If you’ve been feeling like your Meta ads are a bit hit and miss lately—or you’ve just noticed things aren’t working like they used to—you’re not imagining it. There has been a major shift. Meta has officially rolled out its biggest update since the infamous Apple iOS 14 privacy change that turned digital advertising on […]
Today, I’m pulling back the curtain on how I took my newly acquired skincare brand, Indagare Natural Beauty, and grew it by 200% in just six months. The past year hasn’t been an easy time in eCommerce, given how rapidly everything has been changing thanks to all the massive technological advancements in AI, on top […]
When it comes to launching and growing your e-commerce brand, other than your cost of goods, the two biggest expenses of operating your business will be fulfillment and marketing. Now, we all know very well that no courier or postal service will ship our orders out for free. So we’re well trained to expect to […]
This week we’re sharing Part 2 of my podcast, “How To Choose The Best Email App For Your Ecommerce Store”. In it, I compare two email platforms that a lot of eCommerce businesses are currently choosing between – Flodesk vs Klaviyo. Now, if you’re looking at or already using something different, I’m also going to […]
Shopping online is a very different experience to shopping in physical stores in one very key way: When you go to the shops, you often wander into stores and that’s how you discover new products. Whereas, when it comes to shopping online, typically you have to be actively searching for that thing. eCommerce is unlike […]
To succeed in growing an eCommerce business, we need to get enough people visiting our websites, adding products to their shopping cart and checking out. And we need to do that without over-spending on advertising. However, getting traffic to our websites is harder and more expensive in 2025 than even just a year ago. This […]
It’s the start of the new year, and I know many of you are in planning mode, setting ambitious goals for 2025. It’s a time of excitement but also some uncertainty. As I record this episode, Mark Zuckerberg has just announced that Meta will be removing fact-checking and a whole lot of policies on their […]
Over the last year, I’ve seen a lot of businesses come up for sale, in fact I’ve been approached a number of times by brand owners wanting me to buy their business from them, and I did actually buy two of them within the last 6-7 months. That’s super exciting, but it’s also been a […]
For my last pre-Christmas podcast episode, I thought I’d share a few insights with you about what’s worked well for me this year, some things I’ve tried that have not worked so well, what I’m focusing on doing better and what I want to take with me into 2025. I love doing this exercise at […]
Today – as I’m recording this episode – we have precisely 15 days left till Christmas. And obviously less than that for any orders that need to be delivered before then. Which means that the holiday countdown is officially on! And despite the fact that we’re all feeling exhausted post-Black Friday madness, we gotta dig […]