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Social Media & Influencer MarketingDouglas KarrMay 13, 2025
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 the amount of text displayed within the image. I would caution against uploading oversized images to social media sites. Each…
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Content MarketingDouglas KarrMay 12, 2025
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 Dummies… but you’d be surprised at how little has changed when it comes to growing the reach of your company…
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Analytics & TestingDouglas KarrMay 10, 2025
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? An old study focused on a single case involving a learning management system—a highly specific context where video may have played…
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Social Media & Influencer MarketingDouglas KarrMay 5, 2025
How to Best Connect with Someone on LinkedIn: A Respectful and Effective Guide
LinkedIn remains one of the most powerful tools for professional outreach, yet it’s increasingly clear how you connect matters more than ever. With the deprecation of both bulk import and contact sync features, LinkedIn has moved firmly toward promoting intentional, high-quality networking. For professionals with expansive networks—like mine, which includes over 10,000 connections—I’ve learned that leveraging LinkedIn isn’t about volume.…
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Social Media & Influencer MarketingDouglas KarrMay 5, 2025
Publer: Maximize Your Efficiency With One Powerful Social Media Marketing Platform
Staying consistent and relevant on social media is more complicated than ever. Between content ideation, platform-specific formatting, scheduling, and analytics, marketers often find themselves buried in tools and to-do lists. For agencies, creators, and in-house marketers, juggling multiple accounts while maintaining engagement across platforms can be overwhelming—and inefficient. Publer Publer is the all-in-one social media management (SMM) platform designed to…
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Sales and Marketing TrainingDouglas KarrApr 24, 2025
Analyst Firms and Resources For Researching Your Next MarTech Solution
The marketing technology (MarTech) landscape is vast, dynamic, and complex, with thousands of platforms promising to transform customer engagement, streamline operations, and drive revenue. For businesses, sales teams, marketing professionals, SaaS providers, and investors, selecting the right MarTech solution is a high-stakes decision. The wrong choice can drain budgets, disrupt workflows, demotivate and frustrate employees, or fail to deliver promised…
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Sales and Marketing TrainingDouglas KarrApr 18, 2025
B2B Marketing Strategies By Sales Funnel Stage
B2B marketing and sales interactions can be visualized as a funnel, guiding prospects from initial discovery of a solution to becoming loyal customers. Each stage—Awareness, Consideration, Decision, Purchase, Retention, and Expansion—plays a distinct role in addressing buyer needs. Table of ContentsOverview: The B2B Sales FunnelAwareness StageConsideration StageDecision StagePurchase StageRetention StageExpansion StageAdditional Tips Overview: The B2B Sales Funnel The B2B sales…
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Social Media & Influencer MarketingDouglas KarrApr 14, 2025
Social Media Statistics for 2025: Platforms, Advertising, Demographics, and User Interaction
Social media in 2025 is a dynamic landscape, shaped by evolving platforms, shifting user behaviors, and growing concerns about fatigue and division. With billions of users worldwide, platforms continue to pivot toward monetization, while consumers navigate an increasingly complex digital environment. This article explores key trends in platform evolution, consumer interactions with advertising, demographic shifts, and user engagement, highlighting the…
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Sales and Marketing TrainingDouglas KarrApr 1, 2025
The Top Online Marketing Activities for Solopreneurs, Small, and Medium-Sized Businesses in 2025
Running a small or medium-sized business (SMB) comes with unique challenges—limited budgets, small teams, and the constant pressure to stand out in a crowded digital landscape. Online marketing offers a cost-effective way to reach customers, build brand awareness, and drive sales. Still, the approach varies depending on the business size and whether it operates in a business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer…
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Social Media & Influencer MarketingMitsunaga KikuchiMar 10, 2025
How Marketers Can Weather a Possible TikTok Ban
For marketers, these past weeks have been a nail-biting rollercoaster ride as the deadline came and went for the potential ban of TikTok in the U.S. For now, with the new presidential administration in its corner, the Chinese-owned social media platform continues to operate normally following a brief 12-hour shutdown. However, that could change in a few months should the…