Mobile and Tablet Marketing

Garmin Police Warning

Douglas Karr Friday, September 1, 2006

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Police Here’s my billion dollar idea for the day!

What if Garmin (or any of the other auto mapping devices) built in laser/radar detectors along with button to capture someone reporting the location of a speed trap or policeman? That way, before I even get to the speed trap or a guarded intersection, my device warns me before I’m in range. If the laser/radar doesn’t pick it up, someone could still report it via the button. The report could be on a timer… only show up if reported within the hour.

I’m not a speeder, but I do find myself getting 1 ticket every 1 or 2 years. With a great driving record, I never get a break. It bothers me because speeding tickets are less about slowing down bad drivers and getting safer and more about raising revenue for the region. That should not be the goal of tickets.

As a result, I would love a means of avoiding them altogether. If I could purchase a device like this, I would do it tomorrow!

Douglas Karr Friday, September 1, 2006

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Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr is the founder of the Martech Zone and a recognized expert on digital transformation. Douglas has helped start several successful MarTech startups, has assisted in the due diligence of over $5 bil in Martech acquisitions and investments, and continues to launch his own platforms and services. He's a co-founder of Highbridge, a digital transformation consulting firm. Douglas is also a published author of a Dummie's guide and a business leadership book.

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It all started as a book club.

Yes, I’m serious. I started my work on the web more than two decades ago. My first site was Helping Hand, which curated the best sites from around the web to help people with their computers and navigate resources on the Internet. Years later, I sold the domain to a company that helped folks quit smoking, one of my first big contracts.

I began blogging on Blogger and waxed poetic about everything from politics to Internet tools. I was all over the place and mostly wrote for myself – without much of an audience. I belonged to a Marketing Book club in Indianapolis that quickly grew out of control. Over time, I discovered that more and more of the group were coming to me for technology advice. The combination of my technology background and my business and marketing acumen was in high demand as the Internet rapidly changed the industry.

After reading Naked Conversations, I was motivated to better brand and control the content on the site. I also wanted more control over the look and feel of my blog, so I moved to my domain in 2006 and built my first WordPress site. Since I was focused on marketing technology, I didn’t want the domain with my name to get in the way, so I moved the site (painfully) to its new domain in 2008 where it’s grown ever since.

The Martech Zone is owned and operated by DK New Media, LLC, a company I started in 2009. After working with virtually every major online marketing department in my tenure at ExactTarget and launching Compendium, I knew there was a great demand for my expertise and guidance within such a complex industry.

DK New Media is my company overseeing my publications, podcasts, workshops, webinars, and speaking gigs. Highbridge is my agency with two other partners that help companies maximize their investment in sales, marketing, and related products. We offer integration, migration, training, strategic consulting, and custom development.

Thank you so much for your support over the years!

Douglas Karr
CEO, DK New Media
VP, Highbridge