No matter what you do for a living it’s important to keep learning and keep improving your skills. The same goes for e-commerce professionals! Whether you’re just starting out or you’re an old pro there’s always something new to learn from other professionals in the industry.
A great way for e-commerce professionals keep learning and stay up to date on current trends and new innovations is by following top e-commerce blogs.
Here are seven e-commerce blogs you should be following.
1. E-commerce Nation
E-commerce Nation is a collaborative website with 250+ writers. You can find articles on e-commerce best practices, SEO, marketing and more. You’ll also find updates on upcoming events and interviews with other e-commerce professionals.
“E-commerce Nation aims to be the essential meeting point for all e-merchants who want to learn more about their activities, but also to develop themselves with the right tools and knowledge. Some even call us ‘The e-commerce bible!’”
2. Crazy Lister
Crazy Lister is an e-commerce tool used to manage eBay and Amazon listings. They have over 100,000 users who manage more than 30,000,000 product listings. But that’s not all, they also have a great blog with top notch articles.
You can find beginner’s guides to just about any platform or marketplace you can think of. It’s a great blog to poke around when you have free time or when you’re looking for advice on a specific topic.
3. Smart Marketer
Smart Marketer is Ezra Firestone’s business where they offer e-commerce training courses. Ezra has several successful e-ccommerce businesses and has helped many people start and grow their own e-commerce businesses. “We run ecommerce stores that generate over $20 million in yearly revenue, and through which we’re constantly finding the most profitable trends in ecommerce.”
While they do have paid courses they also offer a lot of free content as well. In addition to articles that include case studies, tips and interviews you can also get access to his project management training for free.
4. Digital Marketer
Digital Marketer is a great resource for all things digital marketing. They offer a variety of in-depth courses from content marketing to paid traffic. They have experts in all areas of digital marketing that contribute to their blog.
While Digital marketer isn’t e-commerce specific they offer a lot of valuable content that any e-commerce professional could take advantage of. I’ve personally taken their courses and check their blog often for new tips and helpful case studies.
5. PracticalEcommerce
“Practical Ecommerce was founded in July 2005 by Kerry and Joy Murdock in Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S. Its mission is to provide down-to-earth articles and commentary to help ecommerce businesses. Our authors are leading ecommerce practitioners, consultants, and journalists.”
Practical Ecommerce offers articles in a variety of specific categories
- Amazon
- Analytics
- B2B
- Conversion
- Development
- Management
- Marketing
- SEO
- Shipping
6. A Better Lemonade Stand
“A resource and community, A Better Lemonade Stand exists to inspire, educate, and support entrepreneurs like you, in the early stages of your entrepreneurial journey. By providing comprehensive and reliable advice, resources, and tools, along with a supportive community, we’ll help you build, launch, and grow your ecommerce business.”
At A Better Lemonade Stand you can expect to find very in-depth blog posts in addition to free video training, case studies, tools and guides.
7. eCommerce Fuel
eCommerceFuel is picky about who they let contribute. This helps to ensure that you’re getting advice from real experts. They provide regular e-commerce news updates and lots of podcasts too so you can choose whether you’d rather read or listen.
“Our mission at eCommerceFuel is to build the world’s best community for seven figure plus eCommerce merchants. Our private community is made up of approximately 1,000 store owners and professionals who all meet experience requirements to ensure everyone has something valuable to contribute.”