Schools & Resources
Our schools and resources coverage explores sources to help merchants improve their ecommerce skills. We look at helpful books, podcasts, blogs, tutorials, courses, YouTube channels, and more.
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Schools & Resources
12 Books on the History of the Internet and Ecommerce
July 31, 2023 • Sig Ueland
The origins of Google, Amazon, and Facebook started long before those companies launched. Here's our rundown of books chronicling how it all began.
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14 Books to Grow a Business
July 23, 2023 • Sig Ueland
There's no shortage of advice for starting or growing a business. Here's our rundown of time-tested books from folks who've done it or witnessed it.
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12 Graphic Design Books to Build a Brand
July 5, 2023 • Sig Ueland
Graphic design impacts a brand's identity and thus its success. Here's our selection of a dozen books from leading designers.
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13 New Ecommerce Books for Summer 2023
June 12, 2023 • Sig Ueland
Every quarter we publish a rundown of new books that could help merchants. This installment includes titles on B2B marketing, decentralized platforms, sustainable business models, brand development, and more.
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Is College Necessary for Business?
May 26, 2023 • Eric Bandholz
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and OpenAI's Sam Altman are college dropouts. We asked Brandon Chicotsky, a professor of marketing at Texas Christian University, if college is worth the time and money.
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19 Free Web Design Courses: UX, Graphics, Code, More
May 1, 2023 • Sig Ueland
There's no shortage of free resources to learn techniques for layout, images, typography, composition, color, and much more, including the code to implement it.
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7 Resources for AI News, Updates, Ideas
April 25, 2023 • Ann Smarty
Developments in artificial intelligence occur at a breakneck pace. Here are seven go-to resources to keep up.
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12 New Ecommerce Books for Spring 2023
March 27, 2023 • Sig Ueland
Every quarter we publish a rundown of new books that could help ecommerce merchants. This installment includes titles on strategy, branding, B2B, storytelling, and more.
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A Practical Guide to Starting an Ecommerce Business
January 2, 2023 • Armando Roggio
Starting an ecommerce business can be the first step in a rewarding career. But it's not easy. This guide by Senior Contributor Armando Roggio, a 20-year ecommerce veteran, is realistic and thus enormously helpful.
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Our Favorite Books of 2022
December 28, 2022 • PEC Staff
Contributors to Practical Ecommerce are experts in their respective fields and seasoned writers and thinkers. We asked them for notable books they read in 2022. Here are their responses.
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11 New Business Books for 2023
December 5, 2022 • Sig Ueland
This curated list of books that could help merchants include titles on growing a business, transforming a brand, influencing an audience, and more.
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13 New Ecommerce Books for Fall 2022
September 19, 2022 • Sig Ueland
Once a quarter we publish a rundown of new books that could help online merchants. This installment includes titles on brand building, international ecommerce, demand creation, and more.
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11 Web Design Podcasts for Online Merchants
August 29, 2022 • Sig Ueland
There are many resources for staying current on design-related topics. Here's our all-new update to a list of podcasts on user experience, ecommerce design, and more.
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11 New Ecommerce Books for Summer 2022
June 13, 2022 • Sig Ueland
Once a quarter we publish a rundown of new business books that could help ecommerce merchants. This installment includes titles on sales conversions, brand development, social media marketing, gaming, and more.
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13 New Ecommerce Books for Spring 2022
March 28, 2022 • Sig Ueland
Once a quarter we publish a rundown of new business books that could help ecommerce merchants. This installment includes titles on analytics, podcasting, events, direct-to-consumer, and more.
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15 New Business Books for 2022
December 28, 2021 • Sig Ueland
It’s time to plan your reading list for 2022. Here is a list of new and upcoming business books for entrepreneurs, managers, and creative professionals. Learn how to communicate with numbers, scale your business, use data to convert customers, find talent, develop your influence, and make sense of the metaverse.
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12 New Ecommerce Books for Fall 2021
September 20, 2021 • Sig Ueland
Here’s a batch of new ecommerce books for your fall reading list. There are titles on branding, social media marketing, personalized customer experience, entrepreneurship, and the post-pandemic workplace. I compiled this list using Amazon. From Amazon’s “Books” category, I selected “Business & Money.” From there I chose the “Processes & Infrastructure” sub-category and selected “E-commerce.”
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12 New Ecommerce Books for Summer 2021
June 21, 2021 • Sig Ueland
Here’s a batch of new ecommerce books for your summer 2021 reading list. There are titles on cryptocurrency, customer experience, fulfillment, leadership, social media marketing, startup strategies, and building an online course.
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15 YouTube Channels for Design and Development
May 4, 2021 • Sig Ueland
Interested in improving your web design and development skills? There are many options to learn — for beginners to advanced users. Here is a list of YouTube channels for web design and development.
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11 New Ecommerce Books for Spring 2021
March 16, 2021 • Sig Ueland
Here’s a batch of new ecommerce books for your spring reading list. There are titles on branding, social media marketing, cross-border selling, podcasting, customer experience, transacting on Amazon and Shopify, and selling your business.
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14 New Business Books for 2021
December 29, 2020 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of new and upcoming business books for entrepreneurs, managers, and creative professionals. Learn how to sell your business, harness the power of your developers, adopt the principles of success at Amazon, alter your thinking to achieve quick mastery, and more.
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Our Favorite Books of 2020
December 8, 2020 • PEC Staff
We asked our contributors to tell us the best book they've read this year. Here are their responses.
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20 Free Tutorials to Learn WordPress
October 27, 2020 • Sig Ueland
WordPress is a free content management system to power a simple blog, complex website, or online store. WordPress also supports an active development community that provides instructional tutorials for users at all levels. Here is a list of free tutorials to learn WordPress.
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13 New Ecommerce Books for Fall 2020
September 15, 2020 • Sig Ueland
Here's a batch of new ecommerce books for your autumn reading list. There are titles on buying and selling a business, producing and fostering creative work, monetizing your podcast, live video marketing, Amazon, and the blockchain.
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13 Logo Galleries for Inspiration
August 17, 2020 • Sig Ueland
A logo is an opportunity to establish your brand and convey your company’s unique identity. A logo gallery can help via examples and inspiration. Here is a list of helpful logo galleries.
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Reading List: Charlie Casey of LoyaltyLion
July 23, 2020 • PEC Staff
"Reading List" is an occasional series where we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite books and blogs and tell us why. For this installment, we corresponded with Charlie Casey. He is CEO and co-founder of LoyaltyLion, a data-driven loyalty and engagement platform.
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To Master Data Visualization, Start with These 3 Books
July 14, 2020 • Rebeca Pop
Your boss requested an urgent report that shows the trends of key metrics in Google Analytics. You need to locate the data and create a few charts. What kind of charts should you choose? What colors? Here are three books to get started with data visualization.
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13 Free Themes for Publishing on Ghost
July 13, 2020 • Sig Ueland
Ghost is an open-source publishing platform. Started as a Kickstarter campaign by a former developer with WordPress, Ghost offers simple content management and built-in features for search engine optimization and email newsletters. Here is a list of free templates to publish content on Ghost.
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14 New Ecommerce Books for Summer 2020
June 8, 2020 • Sig Ueland
Here's a batch of new ecommerce books for summer and early fall reading. There are titles on startup funding, podcasting, branding, entrepreneurialism, international trade, the psychology of social networking, and the science of happiness.
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14 YouTube Channels to Grow an Ecommerce Business
May 26, 2020 • Sig Ueland
Ecommerce merchants can get plenty of free help on YouTube — from step-by-step software tutorials to strategies from entrepreneurs. Here is a list of YouTube channels for ecommerce merchants.
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