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Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr is a fractional Chief Marketing Officer specializing in SaaS and AI companies, where he helps scale marketing operations, drive demand generation, and implement AI-powered strategies. He is the founder and publisher of Martech Zone, a leading publication in marketing technology, and a trusted advisor to startups and enterprises alike. With a track record spanning more than $5 billion in MarTech acquisitions and investments, Douglas has led go-to-market strategy, brand positioning, and digital transformation initiatives for companies ranging from early-stage startups to global tech leaders like Dell, GoDaddy, Salesforce, Oracle, and Adobe. A published author of Corporate Blogging for Dummies and contributor to The Better Business Book, Douglas is also a recognized speaker, curriculum developer, and Forbes contributor. A U.S. Navy veteran, he combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution to help organizations achieve measurable growth.
  • Content MarketingOneUp: Syndicate to Google My Business With Your RSS feed

    OneUp: Automatically Post To Google Business Profile From Your RSS Feed

    If you’re a local business, it’s critical that you maintain both a website that’s well-optimized as well as a Google Business Profile Account. The vast majority of search engine users never scroll or navigate to organic results that find your website… they interact with the map pack on the search engine results page (SERP). The map pack is the section…

  • Marketing ToolsAgreeDo: Meeting Notes and Agendas for Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace

    Agreedo: Maximize Your Meeting Efficiency with Streamlined Notes and Agendas

    Are you struggling to keep your meetings organized? Are you tired of endless notetaking or forgotten follow-ups? Whether you’re managing a small team or collaborating with clients, keeping track of key decisions and tasks is crucial to your project’s success. AgreeDo offers a simple yet powerful solution to help you and your team stay on track, saving time and ensuring…

  • Analytics & TestingPlausible Cookieless Simple Lightweight Analytics Alterrnative to Google

    Plausible: A Lightweight, Cookieless Alternative to Google Analytics

    This week I was able to spend some time with some marketing seniors from a local University and they asked what foundational skills they could work on to be more desirable to employers. I absolutely discussed Google Analytics… mostly because it’s quite a complex tool that I see a growing number of companies make terrible decisions with. Ignoring filters, events,…

  • Analytics & TestingClarabridge: Actionable Insights from Every Customer Interaction

    Clarabridge: Actionable Insights from Every Customer Interaction

    As consumer expectations for customer service increase, companies must take action to ensure their customer experience remains commensurate. 90% of Americans consider customer service when deciding whether to do business with a company. American Express It can be difficult to deliver on this objective as the sheer volume of available feedback can be overwhelming, causing Customer Experience (CX) teams to…

  • Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and AppsMobile App Localization for Japan

    5 Considerations When Localizing Your Mobile App for the Japanese Market

    As the world’s third-largest economy, I could understand why you would be interested in entering the Japanese market. If you’re wondering how your app can successfully enter the Japanese market, then keep on reading to learn more about this! Japan’s Mobile App Market In 2018, Japan’s eCommerce market was worth $163.5 billion USD in sales. From 2012 to 2018 the…

  • Paid and Organic Search MarketingGoogle Search, Operators, and Parameters

    Google Search Shortcuts and Parameters

    Today, I was searching for an infographic on Adobe’s website and the results weren’t what I was looking for. Rather than going to a site and then searching internally, I almost always utilize Google shortcuts to search sites. This comes in extremely handy – whether I’m searching for a quote, a code snippet, or a specific filetype. In this case,…

  • Advertising TechnologyHistory of Digital Advertising

    The History of Digital Advertising

    Digital advertising has undergone a remarkable transformation since its inception, mirroring the rapid evolution of the internet and digital technology. This journey, beginning in 1969 with the public introduction to the internet, marks a series of innovative milestones that have reshaped how brands interact with their audiences. From the first banner ads to the sophisticated targeted campaigns of today, digital…

  • Content MarketingWho Owns Your Domain Name?

    RANT: Who Owns Your Domain?

    Yesterday, I was with the board of a regional company and we were discussing some migrations. Some of the steps needed were going to require some domain records to be updated, so I asked who had access to the company’s DNS. There were some blank stares, so I quickly did a Whois lookup on GoDaddy to identify where the domains…

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