Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Metabase: Build Powerful Dashboards and Unlock Data Insights Without SQL
Organizations can’t afford bottlenecks when it comes to data. Many teams still struggle with outdated tools, complex coding requirements, and lengthy turnaround times when attempting to answer basic questions about their performance. Waiting on analysts or writing custom SQL queries shouldn’t stand between you and the critical business insights you need. Metabase Metabase is a user-friendly business intelligence (BI) tool…
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How AI Image Upscaling Enhances Visual Content for Marketing and Sales
It’s a crowded digital world where visuals are doing most of the talking. If you’re running ads, launching a landing page, or sending out an email campaign, the quality of your images can make or break the first impression. While marketers have long relied on catchy headlines and clever targeting, visuals remain the first thing people notice. That’s why more…
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Kinsta: Instantly Speed Up Your WordPress Site with Next-Generation Hosting
Managing a WordPress site shouldn’t feel like a 24/7 emergency. Yet for many businesses, slow load times, unexpected crashes, hacking risks, and unhelpful support create daily stress. When your site is underperforming, you’re not just losing visitors—you’re losing credibility, conversions, and revenue. It doesn’t have to be this way. Kinsta Kinsta is a Managed WordPress Hosting platform built to eliminate…
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Why Your Mobile App’s Future Depends on Getting the Launch Right the First Time
When you launch a mobile app, the early user feedback, ratings, and engagement data are heavily weighted by app stores like Apple’s App Store and Google Play in determining your app’s visibility and ranking. If these signals are negative early on, it becomes exponentially harder to recover, even if you later fix problems or improve the app. Here’s why a…
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Creative Destruction: Why AI Will Unleash Marketing Creativity and Opportunities
Thirty years ago, as I was adding PC connectivity to a manufacturing plant’s equipment to monitor equipment performance for predictive maintenance, I never imagined the world we now live in. I never imagined the job positions that I’d have. I never imagined the companies I’d be a part of creating. For those of you who don’t remember a time when…
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SEO vs. SEM: Choosing the Right Search Strategy for Business Growth in 2025
When businesses start investing in digital marketing, one of the first questions they face is whether to focus on SEO or SEM. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t always straightforward. Many agencies and consultants specialize in one discipline and naturally present it as the superior choice. This often leaves business owners with a fragmented understanding, especially when they’re presented with conflicting advice.…
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Flot AI: The AI That Remembers, Writes, and Works Wherever You Do
If you’re a business owner, marketer, or salesperson, you know the real productivity killer isn’t just too much work—it’s scattered work. You’re jumping between emails, documents, CRM systems, marketing tools, Slack messages, and web research. Half your day is spent switching tabs, rewriting the same message, or trying to remember where you saved that great idea or insight. Flot AI…
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Analyst Firms and Resources For Researching Your Next MarTech Solution
The marketing technology (MarTech) landscape is vast, dynamic, and complex, with thousands of platforms promising to transform customer engagement, streamline operations, and drive revenue. For businesses, sales teams, marketing professionals, SaaS providers, and investors, selecting the right MarTech solution is a high-stakes decision. The wrong choice can drain budgets, disrupt workflows, demotivate and frustrate employees, or fail to deliver promised…
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AgenticFlow: The No-Code AI Platform Powering the Next Generation of Intelligent Automation
The acceleration of AI into business processes may be faster than any advancement I’ve witnessed in my career. Artificial intelligence is no longer a luxury; it has become a competitive necessity virtually overnight. AgenticFlow is positioning itself at the forefront of intelligent automation with a simple, compelling promise: let your AI agents handle the work while you focus on growth.…
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As Digital Fatigue Grows, Sponsorships Offer Trust, Attention, and Real Engagement
In an era dominated by short-term tactics and ROI-at-all-costs campaigns, sponsorships stand out as one of the few strategies capable of delivering both brand lift and sustained value. However, too often, marketers treat sponsorships as just another advertising channel—buy the placement, display the logo, and move on. That approach misses the bigger opportunity. Sponsorships, when approached strategically, are not transactions.…
