Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Content Marketing
The Benefits of Video for Search, Social, Email, Support… and More!
We’ve recently expanded our team at our agency to include a seasoned videographer, Harrison Painter. It’s an area that we know we’re lacking. While we script and execute amazing animated videos and produce great podcasts, our video blogging (vlog) is nonexistent. Video isn’t easy. The lighting, video quality, and audio dynamics are challenging to do well. We don’t want to…
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E-commerce and Retail
How the Internet Revolutionized Offline Retail
If you hadn’t heard, Amazon is opening a large network of pop-up shops in US malls, with 21 stores located in 12 states already open. The power of retail continues to attract consumers. While many consumers are taking advantage of online deals, experiencing a product in person still weighs high with shoppers. In fact 25% of people make a purchase after a local…
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Content Marketing
How To Use GarageBand Normalization to Correct Your Low Audio Inputs
We built an incredible podcast studio with state-of-the-art digital mixers and studio-quality microphones. I’m not running any special software, though. I bring the mixer output directly into Garageband, where I record each microphone input to an independent track. Even with my mixer output via USB maximized, the audio doesn’t come in at a reasonable volume. Within Garageband, I can increase the volume…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Vision6: An Affordable, Customizable, Enterprise Marketing Automation Solution
Australia’s largest email marketing company is now expanding into the United States, offering a customizable, enterprise-grade marketing solution to mid-market companies and agencies at an affordable price. Vision6 is an integrated email marketing automation solution built for marketers and agencies. Vision6 integrates email automation, SMS, forms and social media in an easy to use interface. Thousands of digital agencies including…
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Advertising Technology
Where are Retailers Spending Their Advertising Dollars?
It appears that some dramatic shifts are taking place on the retail front as it pertains to advertising. Digital technologies are offering measurable opportunities that are driving greater results – and retailers are taking note. I would not misinterpret these results as thinking it’s traditional versus digital marketing. It’s a matter of sophistication. Advertising on television, for instance, is growing in…
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Content Marketing
How to Uninstall Microsoft Edge in Windows
Historically, Internet Explorer was the default web browser included with Microsoft Windows. However, with the introduction of Windows 10, Microsoft Edge became the default browser, replacing Internet Explorer. Microsoft Edge is designed to be faster, more secure, and more modern compared to its predecessor. This change reflects Microsoft’s efforts to provide users with a more contemporary browsing experience right from…
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Marketing Tools
AdCat: Preview, Organize, Edit and Optimize Your Social Media Ad Images
Another great tool for all of you social marketers out there trying to optimize and configure your ads. Adcat built a beautifully simple system for previewing, editing, and optimizing your ads on social media outlets Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. Just upload an image, edit it, preview across each ad format, and download your optimized ad image! (Don’t judge me…
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Marketing Tools
MailButler: Finally, An Assistant for Apple Mail that Rocks!
As I write this, I’m currently in mail hell. I have 1,021 unread emails and my non-response is running over into direct messages via social media, phone calls, and text messages. I send about 100 emails and receive about 200 emails every day. And that’s not including subscriptions to newsletters that I love. My inbox is out of control and…
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Content Marketing
Fastly: Why Performance is Key for the Smart Marketer
To be successful in today’s fast-moving and end-user-focused environment, marketers need a fast, secure, flexible solution that can deliver content in real-time. Fastly’s platform speeds up websites and mobile apps by pushing content closer to your users, providing improved and secure experiences worldwide. The key to smart marketing is prioritizing performance to improve conversions. Fastly Solution Overview Fastly is a…
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E-commerce and Retail
ACTIVE Network and Viralstyle: Participant Management and Merchandising
ACTIVE Network annually processes nearly 100 million registrations and more than $3B in payments for over 47,000 organizers and 200,000 activities and events. ACTIVE Network® is the leading global marketplace for activities and events, connecting participants and activity organizers, while offering unparalleled business intelligence through our industry-leading data solutions and insights platform that helps organizers drive increased participation and revenue.…
