Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Marketing Tools
Zenkit To Do: Manage Tasks Across Teams, Devices and Companies
In this fast-paced marketing landscape, keeping track of multiple campaigns, client meetings, content calendars, and creative ideas can feel like juggling while walking a tightrope. Marketing teams and agencies often struggle to maintain clarity and control over their numerous tasks and deadlines, leading to missed opportunities and decreased productivity. Zenkit To Do Zenkit To Do is a super-simple yet powerful…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Campaign Monitor: Supercharge and Automate Your Email Marketing Strategy
Businesses face an overwhelming challenge: how to connect meaningfully with audiences while standing out in crowded inboxes. Email remains one of the most effective channels for customer engagement, but creating, managing, and optimizing campaigns can feel daunting without the right tools. That’s where an intuitive platform can make all the difference. Campaign Monitor Campaign Monitor simplifies email marketing with its…
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Event Marketing
Immersive Marketing: Redefining Customer Engagement
As consumer expectations continue to evolve, marketers face constant pressure to find new ways to engage audiences, build emotional connections, and differentiate their brands. One of the most exciting developments on this front is the rise of immersive marketing. This dynamic approach surpasses traditional advertising by creating entirely engaging, often interactive experiences that captivate both the senses and the imagination.…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Why You Should Unsubscribe Today
Each week, Martech Zone delivers an email via Mailchimp that automatically converts our feed to nicely formatted HTML email. Only a few thousand subscribers take advantage of it – a fraction of our weekly readership. That’s okay… it’s a niche and feeds those who want it. I don’t try to artificially grow the list; it’s got excellent retention and does…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Renderforest: Real-Time Video Editing and Animation Templates Online
We’re launching a new series of interviews here soon on the marketing technology blog with the assistance of Creative Zombie Studios. Our existing podcast with Edge of the Web Radio is amazing and airs regionally in Indianapolis on Saturday afternoons on Freedom 95… but sometimes we need to dig deep with the talent we wish to interview. With the background…
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Sales and Marketing Training
Application Service Providers (ASPs) in the Era of Cloud Computing
Companies constantly seek ways to streamline operations, reduce costs, and stay competitive. One solution that has gained significant traction in recent years is using Application Service Providers (ASPs). ASPs are third-party entities that manage and distribute software-based services and solutions to customers across a wide area network, typically the Internet. Some well-known ASPs include Salesforce, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and…
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Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
AppPresser: Build Powerful Mobile Apps From Your WordPress Site
Creating a mobile app used to be a complex, expensive process. For WordPress site owners, it often meant starting from scratch—rebuilding their content, learning native code, and figuring out app store submission requirements. AppPresser enables you to transform any WordPress site into a feature-rich, visually stunning mobile app with ease. AppPresser AppPresser empowers WordPress users to build, customize, and launch…
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Customer Data Platforms
Acquia: What is a Customer Data Platform?
As customers communicate and create transactions with your business today, it’s getting more and more challenging to maintain a central view of the customer in real-time. I recently met with a client who was having just these difficulties. Their email marketing vendor differed from their mobile messaging platform outside their data repository. Customers were interacting, but because the central data…
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Marketing Tools
I Bought A New Drone for Clients… and It’s Amazing
A few years ago, I advised a large roofing contractor on their online presence. We rebuilt and optimized their site, initiated an ongoing drip campaign to capture reviews, and began publishing their projects online. One thing that was missing, though, was before-and-after photos of the properties. With a login to their quote and project management system, I could see what…
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Advertising Technology
The History of Advertising
Advertising, a cornerstone of sales and marketing, has a rich and intriguing history that dates back thousands of years. As we explore the evolution of advertising, we will uncover its earliest origins, its growth through different societies, its etymology, when it became mainstream, and how it continues to evolve in the modern world. The word advertising originates from the Latin…
