Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
- Analytics & Testing
Engagement Is NOT A Marketing Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for Most Companies
Don’t believe me? How much money does your company make from comments? How much money does your company make from those people who comment? How much money does your company make from people that comment on your social media posts? Probably none. Engagement, as measured by comments or participation, is nonsense for the vast majority of businesses. Many experts will…
- Content Marketing
HD Video can be part of your Marketing Strategy
One of my clients was Widen Enterprises. Widen is a 60 year old company that started in prepress technologies. Unlike some print companies, Widen has not stood by and watched as startups scavenged their industry. Instead, Widen has transformed into an Internet digital asset powerhouse. Now they’re transforming the digital asset management industry. You may have read some posts in…
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Social Media and Happiness
Last year, I wrote a post Can Social Media Cure Depression?. It seems it can! Today I was happy when good friend and Indianapolis Mobile Marketing guru Adam Small sent me the following link: Happiness is contagious in social networks. An excerpt: New research shows that in a social network, happiness spreads among people up to three degrees removed from…
- Marketing & Sales Videos
Very Few Can Master Viral like This!
Congratulations to JCPenney on this fantastic viral campaign. The Doghouse website has even more features and the video in high resolution. Check out the audio on the Get Out of the Dog House Page. Note: One minor improvement I would have made would have been to have an embedded share tag so folks don’t have to search the web!
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Share your Slides with Slideshare, Facebook and LinkedIn
One of the benefits of working with a company that specializes in blogging for SEO is that it gives us some inside connections to SEO experts who have accomplished quite a bit of testing and experimentation. Today I had a discussion with someone who recommended a couple social media sites that can actually assist with your Search Engine placement. Surprisingly,…
- Marketing Books
Am I an A**hole?
Am I an a**hole? Readers of my blog typically stick up for me and speak to the respect, passion, and compassion I try to provide through my blog. It’s definitely a persona that I project and one that I try to work to perfect each day. Blog posts have the advantage of pre-planning (although in the past, I have been…
- Email Marketing & Automation
Autotarget: A Behavioral Marketing Engine for Email
Database marketing is all about indexing behaviors, demographics and doing predictive analytics on your prospects in order to market to them more intelligently. I actually wrote a product plan a few years ago to statistically score email subscribers based on their behavior. This would allow the marketer to segment their subscriber population based on who was the most active. By…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Stop Bailing, Let’s Invest in the Opportunity of Social Media
Americans hate to lose a war, period. In one view, the dying automotive industry is a war we think we’re losing. I don’t believe we’re losing anything; I believe we’re progressing. Jobs moving overseas always sound ominous, but people ignore that we’re creating new jobs in this nation that have never been heard before. I’m a living example of this.…
