Top 11 Blogs You Should Follow As An Ecommerce Entrepreneur

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Top 11 Blogs You Should Follow As An Ecommerce
Entrepreneur
QualDev
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We have compiled this list of blogs that we
highly recommend you check out, and wed ask you
to consider adding at least a few of them to your
reading list.
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1. A BETTER LEMONADE STAND
Richard Lazazzera shares his real-life
experiences with building an ecommerce business
from scratch (TheGreatBuild). He covers topics
including choosing and validating a product to
sell, deciding whether to dropship, manufacture,
or wholesale, and negotiating with manufacturers.
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2. ECOMMERCEFUEL
This is the blog of Andrew Youderian, probably
the most well-known and respected ecommerce
solopreneur. Andrew quit his corporate job a
few years ago and built two ecommerce stores from
scratch that currently do over 1 million in
revenue. eCommerceFuel shares Andrews story, his
advice, and his particular take on ecommerce
strategy.
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3. THE KISSMETRICS BLOG
This is a high-powered blog packed with real,
useful information about marketing and analytics.
The founders behind KissMetricsNeil Patel and
Hiten Shahhave helped big names like TechCrunch
increase their traffic by leaps and bounds, and
their articles are well-worth the time youll
spend reading them.
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4. PRACTICAL ECOMMERCE
If you can only find time to follow one blog
consistently, Practical Ecommerce is a
well-rounded resource for all aspects of
ecommerce. Its articles cover marketing,
conversion, shopping carts, social media, and
design, plus more. Its pretty much the Wall
Street Journal of ecommerce.
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5. THE SHOPIFY BLOG
Shopify puts a lot of effort into providing
high-quality, relevant articles that especially
apply to small ecommerce startups and
bootstrappers. They also have quite a varied
voicemany of their articles are guest posts from
authors with a wide range of backgrounds and
experiences.
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6. BOOTSTRAPPING ECOMMERCE
Shabbir Nooruddin provides extremely practical
tips and strategies for building your ecommerce
store. Hes recently covered topics like how to
get more email subscribers to your ecommerce
store and how to build backlinks to your
ecommerce site. Shabbir does a great job of not
only sharing ideas, but also providing examples
and actionable ways to implement those concepts.
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7. THE HELP SCOUT BLOG
Help Scout is a simple customer service solution
that you should consider using for your ecommerce
business, but they go above and beyond to publish
high-quality content on their blog as well. The
blog covers important customer service tactics
and strategieseven things like how to avoid
telling your customers that you cant do
something and instead craft a positive sentence.
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8. THE BUFFER BLOG
Another service that also has a fantastic blog,
Buffer churns out articles on productivity, life
hacks, and business. Its not specifically about
ecommerce, but the concepts are highly applicable
to any entrepreneurs hoping to supplement their
creativity and productivity in business and life.
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9. DREW SANOCKI
Drew Sanocki built a multi-million dollar
ecommerce brand, Design Public, before selling it
and founding an ecommerce advisory agency,
Mineral.io. Drews sense of humor will crack you
up and his experience gives his writing insight
that is hard to find elsewhere.
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10. THINKTRAFFIC
If we have to name the most inspiring,
educational, and hilarious entrepreneurial voices
online (in just the right mix), the award would
go to Corbett Barr, Chase Reeves, and Caleb
Wojcik of Think Traffic. Its about online
businessnot ecommerce-specificbut the concepts
they write about are applicable to growing your
ecommerce stores customer and fan base, as well
as winning the mental game behind being a
successful entrepreneur.
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11. FOREVER JOBLESS
Billy Murphy writes long-form posts that will
take you awhile to read, but are well worth the
investment of time. Billy has successfully built
several online businesses, and currently owns a
portfolio of ecommerce stores that he runs with a
team of VAs. His methods are unorthodox. Your
mind will be stretched by the ways hell teach
you to make decisions and build your business.
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