Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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The 4 Steps to Social Media Marketing
One of Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change is to Begin with the End in Mind. This infographic from BigThunk and Number 8 Communications does just that – recognizing that you need to establish your goals first when looking to your social media marketing strategy. I especially appreciate this infographic because it…
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Understanding Color Models and File Formats in Graphic Design
When working on a creative project with a design team or preparing visual assets for print or digital use, it’s important to understand color models and file formats. Terms like RGB, CMYK, PNG, or vector graphics can sound technical, but they hold the key to achieving the desired outcome for your design. This guide will help you decode these terms,…
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Appboy: Understand, Test and Engage Mobile Users
The mobile ecosystem has exploded to over 1 million apps in the last three years. Companies are struggling with high user acquisition costs and low retention rates. Less than 60% of mobile apps provide a positive return on investment. Appboy is a data-driven solution that enables mobile app marketers to create rich user profiles on their mobile audience, and then…
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Tickle & Woo Your Prospects!
Many business to business (B2B) sales cycles are long and arduous. It’s a balance of keeping top of mind with a prospect until the purchase decision can be made and not bugging them and driving them off. I’ve watched some folks nurture leads incredibly well, and I’ve put “Do Not Answer” in my phone book to avoid the sales people…
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The Web Development Triangle
All of our contracts with our clients are ongoing monthly engagements. Very rarely do we pursue a fixed project, and rarely do we guarantee the timeline. That may sound scary to some, but the issue is that the goal shouldn’t be the date of release, it should be the business results. Our job is to get our clients business results,…
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Customer ESP: How Predictive Analytics and Marketing Automation Are Transforming Business
Buyer behavior is evolving faster than ever, leaving companies scrambling to keep pace. Traditional approaches to understanding customer needs often relied on gut instinct, broad campaigns, and guesswork. Today, predictive analytics combined with marketing automation has emerged as a decisive advantage, giving businesses the ability to anticipate customer actions, identify opportunities, and act before competitors can. This shift represents more…
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Your Brand as a Planet – The Social Employee
We were excited when we saw EveryoneSocial and the ability to utilize your own employees to help increase the voice of your company but we’re still surprised at how quiet many companies are. We recognize that some employees simply aren’t connected, but when we see a couple retweets coming from a company with hundreds of employees, we start to wonder…
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20 E-commerce Strategies to Increase Holiday Sales
The folks at Volusion are projecting a 20% increase in online holiday sales for small to medium- sized online businesses this season! How do you get the most out of this ever-important holiday season without burning your budget? Go into the game with a solid plan and sell, sell, sell. We’re about to enter the most wonderful time of year…
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Are Content Marketers Ready for Disruption?
In a new study commissioned by Kapost from the Aberdeen Group, research found few marketers who feel they’re adequately producing and tracking their content. And an exploitable gap is emerging between content leaders and content followers. Kapost calls the transition period where demand is high but smart planning is in short supply Content Chaos. They designed the infographic below to…
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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…
