Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
- Content Marketing
Jetpack: Enhance WordPress’ Internal Site Search Capabilities with Advanced Search
Consumer and business browsing behaviors continue to change as they self-serve and seek the information they need without contacting your company. While taxonomies, breadcrumbs, related content, and design are critical user interface elements that assist visitors, internal site search is often overlooked. WordPress Site Search While WordPress has had an internal search functionality since its inception, it’s largely dependent on…
- Marketing Infographics
You Keep Using That Word “Creative”…
Robert Half Technology and The Creative Group published a study and infographic, Digital Marketing Dissonance, where 4 in 10 CIOs say their company lacks the support needed for digital marketing projects. While I don’t doubt that’s accurate, the study then breaks some of the data down into two buckets, IT executives and creative executives. I’m not sure that I believe…
- Content Marketing
Logo Design Resources: Advice, Downloads, Infographics, And Best Practices
What’s the value of a logo? Ask a company like Nike and you might say millions of dollars – but the truth is that, in 1971, Nike paid $35 for their logo. These days, the going rate for professional logo design can be anywhere between $150 and $50,000. We recently worked with a client that spent $16,000 on a logo…
- Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
How To Optimize Your Business, Site, and App for Apple Search
The news of Apple ramping up its search engine efforts is exciting news, in my opinion. I always hoped that Microsoft could compete with Google, and I was disappointed that Bing never attained a significant competitive edge. You’d think they could grab more market share with their own hardware and embedded browser. I’m not sure why they haven’t, but Google…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
How Do Search Engines Find, Crawl, and Index Your Content?
I don’t often recommend clients build their own e-commerce or content management systems because of the unseen extensibility options needed nowadays – primarily focused on search and social optimization. I wrote an article on selecting a CMS, and I still show it to the companies I work with that are tempted to build their content management system. How Do Search…
- Customer Data Platforms
Toluna Start: Real-Time Consumer Intelligence With A Global Community
Companies seeking market research face the constant challenge of understanding and responding to rapidly changing consumer preferences and market trends. Traditional market research methods often fall short of delivering timely, actionable insights that can drive strategic decision-making. Business leaders, marketers, and researchers increasingly seek more efficient and flexible solutions to gather consumer intelligence and stay ahead of the competition. Toluna…
- Content Marketing
Abstract: Collaborate, Version, and Handoff Your Product Designs
Design teams face numerous challenges regarding collaboration, version control, and maintaining a streamlined workflow. The constant back-and-forth of file sharing, the struggle to keep track of the latest versions, and the need for seamless teamwork can often hinder creativity and productivity. As businesses increasingly rely on design to drive innovation and user experience, finding a solution to these pain points…
- Email Marketing & Automation
How And Why To Register A Distribution Email Address for a Corporate Google Account
When my agency started working with a client, we requested that they provide us access to their Google accounts with full permissions. This enables me to research and optimize their Google tools – including Search Console, Tag Manager, Analytics, and YouTube. The company gets confused about who owns the Gmail account used to log in and maintain those properties. And the…
- Customer Data Platforms
Gravity Forms: Easily Build Forms in WordPress to Capture Leads
Utilizing WordPress as your content management system is pretty much the norm nowadays. Many of these sites are beautiful but lack any strategy for capturing inbound marketing leads. Companies publish whitepapers, case studies, and use cases in great detail without ever capturing the contact information of the folks who download them. A good inbound marketing strategy is developing a website…
- E-commerce and Retail
Appointy: All-In-One Online Scheduling For Your Business
Businesses with service-based offerings are constantly looking for ways to make it easier for clients to purchase services or reserve their time. An appointment scheduling tool is a seamless way to achieve this since you can provide the convenience and flexibility of 24×7 online booking coupled with the added benefits of secure online payments, instant booking notifications, and zero double…
