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- Douglas KarrNov 29, 2024
The Delicate Balance of Corporate Giving: When Charity Marketing Meets Social Impact
Businesses face increasing pressure to extend their influence beyond profit margins and into social impact. While financial success remains crucial, companies are discovering that their societal role encompasses more than quarterly earnings—it involves actively participating in community development and social causes. However, this intersection of commerce and social responsibility presents opportunities and challenges. Table of ContentsThe Evolution of Corporate Social…
- Douglas KarrFeb 23, 2020
Renderforest: Real-Time Video Editing and Animation Templates Online
We’re launching a new series of interviews here soon on the marketing technology blog with the assistance of Creative Zombie Studios. Our existing podcast with Edge of the Web Radio is amazing and airs regionally in Indianapolis on Saturday afternoons on Freedom 95… but sometimes we need to dig deep with the talent we wish to interview. With the background…
- Douglas KarrNov 30, 2024
The Fastest E-Commerce Platforms in 2024: A Deep Dive into Performance
Imagine losing a potential customer because your website took just one extra second to load. This is not just a hypothetical scenario—it’s a daily reality in e-commerce, where speed can make or break your business’s success. Through multiple channels, website performance directly impacts your bottom line. Research from Google reveals that as page load time increases from 1 to 3…
- Douglas KarrAug 24, 2021
Ecamm Live: Must-Have Software for Every Live Streamer
I’ve shared how I had assembled my home office for live streaming and podcasting. The post had detailed information on the hardware I’d assembled… from a standing desk, mic, mic arm, audio equipment, etc. Soon after, I was speaking to a good friend of mine Jack Klemeyer, a certified John Maxwell Coach and Jack told me that I needed to…
- Douglas KarrMay 2, 2023
URL Shorteners: How They Work And Why Marketers Should Use Them
URL shorteners are web services that transform long Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) into shorter, more manageable versions. They generate a unique, shortened URL that redirects the user to the original, longer URL when clicked or entered into a web browser. If you wish to do a great job with attribution and better understand your marketing efforts, utilizing campaign query strings…
- Douglas KarrJan 15, 2018
The Inbound Marketing Checklist: 21 Strategies for Growth
As you can imagine, we get a lot of requests to publish infographics on Martech Zone. It’s why we share infographics every week. We also ignore requests when we find infographics that simply show that the company hasn’t made a great investment to build out an infographic of value. When I clicked through on this infographic from Brian Downard, Co-Founder…
- Douglas KarrFeb 24, 2017
What is the Impact of Online Consumer Reviews on Your Business?
We worked closely with a company that advised businesses selling products via Amazon. By optimizing a product page and incorporating strategies to collect reviews from customers, they can increase the visibility of your products in internal product searches… ultimately increasing sales exponentially. It’s difficult work, but they’ve got the process down pat and continued to repeat it for more and more…
- Ann SmartyMay 31, 2022
Are You Doing Instagram Marketing Wrong? Focus on Authenticity!
According to the network itself, Instagram has more than 1 billion active users at the moment, and that number will undoubtedly keep growing. More than 71% of the Americans age 18 to 29 were using Instagram in 2021. For ages 30 to 49, 48% of Americans were using Instagram. In all, over 40% of Americans state that they’re using Instagram.…
- Douglas KarrFeb 8, 2024
How to Validate Your Email Authentication Is Set Up Correctly for DKIM, DMARC, SPF & BIMI
If you’re sending any significant volumes of marketing emails, chances are your email is not making its way to the inbox if you’ve not configured your email authentication. We work with many companies assisting them with their email migration, IP warming, and deliverability issues. Most companies don’t even realize they have a problem; they think subscribers simply aren’t engaging with…
- Douglas KarrMar 24, 2022
What Are Meta Descriptions? Why Are They Critical to Organic Search Engine Strategies?
Sometimes marketers can’t see the forest for the trees. As search engine optimization has gained so much attention the past decade, I’ve noticed that many marketers focus so much on rank and subsequent organic traffic, they forget the step that actually occurs in between. Search engines are absolutely critical to every business’ ability to drive users with intent to the…