Douglas Karr

1 month ago | martech.zone | Douglas Karr

Every day, I receive pitches from PR professionals, marketers, and startup founders hoping to get featured on Martech Zone. Most fail miserably. But occasionally, one lands perfectly in my inbox: relevant, respectful of my time, and rich with material I can use. Here’s a video that shows how an effective pitch works from a publisher’s perspective. Years ago, I received a near-perfect pitch that hit all the right notes.

1 month ago | martech.zone | Douglas Karr

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.

1 month ago | martech.zone | Douglas Karr

In an industry built on trust, relationships, and long-term value, the insurance sector has often lagged behind more agile verticals in adopting digital-first strategies. But that has changed. Today, social media is no longer just a nice-to-have—it’s become a strategic pillar for insurance companies and representatives seeking to drive acquisition, build brand affinity, and retain policyholders.

1 month ago | martech.zone | Douglas Karr

For years, search engine optimization (SEO) was a game of math: backlinks, keyword density, page structure, and crawlability. Those who knew how to manipulate the system—often through questionable means—were rewarded with top rankings. But those days are over. And that’s not a loss—it’s progress. In 2012, I declared that SEO was dead. It was a tongue-in-cheek clickbait article about how unscrupulous SEO consultants were being forced out of the industry.

1 month ago | martech.zone | Douglas Karr

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.