Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
- E-commerce and Retail
Scary… The Average Halloween Fan Is Planning To Spend Over $100 This Year!
For the first time ever, per-person spending for Halloween will top $100. This year, each of the top spending categories – candy, decorations, costumes, and greeting cards will see significant increases, not just over last year’s numbers, but also over 2019 spending numbers.The Shelf, 021 Halloween Spending, Sales, Stats, and Trends Halloween Statistics Are UP! Last year, less than half…
- E-commerce and Retail
13 Types of Triggered Email Campaigns You Should Implement
In working with several email vendors, I’ve always been surprised at the lack of pre-designed, effective triggered email campaigns within the accounts upon implementation. If you’re a platform reading this – you should have these campaigns ready to go in your system. If you’re an email marketer, you should be working to incorporate as many types of triggered emails as…
- Content Marketing
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 Tools
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 & Testing
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 & Testing
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…
- E-commerce and Retail
Prestashop: How to Optimize Your Online Store for Increased SEO and Conversions
PrestaShop is a powerful open-source e-commerce platform that powers approximately 250,000 online stores worldwide. What sets PrestaShop apart is its robust customization capabilities, extensive module marketplace, and commitment to providing merchants complete control over their data, code, and costs as they scale. Search engine optimization (SEO) is not just another marketing channel—it’s a critical lifeline for e-commerce success. With 36%…
- Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
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 Marketing
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 Technology
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…
