Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
- Advertising Technology
Online Video Advertising Statistics And Trends
While advertising budgets are declining in 2022, there’s one area that continues to skyrocket in popularity – online video advertising. I believe there are several reasons why this is happening: Bandwidth – the expansion and support of high speed internet across both desktops and mobile (cellular).Adoption – virtually every platform has adopted both short and long video formats as part…
- Artificial Intelligence
Otter: Real-Time Meeting & Podcast Transcription With Highlights
This week, I was attending a video conference call using Zoom. In the chat window, I noticed that there was a link inserted in the chat window by an application, Otter. When I clicked on the link, I was absolutely blown away… it opened a window where I was watching the conversation be transcribed in real-time. Because it was fully…
- Sales and Marketing Training
Meetings: The Death of American Productivity
Meetings at companies are expensive, interrupt productivity, and are often an absolute waste of time. Here are three types of meetings that damage the productivity of a business and can irreparably hurt the culture: Meetings to avoid accountability. Chances are that you’ve hired someone responsible to get the job done. If you’re holding a meeting to decide for them… or…
- Advertising Technology
NetLinePortal: Capture B2B Buyer Intent with the Largest CPL Marketplace
B2B marketers face an increasingly uphill battle: engaging the right buyers at the right time with content that converts. Whether you’re managing in-house campaigns or leading demand gen efforts for clients, the challenge remains the same—delivering high-quality, intent-driven leads that turn into pipeline. Most lead generation efforts struggle because they rely on static lists, broad targeting, or outdated performance models.…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
What Is The Map Pack? Why Is It Critical To Local Search Optimization?
If you are a local business or retailer hoping for more appointments, foot traffic, or business as a whole – the map pack in Google Searches is a critical strategy. Surprisingly, many businesses don’t understand how the map pack works or how they can maintain and improve their visibility in it. First, let’s start with some statistics on the importance…
- Content Marketing
Siteimprove: Optimize Content for Accessibility, Organic Search, Customer Experience and Marketing Performance
Expectations for high-quality content are at an all-time high: Research shows that 73% of consumers say one extraordinary digital experience raises their expectations of other companies to deliver a similar experience. SOTI, Annual Connected Retailer Survey For marketers today, content is much like code. Publishing poor quality, inaccessible content is like pushing out code that hasn’t been proactively debugged. That’s…
- Content Marketing
When Should You Consider A New Content Management System?
A decade ago, 100% of our clients utilized WordPress as their content management system. Years later and that number has dropped to less than half. There are some very valid reasons why our prospective and current clients have moved away from their CMS and migrated to another. Note: This article is focused on businesses that are not primarily online stores.…
- Analytics & Testing
Customer.io: Automated Marketing Messages that Convert
You’ve got your customer acquisition funnel dialed in. Your retention strategy is all plotted out. And you’ve got a warehouse full of customer data. So why aren’t enough people converting, and where’s all that churn coming from? Chances are, your marketing messages just don’t line up with your customers’ actual needs in the moment. And when they don’t see immediate…
- Sales and Marketing Training
What Is An API? And Other Acronyms: REST, SOAP, XML, JSON, WSDL
When you utilize a browser, your browser makes requests from the client’s server, and the server sends back data that your browser assembles and displays a web page with. But what if you just wanted your server or web page to speak to another server? This would require you to program to an API. What Does API stand for? API…
- Analytics & Testing
GRIN: Manage Your E-commerce Influencer Marketing In This End-To-End Creator Management Platform
The latest household brands aren’t created through old-school mass advertising—they’re built alongside content creators. Brands that utilize content creators as brand storytellers are now the names on everyone’s lips. And how do they do it? It can’t be bought. It can’t be faked. It must be built, one genuine creator relationship at a time. What is Creator Management? Creator management…
