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Metrics an Advanced Media Buyer will Track on Meta

Focusing on solely ROAS can stunt your growth on Meta and in paid advertising in general. We liken it to driving a car with blinders on - you're missing out on other crucial metrics that can supercharge your ad performance

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Elsa Arauz Elsa Arauz

Your Last Email Brought in ZERO Revenue? Consider this Before Giving Up

Reaching your email subscribers is similar to a crowded trade show or expo – you’re fighting for attention, ready to make a good impression. As inboxes are flooded with work emails, personal emails, promotional emails, and more, brands have to work harder than ever to ensure that your emails not only get opened, but ultimately convert.

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Bryan Swift Bryan Swift

The Google API Leak: What Happened, and What's Next for SEO

With Google’s “secret rules” for search now exposed, many marketers, SEOs, and site owners are left wondering, have we been wasting our time (and money) playing in a rigged game? What are the REAL ranking factors for organic search? And most importantly, do we need to change our SEO strategies now that Google’s secrets have been exposed?

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Elsa Arauz Elsa Arauz

Let's Tackle Your Fear of Automated Bidding Strategies Point by Point

Imagine you're climbing a mountain. You have the option to take the long, winding path, carefully choosing each step or you could hop on a high-speed elevator, effortlessly reaching the summit in record time. Unless you’re an avid hiker, the second option likely sounds more manageable and more ideal.

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Bryan Swift Bryan Swift

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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Bryan Swift Bryan Swift

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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Your Website Isn't Failing Google's Mobile Usability Test (we promise)

If you’ve managed a website during the past few years, then chances are, at some point you’ve gotten a confusing, stress-inducing email from Google Search Console about your site’s Mobile Usability issues. But regardless of what the email says, we promise, your website (probably) doesn't have any Mobile Usability issues.

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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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Case Study: Going Global with Rapiscan B2B

You may not recognize Rapiscan Systems®, but it’s more than certain that they’ve kept you safe more times than you know. Each day countless airports, government buildings, major events, and prison systems across the globe rely upon Rapiscan Systems cutting edge and technologically advanced checkpoint security equipment.

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Bryan Swift Bryan Swift

How to Run A Backlinks Outreach Campaign (with Free Email Templates)

Link Building Outreach campaigns are an ethical and professional method of building up the number of links that lead to your domain. Usually this is accomplished by contacting the owners and managers of reputable websites and coming to a mutually beneficial arrangement, such as a content exchange.

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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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VR Tech in Ecommerce: Embracing the Virtual Revolution

Imagine stepping into a world where the boundaries of physical limitations blur and possibilities multiply exponentially. Imagine being able to see a product, move it around, place it in your home or see yourself wearing an article of clothing. You may not be able to feel or smell a product, but VR makes it possible to see a product online differently than they have been able to before.

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Tallen Hughes Tallen Hughes

7 Best Practces for Email Deliverability

In today's digital age, email marketing continues to be a powerful tool for businesses to connect with their audience and drive conversions. However, the success of an email marketing campaign relies heavily on one crucial factor: deliverability. Deliverability is fundamental to the success of email marketing campaigns. It refers to the ability of your emails to reach the recipient's inbox.

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Bryan Swift Bryan Swift

Blog Posts: Does Google Even Pay Attention to Them Anymore?

Blog posts can have a significant positive impact on organic rankings, especially if you follow Google's Guidelines on writing useful, helpful, people-first content. Even in the fast-moving age of AI-written content, where anyone can produce a mountain of blog posts rather quickly, blog content is still one of the most useful elements of any marketing campaign.

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70% of All eCommerce Carts Are Abandoned - Find Out Why

Here’s a statistic that should make even the savviest of CMOs shudder: 70% of all online shopping carts are abandoned, according to a study by the Baymard Institute. The study averaged 48 shopping cart abandonment studies that showed abandonment rates ranging from 56% to 81%.

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eCommerce UX: 3 Ways to Create a Great User Experience

Shopping online is an experience that should be enjoyable, convenient, and stress-free. If your customers don’t have a great experience while shopping on your eCommerce platform, they won’t come back. If they have a terrible experience, they might tell their whole social feed about it. That’s why it’s so important to make sure that you create a great user experience (UX) for your customers.

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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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Is an Omnichannel Marketing Strategy Right for Your eCommerce Brand?

In today's digital age, customers expect a seamless shopping experience across all channels, whether they're shopping online or offline. As a result, it's essential for eCommerce businesses to implement an omnichannel marketing strategy to meet these expectations and stay competitive, rather than thinking of each channel as existing in a silo.

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