Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Coupons: While They Work, Coupon Fraud Is Skyrocketing… Best Practices and Prevention
Coupons play an essential and effective role in retail strategies, offering consumers discounts and incentives that can boost sales and customer loyalty. However, the misuse and abuse of coupons, known as coupon fraud, pose significant challenges for retailers and manufacturers. How Coupons Influence the Buying Experience 48% of consumers indicate an increase in purchase intent. 38% buy something they don’t…
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Kissmetrics: Uncover the Power of Behavioral Analytics With Actionable Insights
Businesses grapple with the challenges of obtaining actionable insights from their data. On one end of the spectrum, products like Google Analytics present a steep learning curve, demanding extensive customization and filtering to render data usable. Conversely, platform analytics often oversimplify user behavior, providing basic metrics that fall short of uncovering the intricacies of customer engagement. It’s within this gap,…
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How To Get Your Business Google Guaranteed Badge for Your Home Service Company’s Local Ads
As a local service provider, you always seek ways to stand out from your competitors and attract more customers. One way to do this is by earning the Google Guaranteed badge, a program offered by Google Local Ads that can help increase your visibility and credibility with potential customers. Local service ads with the Google Guaranteed badge appear at the…
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Instagram: 2023 Statistics and How To Harness This Billion-User Platform for Business Growth
Instagram has emerged as a social platform and a formidable force in the marketing world. With over 1.3 billion active users worldwide as of 2022, Instagram has transcended beyond a mere photo-sharing app to a global marketplace, a trendsetter, and a community builder. The allure of Instagram is undeniable; with 70.8% of its users under the age of 35, it’s…
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How To Start A Dropshipping Business
These last few years have been very exciting for entrepreneurs or companies looking to build an e-commerce business. A decade ago, launching an e-commerce platform, integrating your payment processing, calculating local, state, and national tax rates, building out marketing automation, integrating a shipping provider, and bringing in your logistics platform to move a product from sale to delivery took months…
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GTranslate: A Simple WordPress Translation Plugin Using Google Translate
I’ve hesitated to use machine translations of my site in the past. I’d love to have translators all over the planet to assist in translating my site for different audiences, but there’s no way I would recoup those costs. That said, I noticed that my site content is shared internationally quite a bit – and many people are using Google…
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Aprimo: Collaborative AI Tools For Content Optimization and Digital Asset Management
In response to the remarkable AI tech boom over the past year, businesses worldwide are rapidly integrating cutting-edge technologies into their operations. Yet, amidst this technological revolution, what truly distinguishes forward-thinking companies is the adoption of new tools and a clear understanding of how and why to use them. Central to this is the recognition that AI does not exist…
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Shutterstock: Perfect Your Stock Imagery With Integrated AI Features
Shutterstock has taken a significant leap forward with its creative AI features with the acquisition of Pattern89, Datasine, and Shotzr! These tools are not just about providing more images; they are advancing how we create, modify, and conceptualize visual content, enabling users to craft picture-perfect content every time. Shutterstock’s AI Tools For creatives around the globe, Shutterstock’s AI suite is…
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My 2025 Home Office Desk and Technology for Video Recording, Conferencing, and Podcasting
Last year, I remodeled an upstairs bedroom and converted it into my home office. It was quite an undertaking… removing everything down to the studs and subfloor and doing all the work myself. There were a couple of reasons why I decided to make the move: Upstairs – I believe there are many reasons for having a dedicated workspace that…
