Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Content Marketing
Direct Mail that Works!
I’ve been meaning to write about this since before the New Year but I had to get the ‘ol scanner out to pull together these images of some direct mail I’ve received recently. The bottom line is that some direct mail still works. Here are 3 examples: Jack Hayhow sent me his book, The Wisdom of the Flying Pig. I…
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Content Marketing
RSS: Make your Feed Link Obvious
With the advent of new browsers, I was not too concerned about putting my RSS link within the content of my site. I’m starting to rethink that. If you weren’t already aware, these new browsers can automatically detect an RSS feed as long as it’s identified within the header of the page. Clicking on the RSS symbol results in you…
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Beginner’s Guides to SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting
I’m not in a position where I have to worry too much about security, but I often hear of vulnerabilities that we’re protecting ourselves from. I simply ask some intelligent system architect and he says, “Yea, we’re covered.”, and then the security audit comes back clean. However, there are two security ‘hacks’ or vulnerabilities that you can read about a…
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I am Iron Man!
I am Iron Man! Inventor. Businessman. Genius. Click here to take the “Which Superhero are you?” quiz… I was a little skeptical until I noticed how the colors matched my theme and the description was so dead on! 😉
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A Personal and Heart-felt Thanks to You
This is an incredible season for my work online. Today my blog was mentioned on both John Chow and Seth Godin’s blog. And I was recently the a topic of a very flattering blog entry on Pat Coyle’s blog! Last week, Mike at ConverStations was gracious enough to mention me as a “Z-lister”. His selfless promotion of me got my…
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Marketing Books
Amazon Associates: Does anyone make any money?
I have to be honest… I love having my bookshelf on my blog and I love discussing books I’m reading with other bloggers. I don’t think I’ve ever made a dime on Amazon Associates, though. It makes me wonder if my associate account is broke or people simply just don’t buy books off of web sites. My second honest point:…
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Content Marketing
Blogs: Written by Fools to be Read by Imbeciles…
Mr. Rago, assistant editorial features editor at The Wall Street Journal, eloquently addresses the blogosphere as: The Blog Mob: Written by fools to be read by imbeciles. Joseph Rago This may be the most pretentious attack I’ve seen by a journalist yet! As a former newspaper professional, it’s disappointing to see this attitude. Even worse, I’m a fan of the…
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Mavericks at Work: Who’s Hiring?
Last month the Indianapolis Marketing Book Club chose Mavericks at Work as the book to read. I love books, and especially love business books. My house is full of them. I’m reading this one and just started Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time. Mavericks at Work is one of those incredibly inspirational books,…
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Content Marketing
Body Background Images Done Easily
A nice feature you’ll find on many sites is where the center content area appears to overlay the page with a drop shadow behind it. It’s actually a fairly simple method to making your blog look nice (or other website) with a single background image. How is it done? Figure out how wide your content is. Example: 750px. Build an…
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Peace be with You
I grew up Roman Catholic. To this day, my favorite part of mass was when everyone has to overcome their shyness, shake hands with their neighbor, and say, “Peace be with you.” The reply, “And also with you.” In Arabic, this is “As-SalÄmu Alaykum”. The reply, “Alaykum As-SalÄm”. In Hebrew, “Shalom aleichem”. The reply, “Aleichem shalom”. And then, of course,…
