Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Advertising Technology
Why Businesses Utilize Facebook Advertising: A Comprehensive Guide
Facebook advertising has become a cornerstone strategy for businesses looking to expand their reach and enhance their sales and marketing efforts. Here’s an in-depth look at why companies are gravitating towards Facebook for advertising, the advantages, options, targeting, media types, and disadvantages, along with practical tips to maximize your investment in Facebook advertising. Advantages Vast Audience Reach: With over 2.8…
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Email Marketing & Automation
ShortStack: Facebook Landing Pages and Social Contests Made Easy
If you’re using Facebook as a resource to drive traffic to your business via a contest or call-to-action (CTA), a socially integrated platform is a must. With ShortStack, you can develop funnels from a specific source—email, social media, digital ads – to a web page with a highly targeted focus. Facebook Landing Pages With ShortStack, you can build unlimited interactive…
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Content Marketing
The Periodic Table of Content Marketing
Content marketing seemed so much simpler a decade ago. An article with an image did wonders and could be used in a direct mail piece or posted on the company website. Fast-forward and it’s becoming quite a complex space. Chris Lake’s Periodic Table of Content Marketing offers a valuable framework for businesses looking to optimize their content strategy. This innovative…
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E-commerce and Retail
Is Millennial Shopping Behavior Really That Different?
Sometimes, I groan when I hear the term millennial in a marketing conversation. At our office, I’m surrounded by millennials, so the work ethic and entitlement stereotypes make me cringe. Everyone I know that age is busting their butt and optimistic about their future. I love millennials – but I don’t think they’re sprayed with magic dust that makes them…
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Marketing Infographics
How to Improve Your Writing Skills
This enchanting infographic details planning, practice, structure, creativity, and how to get started with improving your writing skills.
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Content Marketing
Your Outbound Marketing is Less Effective without Inbound Efforts
If you’re a longtime reader of Martech Zone, you know that the word versus often sends me into a blind rage. The folks at SoftwareAdvice sent a detailed article, Inbound vs Outbound Marketing: A Primer for Newbies or Switchers. The guide does an excellent job of walking through the strategies, differences, and even the tools of inbound strategies and outbound…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media Connectivity and Caution (and Why I’m Done with Facebook)
When social media emerged, it felt like a revolution for connectivity, culture, and knowledge sharing. It was a virtual melting pot, bringing people from across the globe together in once unimaginable ways. With the tap of a screen, we could experience life in distant cultures, join conversations that transcended language barriers, and access insights that once lay behind institutional walls.…
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Content Marketing
Designer Terminology: Fonts, Files, Acronyms, and Layout Definitions
Common terminology utilized by designers of graphics and layouts for the web and print.
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Social Media Logins For Business Registration
A social media login, also known as social login or social sign-in, is a feature on websites and applications that allows users to log in or create an account using their existing credentials from social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, or LinkedIn, instead of creating a separate username and password for the specific website or app. Here’s how…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Email Marketing: Simple Subscriber List Retention Analysis using Excel or Google Sheets
People underestimate the value of a subscriber. Here's a breakdown of how to not only measure the value, but how to analyze list retention to identify where to acquire new customers and how many with list retention analysis. Sample worksheet included!
