Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Analytics & Testing
Sprinklr Insights: Transform Unstructured Data Into Actionable Insights With AI
Today’s businesses face unprecedented challenges adapting to customer expectations for personalized, real-time digital experiences on their preferred channels. This challenge is compounded by the vast amount of unstructured and siloed data generated by billions of people across numerous channels. 97% of marketers report their brands are ineffective at turning customer data into actionable insights. CMO Council This creates a gap…
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Content Marketing
Brightcove: A Versatile Streaming Solution for Diverse Businesses
Video content has become a pivotal element of business strategy. Brightcove emerges as a key player in this domain, offering advanced video hosting services and technology solutions. Recognized for its comprehensive range of products, Brightcove caters to large enterprises and a variety of other businesses, including small startups and non-profit organizations. Brightcove’s solutions are designed to overcome multiple challenges: Scalability…
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Content Marketing
Are Interactive Infographics Worth The Investment?
The history and origin of infographics can be traced back to ancient times, but their modern form and popularity surged in the late 20th century. Today’s infographics aren’t just incredible. New trends allow them to be interactive. The History of Infographics Early History: The roots of infographics are often linked to cave paintings and Egyptian hieroglyphs, which used visual representations…
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Advertising Technology
Steve Jobs: The Infographic and Insights Beyond the Apple Legacy
I’m an Apple fanboy and believe there are essential lessons that were deployed by Steve Jobs and the amazingly talented people he had working for him. Two lessons stand out for me: Marketing the potential for using your products or using your services is more powerful when marketing than the features you’ve developed. Apple marketing inspired its prospects and customers,…
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Advertising Technology
Digital Marketing vs. Traditional Marketing: Definitions, Growth, and Intersection
With my career spanning decades, I’ve enjoyed working in both the traditional and digital marketing industries. My career started at a newspaper, where I caught the Internet bug and began networking and programming. I moved on to database marketing and direct mail and then to MarTech and SaaS platforms. I often share that much of my success was bringing the…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
How To Increase Your Brand’s Facebook Visibility
Facebook’s original EdgeRank algorithm is no longer in use. The key components of the original EdgeRank algorithm were: Affinity Score: This determined how closely the user was connected to the content source, like a friend or a page. Edge Weight: Different interactions (comments, likes, shares) were weighted differently. Time Decay: The older the post, the less likely it would appear…
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Advertising Technology
Jeeng: Publisher Monetization and Extended Advertisement Reach Into Email
The publishing industry, grappling with the challenges posed by social media’s dominance and changing business models, finds itself in a difficult position. As the industry faces pressure from users reluctant to pay for content, a need for innovative solutions emerges. Jeeng offers a range of solutions specifically designed for publishers and advertisers. This solution empowers publishers to focus on their…
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Customer Data Platforms
Everything You Wanted To Know About QR Codes
By now, you’ve likely scanned and utilized a QR code. Quick Response codes are two-dimensional barcodes that store information in a square-shaped grid of black squares on a white background. They work by encoding data in a way that can be quickly and easily read by a digital device, typically a smartphone camera. 45 percent of responding shoppers had used…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Add Your Geographic Data to your Sitemap with KML
If your site focuses on geographic data, a KML sitemap can be a valuable tool for integrating with map services and accurately representing spatial information. A KML (Keyhole Markup Language) Sitemap is a specific sitemap used primarily for websites containing geographical information. While rich snippets and Schema markup can enhance your site’s general SEO, a KML sitemap can specifically aid…
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Marketing Tools
Formaloo: A No-Code Platform for Building Full-Featured, Integrated Marketing Applications
The need for efficient, customizable, and code-free solutions is more pressing than ever. Formaloo, is a cutting-edge platform designed to revolutionize how businesses create forms, surveys, quizzes, surveys, CRMs, portals, project management platforms, and other applications. Trusted by over 25,000 businesses in 30+ countries, Formaloo offers tools that enable users to build without needing coding knowledge. Its user-friendly interface allows…
