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How to Format Your Shopify Blog Posts for Maximum SEO Value

Blogs are powerful tools for communicating with your customers, but blog posts also have incredible technical value for increasing your keyword rankings in search engines. To get the most out of your blog posts, it’s important to follow SEO best practices for formatting. 

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Elsa Arauz Elsa Arauz

5 Sizzling Signs Your Shopify Store Screams for a Mobile App

If you own a Shopify store, you may have wondered why major brands like Fashion Nova and Chubbies are launching mobile apps. Even if a brand isn't as large as Fashion Nova, there are strategic reasons to create a mobile app version of their store.  Does your brand find itself in any of the following scenarios?

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Your GTM + GA4 Setup May Not Be Compatible with Shopify's New Checkout

Shopify's newest checkout system is more stable and secure than ever, but new privacy-first features may not be compatible with your current Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager integrations. The mandatory upgrade in August 2024 is fast approaching, so the time to rethink your analytics integration with Shopify is right now.

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It's Time to Upgrade to Shopify Checkout Extensibility

If you’re a Shopify Plus store Admin, chances are you’ve seen this message in the Settings menu, which warns us to upgrade to “Checkout Extensibility” before August of 2024. The clock is ticking on this mandatory upgrade, so if your Shopify store is still using checkout.liquid, it’s time to start planning your upgrade today.

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Elliot Chalmé Elliot Chalmé

Is Your Brand Ready for B2C?: The Top 10 Challenges for Manufacturers

The transition to a business-to-consumer (B2C) model is reshaping the manufacturing landscape, offering new growth opportunities and enhanced customer experiences. However, this shift is not without its challenges. Manufacturers looking to embrace B2C strategies must navigate a range of obstacles to effectively adapt to this customer-centric approach.

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AI Empowers Ecommerce Store Owners

Marketing in the ecommerce space is a rapidly evolving world. This can lead to stress, anxiety, uncertainty and chaos for many ecommerce marketing managers. It’s a constant challenge to stay ahead of the competition. You need to create engaging campaigns, optimize customer experiences, and…

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Elliott Roth Elliott Roth

6 Risk Factors You Can Avoid by Upgrading to Shopify Themes 2.0

Most eCommerce managers know Shopify as a great platform for managing an online store. Shopify Themes 2.0 is the latest upgrade to the Shopify platform, and it brings a ton of new features and improvements that can help eCommerce businesses of all sizes optimize their online stores and improve customer engagement.

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Shopify Zero Quantity: The Right Way to Hide Out of Stock Products

If you own an eCommerce business, chances are you’ve experienced supply chain issues wreaking havoc on your inventory over the past couple years. Many Shopify owners have reported massive shortages and price hikes that are making it hard to keep popular products in stock.

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