ecommerce
Build Your Q4 Content Library Before Black Friday
The creative you run in November has to be asked for in September, because customer content has a four to six week lead time. Here is the timeline worked backwards from Black Friday.
Guides for Shopify merchants on collecting customer photos, videos, and testimonials, rewarding customers via Apple and Google Wallet passes, and building a rights-cleared content library that works across ads, email, and product pages. No hashtag campaigns. No scraping social feeds. Customer content submitted directly to your store.
ecommerce
The creative you run in November has to be asked for in September, because customer content has a four to six week lead time. Here is the timeline worked backwards from Black Friday.
shopify
Most UGC advice assumes you already have customers. Here is how to run a content campaign with 60 orders, and why small stores get higher contribution rates than large ones.
Content Marketing
Shopify content marketing doesn't have to mean producing everything yourself. Here's how to build a strategy around customer content that compounds over time.
shopify
Most Yotpo alternatives replace the review part. If what you actually need is a customer content library for ads and email, that's a different tool entirely.
apple-wallet
You don't need a development team to issue Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes. Here's what wallet pass SaaS platforms actually do, and how to choose the right one.
shopify
Fairing is great for post-purchase surveys. If you also need customer photos, rights-cleared content, and a reward layer, here's what to use instead, or alongside it.
loyalty
The economics of most Shopify stores depend on what happens after the first order. Here is what the post-purchase window offers, which channels drive repeat purchases, and how loyalty and content collection work as retention mechanics.
apple-wallet
Apple Wallet loyalty cards install in one tap, require no app download, and reach almost every cardholder with push notifications. Here is how to connect them to your Shopify store.
ugc
Organic UGC and paid UGC are not the same thing. They perform differently, cost differently, and serve different purposes. Here is how to run both in parallel - and what each one is actually for.
apple-wallet
Email open rates for Shopify brands sit at around 20%. Wallet pass push notifications reach approximately 99% of cardholders - no app download required. Here is how to set them up.
ugc
Asking customers for content once, manually, is a campaign. A flow that runs on every order cohort, at the right moment, with automatic reward delivery is a content library. Here is how to build one.
Customer Reviews
A genuine reward changes review and UGC response rates from 1-3% to 15-30%. Here is what you are allowed to offer, how much to pay, and why delivery format matters more than most brands realise.