Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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The 8 Types of Social Media Villains and How You Should Respond To Them
We’ve all had them – the villain that growls and snarls all over your comments – angering your other visitors and generally producing mayhem. It’s pretty stressful, but there is a way to thwart the evil social media villain. In the dynamic realm of social media, where conversations are rapid, opinions are shared freely, and information travels at the speed…
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Freshsales: Attract, Engage, Close, and Nurture Leads For Your Business In One Sales Platform
Most industry CRM and sales enablement platforms require integrations, synchronizations, and management. Adoption of these tools is highly failure-prone because they are quite disruptive to your organization. Most of the time, consultants and developers are required to get everything working. Not to mention the additional time required for data entry and little or no intelligence or insight into prospects’ and…
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Business Challenges & Opportunities With The COVID-19 Pandemic
For several years, I’ve touted that change is the only constant marketers should be comfortable with. Changes in technology, mediums, and additional channels all pressured organizations to adjust to the demands of consumers and businesses. In recent years, companies have also been forced to be more transparent and human in their efforts. Consumers and businesses have started to do business…
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Adzooma: Manage and Optimize Your Google, Microsoft, and Meta Ads In One Platform
Adzooma is a Google Partner, Microsoft Partner, and Facebook Marketing Partner. They’ve built an intelligent, easy-to-use platform where you can manage Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and Facebook Ads all centrally. Adzooma offers both an end solution for companies as well as an agency solution for managing clients and it’s trusted by over 12,000 users. With Adzooma, you can see how…
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Why It’s Okay For Brands To Decline Some Comments
When I speak to an audience of business people curious about managing their online presence, whether through blogging or social media, a couple of pieces of advice I provide evoke a lot of emotion: Brands should moderate comments and posts to curate a positive view. Deleting a negative comment or post is often better than attacking it. I recommend that…
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Freshmarketer: Analyze, Test, and Personalize with this Conversion Optimization Suite
The amount of work being put into digital properties and content that doesn’t actually drive any business is mind-boggling. It’s even frustrating on the services side of the industry, where customers will insist on a project to launch a site, integration, or service but then won’t invest in the time and energy to optimize the use of that platform. Optimization…
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MetaCX: Manage Customer Lifecycles Collaboratively With Outcome-Based Selling
Over a decade ago, I worked with some incredible talent in the SaaS industry – including working as a product manager for Scott McCorkle and many years as an integration consultant working with Dave Duke. Scott was a relentless innovator who was able to leap over any challenge. Dave was a consistently transformative account manager who assisted the world’s largest…
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Brightpod: The Ultimate Solution for Marketing Workflow Efficiency
Marketing teams face the daunting challenge of managing multiple projects simultaneously, tracking progress, and ensuring timely delivery. The complexity of coordinating tasks, maintaining clear communication, and meeting tight deadlines can overwhelm even the most organized teams. Finding a solution that can streamline these processes, enhance collaboration, and boost productivity is critical for success in today’s competitive environment. Overview of Brightpod…
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WordPress: Create Sidebars Automatically For Each Category
I’ve been simplifying this site to improve speed times and to attempt to monetize the site better without irritating my readers. There are multiple ways that I’ve monetized the site… here they are from most to least lucrative: Direct sponsorships from partner companies. We work on collective strategies that incorporate everything from webinars to social media shares to promote their…
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Email Preference Center and Unsubscribe Pages: Using Roles vs. Publications
We’ve been working with a national non-profit on a complex Salesforce and Marketing Cloud migration and implementation. Early on in our discovery, we pointed out some key issues regarding their preferences, which were very operations-based. When the company designs a campaign, it creates a list of recipients outside its email marketing platform, uploads it as a new list, designs the…
