Hey y'all! Welcome back to a new season of the Southern Fried eCommerce podcast! This week, co-host Jay and CEO Eric discuss Prime Day, Buy with Prime, and EYStudios' recent trip to Austin for the BigCommerce Partner Summit.

We start this week's podcast by discussing where we've been the last six months and what we've been up to as a company. Next, we discuss our recent foray into Buy with Prime, and how two of our clients were featured during Amazon's Prime Day.  Finally, we tackle our trip to the BigCommerce Partner Summit!

Here are the articles we discuss this week: 

• Amazon Compares Buy with Prime with Other Risky Moves by Ina Steiner
• Prime Day's Mixed Message: Some Merchants Boost Prices During the Event by Paul Conley 

We also invited all listeners to join us for our upcoming webinar, "Creating New Channels of Growth via Buy with Prime" on July 27th on 1 p.m. Learn more here. 

Hey y'all! We hope you were able to enjoy your Thanksgiving break as well as Black Friday/Cyber Monday. This week, Jay and Emily check in to see how sales numbers look as well as discuss their oh so interesting Thanksgiving breaks.

Here are our latest blog posts: 

• Deep discounts drive Cyber Monday web sales to a record $11.3 billion

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Welcome back to our first bi-weekly episode of Southern Fried eCommerce! This week, Co-Hosts Jay and Emily get into the festive spirit with a host of great eCommerce articles. They put their heads together to they discuss the articles give their down home holiday take on them.

This week, the podcast starts with a look at OnlyFans and their inclusion of social selling. The duo dive into the continued rise of social selling and what this particular case study shows regarding the need for creating engaging content. Next, the pair get into the holiday spirit by diving into the early eCommerce insights on the holiday season so far. Is there anything that be learned to apply to your sales coming up? Last but certainly not least, Jay and Emily cover five tips for businesses during Black Friday/Cyber Monday. 

Here is our most recent blog posts at EYStudios: 

• Your eCommerce Guide to TikTok: Trends & Strategies
• Why eCommerce Blogging Isn't Dead
• How Much Social Media is Too Much?

Here are the articles we discuss this week: 

• Creators on OnlyFans Can Add Stores from eCommerce Platform Spring to Their Profiles by David Cohen
• Early eCommerce Insights from the 2022 Holiday Season (So Far) by Krystin Gresham
• 5 Black Friday Cyber Monday Tips for Business Owners by Meghan Coyle

You Might Also Like:

• Quick and Effective Ways to Increase Holiday Sales This Season by Reed Hartman

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We're back with another down home episode of the Southern Fried eCommerce podcast! This week, Co-Hosts Jay and Emily are joined by Brad Johnston at Balance. With their powers combined, they discuss the latest eCommerce articles and provide their educated, and humorous, southern fried take on them.

This week, we start off the conversation with a discussion on the importance of fast payment processing with digital B2B buyers. If you're not enhancing your B2B business for the digital age, you are absolutely going to be left behind. Next, the group learn that Amazon had launched a cash advance program for merchants. They determine if this is good news or another tactic from the so called boogeyman. After that, they dive into the latest eCommerce product releases from new payment methods to fraud updates, so great to see! Finally, the team briefly talks about SEO benefits be utilizing for the holidays.

Enter Our Migration Madness Sweepstakes Here.

Here is our most recent blog posts at EYStudios: 

• Scary Stories From The Ghosts of eCommerce Past
• Google AdWords, Analytics, and Apps: Your Guide to eCommerce Uses

Here are the articles we discuss this week: 

• Fast Payment Processing is Important with Digital B2B Buyers by Mark Brohan, Jason Smith
• Amazon launches cash advance program for merchants by Tatiana Walk-Morris
• eCommerce Product Releases: November 2, 2022 by Sig Ueland
• 5 SEO best practices for Black Friday and the holiday season by Maria White

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Hey y'all! We're back with another episode of the Southern Fried eCommerce podcast! This week, Co-Hosts Jay and Emily are joined by Ken Musante at eMerchant. Together they discuss the latest eCommerce articles and provide their educated, and humorous, southern fried take on them.

This week, we begin the first of our holiday shopping discussions by tackling holiday financing and the potential penny pinching that might ensue this year. We'll be keeping on eye on that as things progress this season. Then we end our episode with a great in-depth discussion of different mobile shopping experiences and how your business could benefit from some of these up and coming opportunities.

Enter Our Migration Madness Sweepstakes Here.

Here is our most recent blog posts at EYStudios: 

• How Much Should I Be Spending On Digital Marketing?
• Branching Out: How To Go International With Your Brand
• What Checkout Methods Should I Be Offering In 2023?

Here are the articles we discuss this week: 

• Over 70% of shoppers consider holiday financing as inflation bites: report by Tatiana Walk Morris
• 3 Up-and-coming Mobile Shopping Experiences by Armando Roggio

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• You're Not Amazon, And That's Okay!
• How BigCommerce Is On The Cutting Edge of Digital Commerce
• Too Hot, Too Cold and Lukewarm: 3 Common Navigation Mistakes 

• 4 In-Store Technology Trends That Are Shaping 2022 by Dani James
• Google adds more example categories of sites that may be impacted by the product reviews update by Barry Schwartz
• 3 ways Generation Z is celebrating Halloween this year by Lea Grgich

Hello and welcome back to another fun-filled episode of the Southern Fried eCommerce podcast! This week, Co-Hosts Jay and Emily get together to discuss the latest eCommerce articles and provide their educated, and humorous, southern fried take on them.

This week, our episode begins with Jay and Emily diving into Stitch Fix and how their inclusion of a new service has effectively lost them customers. The duo use this as a use case of what it means to understand what your customers are actually looking for and not losing their interest in the process of fulfilling those needs. Next, the pair discuss Google's content update and how so far it is not as helpful as it may seem...at least for now. Finally, they once again tackle B2B stores and how best to meet customer expectations by expanding to new technologies.

Here is our most recent blog posts at EYStudios: 

• Open Source vs. SaaS: Which One is Right For Your Business?
• Local Delivery and Pick Up In Store Options Are Thriving
• Defining The Customer Journey: The Key To eCommerce Success

Here are the articles we discuss this week: 

• Stitch Fix is losing customers as it competes against itself by Daphne Howland
• How Helpful was the helpful content update by Dr. Peter J. Meyers
• Distributors have mixed results meeting digital customer expectations by Mark Brohan

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to another exciting episode of the Southern Fried eCommerce podcast! This week, Co-Hosts Jay and Emily are joined by Shelley Kilpatrick the Manager, Content Marketing at BigCommerce. The script is flipped where Shelley actually guest hosted the podcast to discuss BigCommerce's Global Consumer Report: Current and Future Shopping Trends.

The group broke down the different topics within and examined not only what's trending, but how it relates to merchants, consumers and their personal opinions. Some of the topics included:

• When, Where and What are Consumers Buying Online?
• What Factors Influence Purchasing Decisions? 
• How Do Brand Values Impact Trust and Loyalty?
• Are Consumers Ready to Shop on the Metaverse?
• How Familiar are Consumers with NFTs?
• Do Consumers Want to Pay with Cryptocurrency?

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Happy Labor Day Weekend! It's another half episode of the Southern Fried eCommerce podcast this week as Jay has just freshly returned from the BigCommerce Partner Summit. He breaks down what his favorite moments from the event as well as some sneak peaks for EYStudios as we head into the Fall.

Don't worry loyal podcast listeners, there is still plenty more content to consume as we go into the log weekend.
Here are our latest blog posts: 

• What Are Some Common Blogging Mistakes Businesses Make?
• Why You Shouldn't Be Scared of Third Party Marketplaces

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Hi, Hello, & Welcome back to another action packed episode of the Southern Fried eCommerce podcast! This week, Co-Hosts Jay and Emily get together to discuss the latest eCommerce articles, as well as their first listener question, and give their best southern fried take.

This week, our episode starts off with our first listener question! They asked "Should newcomers get into eCommerce?". Jay and Emily break down the basics of what it means to start an eCommerce business and what you need to consider to take those first steps. Then, they move onto a Yahoo! infographic that focusses on grabbing attention through different types of ads. Finally, the pair round out the podcast with the discussion of inflation and holiday shopping.

Here is our most recent blog post at EYStudios: 

• Out With The Old: When To Ditch Old Branding

Here are the articles we discuss this week: 

• No Attention, No Impact [Infographic]
• Inflation May Lead to Early Christmas Shopping by Armando Roggio

Other article of interest:

• Cisco Eyes Faster Growth On Digital Transformation Trends by Paul Demery

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