Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Integrate Shopify Seamlessly With Your WordPress Site
We’ve been setting up quite a few WooCommerce sites for clients… and it hasn’t been easy. The WooCommerce interface is a bit clunky and additional features are mostly available through a plethora of plugins that require paid subscriptions… and more…
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Rethink Social Media’s Impact on Traffic and Commerce
We continue to educate businesses on the myth of attribution and the under-reported impact that social media has across marketing efforts. Because technology is lacking and it’s difficult to attribute sales to social media does not mean that it doesn’t…
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Free Mobile Responsive Email Templates from Litmus
We’re working with a client whose e-commerce emails aren’t currently responsive. We do not doubt that they’re losing clicks and conversions given the massive behavioral shift of subscribers moving to mobile. 60% of all email sent is opened on a…
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100 Years Later: The Kingdom of the Subscriber
This is an advertisement from May 1916 edition of Popular Mechanics from AT&T speaking to potential telephone subscribers. I often wonder how difficult it was to overcome the fear and trepidation such technology must have caused at the time. I…
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Multi-Tasking in Mobile Phones: From Flip Phones to Smartphones
The concept and capabilities of multitasking in mobile devices have undergone significant transformations from the era of flip phones to the modern smartphone. This journey reflects the advancements in technology, resources, and bandwidth to meet user needs. Let’s dive into…
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Wipster: Video Review and Approval Platform
We’ve been working with our friends at 12 Stars Media (long-time fans and friends!) on a client’s video. It’s a sophisticated video, involving intros, outros, b-roll, customer footage, and interviews all wrapped up in just over 2 minutes. They sent…
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The Best Way to Manage Multiple Twitter Accounts
Please tell me you’re still cheering on Twitter… I love the platform and probably always will. That said, I have struggled for months with the default Twitter desktop application for the Mac. My system would slow down to crawl, and…
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Authority: The Missing Element of Most Content Strategies
There’s not a week that goes by on Martech Zone that we aren’t curating and sharing other people’s facts, opinions, quotes, and even their content by way of infographics and other publications. We are not a curation site for other…
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ROBO: How Today’s Shoppers Research Online and Buy Offline
The phenomenon known as Research Online, Buy Offline (ROBO) has emerged as a significant force shaping consumer behavior. While e-commerce continues to grow, it’s crucial to recognize that 90% of consumer purchases still occur in physical retail outlets. This statistic…
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The Impact of Going Global with Your Mobile App
With 7,000 languages in the world and growth internationally for mobile applications, you’re most likely selling yourself short if you go to market with an app that doesn’t support localization… er localisation. Interestingly enough, Mobile apps that support English, Spanish,…
