Growth hacks — advice and tutorials to help you build a business
Below you’ll find some recent articles we’ve written to help you grow your business. You’ll find these in our blog too, alongside our product reviews.
Featured resource: our in-depth guide on how to start a business is a must-read.
Blogging
Squarespace Blogging — How to Get Started
A step-by-step guide to Squarespace blogging. Learn how to create your blog, add posts and attract an audience.
July 24, 2023
What is Inbound Marketing? (2023 Guide)
What is inbound marketing? Find out in our in-depth guide to this important technique for growing a business.
July 5, 2023
How to Increase Blog Traffic (2023) — The 10 Key Steps
In this article, we share 10 simple ways you can increase traffic to your blog posts — and fast!
May 24, 2023
Ecommerce
Ecommerce Statistics (2023) — Key Facts, Figures and Graphs
In this ecommerce statistics overview, you’ll find all the key facts and figures from the world of online selling.
November 20, 2023
Ecommerce Glossary — A to Z Definitions of Key Ecommerce Terms
Everything you wanted to know about ecommerce but were afraid to ask!
November 6, 2023
Shopify Print on Demand (2023) — Guide to Getting Started
In this step-by-step guide, we walk you through the process of starting a successful Shopify print on demand business.
October 27, 2023
Shopify SEO (2023) — How to Optimize Your Shopify Store
Style Factory’s in-depth guide to optimizing a Shopify store for the major search engines.
October 19, 2023
How to Sell on Shopify Without Inventory (2023 Guide)
A simple guide to starting a Shopify store without any inventory.
October 19, 2023
How to Sell Music on Shopify (2023) — The Essential Guide
A step-by-step guide on how to sell music on Shopify — plus some key tips on how to promote your Shopify music store.
October 18, 2023
Email marketing
How to Create a Newsletter in 7 Easy Steps (2023)
How to create a newsletter — a simple checklist you can follow to create beautiful HTML e-newsletters and effective email marketing campaigns.
July 5, 2023
Autoresponders — What They Are and How To Use Them (2023)
Autoresponders — a simple explanation of what they are and how to send them in a way that saves time and generates income.
July 5, 2023
How to Grow an Email List in 2023 — 10 Essential Tips
In this guide, we share 10 key tips on how to grow an email mailing list effectively and discuss how to keep your subscribers engaged.
July 4, 2023
What is Split Testing? (A 2023 Guide)
A simple guide to split testing and how it can improve the effectiveness of your digital marketing campaigns.
January 11, 2023
Running an online business
Adventures in Chrome OS Flex — Turning an Old iMac into a Chromebook
An overview of the steps involved with installing Chrome OS Flex on an Apple iMac, and the pros and cons of doing so.
November 13, 2023
What is Dropshipping?
What is dropshipping? In this guide we answer this question and show you how to start a successful dropshipping business.
September 5, 2023
How to Make a Logo on Canva — Simple Guide
A simple, step-by-step guide on how to make a logo on Canva.
September 5, 2023
Things to Sell on Shopify: 30 Profitable Ideas
In this post, we give you 30 ideas for products to sell on a new Shopify store.
August 25, 2023
How to Make an Online Store — The 5 Key Steps
How to make an online store — and generate sales with it. A step-by-step guide to getting started with ecommerce.
August 21, 2023
What is ChatGPT? And Why Does It Matter?
In this post, we look at ChatGPT — how it works, what you can do with it and its implications for search engines and the knowledge economy.
July 15, 2023
SEO
How to Recover from a Google Core Update (November 2023)
An in-depth look at what a Google broad core update is, why it might have negatively affected your rankings, and what you can do to recover.
November 29, 2023
ChatGPT Statistics (2023) — The Key Facts and Figures
In this post we share a host of key ChatGPT statistics, including userbase size, running costs, projected revenue, OpenAI’s net worth and more.
November 20, 2023
SEO Glossary (2023) — An A-Z of Key Search Engine Optimization Terms
An easy-to-understand SEO glossary containing an A-Z of key search engine optimization terms.
November 12, 2023
Shopify SEO (2023) — How to Optimize Your Shopify Store
Style Factory’s in-depth guide to optimizing a Shopify store for the major search engines.
October 19, 2023
How to Make Your Site More Visible on Google
In this blog post, we share six simple ways that you can improve your site’s search engine optimisation and achieve better rankings in Google.
September 27, 2023
BigCommerce SEO — 10 Essential Tips
BigCommerce SEO — an in-depth guide to making a BigCommerce store rank highly in search results.
September 4, 2023
