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The 2024 holiday season is shaping up to be a game-changer for retailers, with record-breaking sales and shifting shopper behaviors redefining the landscape. While Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw historic performance, December holds the potential to be the real crown jewel of the season. From surging online sales to the growing importance of omni-channel strategies, here’s everything you need to know to maximize your holiday success this year—and set the stage for a strong start in 2025.   Black

Picture this... Your customer spots your product on Instagram, Googles it, clicks a retargeting ad a week later, and finally makes a purchase after opening your email. This multi-touch journey is the new norm, and while it’s great for customer engagement, it’s a nightmare for tracking what’s working. Enter cross-channel attribution—the secret sauce for understanding customer journeys and making your marketing dollars count. Ready to simplify the complex? Let’s dive in!   The Complex Customer Journey: Why It’s Tough to

In the ever-evolving world of social media marketing, targeted advertising is more than just a trend—it’s a necessity. With competition for customer attention at an all-time high, using first-party data to guide your ad strategy can give your brand a powerful edge. Today, we're sharing our insights on a winning approach to targeting: leveraging first-party data through RFM (Recency, Frequency, Monetary) analysis to optimize ad spend and elevate ROI. Here’s how these strategies work and how you can apply them

Shopify is an awesome platform that we love working with, and no, they are not a sponsor of this article.  2022 was an absolutely MONSTER year for eCommerce! And 2023 is going to be even bigger, and this is why.  With pretty much a 99% chance of recession, more of us (consumers) are going to be looking for alternatives to our regular purchases to offset economic disruptions. McKinsey found that almost 20% of consumers tried or switched to lower-cost brands,

First-party data is data that is collected directly from your website by YOU, the owner of the site.  This can include information such as sales conversion user information, the items customers have purchased, and any other interactions they have had with the site that are trackable. In contrast, third-party data is data that is collected by a company other than the website owner, often through the use of tracking cookies. And cookies are already on their way out the door.

For over two years, National Positions has sounded the alarm that third-party data would soon become a thing of the past. Were we wrong? Were we overcautious? Or perhaps we just saw the writing on the wall and knew the clock was ticking. And now, the industry is finally taking notice.  Recently, a post on LinkedIn piqued our interest—not because it was a bad question but because it is being asked this late in the game. Again, this is a