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Content Marketing
5 Content Marketing Ideas for February 2025
January 2, 2025 • Armando Roggio
For February, consider Valentine's Day, the "Peanuts" cartoon creator, Pet Rocks, movies, "Cinderella," and shopper engagement.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: January 2, 2025
January 2, 2025 • Sig Ueland
This first 2025 installment of our weekly rundown includes updates on payment platforms, shopping assistants, advertising insights, AI chatbots, mobile services, and parcel delivery.
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Social Media
Open a Facebook Shop in 2025
December 31, 2024 • Armando Roggio
More than 60% of Gen Zs and Millennials worldwide shop on social media platforms.
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Design & Dev Tools
New Web Design Tools, December 2024
December 30, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Discover free and paid video generators, page builders, image editors, tools to train AI agents, and a selection of commercial fonts.
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Social Media
TikTok Shop’s Coming Seller Boom
December 29, 2024 • Armando Roggio
Eager online sellers, great and small, are waiting to learn how the ban plays out.
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SEO
Ecommerce SEO Pro on AI, 2025 Tactics
December 27, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
On-site engagement is crucial, says 180 Marketing founder, and AI is good for seller rankings, not bad.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: December 26, 2024
December 26, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates on return solutions, pay-over-time services, cross-border sales, promotions, AI tools, and virtual try-ons.
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Checkout Tactics
Ask an Expert: How to Fix a Slow Checkout?
December 24, 2024 • PEC Staff
Faster page loads equate to more revenue, and no page is more important than the checkout.
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Marketing & Advertising
Outstanding Marketing Campaigns from 2024
December 23, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This year's outstanding campaigns feature collaborations, dupes, celebrity spots, mobile apps, mascots, dance routines, pop-ups, and AI-powered videos.
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Content Marketing
Large Reasoning Models Speed Content Marketing
December 22, 2024 • Armando Roggio
New genAI models are capable of problem-solving and complex reasoning, making them excellent research assistants.
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Business
Mira Safety Thrives on ‘Red Alerts’
December 20, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Roman Zrazhevskiy's company sells protective gear for seemingly existential events, such as nuclear and chemical warfare.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Temu’s U.S. Seller Program Is a DTC Opportunity
December 19, 2024 • Armando Roggio
DTC goods are unique and not sold by competing merchants. That’s the opportunity.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: December 19, 2024
December 19, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates on returns, payment financing, AI-powered assistants, social commerce, shipping, and security tools.
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Schools & Resources
11 Books to Help Navigate Risk
December 17, 2024 • Jean Gazis
Expert strategies for identifying and managing diverse business threats in a complex, global environment.
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Platforms & Apps
Top Online Form Builders, Compared
December 16, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Features, costs and capabilities of software for contacts, surveys, payments, registrations, data, and much more.
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Payments
U.S. Lags in Digital Wallet Adoption
December 16, 2024 • Dale Laszig
Digital wallets will account for 61% of global ecommerce payments by 2027, per Worldpay.
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Email & Text Marketing
How to Monitor Competitors’ Email Marketing
December 15, 2024 • Armando Roggio
Competitive email monitoring requires little more than the Zapier email parser and ChatGPT.
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Business
Eons Founder on Mushrooms and Mental Health
December 13, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
The medicinal benefits of natural compounds, such as those in cannabis and mushrooms, spur entrepreneur Alex Wolfe.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: December 12, 2024
December 12, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown includes tools for generative AI, virtual commerce, product image tools, customer experience platforms, blockchain payment solutions, and drone deliveries.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
How Amazon Haul Impacts Ecommerce SMBs
December 11, 2024 • Armando Roggio
Temu, Shein, and now Haul reflect an ecommerce trend of selling very cheap items.
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Social Media
TikTok Expands Shop Tools as Ban Looms
December 10, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Despite political difficulties, TikTok's ecommerce efforts in the last year have been impressive.
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Customer Service
Getting Started with AI Customer Support
December 10, 2024 • Gian Maria Gramondi
AI is transforming how ecommerce businesses engage with customers. Success lies in starting small and balancing automation with the human touch.
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Influencers & Affiliates
Influencers Are Remaking Product Discovery
December 9, 2024 • Charles Nicholls
Influencers are no longer just trendsetters; they're remaking how consumers discover and choose products.
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On-page SEO
Google’s Site Reputation Abuse Policy, Explained
December 9, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Sites that publish unrelated third-party content abuse their reputation, per Google, and risk penalties.
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Platforms & Apps
Build Your Own Ecommerce Platform in 2025
December 8, 2024 • Armando Roggio
Advances in composable commerce allow even smaller merchants to pick and choose the right apps for their businesses.
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Business
Beardbrand Shifts to Growth, New Channels
December 6, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Having overcome two challenging years, Beardbrand aims for more customers, revenue, and sales channels.
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Google Ads
Keywordless Search Ads Are Coming
December 5, 2024 • Matthew Umbro
The "death of the keyword" prediction isn't new, and Search campaigns without keywords already exist.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: December 5, 2024
December 5, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's installment includes updates on virtual stores, tax management, cross-border commerce, circular packaging, sponsored products, product images, and more.
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Business
Cyber Five 2024 Sales: Growth, Products, Mobile, More
December 4, 2024 • James Melton
Cyber Five kicked off strong, with record sales on Monday, increasingly via mobile. Traffic from genAI platforms is now a measurable channel.
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Schools & Resources
Books on Business, Money, Success, and Failure
December 3, 2024 • Jean Gazis
Our 12 handpicked titles address massive successes, epic failures, intrigue, disruption, history, technology, and more.