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9 Ways to Generate Unique Content Ideas
If you’ve ever been tasked with creating something, be it a catchy tagline, a blog post, or a full marketing campaign, you’re no doubt familiar with the overwhelming pressure to make it the greatest, most unique thing anyone’s ever seen. (If you’re not familiar with that feeling, well...stop showing off.)
Is Your Shopify Store Helping or Hurting People With Disabilities?
This article was co-written with our friends at accessiBe.
Did you know the internet is not innately the same for everyone, like people with disabilities? Did you know that you, a Shopify merchant, can change that?

10 Small, High-Impact Changes for a More Ethical Business
Writer’s Note: Happy New Year! We’re back at the Tako Stand after a little holiday break and excited to hang with you in 2021 and beyond. Since we’re in a period often synonymized with fresh starts, we thought it’d be fun to kick things off with a little guide to improving sustainability and ethical decision making for small businesses.

Tako People: Mallory, Technical Director
Welcome to Tako People--a mini series giving you a closer look at the individuals that make Tako tick.

Too Many Cooks: Why You Should Consolidate Your Business Tools
As a business, you need the perfect recipe of sales, marketing, service, and tech to build strong relationships with your customers. Problems arise when all of these elements live on separate platforms, creating a case of too many cooks in the kitchen. Bust out the pink slips, boys and girls--it’s time to trim down.

The Beginner’s Guide to Content Marketing for Your Shopify Site
This week, we invite a special guest to the Tako Stand. Amanda Natividad is the Head of Marketing at Growth Machine--an SEO-driven content agency and beloved client of Tako.
Take it away, Amanda!

Conversations with Black Creators: Anjha Thomas
Welcome to Conversations with Black Creators. This week, we're chatting with Anjha Thomas--a Boston-based luxury candlemaker.

The Shopify Marketing Apps You Need Right Now
So you have a coveted (or soon-to-be-coveted) product or service, a lightning-speed website with flawless UX/UI, and a content team giddily poised to start cranking out brilliant photos, videos, and maybe even blog posts.

Is Black Friday Cyber Monday Canceled for 2020?
Attention, please! This is the Black Friday alarm. 🚨 The deals you’re counting on are about to hit the ground running — well, kinda, sorta, in a wee bit different way than usual.