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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.
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.
Why And How to Set Up Subscriptions on Shopify
Adding a subscription element to your eCommerce store is a great way to boost your revenue. If implemented correctly, subscriptions place the customer at the center of the shopping experience, providing convenience, flexibility, focused spending, and continuous rollout of new options and improved interaction with your brand.
Conversations with Black Creators: Kaliya Warren
Welcome to Conversations with Black Creators. This week, we're chatting with Kaliya Warren--a Los Angeles-based writer-director and cinematographer.
How to Use Pop Ups Without Resorting to Discounts
“Pop ups.” The term alone inspires an instant eye-roll. Even WITH a discount, they’re still pretty annoying most of the time, right?
Conversations with Black Creators: Amira-Sade Moodie
Welcome to Conversations with Black Creators. This week, we're chatting with Amira-Sade Moodie, a California-based painter and multi-hyphenate artist.
What is the Average Success Rate of Ecommerce Stores?
The short answer? The average success rate of eCommerce stores is 10%.
How to Stay Motivated in eCommerce
“As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every two hours and cried.” [source]
The day-to-day realities of business ownership can be the antidote to unbridled enthusiasm. You have the autonomy you craved when you cast off the shackles of a day job, but that also means you must do all of the things, and make all of the decisions, all of the time -- while simultaneously hoping those are the right things and decisions, and that you will not end up in a trailer park on the outskirts of town listening to Lana Del Rey on loop and drowning your sorrows in mac + cheese.
