Starting a blog can be exciting! You get a fancy new addition to your site, and an audience for all the things you want to say. It won’t be long, however, until you realize that starting a blog may be a lot more fun than maintaining a blog. Particularly a successful one. There’s no sugar-coating it, […]
Google Search Console (GSC) – previously called Google Webmaster Tools – is the platform you’re looking for to provide metrics on how your website is performing. […]
If you’ve been finding that your bounce rates are high, and your conversions are low, your site speed may be the culprit. There are, however, some simple and free ways to test that theory. […]
With the emergence of free web analytics tools like Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, running a successful e-commerce business has become easier. Monitoring the growth of an e-commerce business is not easy. For your business to become successful and remain profitable, you have to market your store and make hard decisions based on performance […]
Creating a landing page that converts isn’t a very difficult task. But you need to go beyond creating an attractive page to adding the elements that’ll make your visitors take the desired action. So, what can you do to simplify the process and create landing pages that can increase conversion rates by 100%, 200% or […]
Did you know that consumers spend an average of 3 ½ hours per day on mobile devices? That’s 3 ½ hours a day that you could be making sales. But if your site isn’t providing a great mobile experience, you’re not going to convert visitors into buyers. Not sure if you’re providing the best mobile […]
If you’re using email marketing in any capacity, you should have a newsletter signup form on your website to capture new data and grow your email list. Email marketing continues to be the single most effective channel for E-commerce. Studies show that for every dollar marketers spend on email marketing, they average $38-$44 dollars in […]
It’s no secret that Google and other search engines frown on duplicate content. When they crawl multiple URLs with strikingly similar content, it can create a whole list of SEO issues (more on this in a moment). But sometimes, you’re going to have repeat content on your e-commerce website. Canonical meta tags were developed to […]
Though your customers will never see them, meta tags are essential to your website. They’re one of the driving factors in your search rankings and can help ensure crawlers understand the content on your website. Let’s look at what meta tags are and how you should be using them to strengthen your SEO. What Are […]
It happens to the best of us. You go to click a link, thinking it’s exactly what you were looking for, then—BAM! You’re facing a page with a glaring 404 on it, not the awesome content you were hoping to discover. This is a common occurrence in e-commerce websites especially. As old products are phased […]