Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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Social Media Image Dimension Guide for 2025
It seems like every week, a social network changes its layout and requires new dimensions for its profile photos, background canvas, and images shared on the network. Limitations for social images are a combination of dimensions, image size, and even…
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How and Why to Duplicate Audiences in Facebook Marketing: A Strategic Walkthrough
Duplicating audiences in Facebook Ads Manager isn’t just a time-saving tactic—it’s a strategic move that allows advertisers to preserve valuable targeting insights while testing variations in creative, placements, bidding strategies, or campaign objectives. As Facebook (Meta) advertising becomes more sophisticated…
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30 Strategies To Promote and Grow the Reach of Your Company Blog
A company blog is a powerful platform for thought leadership, customer education, and lead generation, but consistent promotion is essential to unlocking its full value. It's hard to believe it's been almost 20 years since I wrote Corporate Blogging for…
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Organic Social Media Reach Is Dead: How to Grow Your Following in 2025
Social media platforms have evolved into highly competitive spaces where only a fraction of accounts receive meaningful visibility. Platforms like Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook prioritize content from top-performing creators, leaving most users with very little organic exposure. This dynamic…
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RocketReach: Find the Right Business Contacts, Fast—And Win More Business
Today’s go-to-market teams are inundated with tools—but still struggle with one essential task: reaching the right people at the right time. Whether you’re sourcing candidates, pitching a service, or driving B2B growth, bad contact data can cost time, money, and…
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Understanding Gender in Consumer Buying Behavior: Insights Over Stereotypes
Marketers have long leaned on gender as a quick proxy for customer behavior, but that shortcut is no longer sufficient in today’s evolving digital landscape. As consumers challenge traditional norms and embrace diverse, personal buying journeys, the most effective strategies…
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In the Age of AI, Your Qualifications No Longer Matter—Your Output Does
Deadlines are getting shorter. Resources are disappearing. Budgets? Nearly nonexistent. The demands of modern work don’t just feel heavier—they are heavier. And while that pressure keeps building, so does the complexity of life outside work. The economy remains uncertain. Personal…
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How Call to Action (CTA) Buttons Improve Website Conversions
A call to action ( CTA ) prompts the user to take a specific action that leads to a conversion—a purchase, a newsletter subscription, or the completion of a contact form. The effectiveness of a CTA depends not only on…
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Does Video Really Boost Landing Page Conversions? Not Always—and Here’s Why
Marketers have long treated video as a silver bullet for landing page performance. For years, a widely quoted statistic claimed that adding video to your landing page could increase conversions by a staggering 86% . The origin of this figure?…
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Bedrock: Leveraging AI and ML To Turn CPG Data Into Retail Wins
Springing into retail season with a million datapoints and no clear narrative? That’s the challenge many consumer packaged goods ( CPG ) companies face daily. With fragmented datasets, time-consuming analyses, and mounting pressure to win shelf space, sales and insights…