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How stockouts will permanently harm your Shopify store

The other day my wife saw a sweatshirt she really liked on sale. She grabbed it and a few other things for our kiddo at the same time. But when it came time to ship, it turned out that the sweatshirt wasn't in stock and the order was shipped without...

Filtering and combining customer segments for further analysis

A Repeat Customer Insights customer was asking how to filter the exported customer list to find specific segments for their analysis. In Google Sheets: Load the customer export into a new spreadsheet or sheet Use Data > Create a Filter on the columns Then click the filter icon on the...

The conveyor belt of improvements

Boxes. That's what much of my life has become. Anyone who has moved understands how unpacking boxes will take over all of your free time for weeks afterwards. I'm chipping away at it little by little. Unpack a box and wash some plates in the morning. Move some books to...

When planning and prep-work is important

Last weekend we moved. Weeks of planning and hours of packing all cumulated in moving about a 1/4 mile away. It sounds silly to put that much work into such a short move but it's already made a world of difference. Even though we now have weeks of unpacking ahead...

Results follow actions

Your actions influence your results. If you spend everyday working on your SEO, you'll grow your organic traffic. If you spend everyday helping customers and answering questions, you'll build their trust and earn repeat business. If you spend everyday talking on social media, you'll grow a following there. But the...

How ignoring the pain made things worse

A week ago I ordered a new set of socks. They were a bit thinner than normal but very comfortable and warm. But yesterday I went out for an unplanned hike to the grocery store (uphill both ways). By the time I got back, my left heel was killing me....

Keep the working strategies and evolve the day-to-day tactics

With the pace of change going on, it's hard to believe that March and Q1 is almost over. I've been writing about making plans around your business and Shopify store but I haven't shared much of mine. My high-level business strategies are staying the same. They've been refined and matured...

When everyone else speeds up, slow down

Speed is often good. Good for muscle cars. Good for web performance. Good for payment processing. But with decision-making, speed is the source of many problems and will make small issues into big ones. As people speed up decision-making they introduce errors. Some might be trivial and not even worth...

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