Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Marketing & Sales Videos
B2B Profiling and Prospecting with Mintigo
After leaving the newspaper industry, one of my first jobs was developing prospect databases for B2B vendors. Using some third party tools, we developed a means to develop a custom index on firmographic traits on your client base. In other words, we would identify your ideal clients by revenue, number of employees, industry codes, years in service, location and any…
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Content Marketing
Don’t Blame the CMS, Blame the Theme Designer
This morning I had a great call with a potential client about their inbound marketing strategies. They mentioned that they were meeting with a firm to develop their website. I had noticed prior to the call that they were already on WordPress and asked if they would continue using it. She said absolutely not and said that it was terrible……
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Content Marketing
The Anatomy of Content Marketing
This ContentPlus Infographic: The Anatomy of Content Marketing, shares some great statistics on why you’d want to employ a content marketing strategy for your company, including increased visibility, wider reach, word of mouth marketing, return on investment and building a foundation for increased attention from consumers.
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Half of Companies Polled have a Google+ Page
We ran a SurveyMonkey poll on our sidebar for the last few weeks to get a clear picture of how many companies had adopted a Google+ page. The poll results were a perfect split… only 50% of readers said their company had a Google+ page. While that may seem low, I think the real numbers may be much lower. I…
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Marketing Books
The Art of Clients Falling in Love
On the way to work yesterday, I listened to Dave Ramsey speak to Joe Beam, author of The Art of Falling in Love. Joe said there were three key elements to falling in love… commitment, intimacy, and passion. The conversation really stuck with me, so I made a voice memo about what I heard to write a post later. I…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Words to Avoid in Emails
I felt a little better about my own email habits after reading seeing this infographic from Boomerang. The average email user receives 147 messages every day, and spends more than 2 and a half hours on email per day. While I love email as a medium and we work to integrate it as a strategy with all of our clients,…
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Marketing Infographics
Social Media Salaries Guide
Whether you’re a strategies, specialist, brand manager, marketing manager, social media manager or a content writer, Onward Search is tracking your salary range and now sharing them in this infographic on US salaries. The news isn’t that good, though, given the state of the economy these numbers aren’t too exciting to me for an industry that’s exploded in growth. Introducing…
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Analytics & Testing
Create Tests Easily with Verify
While analyzing some real-time alerts today on marketing automation for our client, Right On Interactive, Marty Thompson came across a link to a testing site called Verify. It’s a very affordable testing site that has a ton of features and a very simple, intuitive interface for getting your designs, sites and layouts tested and capturing feedback. Here’s the Verify overview…
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Marketing Infographics
How Information Overload is Hurting Productivity… And How To Cope
The influx of information can be overwhelming. With the advancement of technology and the need to stay connected, employees often struggle to manage the constant data flow. The phenomenon, known as information overload, significantly impacts productivity and the quality of work. Information Overload Statistics 57% of U.S. workers agree that the amount of information they need to process has increased…
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Content Marketing
We’re a Top 10 Social Media Blog!
It’s always amazing to be recognized by your peers – but today really takes it up a notch! Michael Stelzner’s Social Media Examiner blog is, by far, one of the most popular, well-branded and well-managed social media blogs on the Internet. Not only does he have great content and incredible events… he’s also selfless in promoting others. Today, my publication…
