About Joe

Joe's a +10 years Shopify partner, certified Shopify Expert, 7 year Shopify store owner, and the creator of Automator Apps. Outside of tech he's into nature adventures, travel, trees, music, books, and art. 🏕🌎🌞

Automated Email Marketing with Klaviyo

2024-08-13T11:31:17-06:00May 8th, 2019|Apps, Automation, Marketing Strategy|

Update May 29th: I posted the results 30 days after setting up Klaviyo on a site. Check out the stats and ROI at the end of this post.

I switched to Klaviyo recently for ecommerce email marketing… it’s now one of my favorite Shopify apps ✊ They dominate with data and […]
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Case Study: How We Removed 1,543 Wasted Server Requests on Collection Pages

2024-06-19T04:36:39-06:00April 20th, 2019|Case Studies, Optimization|

Sometimes our Shopify App Analysis service uncovers some dirty code. We recently found this site taking almost a minute to fully load on mobile… because there were 1,687 server requests 😱 For reference: under 100 requests is good for a Shopify site with apps loading. A lot of sites are in the 100 – 200 range. Anything […]
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SEO Tools and Tips for Shopify

2024-06-19T04:48:39-06:00April 5th, 2019|Marketing Strategy|

Updated July 9, 2020

I like SEO because I like free traffic 😎 I worked as an SEO consultant for a couple years back in the day, and while some of the details have changed, the principles still remain: Provide value, create great products and services, be the solution to what people are searching for. Do those […]
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Recommended Shopify Themes and Developers for a Fast Site That Converts

2021-09-17T11:20:01-06:00March 27th, 2019|Optimization, Themes|

September 17th, 2021

This post covers:

We get a fair amount of questions asking what themes to use, so here we go…

I’d say most modern themes are at least pretty good for performance optimization.

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Speed Boostr Optimization Services – What to Expect

2024-08-14T08:45:34-06:00March 22nd, 2019|About, Optimization|

Updated December 29, 2019

Update: Check out Shopify Optimization FAQ for a quick view on what to expect.

You might be wondering… who are you, how are you going to make my site faster, what can I expect, how can I trust you, and what do you like to do in your free time? We’ve […]
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Fun Way to Get Logos and New Designs

2019-03-12T14:17:03-06:00March 12th, 2019|How-To Guides|

Have you ever done a design contest? They’re fun!

We actually did this for the Speed Boostr logo (step by step walkthrough with screenshots below).

I work 1 on 1 with designers for certain projects (usually if I have a clear idea what I’m looking for), and do design contests for others (when I want to get […]

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