Agency Founder Touts YouTube TV Ads
October 23, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Alex Walser says YouTube TV viewers are more likely to buy, and the ad clicks cost less.
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SEO
Optimize YouTube Videos for ChatGPT
November 10, 2026 • Ann Smarty
ChatGPT favors high-view videos but also weighs channel subscribers and verification.
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Google Ads
Google Ads Loosens Channel Restrictions
November 9, 2026 • Matthew Umbro
The new feature allows advertisers to set "High" or "Low" priorities for each channel.
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Platforms & Apps
Who Owns an AI Agent’s Mistakes?
November 8, 2026 • Armando Roggio
The question is not what AI agents can do. It is what they are allowed to do and who remains accountable.
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Business
My AI Bots for Email, SEO, Reports, More
November 6, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Thanks to tools such as Grok Bot, it's a fun time to be an entrepreneur. The operational components are now less burdensome, if not fully solved.
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Content Marketing
5 Content Marketing Ideas for December 2026
November 5, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Marketers next month can celebrate 50 years of "Rocky," revisit Agatha Christie's disappearance, explain product construction, answer shoppers' questions, and more.
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Paid Post
Black Friday Bids Need Clean Cookie Consent
October 27, 2026 • Cookiebot by Usercentrics
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: November 4, 2026
November 4, 2026 • Sig Ueland
New services this week include AI agents, agentic commerce, B2B payments, live commerce, programmatic ads, product discovery, multichannel marketing, reviews, loyalty plans, and more.
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Design & Development
Find Site Errors with AI before Ads Run
November 3, 2026 • Ani Nandi
Merchants with many products cannot practically check every detail manually.
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SEO Tools
HTML vs. XML Sitemaps for Ecommerce
November 2, 2026 • Ann Smarty
Both sitemaps help search engines, but neither replaces a fast, well-structured, and well-interlinked website.
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SEO
Florist Gets 1 in 5 Orders from ChatGPT
November 1, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Most ChatGPT shoppers at Spain-based Persa Flores landed on its city-specific delivery pages.
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Design & Dev Tools
I Built a Voice Bot for Customer Calls
October 30, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Customer phone support has been a burden for Beardbrand. The solution is synthetic voices from AI agents.
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Email & Text Marketing
Marketers’ Guide to Late BFCM Email
October 29, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Last-minute BFCM marketers cannot recover months of lost planning, but they can make campaigns more effective.
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Marketing
Marketing & Advertising
Marketing & Advertising
Retail Media’s Opportunity Cost
October 11, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Where does merchandising end and retail media begin?
SEO
SEO
SEO vs. GEO: Which to Prioritize?
October 26, 2026 • Ann Smarty
Organic search should remain the priority until we have proof that AI visibility materially drives purchases.
SEO
Beware of AI Content for SEO
October 19, 2026 • Ann Smarty
Google increasingly seeks original, people-first content demonstrating experience, expertise, authoritativeness, and trust.
Conversion
Conversion
AI Shopping Metrics Considered
October 22, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Successful AI shopping assistance is measured by the quality of buying decisions, not how much time customers spend interacting with the tool.
Analytics & Data
How to Track ChatGPT Traffic in GA4
October 11, 2026 • Ann Smarty
Traffic from ChatGPT is low volume but often the most engaging referral source, even more than organic search.
Business
Shipping & Fulfillment
USPS Can Bill Sellers for Foreign Duties
October 25, 2026 • Armando Roggio
The E.U.'s July 2026 removal of its de minimis exemption prompted the USPS's rule.
Finance
Commerce Data as Credit Data
October 15, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Sales, fulfillment, and shipping are becoming part of a merchant's potential borrowing capacity.
Design & Development
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: October 28, 2026
October 28, 2026 • Sig Ueland
This week: livestream tools, quiz builders, dropshipping, affiliate marketing, logistics, ratings and reviews, payments, AI-generated ads, and more.
User Experience
Color Works Only through Contrast
October 27, 2026 • Lihi Lothan
Underlining every sentence in a book highlights nothing. Similarly, a single color means nothing stands out.
From the archive
Business
TheFruitCompany.com: From Farmers to eCommerce Entrepreneurs
November 1, 2005 • Michael A. Cox
Scott and Addison Webster grew up on a fruit farm in the Hood River Valley of Oregon. The farm was a family operation started by their grandfather in 1942.
Email & Text Marketing
Growing Your Email Subscriber List With Contests
July 28, 2008 • Ben Chestnut
Cultivating a solid, permission-based email list can take a lot of time. So some businesses understandably get impatient waiting around for their lists to grow.
New Ecommerce Tools: October 21, 2026
