Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Mediafly Revenue360: The Evolution of Sales Enablement Technology
Before 2020, B2B buyer behaviors had already begun shifting to favor digital and self-service channels. With more buyers firmly cemented in the world of digital selling, there’s no going back. 71% of buyers willingly spend over $50,000 on a single transaction using a remote or self-service model, for example. McKinsey To remain competitive and relevant, revenue teams will need different…
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Content Marketing
How Can You Programmatically Change Font Color Based on the Background? (Light/Dark Mode)
If you’ve visited Martech Zone lately, you may have noticed that we now offer the ability to view the site in either light or dark mode. Just search for the moon or sun icon next to the date in the top left navigation bar on the site. It’s a pretty cool feature and it works really well. When I launched…
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Martech Zone Apps
App: Convert Hex, RGB, and RGBA Colors
This is a simple tool to convert a hexadecimal color to an RGB or RGBA value or vice versa. If you’re converting hex to RGB, Enter the hex value as #000 or #000000. If you’re converting RGB to hex, enter the RGB value as rgb(0,0,0) or rgba(0,0,0,0.1). I also return the common name for the color. Hex to RGB and…
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E-commerce and Retail
What Is Credit Card Tokenization?
Credit card tokenization is a security feature that replaces a credit card’s sensitive account information, such as the 16-digit primary account number (PAN), with a unique digital identifier called a token. The token is used in place of the PAN to facilitate a payment transaction, and is only valid for a specific transaction or set of transactions. Tokenization is a…
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Content Marketing
Your Content Won’t Convert Without Well-Placed, Obvious Calls-To-Action
As Martech Zone has grown over the years, I’ve been investing much more time in both user experience (UX) as well as monetization. As the site was growing over the years, I wasn’t seeing the monetization growing, either from ads or on referral or affiliate links within the content. It’s a careful balance… do I bug the heck out of…
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Marketing Infographics
How To CAREfully Choose A Name For Your Business
We’ve assisted in the process of naming quite a few businesses and products over the years for our clients and it’s not as easy as it seems. Out of the box, there are a few strategies you can use to come up with a name for your business, including: Use your own name – This can be a simple and…