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My guest on this episode of Suds & Search is the brilliant and engaging Ned Poulter. Ned is the Founder & CEO of Pole Star Digital. He has a wide breadth of digital marketing knowledge but has a well-earned reputation as one of the leading experts in the world on Paid Social. Ned is a well-known conference speaker, writer, and instructor.

He has presented at just about every big industry conference in Europe including UnGagged London, inOrbit, SearchLeeds, and Brighton SEO, where he frequently offers a must-see training course.

Ned’s agency has had an amazing run in 2020; winning numerous awards. A shortlist of the award shows that honored Pole Star Digital in 2020 includes the UK Social Media Awards, 2020 Global Marketing Awards, UK Digital Growth Awards, and the European Agency Awards where they won twice. At the time we filmed our episode, Pole Star Digital had won 11 industry awards.

I start our conversation by asking Ned about this truly extraordinary haul of awards and a little about the specific campaigns that earned Pole Star Digital these honors.

Ned is also the co-founder of Neverspoons. Neverspoons helps its users find a pint from a local, independent pub or bar. Once Neverspoons launched, the app went totally viral. The App has a really interesting backstory. During our discussion, I ask Ned all about Neverspoons and how they developed their massive following.

Join me for a really interesting interview with Ned Poulter. We’ll chat about what tools Facebook has to translate ads into foreign languages, the challenges small businesses face to get design resources, and we’ll talk a little bit about his fondness for Sushi boats.

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Mark Bealin

Founder and Principal

Mark Bealin is the Founder and Principal at SearchLab, which was founded in March 2017. Under his leadership, Clutch and Manifest both named SearchLab one of the top agencies in Chicago in 2018 and 2019.

Mark has been helping small and medium-sized businesses with SEO and PPC since 2007. He is an in-demand speaker and contributor at events throughout the country, sought out for his expertise in SEO, Paid Search and Analytics.

He is a board member of EO Chicago and a guest lecturer at DePaul University. Mark lives in Chicago with his wife and three children. He's a former varsity high school football coach and remains active at St. Ignatius College Prep.

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