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Corporate Blogging in South Africa

Douglas Karr Saturday, August 21, 2010

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This week was pretty amazing. Chantelle and I attended our first official book signing with the fantastic folks from Wiley at Blog Indiana. It was quite a rush watching folks pick up the book! I got to spend the day celebrating with so many of the people that have supported, challenged and befriended me over the years – too many to list! I’m so thankful!

Then – the day even got better when I received this incredible YouTube video from Arthur VanWyk, a social media marketer, blogger and brand evangelist from South Africa. Arthur and I connected with one another on Twitter. I wasn’t sure whether or not the book would be available in South Africa so we ordered a copy for him. That he took the time to thank us and put up this video truly made me tear up a bit in happiness!

Arthur – I can not wait until we meet one day so I can autograph the book in person and give you a great big hug. You made my day!

As soon as we get the opportunity, Chantelle and I will send a video back to you!

Douglas Karr Saturday, August 21, 2010

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Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr is the founder of the Martech Zone and a recognized expert on digital transformation. Douglas has helped start several successful MarTech startups, has assisted in the due diligence of over $5 bil in Martech acquisitions and investments, and continues to launch his own platforms and services. He's a co-founder of Highbridge, a digital transformation consulting firm. Douglas is also a published author of a Dummie's guide and a business leadership book.

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Douglas Karr says:

Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 9:20 AM

And here’s another, right here in Greenfield Indiana! Thanks Greg!

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It all started as a book club.

Yes, I’m serious. I started my work on the web more than two decades ago. My first site was Helping Hand, which curated the best sites from around the web to help people with their computers and navigate resources on the Internet. Years later, I sold the domain to a company that helped folks quit smoking, one of my first big contracts.

I began blogging on Blogger and waxed poetic about everything from politics to Internet tools. I was all over the place and mostly wrote for myself – without much of an audience. I belonged to a Marketing Book club in Indianapolis that quickly grew out of control. Over time, I discovered that more and more of the group were coming to me for technology advice. The combination of my technology background and my business and marketing acumen was in high demand as the Internet rapidly changed the industry.

After reading Naked Conversations, I was motivated to better brand and control the content on the site. I also wanted more control over the look and feel of my blog, so I moved to my domain in 2006 and built my first WordPress site. Since I was focused on marketing technology, I didn’t want the domain with my name to get in the way, so I moved the site (painfully) to its new domain in 2008 where it’s grown ever since.

The Martech Zone is owned and operated by DK New Media, LLC, a company I started in 2009. After working with virtually every major online marketing department in my tenure at ExactTarget and launching Compendium, I knew there was a great demand for my expertise and guidance within such a complex industry.

DK New Media is my company overseeing my publications, podcasts, workshops, webinars, and speaking gigs. Highbridge is my agency with two other partners that help companies maximize their investment in sales, marketing, and related products. We offer integration, migration, training, strategic consulting, and custom development.

Thank you so much for your support over the years!

Douglas Karr
CEO, DK New Media
VP, Highbridge