Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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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…
- 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:…
- 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,…
- 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,…
- Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
Ouch Verizon
I don’t have any sympathy for Verizon. Earlier this year I started an account with Verizon and my company reimbursed me for purchase of a model 6700 PDA phone. Part of the reason I purchased this phone was to connect my laptop and phone via USB for Internet access while I was on the road. I asked if the phone…
- Content Marketing
Bloggin’ Ain’t Easy! Even with Vox
Update: The Vox platform shut down in 2010. As of recent, I’m giving a lot of thought to providing more documentation and even some public speaking on blogging. Why? Bloggin ain’t easy! Companies realize this… putting yourself ‘naked’ out on the web may or may not be a good strategy. Beyond the strategy and the content, though, is the technology.…
- Content Marketing
Blog Tag: 5 Secrets about Me
Shel Israel has blog-tagged me. The game is to tell five secrets about yourself and then link to five other people you know and then they have to tell five things you probably don’t know about them. Ophidiophobia: That’s me. Can’t stand them! I joked that if I ran into a snake, I’d throw my kids at it and run…
- Content Marketing
Educate Your Readers
We all started somewhere! I was talking to a friend tonight about Social Networking and my future in the Industry. I had a fantastic, inspirational lunch with good friend, Pat Coyle, last week. I’ve always been a technologist… jack of all trades, master of none… until recent. The last year I’ve really focused my attention on the evolution of the…
