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title: Shift4Shop eCommerce Blog | Jimmy Rodela
description: Jimmy is a freelance writer and the owner of the GuildofBloggers.com
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# Jimmy Rodela
Jimmy is a freelance writer and the owner of the GuildofBloggers.com
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### Recent Posts
[Web Design](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/web-design) | 6 min read
## [How Graphic Design Can Help Growing Startup Companies](https://blog.shift4shop.com/graphic-design-for-startups)
By [Jimmy Rodela](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/jimmy-rodela) [February 27, 2020](https://blog.shift4shop.com/graphic-design-for-startups) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/graphic-design-for-startups#comments-listing)
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There is a whole host of issues that can happen to your startup if you aren’t mindful of the graphics you’re using on your website.
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[SEO](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/seo) | 9 min read
## [SEO vs. SEM: Which is Best for Your Online Business?](https://blog.shift4shop.com/seo-vs-sem)
By [Jimmy Rodela](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/jimmy-rodela) [November 07, 2019](https://blog.shift4shop.com/seo-vs-sem) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/seo-vs-sem#comments-listing)
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The marketing method you choose can easily make or break your [eCommerce business](https://www.3dcart.com/start-an-ecommerce-business.html).It can spell the difference between you getting billions of sales, or you are getting very little to no sales at all.
In this guide, we’re going to talk about which marketing method is better for your eCommerce business. Is it SEO? Or is it SEM?
Advocates of either side say that one is better than the other — leaving marketers and business owners in the middle of an SEO vs. SEM “tug-of-war.”
Is there really a\[...\]
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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 6 min read
## [5 Ways You Can Fail (Miserably) at Social Media Marketing](https://blog.shift4shop.com/5-ways-you-can-fail-miserably-at-social-media-marketing)
By [Jimmy Rodela](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/jimmy-rodela) [June 08, 2019](https://blog.shift4shop.com/5-ways-you-can-fail-miserably-at-social-media-marketing) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/5-ways-you-can-fail-miserably-at-social-media-marketing#comments-listing)
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Social media marketing, from the outside, looks easy. But for those who’ve tried it, they’ve learned that there are a lot of hidden secrets to running a successful [social media marketing](https://blog.3dcart.com/blog/social-media-optimization-6-reasons-why-you-need-it) campaign.
Even the best campaigns, however, can be derailed in just a matter of seconds...
One insensitive post...
One political tweet...
And ***POOF***! Everything you worked for, almost all of your followers, gone.
While social media marketing has the firepower to take your [ecommerce business](https://www.3dcart.com/start-an-ecommerce-business.html) to greater heights, it\[...\]
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[Conversion Optimization](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/conversion-optimization) | 6 min read
## [4 Psychological Triggers Proven to Increase Site Conversion](https://blog.shift4shop.com/4-psychological-triggers-proven-to-increase-site-conversion)
By [Jimmy Rodela](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/jimmy-rodela) [May 19, 2019](https://blog.shift4shop.com/4-psychological-triggers-proven-to-increase-site-conversion) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/4-psychological-triggers-proven-to-increase-site-conversion#comments-listing)
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One of the most crucial objectives that content marketers consider when producing content is to make it go viral.
After all, the more your audience read, comment, and share your content, the closer you get to achieving your ultimate objective — [to generate sales](https://blog.shift4shop.com/blog/7-ways-to-increase-traffic-and-sales-with-content-marketing).
And so the question becomes…
*“What makes content go viral?”*
*“How do you create a piece of content that your audience will love and share?”*
The short answer to this question is “Value.”
Your content needs to provide value to your\[...\]
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[eCommerce Marketing](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/ecommerce-marketing) | 5 min read
## [Instant Message Marketing Tips to Skyrocket Your Sales](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instant-message-marketing-tips-to-skyrocket-your-sales)
By [Jimmy Rodela](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/jimmy-rodela) [May 05, 2019](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instant-message-marketing-tips-to-skyrocket-your-sales) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instant-message-marketing-tips-to-skyrocket-your-sales#comments-listing)
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“Instant message marketing” is a term you don’t often come across in digital marketing guides.
However, that doesn’t mean it’s in any way inferior compared to other marketing methods.
In fact, if you Google the phrase “instant messaging marketing” right now, you’d still get about *22.4 million* results. This means marketers are still catching on to this fairly new frontier.
Compared to popular areas of online marketing like email marketing automation, instant messaging marketing is definitely\[...\]
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[Conversion Optimization](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/conversion-optimization) | 8 min read
## [7 E-Commerce Metrics that Demand Your Attention](https://blog.shift4shop.com/7-e-commerce-metrics-that-demand-your-attention)
By [Jimmy Rodela](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/jimmy-rodela) [April 11, 2019](https://blog.shift4shop.com/7-e-commerce-metrics-that-demand-your-attention) [1 Comment](https://blog.shift4shop.com/7-e-commerce-metrics-that-demand-your-attention#comments-listing)
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E-commerce is serious business.
The knowledge you acquired from books, formal education, or online courses — none of those is guaranteed to work for you unless you have the *data* to prove otherwise.
Remember, e-commerce is an extremely competitive landscape that leaves no room for half-baked ideas and guesstimates.
Whatever strategy you’ve planned, you need to have a reliable means of tracking, analyzing, and converting data into actionable steps.
In this post, we’ll talk about *seven* of the most\[...\]
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