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Fast Magento 2 Product Import: Automate with Google Sheets

Published 6/28/2017

Adding Google Scripting for Google Sheets to our Magento 2 Product Import Workflow helped us rapidly organize client data into the Magento 2 format and increased import efficiency by 120%!

SoftwareE-Commerce
Fast Magento 2 Product Import: Automate with Google Sheets

Automate Your Marketing

Published 6/28/2017
Roberto Olmos

Automation has a strong potential to greatly increase agility because computers can be much faster than manual human actions in defined tasks. Marketing operations can be one of those defined tasks.

Marketing
Automate Your Marketing

E-Commerce Marketing and Remarketing - the Answer to Cart Abandonment

Published 5/31/2017

Two-thirds of all e-commerce shopping carts are abandoned. That is, online customers select items for purchase but do not actually complete the purchase.

E-CommerceMarketing
E-Commerce Marketing and Remarketing - the Answer to Cart Abandonment

Why You Should Use Sketch

Published 5/31/2017

If someone was to ask a UI designer, what’s one of the most tedious parts of their workflow; I’d bet 9/10 times they’d say it’s the slicing, and exporting of assets. This process can get very time consuming, and meticulous when you have to export for different screen resolutions.

Design
Why You Should Use Sketch

The Logo Comes Last: Developing an Effective Brand Identity

Published 5/25/2017

My design team and I recently had the exciting opportunity to develop the brand identity for a new product from scratch. When our client, Global Electronic Technology, approached us with this project, their new product didn’t even have a name yet.

DesignMarketing
The Logo Comes Last: Developing an Effective Brand Identity

Don’t Leave “Value” Out of Your Instagram Marketing

Published 5/25/2017

Smart marketers know that the best asset for marketing and branding is attention. They try to find a way to promote their brand wherever they seek an opportunity which is usually in places where the end consumer is paying attention

Marketing
Don’t Leave “Value” Out of Your Instagram Marketing

Software Maintenance - The 4 Types

Published 5/25/2017

The life of your software does not end when it finally launches. In reality, its life has just begun. Software is always evolving and it is never finished as long as it is used; partly to accommodate for the ever changing world we live in.

Software
Software Maintenance - The 4 Types

CSS FlexBox Intro

Published 5/25/2017
Yasuhiro Nakano

FlexBox is the best tool to create a grid-like layout with CSS. Better than TABLE tags, better than inline-block DIVs !

SoftwareDesign
CSS FlexBox Intro

Get the Most From the Web Designer You Hire

Published 5/25/2017

Backing up a little to before when you actually hire a designer, spend some time and take a close look at their portfolio of work.

Design
Get the Most From the Web Designer You Hire

Managing Remote Offshore Software Development Teams

Published 5/25/2017
Michael C. Phillips

Working with remote teams seems like a daunting task, but really can be as efficient as managing an in house team. If managed correctly, this type of remote team model can be very beneficial to your business.

Management
Managing Remote Offshore Software Development Teams

Introduction to MongoDB

Published 5/25/2017
Brian Miller

"NoSQL" has been a big buzzword in recent years within web application circles…how can there be a database with no SQL?

Software
Introduction to MongoDB

Wordpress Custom Post Types

Published 5/25/2017
Arturo Trejo

Wordpress is an open source content management system that allows developers to create a wide array of plug-ins, themes and widgets. One of the core pieces in Wordpress is creating Custom Post Types. A Custom Post Type is an easy way to organize and create data that is stored in the database.

Software
Wordpress Custom Post Types
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