Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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The Fastest and Easiest Means of Speeding Up Your Site
Through our hosting provider, I was introduced to CloudFlare . I was absolutely astonished at the service... especially the starting price (free). When I worked for a major SaaS provider, we configured geocaching services and it cost us tens of…
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The Future of Interactive 360 Degree Video
This is a pretty amazing technology when you start to think about the possibilities. Perhaps you could record multiple storylines and have the user click and enter the next. Could make for one heck of a horror movie! :) See…
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What Annoys People About Emails
The folks at ccLoop have put together this infographic on what annoys people about email. 95% of U.S. online consumers use email for communication and business. It’s a great tool to interact and reach new, existing, and future clients. However,…
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21 Marketing Terms to Impress and Annoy Your Colleagues
I was at home catching up on some reading tonight. I'm a pretty simple guy, so whenever I hit some new terminology, I often click over to a search engine or dictionary to figure out what I'm reading. I'm also…
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Dancing for Queso
Had I known that Moe's Southwest Grill had a dance video contest for $10,000 - I may have dedicated a desktop jam video just for them! I like this campaign for a few reasons. The agency Brandmovers didn't have to…
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Popularity of Programming Languages
Rackspace recently published an infographic on the evolution of programming languages. You can click through to Rackspace to see the entire infographic - the more applicable section, in my opinion, is the overall popularity at present. When I'm speaking with…
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Add Custom Backgrounds to WordPress 3
This month's .net magazine arrived with a great section on WordPress 3 features. One of the features is the ability to change your background image on your theme. The code is really simple. In your theme functions.php file, add the…
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The Value of Content Marketing
This is a unique look at content marketing. We shared the Content Grid yesterday, discussing how each type of content can be utilized strategically. This infographic calls for an even more robust strategy because the behavior of readers is changing...…
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Viewing Your Content Calendar
Blogging and social media is a marathon of generating valuable content on a daily basis for your audience. The goal is to generate enough authority and content that we have readers, fans or followers eventually convert into customers. That takes…
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DIY Infographic Production: A Step-by-Step Guide
Creating impactful infographics is a crucial skill in online marketing. With 200 million people on the FTC's do-not-call list, diminishing email usage, and 78% of Internet users conducting product research online, infographics have become a go-to strategy for marketers looking…