Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Email Marketing & Automation
Mailchimp: More Than An Email Service Provider, A Digital Marketing Suite
If you’re looking for an email service provider (ESP), there’s no doubt that you’ve heard of Intuit Mailchimp or have seen their ads… everywhere. Over the years, the platform has evolved to offer a wide range of services to small and medium-sized businesses – including CRM, content management, social media, and e-commerce capabilities. We have several clients on Mailchimp and…
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Content Marketing
How To Load Adobe Fonts (Typekit) Faster With JavaScript
As I’ve been looking to improve the performance of my site, one area of concern is loading the custom fonts that I’m using via Adobe Fonts from Adobe Creative Cloud (also known as TypeKit). If you’d like to load fonts, there are quite a few ways: Browser-Safe Fonts: By avoiding the use of any custom fonts and, instead, using the…
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Artificial Intelligence
What is Big Data? What Are The 5 V’s? Technologies, Advancements, and Statistics
The promise of big data is that companies will have far more intelligence at their disposal to make accurate decisions and predictions on how their business is operating. Big Data not only provides the information necessary for analyzing and improving business results, but it also provides the necessary fuel for AI algorithms to learn and make predictions or decisions. In…
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Sales and Marketing Training
How Marketers Are Managing Risk
There’s not a day that goes by that we’re not assisting our clients to manage risk. Even in our own company, we’re currently balancing the risks and rewards of an integration we’ve recently completed. Do we invest in the productization of the tool and take it to market? Or do we apply those resources to the continued growth of our…
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Artificial Intelligence
Internet of Things: What Is IoT? AIoT? How Is IoT Advancing Customer Experiences Now And In The Future?
The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the interconnection of various devices and objects through the internet, allowing them to collect, exchange, and analyze data. This technology enables devices to communicate with each other and with users, creating a more efficient, automated, and integrated experience. The global IoT market was projected to reach around $1.6 trillion by 2025, up from…
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Customer Data Platforms
NetHunt: The CRM Built For Google Workspace
NetHunt CRM is a versatile Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution designed to integrate seamlessly with Google Workspace (formerly G Suite). It is an ideal choice for small to medium-sized businesses that leverage Google Workspace tools for daily operations. Benefits of NetHunt CRM: By connecting with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, and other Google Workspace applications, NetHunt CRM helps businesses streamline…
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Advertising Technology
What Is A Supply-Side Platform (SSP)?
A supply-side platform (SSP) is a critical component of the programmatic advertising ecosystem. It enables publishers to manage, sell, and optimize their ad inventory across multiple ad exchanges in real-time. In this article, we’ll explore the role of SSPs, how they fit into the overall marketing stack, and the problems they help publishers solve. To understand what an SSP is…
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Advertising Technology
What Is A Demand-Side Platform (DSP)?
A demand-side platform (DSP) is a software solution that allows advertisers and marketers to purchase digital ad inventory across various ad exchanges, networks, and publishers in real-time, using a single interface. It streamlines the media buying process and helps advertisers to target specific audiences more effectively. To understand what a DSP is and how it fits into the programmatic ad-buying…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Is Your Business On Bing? Why And How You Should Add It To Bing Places
Bing Places is a local business listing service provided by Microsoft’s search engine, Bing. It allows businesses to create a profile with their basic information, such as name, address, phone number, website, business hours, and photos so that potential customers can find them easily on Bing’s search results, maps, and other services. Bing’s search results offer a map pack just…
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Content Marketing
How To Stop WordPress From Guessing Redirects When It Believes It Will Result in a 404 Error
If you’re a longtime reader of Martech Zone, you’ve probably noticed much progress on cleaning up the site. I’ve been correcting incorrect internal links, adding many redirects, removing articles to discontinued platforms, and updating critical articles. Working nights and weekends, I’ve probably deleted over 1,000 articles and edited over 1,000 more… and my work isn’t done. Another functional change I’ve…
