Shopify & You blog

Today, I’ll share with you the first chapter of Shopify & You. The tutorial will help you get to know and be comfortable with the Shopify software. In fact, this first chapter covers everything you need to know to create a first basic store.

At some stage, there might be a tweet that you'd like to share with the good folks that visit your store. Perhaps someone tweets something nice about one of your products or your store. Whatever reason, if you have some basic HTML skills, you can easily embed a copy of the tweet in a page or a blog article in your store. 

Here's an example of a tweet embedded in this blog article:

Check out how to create beautifully-lit videos with an iPhone and $100 spent at Home Depot by @wistia. goo.gl/tW4Av (Via @appsumo)

— Shopify & You (@ShopifyandYou) December 10, 2012

Click the read more link below to see the steps to embed a tweet in a blog article...

Many thanks to Shopify for announcing the book on Twitter yesterday! @shopifyandyou have created a step-by-step guide to opening an online store. And, they're selling it on @shopify: shopifyandyou.com — Shopify (@Shopify) December 11, 2012

I came across these excellent short videos on creating beautifully-lit videos on your iPhone or webcam with only $100 worth of equipment from Home Depot. Of course, the iPhone would be the part that costs you the most but if you already have one then this really does make it look simple!

Thanks to Wistia for making the videos and Appsumo for sharing them!

Wistia provide this simple illustration to show the placement of iPhone, lights and subject (more here):

Lastly, to create a video using your webcam, here's some tips to get it looking great!

There are an exact list of equipment on Appsumo and the Wistia Blog has plenty more great tips.

Today I'm delighted to announce the launch of my ebook Shopify & You. It's an easy-to-use, step-by-step guide that covers everything you need to know about designing, setting up and running a truly awesome online store with Shopify.