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  If you have been following the National Positions blog, our Forbes articles, or our ebook content over the past year, you have likely seen us discussing ecommerce and Amazon…a lot. The reason is simple: Consumer behavior has been shifting to Amazon purchasing for the past two years, and this trend is not going away any time soon. So, as we settle into 2022, we figured why not give you some food for thought when it comes to considering Amazon

Amazon is (currently) the undisputed leader when it comes to moving your products online. Of course you can sell directly from your site or via a multitude of other ecommerce marketplaces, but with Amazon being the indisputable go-to for most consumers, it is nearly impossible to ignore. Furthermore, if you are new to the Amazon ecosystem, it can feel daunting to set up, stand out, and gain traction purely from an organic search standpoint. Enter: Amazon advertising. The opportunities available

Every social media platform seems to follow the same journey when it comes to adoption.  The younger generation begins using it, the older generations say they’ll never use it, and within a couple of years, everyone (at every age) has a profile.  It happened with Facebook. It happened with Instagram. And now it’s happening with TikTok.  Right now it’s generally accepted that Facebook is for everyone, Instagram is for the 20's and 30's crowd, and TikTok skews toward 12- to

Every year, National Positions reflects on not only what we learned over the previous 12 months, but also what is coming next. We compile all of our client wins, metrics, and successful strategies to uncover the common threads that will guide another year of profitable success for our clients. We formulate these insights into our annual digital marketing trends ebook, which will be unveiled as 2022 kicks off! This is a massive undertaking that takes considerable time to develop and

It’s that time of year again—time to collect and assess everything we learned in 2021 so we can more effectively strategize how we can maximize our impact as the new year approaches.  Reviewing those final results (below the surface) and doubling down on what worked reveals a goldmine of data. It is in this vortex of complex metrics that we can begin to unlock real opportunities for growth by truly understanding what strategies and campaigns were victorious—and which were not.

In the ongoing quest to attract customers to our digital marketplaces, SEO has been a mainstay in the digital marketing world.  Sure, options have expanded to encompass a variety of channels for outreach and advertising, but SEO stands as an ever-evolving practice that we all rely on. Even if every other advertising and promotional channel evaporated tomorrow, your SEO efforts would stay alive and mature like a long-term stock investment. But even though it’s stood the test of time, few