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 […]
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Does brand loyalty exist online? I mean, sure it does, in some manner, but is loyalty less effective when your audience has access to the endless information, accurate or not, about your brand online? In the race for manufacturers and brands to undercut costs online, consumers have become more accustomed to the real-world value of […]
Win. Keep. Grow. — it’s the motto we live and breathe by here at Right On Interactive. We proudly help organizations win new business, keep current customers and grow the right relationships. While “Keep” might be the middle child, in the “Win. Keep. Grow.” family, it certainly does not experience the typical oversight associated with […]
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 […]
Engagement indicates a person’s level of commitment. It can come in many forms, such as diamond rings or “@” replies. But engagement, however you get it, can be the difference between a stranger, a qualified lead and a returning customer. Think of engagement as a measurement of how committed a lead is to your brand. […]
Sales cycles are complex and the era of the greasy used car salesman is no longer applicable in today’s market. Sellers need to be more sophisticated to survive. The focus doesn’t lie in generating more leads – the 80’s style antiquated sales funnel. The funnel is dead, so to speak. Marketing tactics around the funnel are still applicable […]
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 […]
Difference makes the world go around. I frequently remind myself this world would be very boring place if we were all the same. Lifecycle marketing strives to recognize, accept and celebrate customer differences. Long gone are the days where it’s considered sensible to market with blind eyes, assuming all customers want the same information, at […]
How does your customer want to be communicated with? It sounds like a rather simple question but it’s not easy to answer. Simply described, customer communication preference management is when customers opt in or out of an organization’s communication methods (i.e., email, SMS and social media updates). However, it’s much larger than that. Customer communication […]