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Our Advisory Board

Pouring high octane gas on the fire As we reflect on the first half of 2023 [List updated April, 2026],

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Securing Your Facebook Business Manager Account After a Hack

Your Meta Account Has Been Hacked — What Now? On Thursday, May 25th we at oakpool lost control of a

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Take a Dip in the oakpool: Fierce Independents Welcome

Join our community of creatives & technologists Are you an independent marketer who likes to do things a little differently?

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Spill It: 5 Paid Media Tactics that Will Make Your Target Audience Drop Their Coffee

And why that’s a good thing 😉 Welcome to the 21st century, where scrolling is the new walking, and attention

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Paid Media: “What Gets Measured, Gets Managed”

Holistic measurement principals for success Peter Drucker, the management guru, once said, “what gets measured, gets managed.”… (or something like

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Scaling Content Impact: The Paid Media Strategy of Giants

Organic content portfolio strategy In the cacophonous digital space, content is king, but distribution is its loyal minister. With algorithms

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Scalable Naming Conventions in Meta Ads: A Strategic Must-Have

The devil is in the details… Digital advertising is a vast ecosystem. With the continuous addition of new campaigns, platforms,

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How to Engage a Digital Agency in Your Due Diligence Process

And why it’s an important step in your analysis For lower middle market private equity firms and search funders, the

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On Novelty

Its many forms and purposes I recently spent some time reflecting on the concept of novelty. The joy of new

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