Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
- E-commerce and Retail
3 Keys to Modernizing In-Store Experiences… and Revenue
This weekend I went shopping at the new Kroger Marketplace. Side note… if only Kroger thought investing in their online presence was as important as their retail presence. I digress. The new marketplace was built across the street from the previous Kroger. One step inside and you can see why. A bakery with fresh Artisan bread, a deli with a…
- E-commerce and Retail
Including Instagram Photos Increased Email Engagement 7x
In The State of Visual Commerce, a study conducted by Curalate and the Internet Marketing Association, just 8% of marketers strongly believed they were effectively using images to drive email engagement. 76% of emails include social media buttons but only 14% of emails include social images. The original promise of social media was the ability for brands to create a…
- Content Marketing
10 Essentials Elements for Efficient Content Production
Wrike is a collaboration platform used to streamline content production within your organization. They refer to this as a content engine and describe the ten elements – both from the organization and from the platform – that make content production more efficient. What’s a Content Engine? A content engine is the people, processes, and tools that deliver high-quality, targeted and…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Tapglue: Customizable Tools To Turn Your Product Into A Social Network.
Tapglue enables you to add a social layer to your app within hours, allowing you to focus on creating an awesome user experience and growing your community. With Tapglue’s social layer and our plug & play news feed, you can harness the power of connected networks, letting users create personal profiles, connect with their friends, and foster maximum engagement. TapGlue…
- Content Marketing
10 LinkedIn Profile Tips For Your Networking Success
This infographic from SalesforLife is focused on how a LinkedIn profile can be optimized for selling. Well, in my opinion, every LinkedIn profile should be optimized for selling… otherwise why are you on LinkedIn? Your value in your profession is only as valuable as your professional network. That said, I believe many people do damage by either abusing the platform…
- Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
How to Market Your Mobile App
We recently shared the high cost and failure rate for enterprise mobile applications, but the benefits of a good mobile app are simply too great to ignore. Alongside planning, the experience of the mobile development team and the promotion of the app are both critical. Your app can rise to the top of everyone’s search to dominate the mobile market.…
- Content Marketing
A Successful B2B Content Marketing Strategy Requires Authority
Marketers are often struggling just to keep up with the needs of their content and email marketing programs. More often than not, our clients’ strategies are built around their internal processes. News, product releases, service updates or even just weekly schedules dictate the content that’s published. The problem, of course, is that your business’ marketing plan doesn’t follow the routine…
- Marketing Infographics
Mobile Apps: How Important is Planning, Prototyping, and Testing?
There’s quite a bit of expense in working with custom mobile application developers just in the planning and prototyping phase. Time spent to ensure the user experience is optimal is critical to the success of your mobile application’s adoption and usage, though. But only 52% employ a testing program for their mobile applications according to a report from Accenture! The…
- Advertising Technology
Everyone Hates Advertising… Does Paid Advertising Still Work?
There’s been a ton of conversations online about the demise of advertising. Twitter hasn’t been too successful with its advertising package. Facebook is successful, but consumers are growing weary of ads splattered everywhere. And paid search continues to drive incredible revenue… but search is declining as other methods for seeking and finding information online grow in popularity. Of course, if…
- Content Marketing
Building Complex Templates with 1
We’re pretty agnostic when it comes to platforms for marketing automation, landing page development and email marketing. We worked and got certified with HubSpot quite a few years ago, and we were impressed with som of the features, but design elements were a bit limited. That’s not the case any longer. One of our sponsors, FatStax, started with HubSpot but…
