Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Marketing Infographics
Customers Are Trying To Reach You On Social Media, Are You There?
5 out of every 6 requests made by consumers on social media to a business go unanswered. Businesses continue to make the terrible mistake of utilizing social media as a broadcast medium rather than recognizing its impact as a communication medium. Long ago, companies recognized the importance of managing inbound calls since customer satisfaction is directly attributable to retention and…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Here’s What We Did to Triple Organic Traffic
The last year has been one where we’ve been working tirelessly on clients… so much so that we’ve often ignored our own back yard. Martech Zone is a significant publication with a few thousand blog posts over ten years. We’ve migrated hosting, changed themes several times, modify our plugins all the time, and have had incredible ranking at times and…
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Content Marketing
And Now for the Dark Side of B2B Content Marketing
As a company applies the resources necessary for an effective content strategy, it’s sometimes a tough expense to swallow since it requires gaining momentum and authority in their industry. They truly don’t have any choice outside of purchasing expensive leads through advertising and paid search programs. And the wait isn’t the only challenge – this infographic from Scripted points out…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Like Apples and Cheese, Email and Social Media Marketing
I love that quote from Tamsin Fox-Davies, Senior Development Manager at Constant Contact, describing the relationship between social media and email marketing: Social media and email marketing are like cheese and apples. People don’t think they go together, but they’re actually perfect partners. Social media helps extend the reach of your email campaigns and can build your mailing. Meanwhile, good…
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Analytics & Testing
Numerics: An Integrated Widget Dashboard for iOS
Numberics allows iPhone and iPad users to create and customize their own integrated dashboards from a growing collection of third parties. Pick from hundreds of pre-designed widgets to build an overview of website analytics, social media engagement, project progress, sales funnels, customer support queues, account balances or even numbers from your spreadsheets in the cloud. Features include: Predesigned widgets of…
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E-commerce and Retail
Are You Meeting Consumer Shopping Expectations This Year?
When should you start holiday promotions? Are you planning deal campaigns online? Are you optimizing your site so online consumers can easily find gift ideas? What are you doing to entice shoppers that are showrooming to make a purchase right there on the spot? Do you have enough product information available on your site? Is your online showroom synchronized with…
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Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
WiFi in Cars? The Auto Industry Doesn’t Understand Me
One of the luxuries I do enjoy in life is a beautiful car. I don’t go on expensive vacations, I live in a blue-collar neighborhood, and I don’t have expensive hobbies… so my car is my treat to myself. I drive a ton of miles every year and enjoy driving to any destination within a couple of days drive. My…
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Analytics & Testing
Putting Your CMO in Charge of Marketing Technology Pays Off!
A new study by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council and Tealium shows that business and marketing performance improvements are directly related to having a formal roadmap for managing digital marketing technologies and integrating the data produced from multiplying customer touchpoints. Entitled Quantify How Well You Unify, the new report explores the degree to which chief marketers are architecting digital…
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Content Marketing
Here’s Why People Hate Your Content
The web is undeniably a key resource of information for all audiences and it’s important to ensure it’s both effective and impactful in order for people and businesses to strive. The digital revolution is demanding. Websites need to be unique, relevant and fresh and content immediately needs to engage the reader. Content needs to be sharp, it needs to be…
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Marketing Infographics
Your B2B Sales Strategy Hasn’t Adjusted to the Buyer’s Journey
Alright… this is going to sting a little, especially to my friends in sales: Sales teams are struggling to engage with customers and meet their targets leading to a loss in sales productivity. The customer is increasingly difficult to reach, leading to sales productivity metrics dropping of a cliff. When sales reps finally speak with their target, they are viewed…
