Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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E-commerce and Retail
How Mobile Wallet Offers Drive Sales
I carry my iPhone in an absolutely splendid, hand-made leather case from Pad and Quill which has room for my ID and some credit cards but not much else. As a result, I rely on mobile apps and my mobile wallet quite a bit. One app that I’ve fallen in love with is Key Ring, allowing me to dump all…
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Content Marketing
Transistor: Host and Distribute Your Business Podcasts With This Podcasting Platform
One of my clients already does a fantastic job at leveraging video throughout their site and via YouTube. With that success, they’re looking to do longer, more in-depth interviews with guests, customers, and internally to help describe the benefits of their products. Podcasting is quite a different beast when it comes to developing your strategy… and hosting it is unique…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Lefty: Why Top Brands Trust This Influencer Platform for Scale and Impact
In a saturated creator economy, influencer marketing has evolved from vanity metrics to a measurable, strategic growth channel. Brands aren’t just looking for creators with large audiences—they need authentic partners, streamlined execution, and real-time ROI. Managing these relationships and campaigns across teams, markets, and regions can feel overwhelming without the right infrastructure. Lefty That’s where Lefty comes in. Designed for…
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Content Marketing
Wondershare UniConverter: Bulk Video Trimming, Conversion, Compression, And Optimization
As marketers work with dozens of video standards – from filetypes for different browsers, dimensions for different channels, and compression for optimal streaming, working through a video editing platform to output the necessary files can be excruciating. The best and most affordable product that I’ve worked with for doing this is Wondershare UniConverter. As an example, my firm is deploying…
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Customer Data Platforms
Salesflare: The CRM for Small Businesses And Sales Teams Selling B2B
If you’ve spoken to any sales leader, implementation of a customer relationship management (CRM) platform is a must… and typically also a headache. The benefits of a CRM far outweigh the investment and challenges, though, when the product is easy to use (or customized to your process) and your sales team sees the value and adopts and leverages the technology.…
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Content Marketing
WP All Import: How to Bulk Import A Category Taxonomy Into WordPress from CSV
My firm works on very large WordPress integrations and implementations, having to migrate tons of data from old instances or another content management system (CMS) altogether. Often, this includes importing products for WooCommerce, adding locations into a custom post type, or building a taxonomy with known inputs. If you wanted, for example, to add categories by country, state, or province……
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Advertising Technology
SocialBee: The Small Business Social Media Platform With Concierge Services
Over the years, I’ve implemented and integrated dozens of social media platforms for clients. I still have great relationships with many and you continue to see me promoting new and existing platforms. That could confuse readers… wondering why I don’t simply recommend and push one platform for everyone. I don’t because every the needs of each company differ from one…
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E-commerce and Retail
Zyro: Easily Build Your Site Or Online Store With This Affordable Platform
The availability of affordable marketing platforms continues to impress, and content management systems (CMS) are no different. Over the years, I’ve worked with a number of proprietary, open-source, and paid CMS platforms—some incredible and some quite difficult. Until I learn a client’s goals, resources, and processes, I don’t make a recommendation on which platform to utilize. If you’re a small…
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Marketing Tools
Circleboom Publish: Design, Plan, Schedule, And Automate Your Social Media Marketing
If you’re a brand, the ability to centralize your social media marketing in a single, intuitive social media management platform is critical to saving time and deploying your strategy. Features and benefits include: Multi-account management – Circleboom’s multi-account manager makes it easy to manage Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Business Profile, Instagram, and Pinterest accounts from a single platform Optimize your…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
A Comparative Analysis of Google and Facebook’s Privacy Approaches
Google and Facebook stand as titans, each wielding significant influence over the digital landscape. This may sound a bit negative, but I believe both companies have forgotten their core principles to be a valued asset to their consumers and they’re both just in a head-to-head battle for advertising dollars. Google has rich data across virtually every person and site on…
