Today's tiny tip is a simple one, but it could find some major improvements in your Shopify store. That's to go through your checkout process. Add an item to your cart, start checkout, enter your address, pay, and end up on the order confirmation page. This is the critical path...
Recently I was asked how a new Shopify store should get started with their marketing. They were considering SEO and Google Ads but ran into problems with both and wasn't sure where to start. Roughly I'd recommend getting your analytics, structured data, and Rich Results started first and then then...
On Sunday we taught our daughter a new card game. It's meant for older players but since it was a favorite game my wife and I played in the past, we wanted to see if she could pick it up. While it was difficult and took longer to play than...
Whenever you move a page from one url to another, you should setup redirects so the old url still works. This is even more important when you switch domain names, as that's a chief cause of sudden SEO loss. Shopify has built-in URL redirects but sometimes developers will reach for...
When I first built the Cohort Report for Repeat Customer Insights, I was limited by the amount of data I could show. Due to Shopify's design for embedded apps, large pages would get chopped off and become messy. Since moving the app outside of Shopify's admin area, I've been able...
If you want repeat customers, you have to email them. Sure some might come back on their own or when they see you on social media. But you'll have no control when that happens. Sending an email, even a simple one, will let you decide when you want customers to...
With May wrapping up next week, now is the time to be starting up your holiday SEO strategy. It seems far away right now, but since SEO can take awhile to get going you should always be looking out 5-6 months at a time. It's now about 6 months until...
With the low levels of consumer trust right now, one metric you should be watching is your repeat purchase rate. This is the time to focus on retaining as many customers as you can as you don't know if they'll ever come back otherwise. You can start with a simple...
One thing to keep in mind, even if your store isn't showing positive growth doesn't mean it's not growing. If every other store is losing sales and market share like crazy but yours is holding steady or in a slight decline, that means your growth is holding back the losses...
I sowed some lettuce seeds in our garden awhile ago but they still haven't come up. The temperature was good so it was probably a problem with a nearby tree or they got washed away in some heavy rains we've had. Yesterday I re-sowed more into a tray. That way...
Each tip includes a way to improve your store: customer analysis, analytics, customer acquisition, CRO... plus plenty of puns and amazing alliterations.