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Bryan Bumgardner
Bryan Bumgardner

Senior Director of Growth Marketing @ Northbeam.

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
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
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