Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Content Marketing
Fireside: Simple Podcast Website, Hosting, and Analytics
We’re launching a regional podcast recorded in our Indianapolis Podcast Studio but we didn’t want to go through the trouble of building out a site, getting a podcast host, and then implementing podcast feed metrics. One alternative would have been to host on SoundCloud, but we’re a bit hesitant since they came close to shutting down – no doubt they’ll…
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Content Marketing
The Focus of Your Content May Be Hurting Your Marketing Strategy
As part of an overall search strategy, we used to have companies focus on recent, frequent, and relevant content driven by keywords that could increase organic ranking and conversions. Writing numerous short articles is one of those bits of advice that we’ve abandoned in recent years. There are a few reasons why: Deep content – search engines rank by the…
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Analytics & Testing
5 Marketing Budget Mistakes to Avoid
One of the most shared infographics we did was speaking to SaaS Marketing Budgets and exactly what percent of total revenue some companies were spending to maintain and acquire market share. Setting your marketing budget to an overall percentage of revenue, it provides your marketing team to incrementally increase demand as your sales team requires it. Flat budgets produce flat…
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Customer Data Platforms
SQL: Full Table Lookup for States and Provinces for the US and Canada
The more work I do in this industry, the more I have to utilize SQL almost daily to extract the information I need from CRM databases, website CMS platforms, and CDPs. I’d encourage any marketer to learn SQL. SQL isn’t just for pulling the information you need; it’s also for storing it. For one client, I built an online store…
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Content Marketing
Adapting and Responding to Feedback Drives Content Marketing Results
How quickly and effectively marketers respond and adapt to ongoing consumer feedback has become a new determinant of brand performance. According to 90% of the 150 brand marketers surveyed, responsiveness—or the ability to source, understand and then quickly react to feedback, preferences, and needs—is important, if not critical, to the delivery of an exceptional customer experience. Only 16 percent of…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Influencer Marketing: History, Evolution, and the Future
Influencer marketing has transformed how brands engage their audiences. By leveraging the voices of individuals with trust and influence, companies can authentically connect with consumers and drive action. But how did we get here? Influencer marketing isn’t as new as you might think — it’s a strategy that’s been evolving for centuries, shaped by culture, technology, and consumer behavior. What…
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Sales and Marketing Training
Eight Tips For Recent Grads Who Want To Get Jobs In Marketing
Congratulations, college graduate! You’ve successfully completed a life goal that has provided you a foundation in marketing communications, taught you critical thinking, and provided you with the confidence you need to go out and build that career you always wanted. However, it’s imperative you realize that acquiring your degree was only the first step up the mountain to success. Our…
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Public Relations
This is not an Influencer Marketing Strategy, Stop It!
There’s so much noise on social media that it’s sometimes tough to keep up. I love the fact that I have a large following online and I try to engage and respond to everyone who makes a request. When it’s a company that I have previously communicated with, I especially make time and respond accordingly. That said, there’s a nefarious…
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Advertising Technology
LegalZoom Implements Artificial Intelligence Using Veritone One
In an instantaneous world of online media, brand reputation should be seen as a matter of life and death. But, when it comes to broadcast media, managing everything people say about a brand can feel next to impossible. The FCC documented more than 32,000 television and radio stations broadcasting daily, leaving branding and marketing experts scrambling to review and stay…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Does an Emoji in Your Subject Line Impact Email Open Rates?
We’ve shared some details on how some marketers incorporate emojis into their marketing communications. In celebration of World Emoji Day – yes… there’s such a thing – Mailjet performed some testing using emojis in email subject lines to see how different emojis might impact the email open rate. Guess what? It worked! Methodology: Mailjet offers an experimentation feature known as a/x testing.…
