Best Writing Tools for Business in 2026
January 20, 2026 • Jean Gazis
Modern AI-assisted writing aids save time, polish prose, and even overcome disadvantages such as dyslexia.
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Schools & Resources
Why Buyers Buy: Books for Marketers
February 3, 2026 • Jean Gazis
These hand-picked titles show what drives consumer behavior and marketing performance.
The Latest
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SEO
Better Metrics for AI Search Visibility
February 2, 2026 • Ann Smarty
AI-generated search is pushing merchants to measure product visibility, but traditional metrics fall short.
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Marketing & Advertising
Reclaim Traffic with Smarter Ads
February 1, 2026 • Armando Roggio
When organic traffic declines, ad targeting and audience intelligence become competitive advantages.
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Marketing & Advertising
AI Product Discovery Drives Brand Traffic
January 30, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Phillip Jackson's company surveyed U.S. 2025 holiday shoppers. When AI recommends a product, 77% of respondents leave to buy on the brand's site.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Why Marketplaces Block AI Shopping Agents
January 29, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Autonomous AI shopping agents threaten the role of marketplaces in product discovery, advertising, and transactions.
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Paid Post
Modern Fulfillment Requires a Modern 3PL
January 22, 2026 • WSI | Kase
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: January 28, 2026
January 28, 2026 • Sig Ueland
New products and services this week address product imagery, agentic commerce, AEO and GEO analytics, logistics tools, deferred payments, tariff refunds, and more.
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Cross-border Selling
How Ecommerce Succeeds in Africa
January 27, 2026 • Wisdom Dabit
Local companies are offering innovative solutions to complex logistics challenges.
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SEO
New Microsoft Retail AI Guide Echoes SEO
January 26, 2026 • Ann Smarty
"A guide to AEO and GEO" includes actionable tips that align with longstanding SEO tactics.
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Fraud Prevention
The Fraud Hiding in Email Signups
January 25, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Payment fraud often starts at the new-account stage, where criminals deploy valid but fake email addresses.
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Finance
M&A Advisor on Ecommerce Valuations
January 23, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Frank Kosarek says buyers of ecommerce businesses today focus on discretionary earnings, not revenue, and seek recurring sales, such as subscriptions.
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SEO
Marketing to Humans and Machines
January 22, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Marketers seeking organic traffic have long sought shoppers and appeased machines, e.g., search engines.
Ecommerce Conversions Podcast
Marketing
Content Marketing
Google Ads
Acquiring Customers via Google Ads
January 8, 2026 • Matthew Umbro
Google's New Customer Acquisition feature offers account and bid settings to target meaningful prospects.
SEO
Technical SEO
Google’s Core Updates, Explained
January 19, 2026 • Ann Smarty
Unlike Spam Updates, Core Updates generally do not penalize but, instead, alter how the algorithm treats certain queries.
SEO Tools
Tools for Fast Search-Query Analysis
January 13, 2026 • Ann Smarty
Queries are becoming longer, more diverse, and less predictable, fueling the need for extended research and analysis.
Conversion
Customer Retention
Lawmakers Eye Dynamic Ecommerce Pricing
January 15, 2026 • Armando Roggio
Some American legislators liken data-driven price changes to gouging. One senator requested an FTC investigation.
Customer Retention
Will AI Solve Ecommerce Personalization?
November 20, 2025 • Armando Roggio
Albatross AI claims to have the first infrastructure for training personalization models on live events.
Business
Amazon & Marketplaces
Amazon Rules Product Discovery, for Now
January 18, 2026 • Armando Roggio
The world's most popular product search engine is dominant for many reasons, yet it faces challenges from AI and social commerce.
Business
DIY Approach Fuels Craft Cocktail Brand
January 16, 2026 • Eric Bandholz
Texas-based Liber & Co., a manufacturer of premium beverage syrups, has scaled from a single test batch on a stove to 1,500-gallon tanks and worldwide buyers.
Design & Development
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: January 21, 2026
January 21, 2026 • Sig Ueland
This week's rundown includes updates on post-purchase intelligence, inventory optimization, payments, agentic commerce, product recommendations, and chatbots and shopping assistants.
Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: January 14, 2026
January 14, 2026 • Sig Ueland
This week: rollouts for agentic commerce, Amazon reviews, A/B testing, post-purchases, cryptocurrency payments, fulfillment, analytics, personalization, and packaging.
From the archive
SEO
Hreflang Explained
November 12, 2019 • Bill Sebald
Hreflang is an HTML attribute that allows Google and other search engines to recognize localized versions of web pages. If you have sections of your site for a French audience, for example, an hreflang tag helps Google understand that the section...
Business
Apply a ‘Blue Ocean Strategy’ for Objective Business Decisions
December 11, 2019 • Armando Roggio
A "Blue Ocean Strategy" can help businesses identify market opportunities. But it can be misused — in a good way — to identify brand characteristics, resolve tactical conflicts, and help a business see itself from a customer's perspective. I'll address those misuses in this post.
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