Overview
What is Ion, by Rock Content?
Ion is an enterprise-grade content experience platform that empowers modern marketers and designers to create no-code interactive content experiences integrated with their CRM or marketing automation tools. Ion helps enterprises to build brand awareness and increase conversions and lead generation…
An absolute must!
Fairly easy to use for simple landing pages and great customer service!
Pretty good, but could use some help with user experience
A great piece of software for creating and tracking templated interactive content
A quick review of ion interactive
Easy To Use
Effective tools to augment ongoing initiatives
Good overall experience with ion interactive
The ion Experience from a Low Level User (Mainly reporting)
A Robust Platform to Help You Deliver Marketing Landing Pages
Ion creative studio - the next step for online marketing and engagement
Ion is a true problem solver!
Interacting with Ions
ION - Landing Page Solution
Great content marketing tool
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Popular Features
- Embedded CTAs (108)10.0100%
- Forms / Gated content (107)10.0100%
- Content performance analytics (116)10.0100%
- Campaign optimization dashboard (107)10.0100%
Pricing
Managed Services + SaaS
Custom
Entry-level set up fee?
- $5,500 per customerOptional
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Features
Content Creation
Features related to the creation of content for marketing purposes.
- 10Ideation(99) Ratings
Includes tools for creative development, such as ideation workspaces, guides to certain topics or channels, briefs, recommendations, and/or access to agencies.
- 5Content collaboration(94) Ratings
Includes features for collaborating on content that is created internally or commissioned/licensed from external sources.
Content Publishing
Features related to the organization and distribution of marketing content.
- 10Content hub(104) Ratings
Platform has a central location, such as a gallery or repository, for organizing all content. This enables easy internal access, and may allow for automated or personalized distribution.
- 10Forms / Gated content(107) Ratings
Users can set up forms for lead generation, which can be used to gate content. Forms may pop-up (to gate the site itself) or prompt users to register for a download.
- 10Embedded CTAs(108) Ratings
Supports the creation of embedded Calls To Action, which are forms or links embedded in the content or the content stream.
- 8Content distribution(93) Ratings
Allows users to push content to different channels, such as social media or websites, from within the tool. This may be handled via integrations.
- 8Content promotion(86) Ratings
Includes tools for promoting content by connecting to paid and earned media channels.
- 6Content automation(90) Ratings
Allows users to set up automated distribution, personalization and/or curation.
Content Reporting & Analytics
Features related to tracking, measuring, and analyzing content creation processes and content performance.
- 6Audience profiling and targeting(91) Ratings
Determines profiles—types that can be used for segmentation—based on audience behavior or demographics. Helps deliver targeted content via website personalization and/or marketing automation campaigns.
- 8Closed-loop tracking and reporting(95) Ratings
Tracks the impact of content on the buyer’s/customer’s journey and ROI.
- 10Content performance analytics(116) Ratings
Provides insights around how individual pieces of content are performing. Content performance is measured in terms of engagement and/or conversion by piece of content, by channel.
- 10Campaign optimization dashboard(107) Ratings
Provides a quick view on content performance and allows users to make changes to which channels and which content is being promoted or displayed.
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What is Ion, by Rock Content?
Ion is an enterprise-grade content experience platform that empowers modern marketers and designers to create no-code interactive content experiences integrated with their CRM or marketing automation tools. Ion helps enterprises to build brand awareness and increase conversions and lead generation enriching their contact database with declared, high intent data. Ion helps brands launch quizzes, ROI calculators, assessments, interactive infographics, and other interactive formats in just a few hours.
Marketers can start from a blank canvas, use fully-responsive Quick Start templates, or leverage Rock Content's professional services team to plan, create, and launch their own branded content experiences.
Interactive content increases brand awareness by encouraging users to actively engage with the content. Each engagement provides insights into audience behavior by collecting rich, first-party data from interactions and effectively driving users through the buyer journey.
CONTENT FORMATS
• Assessments
• Calculators
• Interactive White Papers
• Landing Pages & Microsites
• Lookbooks & Tours
• Interactive eBooks
• Interactive Infographics
• Solution Finders
• Resource Libraries
• Configurators
• Quizzes
• Fully Responsive Quick Start Templates
Ion, by Rock Content Features
Content Creation Features
- Supported: Ideation
- Supported: Content collaboration
Content Publishing Features
- Supported: Content hub
- Supported: Forms / Gated content
- Supported: Embedded CTAs
- Supported: Content distribution
- Supported: Content promotion
- Supported: Content automation
Content Reporting & Analytics Features
- Supported: Audience profiling and targeting
- Supported: Closed-loop tracking and reporting
- Supported: Content performance analytics
- Supported: Campaign optimization dashboard
- Supported: Page-level engagement analytics
Additional Features
- Supported: A/B Testing
Ion, by Rock Content Screenshots
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Ion, by Rock Content Integrations
- Salesforce Sales Cloud
- Salesforce Marketing Cloud
- Adobe Marketo Engage
- Demandbase One
- AWeber
- Contentsquare
- Crazy Egg
- dotMailer
- Google Analytics
- Google Analytics 360
- HubSpot Marketing Hub
- Mailchimp
- Adobe Analytics
- Oracle Siebel CRM
- Talisma Social CRM
- Act-On Software
- Aprimo
- Oracle Marketing
- Keap
- Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
- Google Marketing Platform
- Campus Management
- MongooseMetrics
- NetResults
Ion, by Rock Content Competitors
Ion, by Rock Content Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | No |
Supported Languages | English |
Ion, by Rock Content Downloadables
Frequently Asked Questions
Ion, by Rock Content Customer Size Distribution
Consumers | 0% |
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Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 0% |
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 40% |
Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 60% |
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(210)Community Insights
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Ion Interactive is a versatile platform that offers numerous use cases for businesses and marketing departments. Users have found that the software simplifies the process of creating landing pages, allowing them to rapidly prototype and deploy pages for multiple domains and marketing campaigns. With Ion Interactive, companies can easily create interactive content such as calculators, quizzes, and informational tours to engage online audiences. The software's reporting and analytics capabilities also enable users to keep all their data in one place, facilitating in-depth analysis and optimization of landing pages. Additionally, Ion Interactive's API connections with ESPs and CRMs allow for seamless integration, while its data collection capabilities provide exhaustive insights for informed decision-making. This robust program has proven particularly useful for small teams that lack the resources to create interactive websites from scratch. Overall, Ion Interactive serves as an efficient solution for creating engaging landing pages, enhancing lead generation efforts, and driving sales conversions.
Versatile Customization: Users have praised Ion Interactive for its versatility in customization and flexibility. Many reviewers mentioned that they appreciate the ability to create forms for landing pages and easily connect to APIs, allowing them to tailor their interactive content according to their specific needs.
Easy-to-Use Interface: Reviewers frequently mention that Ion Interactive is quick and easy to use. They highlight features like creating custom thank you pages for campaigns and showing different content based on parameters as being intuitive and effortless. This user-friendly interface helps streamline the content creation process.
Responsive Customer Support: Ion Interactive's customer support has received positive feedback from users. Several reviewers have mentioned that the support team provided expert assistance whenever they had a question or needed help navigating the system. The availability of additional resources such as a help suite and videos further contribute to an overall positive experience with customer support.
Outdated User Interface: Some users have expressed that Ion's user interface is outdated and does not meet the latest web standards, leading to a less than optimal user experience.
Lack of Undo Button: Multiple users have mentioned that the software lacks an undo button in several areas, making it difficult for them to revert changes or fix mistakes. This has caused frustration and inconvenience when working on projects.
Steep Learning Curve: Several users have found Ion to have a steep learning curve, requiring practice and training to fully understand and utilize its features. This has made it challenging for new users to get up to speed quickly and efficiently.
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Reviews
(1-25 of 84)An absolute must!
- Flexibility, Analytics, Always improving the platform
- integrated heat mapping tool
Pretty good, but could use some help with user experience
- The pre-loaded templates are easy to use and can get content up and active very easily.
- The training is easy to follow online at your own pace.
- The online chat with a live person for personal help is very useful for trouble-shooting.
- It can be difficult to create custom content that is above and beyond the standard templates.
- Some of the coding is not very user-intuitive to make changes to easily for formatting.
- The content blocks can be difficult to work with when trying to copy and paste additional content. There are too many layers and it is difficult to know which layers to select.
- The advanced features take a lot of additional training.
A quick review of ion interactive
- Creates HTML without having to know coding
- Animations that add interest to the static page
- A bit confusing when laying out the page. It's sometimes hard to see where you are in the layout.
- The interface could be improved by allowing the movement of elements in the list view, instead of just in the edit view.
Good overall experience with ion interactive
- User-friendly
- Engaging
- Highly customizable
- Create an 'undo' button on the backend
- Create standard charts (e.g., bar, pie charts) that can be easily inserted and customized.
- More images in the library or best practices on image sizing, etc.
Where it does not make sense - when we do not have custom research or marketing support.
The ion Experience from a Low Level User (Mainly reporting)
- Robust landing page building tool with reporting capabilities.
- Streamlined organization when using multiple clients and campaigns.
- Flexible build tools to make exactly what you need.
- Cumbersome reporting.
- Limitations with some popular CMSs (Shopify comes to mind).
- The UI could be more user-friendly.
- User friendly - the software is easy to learn, understand and manage. Within a few hours you can make a complete, professional interactive page for your company.
- Great support - usually answers within 1 working day with just the information you need.
- Responsive design - The interactive content works on all devices, so if you would like to show it to a client on the go, you can simply pick your tablet and show the content.
- Wide range of possibilities - The possibilities are endless. You are free to create anything imaginable within the CMS.
- Professional look - The end product looks very presentable and professional which could fit a large organisation.
- No 'undo'-button - this is especially a bummer if you accidentaly delete a column. You have to be on guard the entire session to avoid major mistakes you can't undo. This should definitely be implemented.
- Sometimes the wide range of possibilities is a bit overwhelming. While the software is easy to learn, all the possibilities are devided in 5 groups that each have different content with syle, micro themes, actions, etc. It would be great to have some pre-defined settings for easier implementation.
- Occasionally it's hard to keep the overview. Especially with complex pages, even with the 'toggle page targets' it's not that easy to easily see what you have done without previewing after every change.
Ion is a true problem solver!
- The training and support are the most important resources. If you have any questions and problems - Ion support is always there during business hours.
- Analytics. Ion provides the ability to track everything directly in the platform so you know exactly where the user is going.
- Ease of use. Once you complete the training, you can start right off the bat and dive right into the platform to produce new material.
- I think that the platform could be a little more intuitive. I don't think you can jump in without the training - some areas need an explanation.
- I can't believe that they do not have a back button! If you accidentally move something, want to try something new really quick. You can only undo if you delete something.
- Personally, I think the interface is a little dated looking.
Interacting with Ions
- Ion Interactive works well for data collection and management.
- We like how this product helps us quickly duplicate landing pages and make changes on the fly.
- We like how Ion Interactive makes it simple for both experienced and inexperienced web developers to make changes to our landing pages.
- We wish there was an easier way to make changes without it being always on a live site, as this has caused issues with typos or mistakes.
- Some of the landing page creation tools seem a bit dated.
- Dashboard visuals could be updated.
Great content marketing tool
- Creating a more personalized, interactive experience for our prospects and clients
- Helps make our content a lot more digestible and fun to read
- Higher engagements and conversions
- The UI makes it extremely difficult to navigate the platform.
- No real version control option in place - if you want to make changes but need to keep older versions, I'd suggest users to clone the page and make the changes on the cloned page.
- ion's training program only takes you so far - to become a better, more comfortable user, you need to go in and create some test pages from scratch.
Scribble Live User and Advocate
- Content options, from eBooks, quizes, microsites. Lots of options!
- Unique tracking links and metrics to understand performance
- Good support and training
- Helping with setting benchmarks to understand content performance when just getting started.
- Better on boarding and training so that teams are enabled to build their own content experiences, right now it's too complex for the average user and we need to pay Scribble to build them, which negates a key selling point for us
- Quick Starts make it so easy to get started.
- Real-time updates are awesome and save a ton of wasteful process.
- The combination of user friendliness for simple things and the flexibility to do more complex things is great.
- Chat support is excellent and deeper-dive support has been super helpful.
- The ability to use these tools in the cloud or embedded has given us tactic flexibility.
- Would like to be able to copy rules and paste them in other places (pages, creatives)
- Better advanced level training (re-watchable webcasts)
- Ability to upload multiple fulfillments
- Extended help hours (we're on the West coast)
- Ion Interactive allows you to rapidly prototype landing pages for multiple domains and keep your marketing campaigns organized.
- This tool allows for a lot of customization and flexibility. You can create forms for your landing pages. And do you need to connect to an API? Yep it is quick and easy. Do you need to have the submitted forms email to someone in your company? No problem. Do you need to create custom thank you pages for your campaign? It does that too. Do you need your landing page to show different content to different users based on different parameters? Once you get the hang of it, this is a breeze. Do you need to do all of these things together? It does that quickly and easily too.
- Do you want to code sets of templates that can be re-used with just minor tweaks? This platform can take a very basic base template, and allow you to rapidly edit this template (think child themes), to be customized for each campaign and then be re-used whenever necessary.
- The learning curve in Ion Interactive is a bit tough for some people. The support team is great and whether you are a developer or a marketer and wanting to use this platform, they will have several one on one sessions with you to get you in and get you moving. However the learning curve is a bit tough since this does work quite differently than most web platforms.
- If you do not have a developer to create your custom themes and custom frameworks, the graphic user interface is good, but with any non-custom solution, sometimes it can limit things a little bit.
If you simply want to build a website, this tool really is not for that. This tool is a bit expensive, they market this only to enterprise clients for a reason!
Ion Gets It Done.
There's a lot to learn in the platform - the user interface isn't necessarily intuitive, but once you learn the ropes it all starts to come together. I also have to say, support for the Ion side has been top notch since the word go. They are always available and willing to work with us to troubleshoot any problem - from complex data migration to advice on what template would work best for a new concept.
I'm excited to see how much of an impact with can make with Ion going forward.
- The Ion support team - both during implementation and as we've been building experiences - has been exemplary. They are always available, engaged and enthusiastic.
- One aspect of the platform that we've loved from the beginning is the customized design template that is built into the platform. Our in-house designer particularly loves this feature as it saves her hours of time when it comes to designing individual assets. She can go in and add polish and style without having to start from scratch every time.
- The metrics are also incredible. You can really examine and analyze them from several different angles. Automation, Content and our business lines each view the metrics from a different perspective so this has been an especially helpful feature.
- Ion University, while stacked with a wealth of information, is difficult to navigate from a troubleshooting perspective. The tutorial videos are all very helpful, but they are also very long. Sometimes I would want to search for how to address a particular issue I was struggling with and it would be a two-minute segment buried in a 45-minute video.
- Again, getting back the self-guidance side of things. I think a lot of the tutorials are set up in a way that makes sense to Ion, but not as much to the end user.
- I think the controls admins use when creating new users could be a bit more straightforward.
That said, if you're looking for something very simple - say a survey to push through social channels - I might recommend something more basic that you can get done quick and dirty.
Great Landing Pages Without The Programming
- Create landing pages fast
- WYSIWYG Editor that allows you to add visual elements easily
- Responsive pages for different types of devices
- SVG's can be difficult to work with
- Unable to export a web page HTML for use in other platforms
- Tutorials are a bit basic to create truly stunning landing pages
It is not well suited for creating entire web pages (although it is possible).
Fun with ION
- Easy templates for our design team to work in, templates gallery to share with prospective clients.
- A responsive and supportive team at ION.
- Customization beyond the standard template to enhance design and responsiveness.
- It is not obvious how or where to upload pictures and images within the template.
ION's Customer Service and Flexibility are awesome!
- Flexible templates - ability to create pages to meet clients' needs without being forced into pre-created templates. this helps us to make changes to constantly meet our client's needs
- Excellent customer service - this is one of the greatest things about working with ION. They have a wealth of knowledge on their support pages, but also have people who are available to answer questions and troubleshoot through issues. They are extremely responsive and helpful whenever we need something. We don't see this with other technology providers.
- Undo button - it would be great if there was an undo button so that when you make a change that you don't like, or accidentally remove something from a page you have the option to revert back to the previous version.
- The reporting could be more user-friendly and intuitive. We currently have to export reports to Excel and slice and dice the data to get the insights we need.
- Heat mapping and click mapping would be a useful layer on top of the current reporting. This would help to see where people are interacting most, and easily pinpoint areas of opportunity.
Easy to learn - lots of functionality
- Fairly simple to learn the basics
- Surprisingly feature-rich, once you know where you look
- Robust back-end; can plug into most CRMs and marketing automation platforms.
- Fairly fiddly; it can take some time getting used to placement boxes and containers
- Lack of a robust undo feature. Deleting something presents you with a tiny undo box which vanishes after a few seconds. Miss it, and you miss your window to undo that 1 action.
- Greater on-page SEO tools and recommendations would be useful
Simple program, big payoff
- Autosave feature - amazing for people who are forgetful in saving their work
- Easy to use interface
- Autosave feature - once you make a change, there is no going back
- Add an undo button!
- More aesthetically pleasing home screen
Great product!
- Intuitive user interface
- Drag-and-drop functionality
- Competitive pricing
- It would be helpful if you could move web pages from one portfolio to another, rather than having to copy or recreate
- It would be nice if you could create web pages that allow visitors to upload videos
ION for user friendly web page
- User-friendly
- Easy reporting
- Great chat service for issues
ION is great for end to end management of stand alone landing pages
- ion is great for rapid, iterative deployment and testing of landing pages
- ion is great for interactive content
- The user interface of the console could be further improved for better organization and usability
Project Manager's ion interactive Review
- Easy to use templates
- Visually engaging
- Beautifully designed
- Simpler backend interface
- Drag and drop features
- Better chart integration
ion another planet!
- Track user activity.
- Layout content in a digestible way.
- Make information more interactive on the website.
- Too many pre-training videos.
- The overwhelming amount of information in regards to functions.
ION Interactive Review From a QA POV
- Easy to create new pages/content
- Excellent customer service
- Easy to use and be trained on
- It would be helpful to have an Undo button
- The copy/paste should be more user friendly from a word doc to template
- Difficult to customize the templates
Benefits of Choosing Ion Interactive for Your Digital Needs
- Scalability is one of ion's most impactful quality to my company. The template structure allows for a uniform look and feel while allowing enough flexibility to meet the needs of our individual clients.
- Information capture and routing is also another thing the platform does well.
- I find the rule-based substitutions a tremendous help because it allows more granularity in customization of more nuanced elements within a single creative.
- Some of the template structures/themes are more rigid than other CMS I use in terms of their development.
- The platform does not have a versioning system for the individual components.
- Some of their features and the functionality of these features are inconsistent across different creatives. The out-the-box approach can be very time-consuming when not using existing creatives and templates as a result.