Tag Archives: Customer Lifecycle Marketing

TweetChat: Is the marketing funnel dead?

Practically a year ago, Forrester analyst Cory Munchbach wrote a break-up letter on behalf of all chief marketing officers to the “marketing funnel.” Cory broke it to the funnel hard as lifecycle marketing presents a bigger and better opportunity for CMOs to improve marketing efforts. In the letter, she addresses why the funnel is no […]

TweetChat: Exploring lifecycle marketing

Lifecycle marketing has replaced the traditional approach to marketing tactics once focused solely on lead generation. It’s about engaged relationships. The Right On Interactive lifecycle marketing methodology focuses on the individual person (or company, depending on your business model) and their journey with your brand. By understanding where a person is in their “lifecycle” dictates […]

The Orr Fellowship: Building Indy’s Future

In less than 24 hours, I received two phone calls that launched the start of my unexpected career path in marketing technology. In December 2012, the former president and CEO of TechPoint, Jim Jay, called to extend a job offer on behalf of Right On Interactive (ROI). The following afternoon founder and CEO of ROI, […]

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 […]

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 […]

The customer voice is louder than ever

customer voice

My first paying job was in retail at a local mall, long before the existence of social media. If someone had something positive or negative to say about their experience in the store, they had to call a toll-free number or come into the store and talk to the manager face-to-face. It didn’t happen often, and […]

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 […]

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 […]

Pandora celebrates the customer journey

Recently I received an email from Pandora, the Internet radio provider, that really caught my attention. In the email, Pandora offered a look back at my “musical journey” and reminded me, “it all started with The Smiths Radio.” Instantly, I was reminded of my first Pandora station, why I chose The Smiths to kick off […]

Lead Scoring 101

In today’s digital world, scoring prospects is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity. Lead scoring not only provides marketers with valuable information on who is visiting their website and interacting with their brand, but it can dramatically improve sales effectiveness. The premise behind lead scoring is simple: assign a ranking to potential new customers […]