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Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr is a fractional Chief Marketing Officer specializing in SaaS and AI companies, where he helps scale marketing operations, drive demand generation, and implement AI-powered strategies. He is the founder and publisher of Martech Zone, a leading publication in marketing technology, and a trusted advisor to startups and enterprises alike. With a track record spanning more than $5 billion in MarTech acquisitions and investments, Douglas has led go-to-market strategy, brand positioning, and digital transformation initiatives for companies ranging from early-stage startups to global tech leaders like Dell, GoDaddy, Salesforce, Oracle, and Adobe. A published author of Corporate Blogging for Dummies and contributor to The Better Business Book, Douglas is also a recognized speaker, curriculum developer, and Forbes contributor. A U.S. Navy veteran, he combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution to help organizations achieve measurable growth.
  • mobile desktop

    GetFeedback: Online Surveys Like Never Before

    If you’ve taken a survey lately, you know how horrid the user interfaces are of traditional survey tools. It’s one of the problems of being a leader in a technology – you continue to build and integrate your platform and…

  • how b2b sales has changed

    How B2B Sales Has Changed

    This infographic from Maximize Social Media beautifully lays out the advantage of inbound marketing as part of your overall sales process. It’s unfortunate, though, that they choose to pit one strategy against the other rather than providing how most B2B…

  • Data-Mining and Decision Support Systems (DSS) vs Market Research

    The Power of Data Mining and Decision Support Systems

    This infographic from the New Jersey Institute of Technology illustrates the Data Mining and Decision Support Systems (DSS), defining the four different processes within the overall system. Data Management – collects the information that a company has available from their…

  • adtruth

    AdTruth: Universal Mobile Audience Recognition

    AdTruth is on-premise software that allows marketers recognize users across the mobile web and apps. AdTruth works with your existing technology to identify, target and track users while upholding consumer privacy and choice. Most user recognition technologies require either a…

  • new seo

    SEO versus New SEO

    SEO is Dead. I said that well over a year ago and I still have some angry SEO folks commenting on the post every week. Google continued to squeeze our the SEO games that folks were playing to game their…

  • salesforce1

    Sell, Service and Market with Salesforce1

    Last week, Isaac Pellerin from our client TinderBox stopped by and demonstrated the Salesforce1 mobile application to me. Wow. Salesforce1 allows companies to create apps using Salesforce Communities, Heroku1 and the ExactTarget Fuel Platform and the user interface is simple…

  • social vs normal

    How Are We (vs You) Using Social Media?

    I’m not sure when Heat designed this inforgraphic, but it’s so good that I had to share it. The reason why it’s good is because it’s an honest look and comparison of how marketing professionals utilize social media versus the…

  • The Social Employee: 7 Traits

    The 7 Traits of the Social Employee: Building Culture, Productivity, and Brand Eminence from Within

    As the digital economy reshapes how companies communicate and compete, the role of the employee has evolved. No longer just a participant in the workflow, today’s employee has the potential to be the face—and voice—of the brand. In The Social…

  • primary research

    How Primary Research Turns Brands into Industry Leaders

    Marketers have turned to content marketing, social media, native advertising and dozens of other marketing strategies to build relationships with their target audiences. Marketing professionals are constantly searching for new techniques and strategies to build their brand’s authority and identity.…

  • email marketing best practices

    All Email Marketing That Sizzles Is Not Spam

    This infographic from Leadpages, a landing page solution, provides some great insight into email marketing and SPAM statistics. Key to this infographic is how many legitimate emails wind up in the junk folder. Chances are that’s where many of yours…

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