Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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VPNLY: The Free VPN for Secure, Global, and Private Workflows
When you browse the web on a typical Wi-Fi or public network, your data doesn’t just go straight from your device to the website. It travels through the local network, your internet service provider (ISP), and often several other points…
