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Bryan Bumgardner

Senior Director of Growth Marketing @ Northbeam.

Why "restricted categories" struggle to scale with Meta ads

Jun 11, 2026

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7 min read

Why "restricted categories" struggle to scale with Meta ads

And how to fix it, once and for all.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
New York is banning your AI influencers

Jun 4, 2026

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3 min read

New York is banning your AI influencers

Sizable fines await. Here's everything you need to know.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Data: why is everybody's Meta performance tanking?

Jun 1, 2026

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4 min read

Data: why is everybody's Meta performance tanking?

Demystifying a trend in Meta's ad product.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
+19% Meta ROAS with the press of a button?

May 28, 2026

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3 min read

+19% Meta ROAS with the press of a button?

Northbeam Apex got an upgrade. Join the party.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
TikTok CVRs slid by double digits last week - is this a trend?

May 21, 2026

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2 min read

TikTok CVRs slid by double digits last week - is this a trend?

Exploring a troubling pattern we've noticed. But is it TikTok, or something else?

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
The Media Buyer Index: featuring new data

May 14, 2026

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2 min read

The Media Buyer Index: featuring new data

Celebrating 100k subs and a new format.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Data: Why did CAC increase +9.7% in April?

May 13, 2026

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3 min read

Data: Why did CAC increase +9.7% in April?

Exploring a troubling 2026 trend, supported by Northbeam data.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
A 5-step UGC process for $700m revenue

May 7, 2026

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5 min read

A 5-step UGC process for $700m revenue

Exploring Comfrt's "Hudson Method" for scaling UGC.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
How to win at marketing in a bad economy

Apr 30, 2026

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4 min read

How to win at marketing in a bad economy

A ruthless, calculated, survive-at-all-costs plan for your paid media.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Is Pinterest the next great frontier?

Apr 23, 2026

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6 min read

Is Pinterest the next great frontier?

Exploring some key updates for advertisers.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
What to do if Meta's attribution changes tanked your conversions

Apr 16, 2026

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3 min read

What to do if Meta's attribution changes tanked your conversions

Go beyond and get yourself first-party data.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
How to accurately attribute top-of-funnel revenue

Apr 9, 2026

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4 min read

How to accurately attribute top-of-funnel revenue

Spoiler: learn to measure views as well as clicks.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Incrementality was broken. We fixed it.

Apr 2, 2026

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3 min read

Incrementality was broken. We fixed it.

Northbeam Incrementality, available now.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Is China about to kill Meta's Manus?

Mar 26, 2026

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2 min read

Is China about to kill Meta's Manus?

Plus, happy Shoptalk/NewFronts week!

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Blistering increases in CPM, ROAS tanking

Mar 19, 2026

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1 min read

Blistering increases in CPM, ROAS tanking

Performance is dropping across platforms. Plus, Meta is bugging out.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Dropping CTRs, rising CPCs

Mar 12, 2026

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4 min read

Dropping CTRs, rising CPCs

Understanding the variability in this week's data.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Advertisers are preparing for chaos

Mar 5, 2026

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6 min read

Advertisers are preparing for chaos

Learn to zig when everybody else is zagging.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner

Newsletters

Put all the chips on Meta?

Feb 26, 2026

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4 min read

Put all the chips on Meta?

Why is budget consolidating right now?

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
January benchmark data is here

Feb 20, 2026

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1 min read

January benchmark data is here

Soft Valentine's Day outlook, taking Mother to dinner, and the ruthless creative gauntlet before Memorial Day.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Efficient upper-funnel acquisition?

Feb 5, 2026

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6 min read

Efficient upper-funnel acquisition?

The 7 key takeaways from our watershed webinar.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Winter storms = ecomm blast?

Jan 29, 2026

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4 min read

Winter storms = ecomm blast?

I'm bored at home. Let's buy something?

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
New Year's volatility in ad auctions

Jan 22, 2026

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5 min read

New Year's volatility in ad auctions

It's not you, it's them.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
#123: Our biggest data dump ever

Jan 15, 2026

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4 min read

#123: Our biggest data dump ever

You asked, we delivered. Prepare yourself.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
#121: What REALLY happened this BFCM?

Jan 9, 2026

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2 min read

#121: What REALLY happened this BFCM?

Allegedly, people bought a lot of stuff. More than last year?

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Escaping the "last-click trap" of attribution

Aug 14, 2025

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6 min read

Escaping the "last-click trap" of attribution

Some considerations for marketers and anybody who dislikes booby traps.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
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