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A round-up of the latest news, tips and opinions of our team.
The one about Squashed Pixel conquering the Crystal Maze…
It was our Easter company get-together last week, with the team embarking on the Crystal Maze Experience in Manchester.
GA4 for Shopify. What is it and what needs to be done?
Google Analytics 4 (referred to as GA4) is an analytics service that enables you to measure website traffic and customer engagement across your Shopify website(s) and apps. In simple terms, it’s a free service offered by google that lets you track how well your site is performing. You can track all manner of things, from how many people are visiting the site, right through to what links have been clicked, what content is being read and engaged with.
Managing Performance Whilst Working Remotely
The world of work is changing. Many employees no longer hold the traditional nine-to-five job. Instead, working time is increasingly flexible. Today’s technology allow that businesses are no longer limited to specific geographical locations to manage their workforce. Main concerns from managers and team leaders are all about functionality, such as how to get the team to function cohesively while separated…
Ways to Prep Your Store for Christmas
Christmas is just around the corner and many people are already starting to look for Christmas presents. Christmas is the biggest shopping event of the year and soon everyone will be ready to spend money on presents for loved ones, friends, and themselves.
To make the most of the boost in potential customers, alleviate stress and smoothly navigate through this busy time, you need to prepare your store in time.
Web Design Agency of The Year Winners!
We’re super pleased to let you all know that we have been officially announced as the “Web Design Agency of the year 2022/23” at the Yorkshire Prestige Awards!
Whilst we’re no stranger to being recognised for the work we do and gaining some very nice awards over the years as a business with Yorkshire in our veins; there’s something truly special about gaining this sort of acknowledgement and recognition for our team, in our homeplace.
Bread & Jam Festival 2022
Bread & Jam 2022: The UK's Biggest Food Founders' Festival - See us at Stand 11. If you’re an ambitious, emerging food & drink brand, the Bread & Jam Festival is your must-attend event of the year to take your business to the next level. Our Shopify experts will be on hand to answer any questions you have to take your online and retail presence to the next level of growth.
Your roadmap to the future of commerce from Shopify
If you run a retail business, check out this industry report from Shopify which is your roadmap to the future of commerce. Businesses have dealt with more change in the last two years than in the previous two decades and the detailed report keeps some great insights into the obstacles & opportunities faced by all commerce businesses.
New Additions to the Squashed Pixel Family
How about a bit of good news! We're fortunate that in these uncertain times we have the opportunity to grow our teams, which is allowing us to help support so many more amazing businesses with their business growth and optimisations.Meet the newest members of our teams, who they are and their roles...
New to working from home? Here are some tips from our team
We're lucky enough to be in an industry where working remotely has long been accepted and actually fast becoming the norm. For all you who are new to working from home, we've polled the office and pulled together a list of software, tips and tricks that will hopefully help ease you into the world of remote working...
Moving to local deliveries and offering in shop pickup
All over the world businesses are having to adapt and change how they support their customers. Now more than ever local customers are again taking the forefront as communities band together and support the businesses as businesses in turn support them.