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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: July 25, 2024

July 25, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week: AI-powered customer service agents, post-purchase platforms, logistics, research resources, payments, and financing for ecommerce businesses.
Social Media
Most Retail Brands Ignore X, per Study

July 23, 2024 • Armando Roggio

Chanel, Macy's, and H&M are example brands that have left X. Yet the platform remains popular, with high engagement.
Platforms & Apps
15 Custom GPTs for Productivity

July 23, 2024 • Sig Ueland

Get more done with Custom GPTs for coding, presentations, Excel spreadsheets, research, much more.
Business
B2B Dev Buys D2C Brand, Part 1: Acquiring the Biz

July 22, 2024 • Kerry Murdock

Why would the owner of a busy B2B ecommerce development firm acquire a DTC food company?
On-page SEO
How to Audit Content for Better SEO

July 22, 2024 • Ann Smarty

Organic search performance starts with optimized content. Here's how to improve both.
Amazon & Marketplaces
Prime Day 2024: What We Don’t Know

July 21, 2024 • Christiana Sciaudone

This year's Prime Day set records for overall sales volume. The details are unclear, however.
Amazon & Marketplaces
DTC Toy Company Looks to Better Days

July 19, 2024 • Eric Bandholz

Viahart makes innovative educational toys and sells them on leading marketplaces. Times are tough, post-pandemic.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: July 18, 2024

July 18, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week: AI-powered shopping assistants, crowdfunding, social commerce, big data, livestream shopping, subscriptions, app development, and cross-border payments.
Schools & Resources
Top Books for Cross-Border Success

July 17, 2024 • Jean Gazis

Ecommerce connects global shoppers and affords merchants opportunities to sell across borders.
Payments
AI Unravels Payment Processing Statements

July 16, 2024 • Dale Laszig

Deciphering credit card processing statements is typically complicated at best. AI tools can help.
Content Marketing
Content Mapping for Customer Journeys

July 16, 2024 • Armando Roggio

Aligning content with each phase of a buying journey helps drive shoppers to a purchase.
SEO Tools
Why Use Google’s Disavow Tool?

July 15, 2024 • Ann Smarty

There's one possible reason to disavow inbound links in circa 2024.
Finance
Thrasio Slims Down in Comeback Attempt

July 15, 2024 • Christiana Sciaudone

The Amazon aggregator averaged one acquisition per week during the pandemic. Then it filed for bankruptcy.
Social Media
Ugly Ads Perform Best, Marketer Says

July 12, 2024 • Eric Bandholz

Barry Hott recommends ugly ads, those that people won't skip over. First reactions to an ad largely determine its performance, he states.
Google Ads
Google Ads Alters Design, Broad Match, Payments

July 11, 2024 • Matthew Umbro

Three recent updates impact all advertisers to varying degrees, although the new interface design is the most obvious.
Platforms & Apps
13 Custom GPTs to Generate Content

July 9, 2024 • Sig Ueland

Need a new ad, logo, presentation, image, or video? There's a custom GPT for that.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: July 9, 2024

July 9, 2024 • Sig Ueland

New tools for merchants this week include social commerce, flexible payments, luxury shopping, fulfillment, AI-powered pricing, and shopping in the metaverse.
SEO Tools
SEO Tools for Keyword Intent, Audience

July 8, 2024 • Ann Smarty

AI is transforming traditional keyword research. Here are innovative tools for search intent, audience targeting, and more.
Inventory
Poor Marketing Kills Ecommerce Dropshipping

July 8, 2024 • Armando Roggio

The dropshipping model, while tempting, has little barrier to entry and thus many competitors selling the same thing.
Finance
Payment Processing Fuels Shopify Earnings

July 7, 2024 • Christiana Sciaudone

Shopify's growth continues, with Q1 2024 revenue up 23% from the prior year, mainly owing to Shopify Payments.
Code
Beware of Instant Site-speed Fixes

July 5, 2024 • Eric Bandholz

A Shopify store owner once paid a firm to redesign his site. The result was slow page loads and the owner's journey to improve them.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: July 2, 2024

July 2, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week's rundown includes new tools for shoppable media, AI assistants, personalization, returns forecasting, installment payments, shipping platforms, and marketplaces.
Schools & Resources
10 New Ecommerce Books for Summer 2024

July 1, 2024 • Jean Gazis

This installment of our quarterly rundown includes fresh takes on economics and finance, AI, startups, marketing strategy, Amazon, and more.
SEO Tools
Tracking AI Overviews: Queries, Citations

July 1, 2024 • Ann Smarty

Organic search optimization now requires knowing which queries trigger AI Overviews and the URLs those summaries reference. Neither metric — queries or links — is easily identified.
Content Marketing
5 Content Marketing Ideas for August 2024

June 30, 2024 • Armando Roggio

Merchants in August could address the NBA, Alfred Hitchcock, back-to-school parents, Labor Day celebrants, and challenge seekers.
Business
Successful Entrepreneurs Don’t Overthink

June 28, 2024 • Eric Bandholz

Corey Wilks, a clinical psychologist, helps founders and creators improve their mindset to overcome obstacles.
Amazon & Marketplaces
Another Bad Year for Amazon Aggregators

June 27, 2024 • Christiana Sciaudone

In 2021, Amazon brand acquirers spent more than $6 billion. No more.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: June 27, 2024

June 27, 2024 • Sig Ueland

This week's rollouts include AI-powered search, subscriptions, social commerce, chatbots, local shopping, reverse logistics, live shopping, and retail media networks.
Business
Charts: Consumer Loyalty Trends Q1 2024

June 26, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum

Global consumer spending habits are shifting as shoppers seek better prices and healthier goods.
Typography & Fonts
Free Typography Fonts, Tools, Courses

June 25, 2024 • Sig Ueland

Typography is an essential component of web design. It’s also affordable, with free commercial fonts, tools, and educational materials.