100: Shopify Is Building The World's First Retail Operating System To Arm Resilient Entrepreneurs
Today is an exciting day… A milestone… A time to reflect… A time to celebrate…Today is the 100th episode of eCommerce Fastlane!!It’s been an incredible 2-year journey of growth. Personally, professionally, and most importantly the impact the show has had with knowledge sharing from subject matter experts in commerce including our Agency Partners, Marketing Platform partners, and App Partners in the Shopify ecosystem.Joining me on the podcast, I could think of no other person who I’d like to chat with...My guest today is Harley Finkelstein, the Chief Operating Officer of Shopify. The company that has given me and many others the opportunity to develop their life’s work, by helping independent businesses and entrepreneurs navigate and thrive online and in-store.What You Will Learn TodayHow the global pandemic and stay-at-home orders over the past 3-months has affected consumer spending.Why Shopify retailers should be diligent to meet the ever-evolving customer experience requirements in order to win and remain relevant.How retail and commerce are changing and what Shopify brands can do today to remain relevant and competitive.Why building a community around your brand will allow you to know your customers or potential customers better.Links And Resources Mentioned In This EpisodeShopifyShopify App StoreShopify CompassShopify Free ToolsShopify YouTube ChannelShopify ReUnite 2020 AnnouncementsThank You For ListeningI truly appreciate you choosing to listen today and for supporting the podcast and it's sponsors. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.I would also be so grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show in iTunes. They’re extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and I read each and every one personally!New Strategies Each Week To Help You Build And Scale Lifetime Customer Loyalty. SUBSCRIBE HERE!Being an entrepreneur is a life of learning. All it would take is a new idea, strategy, Shopify app, or marketing platform to be the next thing you need to drive more revenue and lifetime loyalty for your Shopify store. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or Spotify and don’t miss a single episode!REWIND : EPISODE SPONSORAutomated Backups. Painless Recovery.Accidents can happen and it can have major financial impact on your business. What happens when you install an app and it messed up your theme? Or you upload a product catalog with errors or a store collaborator deleted product images by mistake.Common myth; Shopify has a backup that you can use when something goes wrong with your store. Untrue! Myth busted. Shopify has no native backups.So what do you do? You use Rewind to protect your Shopify store with automated backups.Rewind should be the first app you install to protect your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad. It’s like having your very own magic undo button.The Rewind App is trusted by over 30,000 businesses from side hustles to the biggest online retailers like Gatorade and MVMT Watches.Best of all? Respond to any of their welcome emails and mention the eCommerce Fastlane Podcast and you’ll get your first month of backups absolutely free.Protect your business and get peace of mind with Rewind Backups. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.