A list of Shopify Apps we’ve tried and how they can benefit your online store.

Shopify is our #1 pick when it comes to building an online shop. It’s a secure and easy-to-use platform for online shop owners and it provides several built-in tools needed to run an online store. However, if you want to add a special feature, you will need to find, install and configure a Shopify app that works with your online store.

Our 3 suggestions for where to place important information alerts on your website.

Need to let your customers know important information about your products, shipping delays or your holiday deadlines? What about if you go on vacation? If you’re a one or two person company, what do you do with your shop when you want to go on vacation and no one is around who can help you create and package orders? Although you can pause your store, you don’t want to lose any sales just because you’re going away!

5 things you should know before you open your shop.

So you’ve decided to open an online store and you’ve decided to do it on Shopify. Congratulations...we believe you’ve made the right choice! Shopify is one of the best platforms out there to build your online store. They only do shops and have thousands of shops running on their servers. They take care of security, which is incredibly important when you have an online store. And, because they have so many stores on their platform, their features are some of the best out there.

The top reasons to have one, how to design a very useful one for your website visitors and examples of great FAQ pages.

There are several ways to improve customer experience, many of which can be time-consuming, complicated and even expensive to design, develop and maintain. One tactic that we like is simple, cost-effective, improves the user experience while also providing ‘SEO gold’ too: A page with Frequently Asked Questions (aka FAQ page, FAQ hub, or help center).

Why move your shop to Shopify? 3 key reasons why our clients have chosen to move from Etsy to Shopify and why you might consider it too.

There are several options out there that can help you create an online shop for your business, hobby, or extra revenue stream. After helping several clients set up their online shops, migrate shops from one platform to another, and maintaining shops, one thing is clear: We love Shopify! Shopify is an amazing tool for most product based businesses and gives you as a shop owner several key advantages over an online marketplace like Etsy.

So the question has been asked: Why a new brand? Well, we've got a new team (Welcome Mark!), new services and some products too, so we feel we’ve outgrown the slightly restrictive Make Her Social name. While we do still work primarily with women and creative business owners, we don't only do social media (and we didn’t limit ourselves to social before either...but people assumed this because of our name!). We have loved helping with many parts of your brand touchpoints, and want to continue to focus on that.

I’ve received a couple of questions about how to create GIFs for Instagram. There are many ways to do this, but my favorite is to use a program I’m already familiar with — Photoshop. In Instagram, you can’t upload a normal GIF file. It won’t animate. So, in order to make your animation work on Instagram, you will have to create a movie file, namely an .mp4 file. Photoshop can help you create that!

My favorite styled stock photography sites to make your business look great wherever your clients see you!