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As a leading marketing agency, National Positions understands the importance of data-driven campaigns. It's the very essence of our work, guiding every move we make.  For almost two decades, Google Analytics has been a crucial tool for measuring success, allowing us to tell tangible stories and build unbreakable bonds with our clients.  But what happens when the game changes? With Google sunsetting Universal Analytics on July 1st, and launching Google Analytics 4, it's time to adapt and recalibrate our approach

The challenge: Using publicly available AI tools, could we build a brand from the ground up? Could we take a basic concept and build the name, messaging, product, etc., all in less than 60 minutes using AI? (Minus filing all the required legal business documents.) We wanted to see how far AI could get us as of February 2023. In less than one hour, this is everything we wanted to create: - Brand name  - Positioning statement  - A killer

You can’t scroll social media, check out your favorite blog, or stream the news without hearing about ChatGPT.  The Microsoft-backed OpenAI has exploded in popularity, garnering praise by many and admonishment by others.  While most news outlets have been focusing on the educational impact of ChatGPT on students and teachers, the business community has their eyes set on a far loftier set of priorities.  What does this mean for content? After all, content is king…right? Website content, ad content, social

YouTube Shorts and TikTok are two popular short-form video platforms that have gained a lot of traction in recent years.  Both platforms allow users to create and share short videos, usually lasting less than a minute, but there are some key differences between the two. Audience, engagement, and content styles are just some major differences. While some may consider all short-form videos the same, this couldn't be further from the truth. Here are five ways in which YouTube Shorts is

If you follow the everchanging world of Google search, you may have noticed something interesting in you search results recently. Let's call it "continuous scrolling search results." Searching something like "men's jeans" gives you a list of results that continues to populate rather than the traditional page one, two, three, etc. When you reach the bottom of the results, more results populate! This does not happen all the time - which is interesting.  Searching "cool men's jeans," the results default

It’s time to face this fact: It’s pretty much impossible to expand your ecommerce efforts without engaging in the social media ecosystem.  While you may not consider social media a core sales channel, customers will still leverage social to check out product/business reviews or learn more about your brand, both of which can influence their purchase decision. Here is a little food for thought:  - Over 80% of customers’ buying decisions are influenced by social posts from their friends or