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Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner

Senior Director of Growth Marketing @ Northbeam.

How Kitsch cracked Meta Ads in 2026

Oct 29, 2026

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3 min read

How Kitsch cracked Meta Ads in 2026

A case study on how to get upstream of the problem.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Meta CPMs are up 25% and it's only October

Oct 22, 2026

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2 min read

Meta CPMs are up 25% and it's only October

An historic holiday season beckons. Are you prepared?

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Is Amazon going to destroy Black Friday?

Oct 15, 2026

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4 min read

Is Amazon going to destroy Black Friday?

The rhythms of American commerce are evolving

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
The top 1% of marketers are talking about viewthroughs, again

Oct 8, 2026

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6 min read

The top 1% of marketers are talking about viewthroughs, again

Seeking alpha through new techniques of measurement.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
The Grüns performance marketing playbook

Oct 1, 2026

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5 min read

The Grüns performance marketing playbook

From zero to a $1.3 billion acquisition in three years. How'd they do it?

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
The marketing community is going IRL. Here's what you're missing

Sep 24, 2026

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4 min read

The marketing community is going IRL. Here's what you're missing

"Your network is your net worth," as they say.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
How Roman Khan paid himself eight figures in cash in less than a decade

Sep 17, 2026

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4 min read

How Roman Khan paid himself eight figures in cash in less than a decade

Without selling any of his businesses.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Why "conversion lag" can make or break your BFCM

Sep 10, 2026

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11 min read

Why "conversion lag" can make or break your BFCM

A guide on how to predict your ROAS on the big weekend.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Meta's "Walled Garden" is coming

Sep 3, 2026

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4 min read

Meta's "Walled Garden" is coming

How can marketers prepare for Zuckerberg's AI-focused vision?

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
How Ka'Chava cranked Meta new customer ROAS +43% with Northbeam Apex

Aug 27, 2026

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4 min read

How Ka'Chava cranked Meta new customer ROAS +43% with Northbeam Apex

Better signal equals better results.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Meta performance slips while Amazon and YouTube improve

Aug 20, 2026

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1 min read

Meta performance slips while Amazon and YouTube improve

Back-to-school is here, along with early Q4 signals.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Data: AI is chewing away at DTC search performance

Aug 13, 2026

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4 min read

Data: AI is chewing away at DTC search performance

The beginnings of a trend? Our data says so.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
H1 2026: Meta CVRs are tanking as CACs skyrocket

Aug 6, 2026

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7 min read

H1 2026: Meta CVRs are tanking as CACs skyrocket

Only one category of advertiser is having a good time this year.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
The Northbeam UGC Flywheel: Part 3

Jul 30, 2026

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10 min read

The Northbeam UGC Flywheel: Part 3

Our definitive, field-tested process for generating UGC at scale for extreme growth.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
🤳 The Northbeam UGC Flywheel: Part 2

Jul 23, 2026

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8 min read

🤳 The Northbeam UGC Flywheel: Part 2

Our definitive, field-tested process for generating UGC at scale for extreme growth.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
The Northbeam UGC Flywheel: Part 1

Jul 16, 2026

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13 min read

The Northbeam UGC Flywheel: Part 1

Our definitive, field-tested process for generating UGC at scale for extreme growth.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
What's your plan for "ecomm summer?"

Jul 9, 2026

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5 min read

What's your plan for "ecomm summer?"

Looking to Steve Jobs for inspiration on thriving in this season.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
The Bull's Case For AppLovin

Jul 2, 2026

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4 min read

The Bull's Case For AppLovin

Why this emerging channel might dominate your budget mix in 2026

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
How to scale your ads for maximum profitability, according to Northbeam

Jun 25, 2026

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9 min read

How to scale your ads for maximum profitability, according to Northbeam

Stop wasting 40% of your ad spend. This is Northbeam 101.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Data: May was a horrorshow for performance marketers

Jun 22, 2026

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3 min read

Data: May was a horrorshow for performance marketers

CACs, ROAS, and spend all got worse - and only one category of advertiser actually found joy.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Why attribution is mandatory for small advertising budgets

Jun 18, 2026

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11 min read

Why attribution is mandatory for small advertising budgets

Stop wasting ad spend like everybody else. If you want to scale, you have to rise above.

Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner
Why "restricted categories" struggle to scale with Meta ads

Jun 11, 2026

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6 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

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