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In the final 2020 episode of our Digital Breakthroughs podcast, we wanted to shake things up with a guest host! This week, our own Director of Marketing, Matt Erickson, took the podcast reigns and put CEO Bernard May in the virtual hot seat. To close out the year, our CEO wanted to unveil a new strategic marketing framework that we use for all our clients so you, too, can add it to your marketing toolbox for 2021.   We call

2020 has been brutal for small businesses. Millions have had to cut staff and scale back their operations. While some businesses qualified for loans or debt relief under the CARES Act, others weren’t so lucky. It’s been a tough year, for sure. But there are reasons to be hopeful. With the new year upon us, now is the time to solidify next year’s marketing strategy. Even on a tight budget you still have plenty of options. Here are some tips

Every year, National Positions takes a look at all that’s happened surrounding digital marketing, ecommerce, and industry shifts to make our predictions as to where next year will take us.   Now, this year has obviously not been a normal year. This year all of the certainty about what we thought would happen and where we would be heading was shaken to its core—forcing us marketers to reassess what the future would hold.   This doesn’t mean that many of

If your company is anything like ours, you started planning this year’s holiday party about a week after last year’s ended, but alas—we all must take those plans, wrap them up, tie a pretty bow, and store them until next year. But does this mean the end of holiday celebrations for you and your hardworking team? We think not! We can still Zoom our way through the holiday season with virtual festivities aplenty. Not sure how to plan your merriments

When COVID first hit, many brands were left scrambling to rethink their whole ad messaging strategy. Expedia’s globe-trotting garden gnome was put on house arrest, and the Charmin bears went into early hibernation. Ads featuring vacationers frolicking on white sandy beaches suddenly became irrelevant (if not cruel) amid announcements of lockdowns and mask mandates. But it hasn’t been all bad news. The pandemic has given brands the opportunity to show their softer side. And one thing we’ve seen consistently since

Welcome to part two of our podcast (and blog) all about conversion optimization tips, tricks, tactics, and strategies for the holiday season and beyond. If you missed part one you can click here to see what you missed from part one, but if you are feeling brave and want to start from here, we respect your gusto! When we left off with CEO Bernard May and Marketing Director Matt Erickson, we had just begun unpacking the need to use Google