Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Marketing Infographics
Why Video Marketing Drives Sales
I believe there will be a day that the average website will have video integrated carefully into every page and nearly every post that is published. The costs of recording, publishing and distributing video content has dropped significantly, making it affordable to nearly any business. That said, you still want to impress your visitors and avoid crappy audio, mixing, recording…
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Content Marketing
Findability – 21 New Rules of Content Marketing
While the foundations of building a site are still in play, it’s the content that’s now successfully driving the success to companies investing in great marketing strategies. Many companies who invested heavily in search engine optimization have seen those investments lost… but companies who continued to push for relevant, frequent and recent content that provided value to their audience continue…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Video Marketing: Social Proof by the Numbers
Today I was meeting with a client and discussing the opportunity for them to overtake their competitors online utilizing video. The company has a strong brand that’s trusted online and there’s no doubt that video production will drive more direct traffic, more search traffic and – ultimately – help them better explain the value of subscribing to their service to…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Social Media Guide for Financial Professionals
Marty Thompson is always discovering fantastic content when it comes to social business. If your company seeks professional consultation on developing your social efforts, I don’t know of a better consultant in the industry. In this infographic, the guidance is directed to financial professionals. Financial organizations often feel like their hands are tied due to regulatory compliance issues – it’s…
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Analytics & Testing
Free Ebook: Listen Up! Social Listening for Smarter Business
Do they really like you? It’s not so hard to find out these days. Social listening is arguably the most significant technology to hit marketing since social media itself. Those of us with a traditional marketing background remember the days when understanding who your customer was and what they thought of you required polls, focus groups, and/or outsourcing tedious research…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
DemoChimp: Automate Your Demos
DemoChimp is currently in a closed beta but looking for organizations who are interested in using their service. DemoChimp personalizes product demos, increasing your website conversion rate and your demo-to-close ratio during the sales process, all while gathering product analytics. DemoChimp automatically configures a demo in response to each prospect’s unique needs, just like an expert salesperson. DemoChimp Features and…
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Content Marketing
Ideas for Turning Content into Conversions
If you’ve not heard of ion interactive, you really should check them out. Not only do they have some fantastic web-based software for creation and testing effective landing experiences, they also provide tons of supporting data and best practices for businesses. They speak at many events throughout the country as well and always provide great content. This infographic is no…
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Marketing Infographics
Social Marketing Requires Thinking Mobile
Marketers often think of social media as just another medium to promote or advertise their products and services. What they don’t often recognize is the ability to harness social media as an interactive channel that provides feedback and can echo your marketing efforts. Smart marketers are already taking advantage of organic content and paid advertising strategies to reach mobile users.…
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Analytics & Testing
Why Google Hiding Keywords is Great for Marketers
It seems everyone is whining and in a tizzy about Google not providing organic keyword data in Analytics. While I believe it diminishes the value of analytics somewhat, I would argue that it’s a great move that will help content Marketers. I’ve written in the past that SEO is Dead and I’ve watched as the industry has slowly gone away.…
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Email Marketing & Automation
How To Use Animated GIFs Effectively In Your Email Marketing
An animated GIF consists of a series of individual images or frames displayed in a sequence to create the illusion of motion or animation. Each frame can have its own time delay, allowing for different durations for each frame of the animation. Here’s a great example: Animated GIFs are commonly used on websites and in digital communication to add simple…
