Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Event Marketing
ClickMeeting: Maximize Lead and Prospect Engagement With A Browser-Based Webinar Platform
Webinars and recorded webinars have become integral to sales and marketing strategies due to their unique capacity to engage and educate a broad audience. Live webinars provide an interactive platform to connect with customers and prospects, fostering a sense of community and real-time engagement. They offer the opportunity to showcase expertise, demonstrate products, and directly address customer queries, thus establishing…
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Artificial Intelligence
AI: Why I Walked Away From My Agency After 15 Years
This week, I left the agency world behind to join a company started by colleagues I highly respect in the Software as a Service industry. I’ll explain why, but first, I’d like to give some background on my career. You can skip this section, but it shines a light that may help you navigate your career. I enlisted as an…
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Content Marketing
20 Questions For Your Content Marketing Strategy: Quality vs. Quantity
How many blog posts should we write each week? Or… How many articles will you deliver each month? These may be the worst questions I constantly field with new prospects and clients. While it’s tempting to believe that more content equates to more traffic and engagement, this isn’t necessarily true. The key lies in understanding the varying needs of new…
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Content Marketing
Extensis: Streamlining Global Asset Management with a Focus on Font Compliance and Licensing
With large, globally dispersed creative teams, the intricacies of font usage, license adherence, and risk management in creative projects often pose operational hurdles, demanding a solution that organizes assets and proactively mitigates legal and operational risks. Extensis has established itself as a leader through its Creative Intelligence Suite. This suite is a comprehensive solution designed to streamline creative operations and…
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Artificial Intelligence
Steppit: Engage Your Customers with AI-Driven Instructional Videos
The impact of well-executed onboarding and how-to videos on customer retention cannot be overstated, especially in the context of platforms designed to enhance user experience and engagement. In fact: More than half (55%) of people say they’ve returned a product because they didn’t fully understand how to use it. Wyzowl Investing in impactful onboarding and how-to videos enhances customer understanding…
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Content Marketing
What is Content Authority?
Content authority in the context of content marketing refers to the act of consistently creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and trustworthy information and stories. This is done to gain attention, engage, and influence a clearly defined audience to identify who would benefit from your products and services. The concept hinges on establishing oneself as a reliable and knowledgeable source in…
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Content Marketing
GravityKit: Display and Visualize Gravity Forms Data in WordPress (Tables, Maps, PDFs, Charts, or HTML)
Gravity Forms is a user-friendly, robust WordPress plugin that allows businesses to create custom forms to collect and process data on their websites. It’s highly versatile, catering to various needs such as contact forms, surveys, and user submissions. We designed an online assessment for a client utilizing Gravity Forms to collect the data. However, we were surprised when we couldn’t…
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Artificial Intelligence
AI Suggests: Generate Fresh, Unique Content With This Pay-As-You-Go AI Assistant
The need for consistent, creative, and compelling content is paramount. I utilize several Generative AI (GenAI) platforms throughout my workday to research the content that I produce for Martech Zone and my clients. I’m not a copy-and-paste AI junkie, though. I believe these platforms do a great job at research and validation, but I ultimately want my voice in the…
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Advertising Technology
What Does $100,000 in Advertising Buy By Medium?
The infographic from WebFX presents a comprehensive overview of the costs associated with different national advertising media. It succinctly breaks down the financial investment required for the setup and ongoing maintenance of various advertising mediums, including National TV, Magazine, and Newspaper Advertising, as well as Direct Mail, Telemarketing, Search Engine Optimization, Pay Per Click Marketing, Email Marketing, and Web Content…
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Marketing Tools
Update Google Maps With GeoJSON or KML Files Using the JavaScript API
KML (Keyhole Markup Language) and GeoJSON (Geographic JSON) are two file formats used for storing geographic data in a structured manner. Each format is suitable for different types of applications and can be used in various mapping services, including Google Maps. Let’s delve into the details of each format and provide examples: KML File KML is an XML-based format for…
