Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
- Marketing Infographics
How are Marketers Like You Selecting a Marketing Automation Provider?
We’ve written about the loose understandings surrounding what marketing automation is, and shared some of the B2B challenges in the marketing automation industry. This infographic from Marketo, who teamed up with Software Advice, shared this infographic on where they combined the results of hundreds of companies to determine what drives organizations to purchase marketing automation systems. Did you know that…
- Marketing Infographics
Here are 33 LinkedIn Tips for you to Tweet!
There aren’t too many days that I’m not reading an update from LinkedIn, connecting with someone on LinkedIn, participating in a group on LinkedIn, or promoting our content and business on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a lifeline for my business – and I’m happy with the upgrade I made to a premium account earlier this year. Here are some fantastic tips…
- Marketing Infographics
5 Tips to Successfully Convert Your Online Prospect into a Client
We shared about how incredible the Refresh app was yesterday. I found out about them when I received this infographic to share from them, How to Close a Sales Lead. The journey that they describe in the email basically starts after the lead is captured via marketing. The 5 Tips to Close a Lead Use a CRM – Of course,…
- Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
If You’re in Sales or Marketing, Get Refresh Now!
It happens every week. I get an email from a vendor or prospect and we work together a date to talk. I check out their site and see whether or not it’s a fit. I might even connect with them on LinkedIn to learn a bit more about them. The date is set, the calendar invite is accepted and I…
- Marketing Infographics
How to Measure the Return on Investment of Social Media
We’ve discussed the challenges of measuring social media ROI in the past – and some of the limitations of what you can measure and how impactful social media marketing can be. That’s not to say some of the social media activity can’t be measured with precision, though. Here’s a simple example… the CEO of the company tweets on thought leadership…
- Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Ballparker: Create Estimates with Ease
The sales enablement sector is exploding in growth, with more and more companies recognizing that the job of sales has changed quite a bit over the years. By the time the prospect gets to you, they’ve researched you and your competitors online, understand your strengths and weaknesses and simply want to get down to a proposal. One sector of the…
- Content Marketing
Stats That Will Help Get You More Instagram Likes and Follows
A few weeks ago, Jenn Lisak spoke with Dave – also known as Kewiki – about visual communication strategies online. If you’ve not followed Kewiki… his account is a must follow. He’s nearing a quarter of a million followers and the incredible visual work he puts online daily will take your breath away. Dave is a great example of how…
- Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
The Marketing and Sales Benefits of Marketing Automation
According to CSO Insights, companies with mature lead generation and management practices have a 9.3% higher sales quota achievement rate. This is where sales automation platforms like our sponsors at Salesvue have had a dramatic impact on improving both reporting and efficiency of teams utilizing Salesforce – providing a prospecting to pipeline automation solution. It’s not just sales automation that’s…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Transparency is Optional, Authenticity is Not
In the last few years, I’ve been in the enviable position of sharing most of my personal life online. I have shared much of my weight loss journey, I debate politics and theology, I share off-color jokes and videos, and most recently – I shared an evening out where I had quite a few drinks. I’m still not totally transparent…
- Email Marketing & Automation
How to Increase Your Email’s Chance of Getting to the Inbox
Many people don’t realize there’s a huge difference between email deliverability and actually making it to the inbox. The ability for an email service provider to deliver your email is described and measured as deliverability. But that just means there was a hand-off between the servers that your email was accepted. That does not mean that it’s now in your…
