Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Nimble: Contact Management and Social CRM
Nimble automatically pulls your contacts into one place so you can engage them across any channel – LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Skype, Phone, Email – in one easy to use interface. With Nimble, you can send messages, add tasks and events, edit or download the contact profile directly from the contact’s profile window. View core contact information and all related…
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Content Marketing
How to Get PR
If you’re a public relations beginner, be sure to check out the entire Guide to PR by Brownstein & Egusa. And for some more detail on PR strategies, be sure to read the guest post – PR Advice From A Former VentureBeat Writer – from Conrad Egusa on Scott Monty’s fantastic blog. Special thanks to Marty Thompson for the find!…
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E-commerce and Retail
Black Friday Shoppers – Night Owls vs Early Birds
The 2013 Find&Save Black Friday Shopping Survey shows how, when and why Night Owls and Early Bird shop on Black Friday. While primarily motivated by the sales, Black Friday shoppers are driven by the thrill of the competition to find a good deal and more likely to have a tradition built around Black Friday shopping. Black Friday shoppers show little…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Increase Email CTRs with Social Sharing
GetResponse has put together an infographic on the overall impact of social sharing on email click-through rates… and the results are quite striking. The number of users who include social sharing buttons in their emails increased from 18.3% to 29.4%. Compared to last year’s results, that’s an increase of 61%. What’s even more striking is the exceptionally high performance results…
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Content Marketing
The Six Insider’s Secrets of Contagious Content
Our very own Jenn Lisak was showcased for her advice when developing content. What does it take, exactly, for content to become contagious? Marketing professor Jonah Berger wrote about it in his book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On. According to Professor Berger, the first step is emotion. If your content fails to connect with the audience emotionally, there’s no chance…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
You Don’t Need a Business Degree to Understand This
Okay, it’s time for a rant. This week I’ve been beat up a couple times and I’m truly at a loss that some of these folks have made it as long as they have in business. I want to get a few things straight when you go to negotiate and purchase services from your next Agency. The Price is What…
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Content Marketing
Make Pricing and Comparison Charts Like a Ninja
Last night I built out a pricing grid on a new plugin we’re launching that turns WordPress into an Email Marketing platform, CircuPress. It wasn’t fun at all to build (I used DreamCode’s free pricing and comparison grid samples) and they still need to be modified further to ensure they’re responsive to mobile and tablet screens. If you’re looking for…
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Analytics & Testing
Your Marketing Platforms Are Not as Accurate As You Think
Many people don’t realize the limitations of analytics and marketing platforms in measuring unique visitors. Most of these platforms measure a visitor by placing a cookie, a small file that is referred to each time a visitor returns to the site using the same browser. The problem is that I may not revisit your site from the same browser… or…
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E-commerce and Retail
Cardlytics: Bank Card-Linked Marketing
Your ability to target consumers based on geography and purchase history is continuing to improve. Financial institutions can now open the gateway to rewards, loyalty programs and offers directly purchased using your bank card. Card-Linked Marketing (CLM) is when marketers reach consumers directly through their online bank statements. In fact, Bank of America is already using Cardlytics to power BankAmeriDeals.…
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Email Marketing & Automation
The 7 Myths of Email Marketing
Alchemy Worx currently manages and deploys 300+ consumer and business emails every month for 30+ national and international brands. If ever there were experts on what works and what doesn’t work with respect to email marketing, they know it! They’ve provided this fantastic infographic that focuses on many of the myths that are common in the industry when it comes…
