We can all learn a thing or two from sliced bread. The common household food is well-known as the highest standard that all other products are compared to. In fact, who hasn’t heard the phrase, “the best thing since sliced bread?” This is why it’s so surprising that a product with its own phrase didn’t catch on […]
Tag Archives: Engagement
We all take a journey as we embark on any new relationship. From personal to professional, journeys usually start with some sort of introduction and then involve the ups and downs of being close to someone or something. For instance, even the happiest of married couples can recall times when they felt challenged. The same […]
This post was originally published on Media Shower’s site. Do you know what single act is more important than getting a new client? Keeping your clients. But how do you do that? Tyler Williams, Sales and Marketing Operations Manager at Right On Interactive, says it’s all about where you put your focus. Tyler says your focus should […]
Customers + Engagement = Revenue The obvious focus of every organization is to remain in business and, beyond that, improve business. But, the former comes before the latter as a fact of nature. Another fact in the art of creating a sustainable business model is that the success of an organization does not rely most […]
Many marketing teams struggle to prove social media’s worth to the c-suite because there is no way to truly measure the impact of it. Impressions don’t necessarily lead to purchases, and customer engagement can be both positive and negative. It’s difficult to measure — and for a group of people who rely heavily on numbers […]
Do you care more about getting new business or retaining existing customers? If you are every marketing professional I have ever consulted with, your answer is immediately and unequivocally – BOTH! But how can we, as marketers, attract and create loyal customers simultaneously? Customer brand loyalty and brand referrals are at an all time low. […]
The influx of smart phones and tablets means more and more consumers are accessing the Internet through these devices. Many marketers adapt to these situations by launching device specific apps that optimize the experience for the consumer. Side by side with these efforts, marketers also need to change their content delivery and engagement strategy to […]
I remember the day our weekly marketing report to the CEO of the company I first worked for included our email marketing statistics. Previously, we had reported on website visitors, calls to our 1-800 number, requests for more information via our landing pages and the number of new leads we had generated in the prior week. […]
Big Data, Customer Lifecycle Marketing
Big Data Increases the ROI of Lead Generation and Engagement Initiatives
Big data has opened up a world of possibilities and among them is identifying the ideal buyer profile. Marketers can compare prospects to an ideal profile to prioritize engagement and increase conversion rates. Modeling an ideal buyer profile is not a new practice; however, it contains a large element of guesswork, with the marketer going more by instinct and […]
I am the low man on the totem pole. I am an intern and being an intern means there will be growing pains. I make mistakes and learn from them. A major part of what I have been doing is research for a multitude of things. While researching, the use of search engines is key. […]