide content that’s relevant, personalized and timely. According to Marketing Sherpa, 79% of marketing leads never convert into sales. Lack of lead nurturing is the common cause […]
As consumers and organizations alike venture into new channels such as mobile and social media, the once linear purchase path is breaking into an assortment of touch points that have very little do with marketers. The time has come for marketers to walk away from the traditional marketing funnel and pursue a new approach that […]
There seems to be an increasing focus when dealing with content creation on engagement, and rightfully so. To be blunt: Creating uninteresting content is a waste of time and money. However, engagement can’t be the end all be all of content creation goals. Your content has to help you retain audience, and keeping audience helps […]
Since its emergence, online content marketing has come a remarkably long way. But where is it headed? Below, learn more about three high-level content marketing trends that will continue to unfold in 2014: Adapting to Mobile Will Be Key While catering to mobile users has been a fairly high priority for content marketers leading up […]
The Direct Marketing Association has been advocating the value of email marketing for years, noting on average, for every dollar spent marketers see a return of more than $40. There are a number of reasons for this. Most notably, email offers the ability to not only reach a vast number of people, but also to […]
According to MarketingSherpa, 79 percent of marketing leads never convert into sales due to lack of lead nurturing. We all know how time-consuming lead nurturing can be, and that’s just one reason why you need to have effective, remarkable content for every part of the customer journey. If you can properly deliver your content at […]
“People read what interests them. Sometimes, it’s an ad.” Marketing pioneer Howard Gossage died in 1969, but his message is fundamental to understanding what content marketing is, and sometimes even more importantly, what it is not. This basic distinction between traditional, interruption-based advertising, and the audience-centric content marketing solution is key to understanding how you […]
From time to time, Right On Interactive publishes and shares content from our clients, partners and external subject matter experts. Not only do we learn something from our contributors, but we believe their knowledge, news and opinions are informative and entertaining. It’s with this in mind that I’m proud to announce our latest “content swap” […]