KiwiSprout is a team of developers and digital product experts focused on Shopify. Over 5 years we have supported and launched over 120 Shopify stores, with a 5 star rating on Google and Shopify Experts, and more than $200 million in revenue generated for our merchants to date.https://kiwisprout.nz/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/10-ways-to-build-links-to-your-website/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/10-ways-to-build-links-to-your-website/A lot of people consider link building to be the hardest part of SEO, and I don’t blame them. If you have no idea where to start when it comes to building up your links, here’s 10 ways you to build links to your website:Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/24-seo-questions-answered/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/24-seo-questions-answered/We answer 24 of the most common questions we get about SEO.Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/3-easy-ways-to-build-high-quality-links-with-broken/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/3-easy-ways-to-build-high-quality-links-with-broken/Broken link building is by far my favourite link building tactic. With broken link building you’re helping both yourself and the website you’re netting backlinks from.Sun, 11 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/4-easy-ways-to-build-high-quality-backlinks/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/4-easy-ways-to-build-high-quality-backlinks/Link building is essential to getting traffic online, this guide is designed to teach you 4 easy ways you can build high quality backlinks for your website.Sat, 03 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/7-easy-steps-to-making-a-profitable-social-media-sales/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/7-easy-steps-to-making-a-profitable-social-media-sales/Are you looking to turn your social media into a revenue stream of its own? You may be building up a large following, but have trouble turning your followers into customers. This is where your social media sales funnel comes in, you can make potential customers know who you are and turn them from strangers into sales. Keep on reading to learn how to make your own social media sales funnel that actually turns a profit in 7 easy steps.Sat, 17 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/7-ecommerce-facts-that-will-make-you-rethink-your-own/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/7-ecommerce-facts-that-will-make-you-rethink-your-own/With the increasing trend of ecommerce comes the increasing pressure to get your website’s strategy right, if you want to beat your competition and maximize your sales you have to fine tune your website to turn as much visitors into paying customers as possible.Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/auckland-seo-success-guide/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/auckland-seo-success-guide/Whether you’re a large enterprise or a small business in Auckland, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) can help your business grow. SEO is the process of making your website appear as close to the top as possible in the search results for search terms that matter to your business and is important because it drives traffic to your website.Mon, 09 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/drive-10x-more-eccommerce-sales-with-social-media/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/drive-10x-more-eccommerce-sales-with-social-media/Ecommerce today is massive, but so is the costs of advertising. Everyone’s scrambling to be the first result in Google, get their ad shown on Google and compete in other relatively competitive environments that will drive traffic and ultimately sales through their website.Mon, 29 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/google-maps--embedded-static-or-js--whats-better/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/google-maps--embedded-static-or-js--whats-better/Google Maps are used all the time in a variety of different websites for businesses to show customers where they are based, important landmarks and other valuable information. But what method is the best for your website? We’ve compared each method against different factors to analyse which method of integrating Google Maps is the best for websites.Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/hamilton-seo-success-guide/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/hamilton-seo-success-guide/We’ve analyzed and researched exactly how Hamilton businesses can succeed at SEO and compiled it all into this one page for you to freely use. At the end of this article, you’re going to understand exactly how to get to the top of the search results for your Hamilton business and drive more valuable traffic through to your website.Mon, 09 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-local-seo-attracts-local-customers/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-local-seo-attracts-local-customers/Local businesses have a distinct set of challenges to their campaigns compared to businesses that aren’t tied to any location. After this article you can expect to understand how local SEO can help you attract customers in your area and how to start off your own local SEO campaign.Sun, 21 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-avoid-your-chatbot-getting-banned-from-messenger/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-avoid-your-chatbot-getting-banned-from-messenger/When your chatbot gets banned, you’re restricted to what kind of messages you can send, not great for chatbot marketing. Thankfully though, the rules for keeping your chatbot in Facebook’s good books is easy enough once you’ve got the basics of them down. Here’s how you can avoid getting your chatbot banned from Facebook Messenger.Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-check-for-duplicate-content/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-check-for-duplicate-content/Checking for duplicate content is easy with this method.Sun, 04 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-create-a-facebook-chatbot-for-free-in-10-minutes/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-create-a-facebook-chatbot-for-free-in-10-minutes/If you’re interested in improving your customer relationships and online presence, we’ve created this step by step guide to show you how you can create your first chatbot at no cost in 10 minutes or less.Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-do-nz-rural-shipping-in-shopify/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-do-nz-rural-shipping-in-shopify/A guide to handling NZ rural delivery fees in Shopify. Make your rural customers select rural shipping rates only at checkout with this simple guide.Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-get-more-traffic-with-seo/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-get-more-traffic-with-seo/One of the biggest challenges website owners face is getting more traffic to their website. Without website visitors, your website won’t help you achieve your business goals. Today, we’re going to share with you how to get more traffic for your website.Sat, 07 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-make-the-most-out-of-people-leaving-your-website/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-make-the-most-out-of-people-leaving-your-website/You’d like to think that people will stay on your website until they’ve absorbed everything you have to offer, but the reality is most will leave after the first page. So what can you show to the 40.5% of people that are going leave after the first page to reel them back in, what’s your hail Mary?Sun, 14 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-make-your-homepage-convert-visitors-into-customers/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-make-your-homepage-convert-visitors-into-customers/For most websites the homepage is where the vast majority of your visitors will land on.Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-position-your-business-with-one-important-statement/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-position-your-business-with-one-important-statement/Positioning is everything for businesses. It explains why you exist, what makes you unique and why someone should want what you’re offering. Additionally, it doesn’t only help you describe yourself, but it helps others describe you as well so you can benefit from referrals, viral marketing and strong brand awareness.Sun, 16 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-respond-to-messages-with-facebook-chatbot-ai/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-respond-to-messages-with-facebook-chatbot-ai/Facebook chatbot’s are getting smart, they can now intelligently answer messages from your messages to give your perfect answer tailored to the scenario. In this guide, I’m going to be teaching you how to set up your Facebook chatbot to respond to messages from your user with artificial intelligence.Wed, 14 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-send-emails-with-your-facebook-chatbot/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-send-emails-with-your-facebook-chatbot/Facebook chatbots are quickly becoming one of the fastest-growing trends for modern marketers. If you look at the interest over time it’s been quickly rising in the past few years.Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-use-cialdinis-influence-factors-in-your-website/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/how-to-use-cialdinis-influence-factors-in-your-website/Robert Cialdini’s Six Influence factors are often credited as the theoretical foundations of persuasion. His theory of influence in “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion” is based on his three years of undercover experience in various sectors of professional persuasion including telemarketing firms, car dealerships and fund-raising organisations. From this, he developed the six principles that are used as the basis of many modern sales techniques.Tue, 09 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/kiwisprout-faq-builder-announcement/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/kiwisprout-faq-builder-announcement/Make your rural customers select rural shipping rates only at checkout with our simple Shopify app.Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/kiwisprout-rural-shipping-announcement/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/kiwisprout-rural-shipping-announcement/Make your rural customers select rural shipping rates only at checkout with our simple Shopify app (without Shopify Advanced or Carrier-Calculated Shipping, works on any Shopify plan).Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/knockout-live/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/knockout-live/Automatically hide out of stock and publish in stock products across multiple sales channels.Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/smart-logs-live/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/smart-logs-live/Track your store's activity and event logs in real time. Helps you stay on top of business activity.Sat, 20 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/the-5-most-important-steps-to-designing-a-chatbot/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/the-5-most-important-steps-to-designing-a-chatbot/Here are the 5 Most Important Steps to Designing a Chatbot.Sat, 08 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/the-top-7-marketing-blogs-you-should-be-reading/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/the-top-7-marketing-blogs-you-should-be-reading/Are you looking to turn your social media into a revenue stream of its own? You may be building up a large following, but have trouble turning your followers into customers. This is where your social media sales funnel comes in, you can make potential customers know who you are and turn them from strangers into sales. Keep on reading to learn how to make your own social media sales funnel that actually turns a profit in 7 easy steps.Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/what-is-nap-and-how-does-it-help-local-seo/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/what-is-nap-and-how-does-it-help-local-seo/If you’ve been researching how to perform well in local SEO you might have heard about the term “NAP”. NAP stands for Name, Address, Phone Number; the term means the usage of your basic contact details to convey that you’re a legitimate business.Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/why-you-should-write-2000-words/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/why-you-should-write-2000-words/You’ve heard it plenty of times, for blog posts long form content is the way to go. In the recent years blogs have been shifting to longer and longer content. You may be wondering why that is the case though, what’s the point in writing over 2000 words or even higher?Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/why-your-keywords-are-missing-the-mark-and-how-you/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/why-your-keywords-are-missing-the-mark-and-how-you/Behind every good Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) campaign is an even better keyword strategy. When done correctly, choosing the right keywords brings targeted traffic to your website that you know will convert and gives you a strong foothold in your industry’s digital space.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://kiwisprout.nz/blog/working-remotely-the-full-guide-for-new-zealand-businesses/https://kiwisprout.nz/blog/working-remotely-the-full-guide-for-new-zealand-businesses/As an early adopter of remote work in New Zealand, we have a lot of insights to share to help your business go remote. We have put together this guide for New Zealand businesses and employees so you can learn from our mistakes, and fast track your way to a successful remote workforce.Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT