Author: Maria Sparagis
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How to Skip Shopify’s 1% Additional Fee (Without Breaking Their Terms)
You’ve built a thriving Shopify store, but that extra 1% fee for using a third-party processor stings every time you see it on your monthly statement. If you’re processing thousands in sales each month, that seemingly small percentage adds up to real money walking out of your business. Legally, you don’t have to accept this…
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Why Do So Many Shopify Stores Fail (and How You Can Survive)
Shopify is one of the most easily accessible, alluring platforms that exists and captivates thousands of entrepreneurs daily. With its promise of easy setup and plug-and-play functionality, Shopify appears to offer a golden ticket to e-commerce success. So, why do so many Shopify stores fail? In fact, 95% of Shopify stores ultimately fail. This failure…
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Let’s Talk About Stablecoins
Stablecoins have quietly revolutionized what we think and know about digital payments. They create a bridge between traditional finance and the crypto world, which is much needed no doubt. Unlike their volatile cryptocurrency cousins, these digital currencies maintain relatively stable values by pegging themselves to established assets like the US dollar, euros, or even gold.…
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Email Cadence Best Practices: How Often Should You Really Email Your Customers?
You check your inbox and see 47 new emails. First instinct? Delete half without reading them. Your customers feel the same way about your marketing emails. Getting email cadence right makes the difference between building loyal customers and ending up in the spam folder. Send too few emails, and people forget you exist. Send too…
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Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) 101
Let’s be honest about something that’s happening right under our noses. Your customers aren’t Googling things the way they used to. Instead of typing “best payment processor for small business” into a search bar and scrolling through ten blue links, they’re having conversations with ChatGPT, asking Claude for advice, or getting instant answers from Perplexity.…
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