Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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,…
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A Great Tool to Troubleshoot Google Analytics Tracking Codes
Oh, those smarties at Google with all their tools! Last week, a client was having some issues with their Google Analytics tracking, trying to segment visitors that were logged in versus those who were not. Central to the troubleshooting was…
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BlackBox: Risk Management for ESPs Fighting Spammers
BlackBox describes itself as a consolidated, continually updated database of nearly every email address that is actively being bought and sold on the open market. It is used exclusively by Email Service Providers (ESPs), in order to predetermine if a…
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The 5 Essential Steps of Building a Profitable Email List
A robust email list is like having a treasure trove of potential customers at your fingertips. Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to expand your existing list, effective email list building is key. At Martech Zone, at one time,…
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Why Social Media Matters for Today’s CEOs
Leadership is no longer confined to boardrooms and press releases. Social media has become the public stage where reputations, trust, and influence are built in real-time. Every day, more than 340 million tweets circulate through digital channels, and consumers increasingly…
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Yesmail Adds External Email Triggers for Sports and Weather
As marketers, we tend to think of customer data and behavior as static fields like age, postal code, and home owner. However, we miss out on the live stream of events that occur around the customers’ life. Events as simple…
