Top 2024 resources on community
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10 User Generated Content Campaigns That Actually Worked [+Expert Insights]
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User-generated content (UGC) has become increasingly important over the past few years.
Topics: actually, insights, generated, campaigns, customer, customers, product, brand, worked, community, ugc, usergenerated, expert, social, pages, content, user. -
13 Logo Galleries for Inspiration
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A logo is an opportunity to establish your brand and convey your company’s unique identity. A logo gallery can help via examples and inspiration. Here is a list of helpful logo galleries.
Topics: site, community, designers, curated, showcase, logo, world, design, gallery, inspiration, galleries, logos. -
15 Sports and Outdoor Brands with Action-Packed Ecommerce Site Designs
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Professional snowboarder Travis Rice once said, “I wouldn’t even call snowboarding a sport. For me it’s just a way of…
Topics: value, ecommerce, actionpacked, experience, community, customer, product, brand, designs, content, examples, site, customers, outdoor, way. -
21 Ways To Build Your Social Media Presence, Like HubSpot Marketers
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I was a lazy natural for most of my life. I had natural hair but I never took care of it in the way I should have.
Topics: build, brand, ways, audience, brands, hubspot, youll, social, media, audiences, presence, marketers, community, content. -
4 Ways to Create Deeper Connections With E-Commerce Customers
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Just because consumers are online doesn't mean you can't form meaningful relationships.
Topics: dont, create, business, products, ways, help, ecommerce, customers, community, build, deeper, connections, world, right. -
5 Content Marketing Ideas for January 2021
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January 2021 can represent a beginning for content marketers to build communities, stream live videos, write about national holidays, report industry news, or visually expose interesting industry data. Content marketing is the act of curating or creating content such as articles, podcasts, videos, and graphics.
Topics: industry, business, ideas, national, day, marketing, stream, content, river, community, live. -
5 Successful Email Marketing Strategies for Black-Owned Businesses [+ Examples]
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Welcome to Breaking the Blueprint — a new blog series that dives into the unique business challenges and opportunities of Black business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn how they’ve grown or scaled their businesses, explored entrepreneurial ventures within their companies, or created side hustles, and how their stories can inspire and inform your own success.
Topics: business, emails, examples, strategies, businesses, strategy, real, blackowned, black, email, community, owners, successful, marketing. -
5 Underrated Social Media Strategies You Should Start Using Today
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When it comes to social media strategy, most brands know some of the top strategies: Post high-quality content, monitor your brand perception, engage with your audience.
Topics: strategies, content, social, community, video, media, trust, consumers, start, brand, underrated, brands, using, today. -
8 Ways That HubSpot Engaged Its Online Community with Employee-Inspired Content
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This post is a part of Made @ HubSpot, an internal thought series through which we extract lessons from experiments conducted by our very own HubSpotters.
Consistent content creation is a cornerstone of community growth. To keep your community members returning regularly, they need to see new things each time they return.
Topics: ways, community, team, employeeinspired, content, questions, members, amas, support, hubspot, product, customers, online, engaged, feedback. -
8 of The Best Facebook Groups We've Ever Seen
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Facebook Groups are nothing new to the marketing world, but they present a variety of interesting business opportunities.
Topics: marketing, customers, facebook, community, members, product, best, seen, weve, groups, users, share, group, way. -
A Conversation with Tumblr: How To Build a Strong, Connected Community
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In 2007, the world was introduced to Tumblr, a blogging site where users could post almost anything from fashion inspo to personal writing to GIFS, art, and more.
Topics: connected, strong, ryan, social, interest, users, tumblr, brand, platform, conversation, consumers, community, build, media. -
A YouTuber's Journey Of Launching Products Based on Community Feedback
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Youtuber Joe Andrews, has been creating content on haircare and style for over a decade. As his community grew, Joe decided to create hair products based on the feedback that individuals shared with him and launched BluMaan. In this episode of Shopify Masters, we speak with Colin Chik, who’s the current CEO of BluMaan to hear how Joe and the team launched a company based on community feedback, how manufacturers can be your mentors, and why working with micro-influencers is a great investment.More
Topics: youtubers, community, lot, really, journey, based, product, thats, actually, things, feedback, hair, products, group, launching. -
AI Content Moderation: How AI Can Moderate Content + Protect Your Brand
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Every minute, 240,000 images are shared on Facebook, 65,000 images are uploaded on Instagram, and 575,000 tweets are posted on Twitter.
Topics: brand, process, moderate, protect, usergenerated, harmful, users, community, violates, content, voice, moderation, ai. -
Advice and Resources for AAPI Business Owners, From AAPI Business Owners
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Welcome to Breaking the Blueprint — a blog series that dives into the unique business challenges and opportunities of underrepresented business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn how they’ve grown or scaled their businesses, explored entrepreneurial ventures within their companies, or created side hustles, and how their stories can inspire and inform your own success.
Topics: national, businesses, small, advice, owners, entrepreneurs, community, aapi, asian, resources, companies, chamber, business. -
Alibaba launches Luxury Soho, a digital fashion community and outlet centre
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Alibaba has launched a new platform Luxury Soho, targeting young, value-conscious aspirational shoppers, and helping high-end brands quit surplus inventory.
Topics: digital, ways, consumers, china, online, fashion, able, outlet, centre, luxury, community, stores, alibaba, products, soho, brands, launches. -
Allegro Gadane, platform for buyers and sellers, launched
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The popular Polish marketplace Allegro has launched its own social website, called Allegro Gadane. It shouldn’t be compared to the likes of Facebook or Twitter. It’s more like a social platform for sellers and buyers to exchange opinions, ask questions and solve problems. Allegro created the platform Allegro Gadane to… Continue reading
Topics: platform, launched, buyers, questions, selling, website, webinar, sellers, gadane, allegro, community. -
Amazon donates $1 million to DC organizations helping those impacted by COVID-19 outbreak
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Amazon announced this morning it’s making a $1 million donation that will be split among four Washington, D.C.-region community foundations that are working to support vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 crisis. The groups, ACT for Alexandria, Arlington Community Foundation, Community Foundation for Northern Virginia and the Greater Washington Community Foundation, will each use a portion of the million dollars […]
Topics: support, organizations, outbreak, donation, community, impacted, helping, area, techcrunch, covid19, foundation, million, dc, amazon, donates, food. -
Ann Handley Demonstrates How To Compel with Storytelling at Make it Big 2021
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Content marketing has come a long way since its origin in 1895 with John Deere’s The Furrow — but many…
Topics: way, tell, best, compel, storytelling, right, handley, community, demonstrates, big, think, business, marketing, ann, content. -
Archive back with fresh funding as it builds community marketing space
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Its first products were a Shopify app that automatically detects, classifies and saves Instagram stories, and Archive Communities, which makes influencer marketing programmatic.
Topics: round, community, archive, marketing, million, customers, app, merchants, company, woo, funding, space, fresh, techcrunch, builds. -
Are Brands Investing in Social Media Communities in 2023? We Asked 1,200+ Marketers
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The ultimate goal of social media marketing is to generate revenue, and a crucial step to generating revenue via social media is creating engagement. If your followers don't engage with your posts, they won’t engage with your business. And a sure way to boost engagement is by fostering a tight-knit social media community.
Topics: members, community, content, engagement, investing, brand, asked, marketers, media, communities, brands, social, facebook. -
Building Community with a Remote Team
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A remote workforce has always had its advantages, such as access to a large pool of top-notch talent. But the coronavirus pandemic has forced many companies accustomed to physical offices to start working remotely.
Topics: video, building, example, going, question, open, physical, team, remote, social, community, office. -
Building a Brand: 6 Ways to Grow Your Brand on a Limited Budget
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This article has 6 tips to help you start building a brand that will set you apart from the millions of other online businesses.
Topics: budget, grow, branding, publication, business, voice, brand, ways, social, community, media, best, limited, building, businesses. -
COVID-19 Guidance for Meetup Organizers
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On Wednesday, March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic and advised people everywhere to “make a plan in preparation for an outbreak of COVID-19 in your community.” Also on Wednesday, the WordPress.org Community Team published their recommendations for organizers of WordPress Events and Meetups. Our Recommendations We recommend that […]
Topics: woocommerce, world, wordpressorg, organizers, covid19, team, wordpress, virtual, guidance, support, community, meetup. -
Can and Should You Advertise Your Brand on Discord?
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Emerging platforms provide a unique opportunity for marketers. While it’s important to try new things in your marketing, is it worth trying new things if the platform is still so new that you don’t know if you’ll find success? For example, the once dismissed TikTok is now a social media channel with immense value for all different kinds of businesses.
Topics: community, channel, advertise, social, promote, platform, discord, channels, business, brand, users. -
Closing the Social Distance: How These Businesses Are Creating a Sense of Community During COVID-19
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The effects of COVID-19 have impacted independent businesses everywhere. We checked in with six of them to see how they’re adapting while staying connected to their communities. From a fitness studio to a direct-to-consumer fashion brand to a cult favorite restaurant, these businesses share what it’s like to constantly adjust their operations and communicate through a crisis. More
Topics: social, closing, distance, art, businesses, covid19, artists, classes, creating, team, women, online, community, velasca, sqirl, sense. -
Clubhouse vs. Podcasts: Which Should Marketers Use? [Data + Expert Tips]
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Ah, Clubhouse versus podcasts — an age-old debate.
Topics: clubhouse, content, expert, podcasts, podcast, community, vs, data, podcasting, live, tips, audio, told, marketing, marketers. -
Community Is Key in Building a Multimillion Dollar E-commerce Company
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Community-focused programming helps create a cult of loyalty for your e-commerce company.
Topics: ecommerce, building, value, members, key, member, communities, community, business, teams, brands, companies, multimillion, company, dollar. -
Community Managers: What They Do & How to Be a Great One
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X (formerly Twitter), with its 237.8 million daily active users, is a platform with a ton of potential for companies to increase awareness and build their brand personality. In recent years, big names like Netflix, Wendy’s, and Taco Bell have become X famous for their witty commentary and personable interactions with their followers.
Topics: managers, skills, role, great, brand, social, manager, audience, management, community, members. -
Community is the Future of Shopify
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A community is a valuable asset that will keep your brand constantly moving forward.
Topics: customer, members, customers, sales, marketing, merchants, shopify, facebook, ecommerce, community, future. -
Crypto-driven marketplace Zora raises $2M to build a sustainable creator economy
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Dee Goens and Jacob Horne have both the exact and precisely opposite background that you’d expect to see from two people building a way for creators to build a sustainable economy for their followers to participate in. Coinbase, crypto-hack projects at university, KPMG, Merrill Lynch. But where’s the art? “Believe it or not, I used […]
Topics: marketplace, raises, cryptodriven, value, creators, zora, price, community, market, token, economy, artists, build, sustainable, creator, way, 2m, rac, techcrunch. -
Eight Ways to Build a Community and Create Long-Lasting Customer Relationships
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Building a brand is about more than sales. Developing a true community of followers is the true root of success. See top strategies and real-world examples.
Topics: feel, ways, share, product, sell, points, build, products, key, customers, customer, post, community, brand. -
Evolution Of Cloud Tooling – From Black Box To User-Friendly, Extendable Solution
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The latest release of ECE-Tools, Magento's powerful cloud deployment and configuration tooling, now offers extensive configuration and customization capabilities, while also keeping all Magento deployment best practices in mind, to help users avoid issues and downtime. Read more.
Topics: cloud, hotfixes, extendable, tooling, solution, black, deployment, magento, ecetools, userfriendly, users, community, evolution, box, experience. -
Exploring Black Health, Wellness and Entrepreneurship with Muniq Founder and CEO Marc Washington
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Black History Month is a dedicated time to remember, reflect and honor African-American history and achievements. At BigCommerce, we’re honored…
Topics: business, history, washington, black, really, community, marc, qa, bigcommerce, brand, founder, look, muniq, health, ceo. -
Fly By Jing’s Jing Gao on Putting Community Ahead of Competition with Fellow AAPI Entrepreneurs
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Chatting with this bold sauce business about identity, community, and support for Asian American and Pacific Islander entrepreneurs.More
Topics: love, fellow, entrepreneurs, theres, jing, competition, aapi, heritage, jings, brands, asian, putting, community, fly, gao, ahead. -
For Them takes in pre-seed capital to launch wellness products targeting the queer community
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For Them intends to launch up to five products in the next year.
Topics: community, cofounder, queer, capital, takes, thems, launch, went, products, freeman, preseed, techcrunch, wellness, company, binder, looking, targeting. -
From $20,000 in Debt To Building a Brand Loved by Fashion “It Girls”
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Lindsey Carter founded SET Active, an activewear brand that blends form and function to make effortlessly comfortable clothing that sells out quickly. Its matching workout sets and lounge gear are extremely popular among the wellness community, and can be seen on “it girls” like Kylie Jenner and Hailey Beiber.More
Topics: debt, wear, social, active, brand, building, community, retail, product, way, girls, lindsey, loved, workout, fashion, set. -
Happy WooCommerce Day
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Say hello to WooCommerce Day: A day to give back to the incredible WooCommerce community and to celebrate all the store owners, site builders, extension developers, partners, friends, and families at its core. For its inaugural year, we’re keeping the celebration simple: we’re offering 40% off everything in the WooCommerce.com Marketplace. What better way to […]
Topics: empower, inspiration, youre, commerce, ecommerce, woocommerce, day, happy, inspire, community, members. -
Hire a CEO: A Guide for Hiring and Motivating High-Level Employees (CEOs, COOs, and Directors)
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There are many challenges when you hire a CEO and high-level employees, from finding the best talent to compensation strategies. Fortunately, at eCommerceFuel, we can share strategies our 7- and 8-figure brand owners use so that you can avoid making costly mistakes. In the guide, we’ll learn how to hire a CEO and directors, how […]
Topics: employees, ceos, job, highlevel, hiring, guide, candidates, members, way, hire, motivating, directors, coos, community, need, ceo. -
How Being Purpose Driven Kept This Business Going
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Eryn Eddy personally spray painted shirts for fans who supported her music as a way to spread positivity and connect with those who connected with her work. Evolving from a personal passion project, Eryn launched So Worth Loving, an apparel and lifestyle brand to facilitate a supportive community that embraces the past and empowers for the future. In this episode of Shopify Masters, Eryn shares how she found her drive, runs a purpose-focused business, and builds a supportive community. More
Topics: started, kept, worth, driven, im, purpose, music, business, going, community, think, didnt, loving, youre. -
How Brands Like Google, Twitch, and Sephora Built Brand Communities — and How You Can, Too
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Over the past few decades, companies, marketing departments, and c-suites have used the term "community" to refer to a smorgasbord of ideas, from wide-ranging organizational investments — such as neighborhood events or charity partnerships — to online forums and even simple email lists.
Topics: sephora, relationships, google, built, brands, local, members, twitch, community, food, brand, beauty, communities, groups. -
How Elastic Path Empowers the Developer Community
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In the world of e-commerce, Elastic Path has been driving technology forward. Providing amazing API-first solutions, and leveraging modern development techniques from microservices to edge computing, Elastic Path empowers developers to build robust websites and applications.
Elastic Path's success is driven by adoption from the developer community. Let’s explore how Elastic Path fosters a vibrant ecosystem of passionate developers, providing the tools, resources, and support they need to succeed in the ecommerce space. By nurturing a strong developer community, Elastic Path not only stays at the forefront of ecommerce technology, but also helps shape the future of digital commerce. So, let's dive in and discover how Elastic Path is championing developers and enabling them to bring their best ideas to life.
Just read the docs!
At this point, “Just read the documentation”, has become a meme within the developer community. There is nothing worse than having no documentation, incomplete documentation, or unintelligible content auto-generated from the source code. This is why proper and complete documentation is at the heart of Elastic Path's developer resources.
Elastic Path has a team of full-time documentation writers constantly augmenting and improving the content. This is crucial for developers to get up to speed with the platform and maximize their productivity. One of the key aspects of the documentation is the comprehensive collection of guides and tutorials available. These materials cover everything from getting started with Elastic Path to in-depth explanations of advanced features and use cases, ensuring developers have the information they need.
Documentation needs to go deeper than surface level information. Elastic Path's API documentation is meticulously crafted, offering clear and concise explanations of all available endpoints, parameters, and expected responses. The documentation also covers business requirements and non-API aspects including data modeling. This makes it easy for developers to understand the capabilities of the platform and seamlessly integrate Elastic Path into their applications.
Elastic Path also offers an online learning portal that contains both developer and architect courses. These courses allow developers to get up to speed quickly with comprehensive technical content. With a combination of videos, hands-on exercises, and interactive content, it’s a great place for developers to learn the products and tools available.
SDKs and Tools
While it’s possible to call an API directly through code, having a set of tools and SDKs simplifies both experimenting with the APIs and the final code. Elastic Path has a comprehensive JavaScript and Typescript SDK available. There is also a host of language-specific SDKs available on GitHub to help simplify the development process and ensure developers can work in their preferred programming languages. These SDKs cover common tasks, reduce boilerplate code and allow developers to focus on specific business functionality instead of re-inventing the wheel.
Recognizing the importance of practical examples, Elastic Path’s GitHub also provides a collection of samples and starter projects that demonstrate how to leverage the platform's features. These resources serve as a valuable reference for developers, helping them to quickly grasp key concepts and apply them to their own projects. By learning from real-world examples, developers can gain a deeper understanding of best practices and avoid common pitfalls.
Integration with popular development tools is another critical aspect of Elastic Path's support for the developer community. A full Postman collection is available to help navigate the API in familiar software. This postman collection is compatible with Insomnia. In addition, examples are provided on GitHub for calling the APIs through the VSCode REST extension for even more flexibility in testing and experimenting with the Elastic Path Commerce Cloud API.
These options not only enhance productivity but also enables developers to leverage the full range of tools and services they are already familiar with, further reducing the learning curve.
Developer communication and support
A key aspect of Elastic Path's commitment to empowering the developer community is providing active spaces for communication and support channels where developers can engage with each other and with Elastic Path experts. Elastic Path is launching a dedicated Slack Community for developers. In this community developers can ask questions, share knowledge, and collaborate on challenges they encounter while working with the platform as well as gain guidance from Elastic Path employees.
For live content, Elastic Path hosts frequent webinars and workshops. These events cover a variety of topics, ranging from new features to best practices, ensuring that developers stay informed and up to date.
Elastic Path also offers highly skilled technical support to assist developers in resolving any issues they may face. Furthermore, developers can benefit from collaborating with experts working in Elastic Path's Global Services department, who possess deep knowledge of the platform capabilities and digital commerce industry knowledge as veterans in the space.
To extend its support beyond individual developers, Elastic Path has established a robust partner program that supports agencies and solution integrators. This program gives partners the support they need including resources and training to help them deliver amazing ecommerce solutions.
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Open source
Every developer loves and relies on open source, that includes the developers at Elastic Path. The company recognizes the value of open-source development and actively supports the community.
One of the ways Elastic Path fosters community-driven development is by promoting and participating in open-source initiatives related to its platform. This approach not only helps to improve the overall quality and functionality of Elastic Path's offerings but also provides developers with a broader range of tools and capabilities to enhance their e-commerce solutions. This includes the 30+ repositories on Elastic Path’s GitHub page as well as community created projects.
To further acknowledge and celebrate the vital role developers play in the Elastic Path ecosystem, the company is launching a new Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program in 2023. This program will recognize key contributors who make significant impacts in the developer community, especially around open source. By offering recognition and rewards to these outstanding individuals, Elastic Path aims to inspire more developers to contribute and collaborate within the community. Expect to hear more about recognized MVPs later this year.
Elastic Path's developer outreach programs
Elastic Path actively engages with the developer community through various outreach programs designed to inspire, educate, and facilitate knowledge sharing. One such initiative is the recent Hackernoon Writing Contest, where developers are encouraged to share their experiences, insights, and success stories related to ecommerce and web development. This contest not only recognizes and rewards outstanding content but also fosters a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration within the community.
Elastic Path also sponsors DZone surveys and roundtables, funding valuable input on industry trends. These roundtables bring together experts from different companies and backgrounds to share their unique perspectives on technology.
The Elastic Path blog is an excellent place to learn about ecommerce and contains a wealth of knowledge. Elastic Path also contributes information content to the places developers frequent most, including Hackernoon, DZone, dev.to. By contributing articles Elastic Path can share valuable insights and practical guidance on a range of topics beyond ecommerce.
Developer feedback
Elastic Path believes that developer feedback is key in creating the best possible digital commerce solution. By gathering input from the developer community, Elastic Path can quickly identify areas for enhancement and stay abreast of the changing tech landscape. This feedback loop drives continuous improvement, innovation, and allows the product roadmap to tightly align with the needs of its users.
There are multiple ways for developers to provide feedback or submit feature requests. These include support, customer success, and developer relations. Developers have multiple ways and options to voice their opinions and contribute to the platform's development.
Elastic Path also participates in developer events and conferences. This includes speaking on various topics, sponsoring a booth, or simply attending to interact with the event. These events provide even more opportunities for developers to connect with Elastic Path employees, share their experiences, and discuss what is happening in the ecommerce technology space.
Looking forward
Elastic Path has developers at its core, success is tightly coupled to ensuring developers succeed in building exciting new digital shopping experiences. Extensive documentation, robust tools, communication channels, open-source collaboration, and valuable outreach programs, make up the actions, but this developer-centric mindset funnels through the culture of the entire company.
Expect Elastic Path to double down on developers and invest even more in the developer community. The company's vision for the future includes expanding its offerings, enhancing its platforms, and making it even easier for developers to learn and build. As the ecommerce landscape continues to evolve, Elastic Path and its developer community will play a crucial role in shaping the future of digital commerce.
This tech-forward, developer mindset is what keeps Elastic Path at the forefront of ecommerce technology and leader in the space. Having already pioneered API-First and Composable Commerce, it’s exciting to see how Elastic Path will shape the industry in the future.
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How James Hill is Building a Lucrative Community Around Health and Wellness at BetterDays
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James Hill hasn’t always had a place in the food and beverage industry, but he has nurtured a long-standing passion for health and wellbeing. After a chance encounter with an incredible “super food” during a trip to Mexico, he discovered…
Continue reading How James Hill is Building a Lucrative Community Around Health and Wellness at BetterDays
Topics: wellness, better, business, ingredients, hill, customers, health, lucrative, create, james, betterdays, biggest, brand, think, building, community. -
How Tajinebanane Managed 3X Annual Growth and Built An Empowering Community
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In this episode of Shopify Masters, Marvin Cavaillé of Tajinebanane shares with us the journey of building a brand for breastfeeding moms, with his sister Ali. We learn about growing community before selling a single product, and the marketing approach that led to 3X sales in their first year. Marvine also shares how Tajinebanane plans to incorporate a social impact mandate in its operations.More
Topics: community, really, empowering, growth, built, business, annual, dont, know, tajinebanane, think, managed, breastfeeding, thing, going, sister, thats, 3x. -
How These 2 Social Media Growth Opportunities Will Transform Business in 2024
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Social media platforms are great tools for "listening" to ongoing conversations to understand what is important in your community.
Topics: platforms, community, business, media, communities, transforming, commerce, opportunities, local, shopping, businesses, customers, social. -
How This Plant Based Ramen Brand Built A Community of Thousands Prior to Launching
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Kevin Lee and Kevin Chanthasiriphan grew up enjoying the vast noodle offerings from their Taiwanese and Thai upbringing. Together they launched immi, a ramen brand that paid homage to their favorite foods while using high-quality ingredients that are nutritious and 100% plant based. In this episode of Shopify Masters, the two Kevins share how they built a community of thousands prior to launching, and how they overcame a 6-figure inventory setback.More
Topics: kchan, immi, prior, know, thousands, thats, product, ramen, built, based, launching, community, plant, lot, actually, different, brand, going. -
How Working with Partners Actively Engaged In Magento's Community Engineering Program Can Benefit Merchants
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Magento's Community Engineering program has allowed the team at Atwix to be more involved and play a role in the development of new features on the Magento roadmap, contribute to performance improvements, and extend Magento capabilities. Read more.
Topics: work, community, magentos, benefit, partner, release, working, actively, engaged, engineering, magento, merchants, partners, experience, contributing, program. -
How Your Audience Could Shift in Web 3 [Executive Insights + Podcast Episode]
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If you work in tech, media, or even marketing, you've likely heard a lot of buzz around Web 3.
Topics: podcast, business, episode, audience, product, internet, marketing, feedback, customers, going, executive, shift, community, platforms, web, insights. -
How a 7-Figure Swimwear Brand was Built on a Secondhand Sewing Machine
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Roxelle Cho was an active expecting mom who surfed during her pregnancy. As her body was changing, she was inspired to make her own swimwear that had a better fit. Using a second-hand sewing machine, Roxelle launched Fused Hawaii and built the swimwear brand into a seven-figure business. In this episode of Shopify Masters, Roxelle Cho shares her personal journey of overcoming hurdles, finetuning Facebook ads, and creating a sense of community for her customers.More
Topics: group, things, secondhand, facebook, built, 7figure, im, dont, machine, brand, thats, community, business, lot, sewing, swimwear, feel. -
How social commerce is bridging Southeast Asia’s infrastructure gaps
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Today social networks are more powerful than ever, and startups and corporations are innovating new commerce models that leverage the greater reach available to us.
Topics: infrastructure, community, value, today, southeast, gaps, life, asias, networks, commerce, techcrunch, bridging, billion, tier, social. -
How to Build Community-Centric Virtual Events, According to Moz's CMO
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As you're probably well-familiar at this point, 2020 has brought with it plenty of disruption and change.
Topics: build, virtual, events, community, experience, sessions, cmo, attendees, event, according, mozs, support, communitycentric, speakers, different. -
How to Build an Online Community of Like-Minded Entrepreneurs
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Four easy ways to amplify your impact.
Topics: members, entrepreneurs, facebook, group, online, share, build, value, likeminded, marketing, community, tips. -
How to Crowdfund with WordPress
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Get more from crowdfunding; build it on your own WordPress site! Keep more money, customize it however you want, & connect with donors directly. Here’s how.
Topics: website, donation, able, youll, track, fundraising, woocommerce, crowdfunding, wordpress, community, crowdfund, campaign. -
How to Get a YouTube Community Tab [+ How to Use It]
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With nine in 10 marketers planning to use YouTube in their 2021 marketing strategy, it’s more important than ever to capture your audience’s attention. One of the best ways to do this is by creating a connection with your viewers through fostering community.
Topics: tab, youtube, community, viewers, way, audience, post, youve, channel, video. -
Jamstack Conference 2021: How it started, where it’s going
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This year’s Jamstack conference featured a 90s theme, complete with an opening reminiscent of Full House and shows of the era: big hair, big cast, and all the cheese you can handle in two minutes. A big win for Netlify as it kept the conference moving along with humor and nostalgia. They even unearthed graphics and video from shows of the day and created new clips throughout as they introduced new sessions. Well done!
The web is winning
Netlify’s CEO Matt Biilman kicked us off on a journey from when the web was considered dead some 20 years ago to where it’s winning today. As the shift continues from monolith to API-first, Biilman walked us through what drives innovation in development ops to create more robust and resilient user experiences. He highlighted the continuing saga between multi-page and single page apps, and how content is rendered through various hydration models.
Biilman was joined in the keynote by a handful of leaders in the community who provided thoughtful insight about the future of Jamstack, including creators from Svelte and Vite.
A shout out here to Phil Hawksworth at Netlify for his tea time footage; it kept us engaged and entertained. A+ content!
Breakout star: Laurie Voss
One of the more insightful sessions came from Netlify’s own data evangelist, Laurie Voss. He presented survey findings from approximately 7,500 Jamstack users, entitled “Jamstack is Eating the World.”
A couple of interesting points within the findings: while full-time developers and engineers lead the charge in the community, 2021 saw a significant rise in student employment. Voss indicated this may be in part to the pandemic, as typically an education shift occurs in uncertain times, and a shift to Jamstack architecture taught as the foundational default.
Another key point: over 30% of responders reported a shift to remote work in 2021 even after pandemic conditions were lifted. How we work and collaborate has a new face, and how it affects the product (and the emotional state of its workers) is a case study in and of itself.
I highly suggest checking out Voss’ full presentation on YouTube when you have a chance. He goes into more detail on what developers are building, the tools they prefer, and what their priorities are for new projects. His presentation provides further evidence of where Jamstack is going and what the community looks like.
Additional Jamstack Conference 2021 highlights:
The Jamsnacks! What’s an event without snacks? Peppered throughout the conference were what’s new in apps in just two minutes, or the Jamsnack. Quick-hitting and informative, these were welcome breaks between longer form content and sessions.
The Lounge – an opportunity to chat amongst ourselves and get to know more about event sponsors (like Elastic Path!). Bonus: casual conversation about beloved 90s shows. It was gold.
Lightning Launches – these ran about 10 minutes or so in the Innovation and Tools track and highlighted new products/features on the scene including a demo. Great job to Supabase, Astro, and Sanity for exceptional content and creativity on a time crunch!
Awards – kudos are key in all spaces, and the Jamstack community is no exception. The “Jammies” recognized excellence for company, project, and individual contributor levels in these categories:
Social Impact: A11Y project
Ecosystem Innovation: Astro
Community Creator: Salma Alam-Naylor
Project of the Year: Twilio Console
It’s a wrap on Jamstack 2021:
Again, I would highly recommend perusing the content on YouTube, especially since you can pick and choose where to spend time. You won’t have the perk of chatting in real time with fellow Jamstack community members and innovators, but you’ll get a feel for what the buzz is all about.
Jamstack & Elastic Path:
Jamstack architecture and the Elastic Path Commerce Cloud product play exceptionally well in the sand box. Together they provide control, speed, and trust in the digital commerce experience. You have the power to deliver a reliable, and truly differentiated solution based on your business needs today, and where you are going tomorrow. Want to see it in action?
Jamstack is certainly key to us as we pursue the best in headless commerce solutions. We were thrilled to be a Jamstack Conference sponsor this year, and I personally enjoyed the deep dive into what’s new! Check out our resource library for more hot topics…
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Magento Community Diverse Speaker Training - What is Coming Up In The New Year
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As we start the new year with hope and energy, let’s take a moment to reflect on the year that has passed. It was a year filled with many challenges, yet also one with highlights to celebrate. An important one being Magento’s continued dedication towards diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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For many, the name Magento goes hand in hand with ecommerce. The open-source platform, now owned by Adobe, is written…
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Magento Masters Spotlight: Alessandro Ronchi
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Get to know Magento Master Alessandro Ronchi, COO at Bitbull
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Magento Masters Spotlight: Andreas von Studnitz
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Get to know Magento Master Andreas von Studnitz, Co-Founder at integer_net
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Magento Masters Spotlight: Riccardo Tempesta
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Get to know Magento Master Riccardo Tempesta, CTO at MageSpecialist
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Magento Masters Spotlight: TJ Gamble
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Get to know Magento Master TJ Gamble, CEO & Founder at Jamersan
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With a recession looming, many brands are tightening up their budgets, and often, marketing is one of the first ones to go.
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Meet the 2020 Magento Masters: Makers
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Makers actively engage with others, sharing ideas, insights, and constructive feedback. Read more.
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Meet the 2020 Magento Masters: Mentors
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Mentors help to educate and develop resources for the Magento Community. Read more.
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Meet the 2020 Magento Masters: Qualified Alumni
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Qualified Alumni continue to contribute year over year. Read more.
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Meet the World’s Top Magento eCommerce Developers
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As an open source platform, nothing is more critical to Magento’s success than its community contributions. Case in point: Magento Solution Partner Atwix. Read more.
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Are you confused about Mighty Networks pricing? Maybe you’ve been planning on designing your own online community for a while, but you’re not sure which Mighty Networks plan you should choose? We’re here to help. Mighty Networks is a unique…
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Muni gives Latin American communities buying power through shopping app
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Community leaders centralize the orders, suppliers drop off the orders with Muni, which picks and packs them for the community leaders to manage the last-mile delivery and collect payments.
Topics: gomez, communities, gives, muni, venture, technology, techcrunch, american, latin, community, online, buying, funding, app, leaders, company, power, shopping. -
Offerman Woodshop & WooCommerce: Community, Craft, Quality
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Nick Offerman works with more than words. He’s also the founder of a woodshop with unwavering standards. Catch a glimpse of the magic behind the online store.
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Our New Ecommerce Community for Growth
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CommerceCo by Practical Ecommerce is for exceptional folks who work in the ecommerce business — be it retail, B2B, or a brand — to learn, share, and grow. It's our new exclusive community for experience ecommerce professionals.
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Pivoting During COVID-19: How One Entrepreneur Is Supporting Fellow Business Owners
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Now is a time for resilience and ingenuity. Many of us must adapt, pivot, and find new ways to grow. In today's interview, we chat with Kelly Bergeron, a resident of Cornwall, Ontario, who, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, sprung into action to help small businesses in her area.More
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Pomelo Cares programme launched to aid coronavirus fight
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Asian omnichannel fashion brand Pomelo has launched Pomelo Cares, an initiative to support the community and frontline medical sector during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Purpose with Profit: Meet 9 Socially Responsible Founders Creating Change Through Business
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Beyond meeting customer needs or filling a market gap, socially responsible founders are creating movements through their businesses. Learn how nine socially responsible businesses and social enterprises are striving to create employment opportunities, reduce carbon emissions, share knowledge, and more. More
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Shopify's President Breaks Down the Best Ways to Grow Your Ecommerce Business
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Entrepreneur magazine Editor in Chief Jason Feifer and Shopify President Harley Finkelstein discuss the best strategies to grow an ecommerce business.
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Shopware announces new features
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Ecommerce software provider Shopware has announced that it will release two new software features: Flow Builder and Guided Shopping. This will make it easier for shop owners to customize the open source software. The new updates were announced yesterday at this year’s Shopware Community Day in Schöppingen, Germany. This was… Continue reading
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Solidus.io is a community-centered, open-source eCommerce framework that's 100% free to use. It’s powered by the ruby on rails framework and maintained by a passionate community of web developers. Initially, it was designed to help businesses, brands, and developers create…
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Supporting Our Solution Partners and Developers During These Unprecedented Times
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Learn more about our new program to enable our Solution Partners to plan for recovery and rapidly scale back normal operations once customer project demands pick up in the future
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Thank You to the Top 50 Contributors in 2019
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Recognizing contribution efforts across the Magento community. Read more.
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The Art of Reinvention: How One Founder Found Her Purpose in the Middle of a Pandemic
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Like many small business owners around the world, Moorea Seal is scrambling to answer the question “What now?” For her, collective grief is compounded by personal loss. But she’s been here before. Many of Moorea’s successes have been born out of tragedy, and now she’s pivoting her business, in the midst of a pandemic, to help others.More
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The Best Forum Software for Creating an Online Community in 2021
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Forums provide the opportunity to build an online community that allows your audience to connect in a place where they know their interests are shared. This sense of connectedness is more important than ever in a time where more work, communication, and socialization is being done online.
Topics: software, help, sourceprice, online, forums, users, creating, forum, features, customers, best, using, community. -
The Big Plans of One Small Business Owner—and the Diagnosis that Won’t Stop Her
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At just 24 years old, Keisha Greaves discovered she had limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. As the symptoms began to progress, she thought her dream career in fashion would never be realized. Now, she runs her own t-shirt business, Girls Chronically Rock, and inspires young people in the disability community to follow their own dreams.More
Topics: wont, stop, diagnosis, keisha, chronically, plans, fashion, rock, small, disability, work, girls, big, community, ownerand, thought, business. -
The ECF Benchmark: A Performance Index for Store Owners
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How can we arm the “rebel force” or smaller merchants with the similar AI and data sets that Amazon has? In this episode, Jake Cook, co-owner of Tadpull.com, explains this and more. Listen in as we cover topics such as the benefit of creating an index, what metrics an index tracks, and how this can […]
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The Fight for Independents: Why Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Rising Against All Odds
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Promising data emerged at the end of 2020 that shows new business creation is soaring. Against all odds, why is entrepreneurial spirit peaking during a time that all but conspires to crush it? It's simple—when we cheer for the underdogs, they can win.More
Topics: tools, rising, business, spirit, satish, odds, entrepreneurial, fight, independents, pandemic, small, work, community, businesses, communities. -
The Preordering Model that Scaled a Hobby Into a Business
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Sarah Resnick fell in love with all things fiber when she was given a pair of knitting needles at the age of seven. As she progressed through life, she made her own clothes, learned how to spin wool and weave textiles. In 2017, Sarah took the plunge and threaded her experiences together to launch Gist Yarn. For this episode of Shopify Masters, Sarah shares how preorders and systems thinking helped her to scale a hobby into a profitable business.
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Topics: community, scaled, different, work, preordering, things, model, really, business, weaving, think, hobby, yarn, lot, email. -
The Pros and Cons of Blog Comments [+ Does It Matter for SEO?]
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As any blog owner will tell you, "Should I enable comments on my blog?" is one of the first questions you'll ask yourself as your content starts to grow.
Topics: matter, post, comment, community, blog, seo, posts, does, readers, pros, blogs, content, comments, cons. -
The Ultimate Guide to Community Management
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When businesses invest in community management, they transition from an everyday brand to a human brand — one that cares deeply about the people who support them, work for them, and interact with them.
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The Ultimate Return On Investment: Online Communities
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What if you could get a 6,469% ROI on your marketing efforts? This is the average ROI that online communities…
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There’s nothing Automattic about balancing commercial growth with an open source developer community
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The tech industry has made a full 180-degree turn with regard to open source in the 16 years since Matt Mullenweg founded Automattic, the commercial backer of open source CMS, WordPress.
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This 84-Year-Old Grandmother Serves Comfort and Community Through Livestreamed Cooking Classes
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In the past month, Nonna Nerina and granddaughter Chiara’s cooking classes made the leap from an offline experience to online streaming. From their small village in Italy, she and her grandmother invite people from all over the world into their virtual kitchen to learn to make pasta from scratch. And recently, they had their best revenue month yet—even as the entire country remains on lockdown.More
Topics: 84yearold, community, nonna, cooking, nerina, grandmother, classes, world, livestreamed, village, serves, comfort, chiara, brent, pasta. -
TikTok’s newest app lets sellers manage their online stores via their smartphone
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TikTok has launched a new app for its seller community taking advantage of its suite of TikTok Shopping features, but the app is only available in Indonesia at present. TikTok Seller, as the app is called, allows TikTok’s seller community to run all aspects of their TikTok shop from their mobile device, from initially registering […]
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Top 5 Reasons to Attend INBOUND 2021, According to HubSpot's Global Events Team
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INBOUND 2021 — hosted with love by HubSpot — is a fully immersive, online experience that gives you access to transformative business trends, proactive conversations, and key actionable takeaways that future you will appreciate.
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Twitter Communities: How Marketers Can Leverage It in Their Strategy
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According to a 2019 Sprout Social Index survey, 40% of marketers believe private community groups are becoming more important. And 23% of consumers agree with them.
Topics: communities, strategy, groups, brands, marketers, twitters, leverage, target, connect, community, members, users, twitter. -
Use dynamic CTAs to close more B2B leads
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B2B leads typically require multiple touches before they become customers. You can help leads move quicker through your funnel by dynamically adjusting the landing page content they see.
Topics: tactics, sales, ctas, community, techcrunch, marketing, growth, dynamic, leads, close, thats, b2b, worlds, offline, retailers, process. -
What Is Local PR and How Does It Work? [Examples]
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Let's face it — building brand awareness isn't the easiest task for a marketer. Trying to be a big voice in a field of so many is nothing short of difficult.
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What is the Creator Economy?
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Creation as we know it has evolved due to the coming and going of certain mediums, control of those mediums, and consumption habits of the average consumer. In the past, media corporations held a considerable amount of control over the…
Continue reading What is the Creator Economy?
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Online communities are internet groups where people with shared interests interact, have discussions, and form relationships.
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Why Marketers Should Leverage Subject Matter Experts for Audience Growth
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No matter the format, message, or style of online content, everyone's striving to reach the largest possible audience with the best possible content.
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Have you ever gone on social media with the intent of scrolling for entertainment, but left the app with a new purchase?
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When Laura Wittig and Liza Moiseeva met as guests on a podcast about sustainable fashion, they jibed so well together that they began one of their own: Good Together. Their show’s goal was to provide listeners with a place to learn how to be eco-conscious consumers, but with baby steps. Wittig thinks the non-judgmental environment […]
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mPharma raises $35 million in round joined by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive
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Ghanaian health tech startup mPharma is building a network of community pharmacies across Africa as it plans to be the go-to primary healthcare service provider for millions of people residing in the region. MPharma plans to grow its community (Mutti) pharmacies across eight markets in Africa to be the first point of care for patients. […]
Topics: executive, jam, joined, round, pharmacies, health, techcrunch, raises, care, fund, million, services, africa, pharmacy, mpharma, build, tinder, mutti, community. -
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When it comes to starting her online store, entrepreneur Courtney White admits she probably started things the wrong way round, until she learned about the importance of building a brand around your business. As well as working a full-time job and being a parent (to both children and dogs), Courtney […]
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