The 3 Stages of Customer Personalization & Their Tactics
According to Deloitte’s 2022 study, brands that prioritized personalization were nearly two times as likely to have exceeded their revenue goals in…
What I Learned at P.S.R. 2025: The Overlooked Data Risk Behind AI
Author: Scotty Hagen Partner & VP, Data & Analytics, Northern A few weeks ago, I had the chance to attend the International Association of Privacy…
How Northern Orchestrates AI Across Adobe Experience Cloud for Real Business Impact
For AI to create real value, it cannot sit on the sidelines as an experiment. It has to become part of the system behind the work. This is way easier…
Golfer Shows Bad Form in Swinging at Trolls
It's hard to keep a stiff upper lip when inside you're ready to snarl and snap. But for businesses dealing with legitimate trolls, it's what you have…
Finding the Right Digital Solution? Make Sure You Get the Horse Before the Cart
Whether you're talking about web design, digital marketing, or traditional bricks-and-mortar-based communication, companies often fall victim to…
Off Target: Lessons in Knowing Your Market
Lessons one through 131: know your market. I'm sure you've been inundated with Target-related news and analysis. Everyone and their uncle is champing…
The ABCs of WCAG – Mapping Out an Accessible Future
For anyone who has been working in the digital accessibility field, sometimes it can feel like being lost in an alphanumeric soup! And for those of us…
Putting the Focus on Your End User
We have a simple adage when it comes to understanding customer needs, desires, and challenges – if you want to know what they want, just ask. Yet too…
The Five Ps to Put Higher Ed Enrollment on a Pathway to Success
With over a decade of experience, with over 50 post-secondary institutions, Northern knows the five key things you need to focus on to attract…
A Primer on Accessible PDFs
When it comes to web content, one of the biggest questions we get from our clients is, “How do we make our PDFs accessible?” After all, PDFs are…