Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Zutrix: Unlock SEO Wins with AI, Alerts, and Whitelabel Reports
Driving traffic to your website isn’t just about ranking high for a few keywords—it’s about consistently managing technical health, identifying trends, tracking performance, and adapting fast. For individual marketers and large SEO teams alike, the challenge is finding a tool…
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Mastering the Modern Omnichannel Buying Journey: A Retailer’s Guide
In today’s hyperconnected retail and e-commerce landscape, the path to purchase has become increasingly complex. The traditional linear funnel has evolved into a dynamic, multi-directional web of touchpoints, driven by empowered consumers who seamlessly switch between digital and physical environments.…
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How to Collect and Verify B2B Leads
B2B lead generation is a key element in driving business growth. However, collecting high-quality leads and ensuring their validity is a challenge that many businesses face. Properly collecting and verifying leads is crucial to ensuring that sales teams focus on the…
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Objection Management on Social Media: A Business Guide for Building Trust Through Public Dialogue
Industry-specific forums, such as Reddit threads, LinkedIn Groups, Facebook Groups, Slack communities, and Discord servers, are becoming increasingly valuable spaces for brands to establish authority and cultivate genuine connections. These communities are not just platforms for marketing—they are dynamic ecosystems…
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Unlocking SaaS Growth: The 4 Pillars of a High-Impact Content Marketing Engine
Content marketing is a critical growth lever for SaaS companies, but it doesn’t play by the same rules as other industries. Unlike e-commerce, retail, or traditional B2B services, SaaS brands must sell intangible, constantly evolving, and often complex products and…
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Narrative BI: Turning Data into Business Intelligence You Can Actually Use With Agentic Analytics
Every business is swimming in data but starving for insight. Narrative BI has emerged as a platform tailor-made for growth teams and marketers who need clarity, speed, and actionability, without a background in data science. Positioned as a generative analytics…
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What, Exactly, Is Sales and Marketing Alignment?
As a CMO, my role is often viewed as one of outward momentum—crafting compelling brand narratives, orchestrating go-to-market strategies, and building campaigns that drive results. But behind every high-performing marketing function is something quieter, yet far more foundational: alignment. And…
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Public Relations Disasters That Should Have Been Avoided: Lessons from Recent High-Profile Failures
Public relations (PR) failures often stem from missteps by PR professionals or firms, such as poor planning, cultural insensitivity, inadequate crisis management, or tone-deaf communication. These errors can exacerbate public reactions, damage reputations, and result in financial or legal consequences.…
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WordPress: How To Build a Shortcode Plugin For A Simple Before and After Image Slider
I was publishing an article earlier that included a before-and-after image with a slider overlay. While there are numerous plugins available that perform this function, I prefer not to use third-party plugins due to the additional overhead, including limited features and advertisements…
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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…
