Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
- Marketing Infographics
Advertising and Return on Investment
Marketing pioneer John Wannamaker once said, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted… The trouble is, I don’t know which half.” Still today, most marketers don’t know which of their advertising channels are most effective. Investment in online has increased due to an improved ability to track success, yet offline channels will continue to dominate spend for the…
- Content Marketing
WordPress: Add Social Media Profiles to Your WordPress Theme
WordPress offers user profiles with settings for social links; however, additional social sites offer opportunities for your entire site or blog to have a presence within those networks. We were working on a client site this week where we wanted to make it easy for them to set and add their site’s social links, so we added additional options to…
- Marketing Infographics
Geosocial and Location-Based User Adoption
Some pretty amazing stats on adoption of Geosocial and Location-Based Services (LBS) via mobile devices have been revealed in this inforgraphic from Flowtown – Social Media Marketing Application. Over 58% of smartphone users are utilizing these services. The infographic defines each of the services as: Geosocial Networking – this type of social networking uses geographic services and capabilities, such as…
- Content Marketing
The Importance of Fresh Content for SEO
I’ve told people for a long time that the old adage for marketing applies to content, too. Recency, frequency and value of the content are key. This is why blogging is so key to a content marketing strategy… it allows you to write often. The chart below is from one of our clients. We optimized their site and, combined with…
- Content Marketing
Add a Links Page to your WordPress Template
We were working on a client site today to add an iPad Cover Review list to the site. Rather than listing them all out in a page or a post, we decided to build a template page that pulled one link category from WordPress’ build in Links section, called “Reviews”. The WordPress API already has a built in function, called…
- Email Marketing & Automation
Email Best Practices for the Holiday Season
Consumers love email marketing. In fact, when surveyed, consumers state that email is one of their favorite means of getting offers and discounts from the businesses that they work with. This holiday season will be no different and you need to plan accordingly. Test, segment and increase the frequency of your emails this holiday season and you can drive a…
- Content Marketing
Ways to Target Your Website Traffic
We’re behind on customization of our mobile and iPad versions of the new theme on Martech… it’s in the works, though! One thing you will notice is that, based on the categorization of the post, we have different advertisements on the page. We did this by customizing our own dynamic widgets and utilizing iSocket for self-service placement of the ads.…
- Marketing Infographics
The Rise of Inbound Marketing
Rich with graphics and statistics, this is a fantastic infographic from Voltier Digital that explains the difference between inbound marketing and outbound marketing. As consumers continue to flock to the Internet, the Internet marketing industry continues to evolve. In a two-way medium like the Internet, the traditional models of marketing are losing their efficacy, and new types of marketing are…
- Content Marketing
Where Is Your Loyalty?
Loyalty is defined as the quality of being loyal to someone or something. Have you ever noticed how loyalty is discussed, though? We talk about how customers are loyal, how employees are loyal, how clients are loyal, how voters are loyal… Employers talk about employee loyalty, but then they hire external, don’t develop their own talent internal, or worse –…
- Marketing Infographics
Facebook Failures
Last week we shared Facebook’s Security infographic that showed the security measures and statistics that Facebook has developed and documented. It’s not all unicorns and rainbows, though! Facebook has had its share of embarrassments and reversals over the years. There’s no doubt Facebook gets a pass on many of their failures given the fact that they’ve achieved what no other…
