Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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The Ultimate Guide: How to Sell on Amazon
This week, we had a great conversation with Randy Stocklin on our podcast. Randy is an e-commerce expert who co-founded One Click Ventures, which owns three large e-retailers in the eyeglass industry. One topic we touched on was the importance of selling on Amazon. With its incredible reach, Amazon should never be dismissed as a means of selling and distributing of…
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Clipcentric: Rich Text and Video Ad Production That Runs On Any Display Ad Platform
Clipcentric provides users with a comprehensive suite of tools and templates that grant them full control over the entire production process, resulting in highly responsive cross-platform rich media ads. Ad teams can effortlessly design and develop dynamic HTML5 advertisements that seamlessly run on any platform. Drag-and-Drop Workspace: Users can easily drag and drop ad components into device-specific workspaces for precise…
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If Your Content Team Just Did This, You’d Be Winning
There’s plenty of articles out there already on how terrible most content is. And there are millions of articles on how to write great content. However, I don’t believe either type of article is especially helpful. I believe the root of poor content that doesn’t perform is just one factor – poor research. Poorly researching the topic, the audience, the…
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Appearance Isn’t Everything: A Checklist To Make Sure Your Website Is Functional, Not Just Beautiful
Many years ago, I was speaking at an event with Aaron Kahlow, a social media marketing expert. In his presentation, Aaron spoke about the investment in and return of a website. Specifically, he discussed the analogy of companies designing and furnishing their corporate lobby. Corporate lobbies often have someone there to greet people, they have beautiful furniture and even artwork and refreshments…
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We All Hate Spam and Cold-Calling… Until We Don’t
On May 15th, I received an unsolicited email (aka SPAM) from an agency in Atlanta telling me what an explainer video was. I knew what it was, we’ve written about explainer videos extensively and published quite a few of our own. I didn’t respond to the email. A week later, I get another email with a similar note. A week…
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Understanding Your Customers’ Needs with Predictive Analytics
For many sales and marketing professionals, it’s a constant struggle to derive any actionable insights from existing data. The crushing volume of incoming data can be intimidating and wholly overwhelming, and attempting to extract the last ounce of the value, or even just the key insights, from that data can be a daunting task. In the past, the options were…
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Complete™: Cross-Border Commerce from Translation, Shopping, through Fulfillment
Tony Bianco’s designs have been highly sought after in Australia for over forty years, and now the brand has catapulted into the world’s most influential fashion magazines and best-dressed lists by Australian models. Today, many top celebrities and models in the U.S. and throughout Europe can be seen wearing a variety of Tony Bianco shoes and accessories. To help accelerate…
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How Does Event Marketing Increase Lead Generation and Revenue?
Many companies spend upwards of 45% of their sales and marketing budget on event marketing and that number is increasing, not decreasing despite the popularity of digital marketing. There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind of the power of attending, holding, speaking at, displaying at, and sponsoring events. The vast majority of our clients’ most valuable leads continue to come through…
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TurnTo: Syndicate Reviews with Your Product’s Distributors
Syndication is a highly effective way for online retailers to quickly increase the volume of product ratings and reviews (reviews) they display. Brands, typically first to collect this valuable user generated content (UGC), are eager for retailers to feature these on their eCommerce sites. By sharing their reviews with their distribution partners, brands can help products stand out and sell…
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Autopilot Launches Insights, a Customer Journey Tracker for Marketers
82% of customers stopped doing business with a company in 2016 after a bad experience according to Mary Meeker’s latest Internet Trends Report. Lack of data and insights could be preventing marketers from advancing in their careers: new data shows that One-third of marketers lack the data and analytics they need to assess their performance, and 82% said better analytics…
