Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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E-commerce and Retail
Octane AI: Launch Quizzes That Drive AI-Driven Personalized Product Recommendations on Shopify
Zero-party (0p) data marketing transforms how e-commerce brands engage with customers. By collecting data directly from consumers, brands can provide personalized experiences and tailor their marketing efforts accordingly. Octane AI, a platform for interactive quizzes and data collection, is leveraging this approach to drive higher engagement and boost conversions for Shopify stores. Understanding Zero-Party Data Marketing Zero-party data marketing involves…
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Analytics & Testing
Keep Track Of Your Campaigns and Build Your UTM Querystring in Google Sheets (Free Copy)
We’ve been assisting a large e-commerce client with migrating to Google Analytics 4 from Universal Analytics and improving their campaign attribution to ensure they have accurate reporting on each of the mediums and channels they’re putting to use, including influencers. The best means of doing this is to ensure every distributed link to their online store has a UTM querystring…
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Content Marketing
WordPress: Fight Registration Bot Spam On Your Site With hCaptcha
As with many WordPress sites, Martech Zone is open to anyone registering. I don’t want to shut down open registration, as I’ve welcomed hundreds of contributors and partners to the site. However, having an open registration form on the site has invited thousands (I’m not kidding) of bots to register accounts to publish malware and spam articles. A bot that…
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Customer Data Platforms
SheerID: How Brands Such as ASICS and Target are Acquiring Customers Via Identity Marketing
One of the most prominent challenges marketers face today is getting the attention of the distracted consumer. For decades, marketers have served ads and other promotions to demographics such as 18-24-year-olds. But, no one identifies with being part of an 18 to 24-year-old club. SheerID has found that college students associate with one another and recognize one another as part…
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E-commerce and Retail
Flip: Reach More Customers and Generate More Sales With The Next Generation of Social Commerce for E-commerce Brands
For many people, social commerce is synonymous with influencer marketing. Three-quarters of brand marketers dedicate budget to influencer marketing, and 68% plan to increase that spend. Influencer Marketing Hub But consumers are catching onto paid sponsorships and dishonest reviews. The next generation of shopping experiences must be built on trust. For consumers to choose new products with confidence, they must…
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Analytics & Testing
How To Migrate Events From Universal Analytics To Google Analytics 4
I’m not too confident in Google Analytics 4 despite the buzz being passed by the Google Analytics team. Companies have spent millions of dollars to enhance and integrate their sites, platforms, campaigns, events, and other measurement data within Universal Analytics only to find that it doesn’t automatically work within Google Analytics 4. Events are no different… It’s disappointing that Google…
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Analytics & Testing
How To Exclude Tags In Google Tag Manager By The Visitor’s Logged-In User Role in WordPress
Throughout any day, I log into Martech Zone to read form submissions, add and edit content, and improve the site’s performance. At issue is that I don’t want that activity skewing my analytics or executing tags within Google Tag Manager (GTM), such as opening my chatbot or detecting a visitor’s location using an IP lookup service (our chat tag fires…
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Sales and Marketing Training
Lead Generation: Best Practices, Processes, and Technologies
Lead generation is the process of attracting and converting prospects into individuals or organizations that have expressed interest in your company’s product or service. It often involves collecting potential customer information, such as name, contact details, or other relevant data. These leads are then nurtured through marketing and sales efforts with the goal of converting them into paying customers. Lead…
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Content Marketing
Online Infographic Makers and Platforms
For several years my agency had a backlog of orders for developing client infographics. The demand for infographic design services seems to have dropped in the last few years, but I have no idea why. When looking for an edge to launch a new domain or grab organic and social media attention, infographics are still our go-to strategy. The demand…
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Content Marketing
ProductionCrate: Subscribe To This One-Stop Shop Of HD Royalty-Free Stock Video, Visual Effects, And Plugins
Video production can be a challenging, time-consuming, and expensive process. Even if you have the best equipment and editing software, you still typically need to find high-quality stock video, audio, and video effects to make your videos look and sound their best. ProductionCrate is a subscription-based service that provides filmmakers and video creators access to high-quality stock video, audio, and…
