Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Content Marketing
Not Every Piece of Content Needs to Tell a Story
Stories are everywhere, and I’m sick of it. Every social media app is trying to throw them in my face, every website is trying to lure me to their clickbait story, and now every brand wants to connect with me online emotionally. Please make it stop. Reasons Why I’m Growing Weary of Stories: Most people are terrible at telling stories.…
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Content Marketing
Cloudimage.io: Cached, Cropped, Resized, or Watermarked Images as a Service
Recently, I’ve been working quite a bit on this site to get the speed up. I’ve removed a ton of the moving parts to simplify how it’s monetized and integrated, but the site speed is still too slow. I’m confident it’s impacting my readership and my organic search reach. After enlisting the assistance of my friend, Adam Small, who operates…
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Content Marketing
4 Essential Strategies For Your Multi-Location Business Online
It’s not a surprising statistic, but it it’s still quite staggering – over half of all in-store sales were influenced by digital last year in their latest infographic on marketing your multi-location business online. MDG researched and identified four essential digital marketing tactics that every multi-location business should be deploying that incorporate search, platform, content, and device trends. Search: Optimize…
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Sales and Marketing Training
What To Do When You’re Getting Fired (Or Laid Off)
Nothing is quite as embarrassing as the walk of shame carrying your box of personal goods out the door escorted by security, is there? I’ve been on both sides of the firing table in my career, and it’s not the ideal position that either the employee or the employer hopes to be in. Over the years, though, I’ve changed my…
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Advertising Technology
Infographic: Brief History of Social Media Advertising
While many social media purists tout the power and reach of organic social media marketing, it’s still a network that’s difficult to be discovered without promotion. Social media advertising is a market that did not exist just a decade ago but generated $11 billion in revenue by 2017. This was up from just $6.1 billion in 2013. Social advertisements offer…
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E-commerce and Retail
ActiveTrail: An Easy-to-Use Email Marketing and Marketing Automation Platform
With branches in the USA, Israel, Germany, France and Latin America, ActiveTrail helps businesses of all shapes and sizes, across the globe, to nurture relationships with their clientele. Since starting as a project internally, the company has become a leading, multi-channel email service provider, offering an advanced marketing platform. ActiveTrail Email Marketing Platform Features Include Email Marketing – Easily build…
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Marketing Infographics
Web Accessibility Goes Well Beyond Screen Readers
One issue with the internet that’s eerily silent in the United States is the requirement for accessibility by those with disabilities. The web provides a profound opportunity to overcome these obstacles so it’s a focus that your business should begin paying attention to. In many countries, accessibility is no longer an option, it’s a legal requirement. Accessibility isn’t without challenges,…
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Analytics & Testing
‘Tis the Season… to Benchmark Against Seasonal Trends
For sites like my own, the holiday season could look quite depressing as I review analytics. Overall traffic is down along with organic traffic as my audience shifts to holiday mode and begins to put off efforts until after the New Year. It’s also a time when I have to reassure both myself and my clients that we’re performing well…
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Artificial Intelligence
Conversica: Contact, Engage, Nurture and Qualify Using an AI Assistant
Conversica provides an automated sales assistant powered by artificial intelligence software. The assistant works just like a human sales assistant, reaching out to every single one of your leads and engaging each of them in a human conversation. People love it because the assistant is personable, friendly and responsive, connecting them quickly with a human that can help. We’re in…
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Content Marketing
360 Stories: Create, Edit and Publish Your 360˚ Video Campaigns
Facebook partnered with Blend Media earlier this year to help bring more 360˚ video content to the platform, also launching a community hub for 360 video creators. The community offers access to video tutorials sourced from the worldwide creative community. Experienced professionals will offer tips including how to create 360˚ video when using a selfie stick, working in low-light conditions with different 360˚ cameras…
