Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Content Marketing
How to Automatically Share Your WordPress Posts to LinkedIn Using Zapier
One of my favorite tools for measuring and publishing my RSS feed or my podcasts to social media is FeedPress. Unfortunately, the platform doesn’t have LinkedIn integration, though. I reached out to see if they were going to add it and they provided an alternate solution – publishing to LinkedIn via Zapier. Zapier WordPress Plugin to LinkedIn Zapier is free…
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Analytics & Testing
Crowdfire: Discover, Curate, Share, and Publish Your Content For Social Media
One of the biggest challenges of keeping and growing your company’s social media presence is providing content that provides value to your followers. One social media management platform that stands out from its competitors for this is Crowdfire. Not only can you manage multiple social media accounts, monitor your reputation, schedule and automate your own publishing… Crowdfire also has a…
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Customer Data Platforms
CrankWheel: Bypass Scheduling and Downloads With Instant Browser-Based Demos
Every interaction that’s required between a prospect with an intent to make a purchase and the ability for your sales team to help them convert is likely to reduce the chances of conversion. That includes time to respond, number of clicks, number of screens, number of form elements… everything. The sales professionals that I know just want to get in…
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E-commerce and Retail
Printful: On-Demand Print and Embroidery Fulfillment
One of the misnomers of dropshipping is that you lose profit as you pay other providers to print and fulfill your products. That’s not the case at all. At issue is the enormous startup costs to build your own storage and fulfillment centers to accommodate growth. Dropshippers can earn more than 50% more profit than those who keep their own…
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Advertising Technology
Moat: Measure Consumer Attention Across Channels, Devices, and Platforms
Moat by Oracle is a comprehensive analytics and measurement platform that provides a suite of solutions across ad verification, attention analytics, cross-platform reach and frequency, ROI outcomes, and marketing and ad intelligence. Their measurement suite includes solutions for ad verification, attention, brand safety, advertising effectiveness, and cross-platform reach and frequency. Working with publishers, brands, agencies, and platforms, Moat helps reach…
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Marketing Infographics
The Ultimate Guide to Building the Perfect LinkedIn Profile
There’s a ton of turmoil right now in the business sector. I’ve personally seen a lot of small businesses shed marketing resources throughout the pandemic and associated lockdowns. Simultaneously, though, I’ve been observing enterprise corporations struggle to find experienced talent and expertise. I’ve been personally advising many people in my industry to shift the focus of their LinkedIn profiles and…
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Content Marketing
How To Easily Check, Monitor, And Fix Broken Links in WordPress
Martech Zone has gone through multiple iterations since launching in 2005. We’ve changed our domain, migrated the site to new hosts, and re-branded multiple times. There are now over 5,000 articles here with almost 10,000 comments on the site. Keeping the site healthy for our visitors and for search engines in that time has been quite the challenge. One of…
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Analytics & Testing
Upstream, Upselling, and Downstream Marketing Opportunities For Business Growth
If you asked most people where they find their audience, you’ll often get a very narrow response. Most advertising and marketing activity is associated with the vendor selection of the buyer’s journey… but is that already too late? If you’re a digital transformation consultation firm; for example, you may fill out all the details in a spreadsheet by only viewing…
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Content Marketing
Sqribble: Click, Design, and Publish Your Own Ebooks, Case Studies, or Whitepapers in Minutes
As you’re trying to provide as much clarity, information, and differentiation for your products and services for your clients and prospects, there’s no doubt that digital publishing is a fantastic means of distributing detailed and complex information. While you can write an ebook using a simple word editor like Google Docs, your opportunity to organize content, include captivating graphics, and…
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Marketing Infographics
The Top Trends Shaping Digital Marketing
This is a great summary of many of the trends that we’ve been hammering away on with our clients – organic search, local search, mobile search, video marketing, email marketing, paid advertising, lead generation, and content marketing are key trends. It’s pretty much a truism that you need to be keyed in to the latest digital marketing statistics and the hottest trends for your digital…