Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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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…
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App: How To Accurately Calculate Your Marketing Campaign Return on Investment (ROI)
Campaign ROI Calculator Campaign Results Direct Campaign Expenses * $ Expenses specifically for campaign. Direct Campaign Revenue * $ Attributable revenue generated by campaign. Indirect Campaign Revenue * $ Additional annual revenue, if any. Platform Expenses Annual Platform Expenses *…
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How To Syndicate External RSS Feeds In Your WordPress Theme or Child Theme
Some folks don’t realize it, but WordPress has integrated the ability to syndicate RSS feeds with some out-of-the-box features. While there are widgets to do this, you may actually want to include the ability to publish other feeds directly into…
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What Is SMS Marketing? Terms, Definitions, Statistics… And The Future
Did you know that the first text message ever sent was Merry Christmas? That’s right… twenty years ago, Neil Papworth sent the message to Richard Jarvis at Vodafone. Text messages were initially limited to 160 characters because that was the…
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The Features Every Content Management System (CMS) Or E-commerce Platform Must Have For Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
I met with a client who has been struggling with their search engine rankings. As I reviewed their Content Management System (CMS), I looked for some basic best practices that I could not find. Before I provide a checklist to…
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AMPScript: What Is AMPScript? Resources and Examples
My firm is building out dynamic emails that are driven by preference pages built in Cloud Pages using AMPScript for multiple Marketing Cloud clients, most of whom are integrated with Salesforce as their CRM. When we begin working with Marketing…
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What Are The Top SEO Copywriting Tips for 2023?
A core of our marketing work with clients is developing their content library to drive more qualified leads and help them convert faster. Organic search is the primary channel for this traffic because search provides more intent to purchase than…
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30+ Areas Of Focus For Digital Marketers In 2023
Just as the number of solutions in digital marketing continues to skyrocket in growth, so do the areas of focus of digital marketers. I’ve always been appreciative of the challenges our industry brings, and not a day goes by that…
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What Are The Common Elements of Viral Content?
Personally, I believe the term viral is a bit overused, especially as a strategy. I do believe that there’s a strategy to make shareable content, though. There are many factors that can contribute to something going viral on the internet.…
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App: How To Generate A Secure Password (And Our Generator)
When you loaded this page, Martech Zone created a unique password for you: Our readers appreciated this app so much that we launched it on its site. Check out our password generator at Got Password? How To Generate A Password There…
