Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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The Evolution of Logos and the Impact of Technology on Logo Design
The word logo comes from the Greek word logos, which means word, thought, or speech. In ancient Greek philosophy, logos referred to the principle of reason and order in the universe. Over time, the meaning of logos expanded to include the use of words or symbols to represent a company or organization. Today, the term logo is commonly used to…
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A Guide To Optimize Your Email Open, Click-Through, and Conversion Rates
One discussion that I have every week with clients is the increasingly frustrating means of building and sustaining a successful email marketing program. Simply put, as your email marketing list grows, so do your deliverability headaches. It seems that internet service providers have abandoned any hope of rewarding best practices and just have dumb algorithms that continue to punish good…
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The Psychological Impact Of Color On Emotion, Attitude, and Behavior
I’m a sucker for color theory. We’ve already published how genders interpret colors and how colors impact buying behavior. If you want to learn more about how our eyes actually detect and interpret color, don’t miss reading Why Our Eyes Need Complementary Color Palette Schemes. This infographic details the psychology and even the return on investment a company might attain…
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It’s Time Your Sales Teams Stop Using Local Presence Deception
If you’ve never heard of local presence, it’s the strategy that many companies use to incorporate a regional presence to boost their overall brand’s trust and reliability. In a physical sense, local presence may involve setting up a brick-and-mortar store, office, or warehouse in a particular region, city, or neighborhood. This allows businesses to be physically present in the community…
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Microsoft Clarity: Free Heatmaps and Session Recordings for Website Optimization
As we designed and developed a custom Shopify theme for a fashion customer, we wanted to ensure that we designed an elegant and simple e-commerce site that didn’t confuse or overwhelm their customers. One example of our design testing was a more information block that had additional details about the products. If we published the section in the default region,…
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Are You Really Mobile Friendly? Tools And What To Test For Mobile Speed, Mobile SEO, And Mobile User Behavior
While most marketing industry professionals design and publish sites from the comfort of their desktop and a nice large display, the majority of visitors to your website may be arriving (or could be arriving) from mobile devices. Not taking the time to ensure that your websites and landing pages are mobile-friendly can leave a huge gap in your inbound marketing…
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Seobility: Analyze Your Web Page’s Search Engine Optimization With This Simple SEO Checker
As someone who works to assist our clients with their search engine optimization (SEO) as well as runs a marketing technology publication, you can only imagine how many organic search engine platforms that I’ve experimented with and purchased subscriptions for over the years. In all honesty, I’m growing quite frustrated with the bells and whistles that every SEO platform continues…
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How to Optimize a Landing Page for SEO
A landing page is a destination page on your website where you want to convert visitors. While other pages may provide information and detail about products and services, a landing page should be designed as a destination. It’s the last page before a visitor calls, sets an appointment, adds a product to a cart, or fills out an information form.…
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Exit Intent Popup Code Snippet in JavaScript And jQuery
One of the projects that I’m working on for this site is having a popup div with a CTA that encourages new visitors to subscribe to Martech Zone by email. There’s additional development I’m working on so that I can widgetize this method for WordPress and have the exit intent section be an actual sidebar… but I did want to…
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Is Your Business Violating State-Level Do Not Call Regulations with Voice and Text Messages (SMS)?
Seldom a day goes by that I’m not getting a text message or phone call from a business that purchased my data and acquired my phone number. As a marketer, it’s quite infuriating. I didn’t provide my phone number to any organization with the knowledge that my number would be sold and used for prospecting. Do Not Call Legislation The…
