Reporting Changes at RightNow

Online Marketing Reporting System: You Spoke, We Listened!

RightNow clients will notice a change in the reporting delivery and structure over the next 60 days. The core of the issue is this; Reports were delivered on a monthly basis and contained metrics on every aspect of a clients campaign. Sounds great right? Yes and No – Many clients received reports that could include more than 40+ pages. TMI at one time!

The new reporting system will be streamlined, and the goal is to get key metrics to fit on a couple of pages. Additionally, we will be separating core campaign elements into individual reports and delivering them at separate times. The idea is to have comprehensive individual reports for: SEO and Local Search Campaigns, Social Media Campaigns, Pay-Per-Click, and a Traffic, Engagement and Opportunity report.

In the “olden days” (pre 2011) all of these marketing activities often fell into the wheelhouse of a single person. Today, we are finding that many organizations have staff members that work on only one aspect of the online marketing. Our new system will provide a more focused report to these individuals.

As always, we encourage all clients (and your team members) to get on the phone to review the reporting, campaign performance and campaign objectives.

Our system will continue to be online in one consolidated reporting area, and your log-in credentials will remain the same. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to pick up the phone and call us or shoot us an email.

Local Search – Infographic

Ranking factors that contribute to your success in the search engines local search results. Start at the center (most important) and work your way out.

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Partnering for a Winning Web Presence

For most small and medium sized businesses, outsourcing your internet marketing is a necessity, not an option. But with each passing year of internet maturation, the process becomes incrementally more complex. We have found that the clients who are more interested in partnering with us, versus those who choose to “set it and forget it” are the ones keeping up with the pack. An online marketing partnership and a commitment to collaboration is a powerful, winning combination.

Today’s internet process looks very different from the one used just five years ago. Very often, now, we see clients embarking on their second and even third generation web site. We see them flogging themselves in the social world… haggard and harried… the only thing that is certain is that there is not enough time in the day to get it all done. [Read more...]

Did You Say You Wanted More To Do?

With all those folks working hard over at the Googleplex in addition to their acquisitions, it was only a matter of time before it all began to meld together. That time is here. In many ways, the recent developments at google with the “panda” algorithm, places and local search, 1+, Google+ and now Search Your World are, in essence, a new Google. It’s very subtle on the user side of the coin. But on the marketer side of the coin it is yet another non optional, labor intensive addition to the task at hand.

Here are three things you must do to stay ahead of the pack:

  • Google Places has been around awhile. But, like everything, it is not a “set it and forget it” kind of thing. What you include impacts how and where you show when people perform a “local search”. If you have a business location, “Places” is your nemesis now. It needs regular care and feeding.
  • Google+1 Button has been in existence for at least a year. It’s implications are becoming clearer now. You should add it to every page of your web site. It allows people to quickly give your information a “vote of confidence” which will affect your rankings in the not so distant future.
  • Google+ is the social network devised by Google to compete with Facebook. We think G had to have their very own shiny social world instead of lease it from others. [Read more...]

A Winning Internet Strategy

Lets peer into a marketing strategy meeting that is going on at a lot of small to medium sized businesses right now. No matter who they are, they believe that their business or service brings a real value to the marketplace.

The hypothetical team is going through a planning process to prepare for the new year.

  1. A budget must be set that is reasonable and can be followed
  2. New or existing vendors need to be identified and brought into the loop
  3. High level creative brainstorming is needed to do better than previous years

The team goes through this exhaustive process that pushes everyone to their limit. A plan is made. What happens next? Many times, we witness… “not much.” Here, the company expends money and hours agonizing over costs and creative ideas to formulate a plan. There may be several services vendors involved to bring all the projects and programs together. [Read more...]

New Year Resolution Has Got to be Blogging!

At new year time, people like to make resolutions. If you make just one resolution for your internet business plan, please, let it be blogging! This is a task many business owners dread. But if they knew what we knew about the power of blogging and SEO, it might be more palatable.

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