Everyone reading this has one thing in common. You dream big, right?   You’re full of ideas and bursting with inspiration. You can picture yourself as an entrepreneur, growing a successful business from home with an online store.     Perhaps you’d like a way to escape your 9-5 or just want a little extra […]

You wouldn’t ask someone to marry you on the first date, right?   By any standards, it’s coming on a little strong!   You’ve got to make a good first impression and build a relationship over time. Then you can pop the big question.   Internet marketing is sort-of similar.   You can’t force someone […]

Your Shopify store is set up, it looks great, and the first orders are coming in. Perfect!   The next big step is generating some serious traffic through Google.   Just imagine. If your online store was on Google’s first page of results, you could generate sales without having to spend a penny on advertising. […]

Everyone remembers the first time they get hacked.   For me, it was a few years back. I loaded up one of my sites to see a pirate ship and bright neon text saying, “HaCKed bY piRateZ.”   I’m not the only one either. Approximately 30,000 websites are hacked every day. It costs businesses billions. […]

Etsy has grown from an unknown website to buy cool handmade stuff to a publicly-traded company that sold over 2 billion US dollars in merchandise last year.   If you’re selling handmade goods or unique digital downloads, Etsy has over 50 million active users buying and selling so you’ll have no problem finding customers. You […]

Got a Shopify store? Ready to take it to the next level? Ready to make more sales with less effort? Let’s go.   In Part 1 of the Complete Shopify Guide, we walked through the simple process of setting up a Shopify store from scratch (and how to get online in just 19 minutes).   […]

Building an email list is the single most important thing you can do for your online business.   It’s the most lucrative and effective form of online marketing. But unfortunately, it’s far from easy.   If you’ve been building your list one by one, you know how tricky it is!   In part 1 of […]

Shopify is hands-down the easiest way to set up an online store.   Whether you want to make a little extra money on the side or make it your full time job, Shopify is the fastest way to get online and start selling.   In fact, I just timed it from start to finish and […]

Building an email list is the single most important thing you can do for your online business.   I don’t say this lightly. After all, I know how important social media, SEO, and other digital marketing tricks can be.   But none of them come close to the power of email.     Email marketing […]

This is a guest post by Mustaasam Saleem from Cloudways.   When you have a WordPress website, you have to upload files every now and then to keep your site active and pretty. So you need to know that there is more than one way to upload your picture, theme, or any other content to […]