Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Marketing Infographics
You Might Be Surprised Which B2B Referrals Are Closing
The sales machine at any B2B company has to be fine-tuned, well-oiled, and running full speed to truly make a difference to the bottom line. I believe that many companies suffer simply because they’re so dependent upon new business via cold calls, but their staff doesn’t have the right team in place to do the hard work to achieve success.…
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Analytics & Testing
Stop Saying Attention Spans are Decreasing, They’re NOT!
We love snackable content just as much as the next person, but I believe there’s a huge misconception in our industry. The notion that attention spans are decreasing needs some context put around it. First, I absolutely disagree that people are spending less energy educating themselves around their next purchasing decision. Consumers and businesses that spent a lot of time…
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Marketing Infographics
Prioritization vs. Multitasking: Why Focusing Beats Juggling in Business and Beyond
Multitasking is often worn as a badge of honor. With smartphones buzzing, inboxes flooding, and overlapping meetings, it’s easy to feel productive simply by juggling it all. However, growing evidence from neuroscience, psychology, and business research tells a very different story: multitasking is inefficient and costs us time, money, and mental clarity. The alternative, prioritization, is far more effective. And…
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E-commerce and Retail
If You Needed Any More Evidence of the Mobile Impact on Business
We went through a stage in technology where websites were seen as a great gateway between the customer and the business. User forums, FAQs, help desks and email were used in placement of expensive call centers and the associated time that they took to solve customer issues. But consumers and businesses alike are rejecting companies that simply don’t pick up…
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Email Marketing & Automation
The Top 15 Email Marketing Myths You Need to Know
Last year, we shared an amazing infographic that provided 7 email marketing myths. In my opinion, email continues to be one of the most undervalued, underused and abused communication methods that the average marketer has at their disposal. This time around, Email Monks has has shortlisted and debunked them with logical rationales in our “Email Marketing Myth Busting” Infographic. The…