Most New Shopify Store Owners Make These 5 Simple Mistakes
Starting a Shopify store can be an exciting venture. If you're a new Shopify eStore owner, you can avoid the most common mistakes. The biggest one? Not taking time to plan your store before building it. 5 Mistakes Many Shopify Store Owners Make Your e-store is your online storefront. If it's difficult to navigate, slow to load, or lacks essential information, you risk losing potential customers. Yet, so many Shopify users skip these critical areas when they build a store. 1. Not Planning Categories and Tags in Advance One crucial aspect to consider is how you organize your product categories. [...]
This Thanksgiving Pie is the Most Popular in your State
You'd assume it's pumpkin, but you're wrong if you live in the very top or bottom of the United States. Throughout the country, searches for pumpkin pie recipes are much higher than for apple pie, sweet potato pie, and pecan pie. But, there are interesting regional breakouts. The Most Popular Pie Recipe Search is for Pumpkin Pie I'm actually shocked that Apple Pie recipe and Pecan Pie recipe are almost tied for second on the charts. Apple Pie recipe is more popular in a few key states: Wisconsin New York Vermont New Hampshire Maine New Jersey Connecticut Massachusetts While pecan [...]
Our Favorite Canva Fonts for Elegant Brands
Elegance is a quality that many companies strive to achieve. An elegant brand not only attracts attention but also commands respect and admiration. It sets itself apart in a crowded marketplace by exuding sophistication, class, and timelessness. But how do you choose Canva fonts for elegant brands? Understanding Elegant Brand Characteristics Building an elegant brand is no small feat, but the rewards are worth the effort. By focusing on simplicity, consistency, quality, timelessness, attention to detail, sophistication, and emotional connection, brands can establish themselves as paragons of elegance. In doing so, they not only captivate their audience but also create [...]
Do I need to worry about my WordPress Site with the WP Engine Drama? A Quick Summary of the Feud
What WP Engine gives you is not WordPress, it’s something that they’ve chopped up, hacked, butchered to look like WordPress, but actually they’re giving you a cheap knock-off and charging you more for it. WP Engine is not Wordpress If you haven't been following the Wordpress/WP Engine feud, it's been a rollercoaster. People have been wondering whether it's time to leave the platform for a competitor. This post is meant to be a digestible recap of what's going on. At this time, I'm not advising my clients to flee Wordpress for other platforms. Instead, watch what happens with the platform [...]
eStore Insights from Shopify’s Founder Tobias Lütke
Anyone who has ever worked with me knows I'm not platform-loyal. I've learned to build eStores on all the major platforms and know enough to work on some of the small ones too. I recommend platforms based on my client's needs and there are sweet spots for each system. Shopify is the best for people who want to run their eStore without much help and maintenance from a developer. Why? It was built with entrepreneurs in mind. You're supposed to be able to start a store on it quickly — with all the basic store management tools already in place. [...]
Web Font Combination Ideas from a Shopify Agency
Typography is more than just picking a font and running with it; it's an art form that can make or break your website's design. Selecting the right web fonts and pairing them effectively is crucial for creating a visually appealing and readable site. In this post, we'll dive into the essentials of font pairing and provide you with some tips to create harmonious typography. How to Pair Fonts for Web Font pairing is important because it affects the readability, user experience, and overall aesthetic of your website. A well-chosen pair of fonts can enhance your brand’s identity, guide the [...]
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