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- Marketing Tools
Stop Building Crappy Software – Integrated Software Still Wins
Here is something internal CIO’s and your internal tech teams don’t want you to know: the 18-month software implementation that just cost you $500K – $1MM could be done a hell of a lot cheaper…and should be. They are building job security because most C-level leaders and marketers don’t understand how technology can and should work. As marketers, we all…
- Content Marketing
Managing Your Application Programming Interface
It’s 2:30AM here in Paris, France… and I can’t sleep so what better to do than to write a blog post! DK New Media has worked recently with two companies recently who have implemented technology to manage their application programming interface (API). APIs have become a powerful and necessary feature to any platform so that marketers can integration and automate…
- Content Marketing
PHP: Using Is.gd API to Shorten URL
Just read an article on the benefits and pitfalls of shortening URLs over at SEOmoz. I utilize the Is.gd API to do this: function doCurlRequest($url, $variable, $value) { $api = $url."?".$variable."=".$value; $session = curl_init(); curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_URL, $api); curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); $data = curl_exec($session); curl_close($session); return $data; } function doShortenURL($longurl) { $url = "http://is.gd/api.php"; $variable = "longurl"; $shorturl = doCurlRequest($url, $variable,…
- Content Marketing
How To Add A Media Player to Your Site Easily with Wimpy Player
A few of our clients needed a friendly media player for their sites that was simple to implement I was looking for a modern audio player that would work across browsers and devices. I found Wimpy Player, an incredibly simple yet robust player for audio and video files. With its user-friendly interface and comprehensive features, the Wimpy Player is the…
- Content Marketing
WordPress: How To Check If The User is Logged, Determine Their Role, And Modify Content
We have a lot of authors on Martech Zone but not all of them are familiar with WordPress and how to log in and publish on the site. WordPress can identify whether or not you’re logged into the platform using a user_level function that returns whether or not you’re logged in as well as what your role is. Check User…
- Customer Data Platforms
Digging for Gold with Web 2.0
I was speaking to a good friend of mine, Bob Flores, who is a leader in the Telecom industry. Bob educates companies on corporate leadership and specializes in building efficiencies in the Telecom industry. Bob asked me tonight what I thought the next Internet big idea was. Here’s what my thoughts were: There’s not much money on the internet by…
- Email Marketing & Automation
Open = Growth
I worked with a national NFL Team to evaluate their database and email marketing tools and provide vendor recommendations. It was a comprehensive evaluation of their internal resources, budget constraints, timelines, as well as the multiple platforms that were central to their organization’s operation. As I looked at viable solutions, the areas I focused attention on were: Ability to integrate…
