Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Customer Survey Burnout
Surveys are a critical method for capturing key information on your prospects and customers, but they can also be a tool that’s misused and provides data that drives your business in the wrong direction. As a simple example, if I…
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The History of Sales Technology
We recently posted the Evolution of the Salesperson and now we get a look at how sales technology has enabled advancements in sales methodologies. From Lattice Engines Infographic, The History of Sale Technology: Sales professionals have always had the opportunity…
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LinkedIn Requests: The Social Media Rules Police Strike Again!
For as long as people have known me, I’ve been railing against the rules police in social media. They truly drive me insane. For ten years, one of the arguments that continues to surface is whether or not you should…
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A Unique Business Card… er Chip
This afternoon, I had a great meeting with our business consultant Harry Howe and our business insurance agent, Joe Glaser. It was a great meeting because Joe and Harry are masters at dialing down all the nuances of risk and…
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ToutApp: Sales Tracking, Templates and Analytics
For the large sales organization, outbound sales representatives have the unenviable position of having to communicate with piles of leads sometimes to connect with those one or two prospects that will convert. New marketing automation systems such as our sponsor…
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Starbucks: Designing The Perfect Mobile App
On my next radio show, I’ll be discussing the Starbucks Mobile application which garnered the 2012 Mobile Marketer of the Year Award. In my opinion, it’s truly a great mobile application that bridges the marketing gap between online and in-store…
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Filter Out Your Social Noise with Cloze
If your inbox is as terrifying as mine, you find that key messages simply seem to fade away as the onslaught of new messages hit. I have come to terms with the fact that my social and email network has…
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Advertiser’s Guide to Mobile
Last week I spent some time with my parents and was pretty shocked when they showed me they both traded in their mobile phones for iPhones. While they were both fairly frustrated with learning how to use them, they told…
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We Should Stop Saying Influential When We Mean Popular
I saw it again today… another Influencer List. I couldn’t get through the entire list, though, because I was too busy raking my nails down my face and pulling my hair out. It wasn’t an influencer list at all, it…
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Design Effective E-commerce Product Pages
There are millions of e-commerce sites out there and, thankfully, developers, designers and consultants who work on e-commerce sites have tested practically every iteration of product page to maximize conversions. Invesp has published some fairly startling statistics when it comes…
