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Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr is a fractional Chief Marketing Officer specializing in SaaS and AI companies, where he helps scale marketing operations, drive demand generation, and implement AI-powered strategies. He is the founder and publisher of Martech Zone, a leading publication in marketing technology, and a trusted advisor to startups and enterprises alike. With a track record spanning more than $5 billion in MarTech acquisitions and investments, Douglas has led go-to-market strategy, brand positioning, and digital transformation initiatives for companies ranging from early-stage startups to global tech leaders like Dell, GoDaddy, Salesforce, Oracle, and Adobe. A published author of Corporate Blogging for Dummies and contributor to The Better Business Book, Douglas is also a recognized speaker, curriculum developer, and Forbes contributor. A U.S. Navy veteran, he combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution to help organizations achieve measurable growth.
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    I Wish Marketers Would Stop Saying This…

    Jenn and I visited the headquarters of Genesys this week and got to sit down their their digital marketing team and one of the questions that popped up was if we ever put an infographic behind a registration. We quickly answered that we had never done that before. The Interactive team said they’d done a test with both a whitepaper…

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    5 Mistakes that Could Get Your Email in the Spam Folder

    If there’s one part of my job that continues to make me beat my head up against the wall, it’s email deliverability. We continue to grow an engaged list of email subscribers but geesh, ISPs are ridiculous. In businesses, one thing that happens is that emails turn over as employees come and go. We’ll have subscribers consistently interacting for months…

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    Is There a Better Event Marketing Tool than Facebook?

    Yesterday, we celebrated our second year with our Music & Technology Festival in Indianapolis. The event is a day of celebration for the tech sector (and anyone else) to take a break and listen to some amazing bands. All of the proceeds go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in memory of my father, who lost his battle a year…

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    6 Benefits of Branded Forums and Online Communities

    This week, we released a major update of our email newsletter plugin for WordPress. One of the elements we struggled with was dealing with all the different ways customers were attempting to contact us with feature requests, implementation questions, or problems. WordPress plugins have their own support forums, we had website contact form submissions, and we had tested a helpdesk.…

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    How Leads are Generated through Marketing Automation

    We’ve written in-depth about marketing automation strategies, what features are critical, and the challenges with executing those strategies to drive leads. The goal of marketing automation is to bridge a critical gap between sales and marketing, ultimately driving great leads to the sales department at the right time. This helps to improve the lead quality as well as reduce the…

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    How to Check Your Domain’s Rank by Keyword on Mobile and Desktop

    Key to a successful search engine marketing strategy is understanding the keywords that search engine visitors are utilizing to find your company. You would be surprised at how many companies I speak to that have not done any keyword research. The result of not doing research in an online marketing strategy is that your company winds up being identified for…

  • Content MarketingViral Video Content

    Viral Marketing Isn’t About the Viral Formula: It’s About the Human One

    For years, marketers have sought to unlock the secrets of virality. They study patterns, examine algorithmic triggers, and reverse-engineer breakout campaigns in hopes of finding the elusive formula that guarantees millions of views. But according to creative veteran David Murdico, this approach is fundamentally flawed—not because it lacks rigor, but because it overlooks the most essential ingredient: the human factor.…

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    You’re Not Getting Speaking Gigs Because of Your Online Presence

    During my presentation on Saturday to the National Speakers Association, I shared a presentation and supporting data for the speakers to understand why a content and social strategy were key to their own efforts in building authority and finding speaking opportunities. It’s an incredible group to speak to since they provide me as much value in feedback with my speaking…

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