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Sell more with video

Playbooks, tutorials and product updates — everything you need to get more from shoppable video, UGC and video SEO.

SEO

Alt text, titles and descriptions: the boring layer that works

The least interesting part of video SEO is the part most stores skip entirely. What to write in each field, with examples of good and bad.

May 28, 2026 · 3 min read
SEO

How to tell whether your video SEO is working

Four reports that answer the question, how long to wait before reading them, and the two numbers that mislead almost everyone.

May 25, 2026 · 2 min read
Analytics

Video attribution: which videos actually earned the money

Plays are easy and useless. How attribution ties an order back to the video that caused it, and why the answer is usually surprising.

May 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Analytics

The five video metrics worth looking at

Most video dashboards show a dozen numbers and about five matter. Which ones, what each tells you, and what to do when one of them is bad.

May 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Analytics

Testing a video placement without fooling yourself

Most store 'tests' are a change plus a hope. What it takes to actually learn something, and when a proper test is not worth the wait.

May 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbooks

A workflow for keeping your store’s video current

Video libraries decay. A monthly routine that keeps a store's video accurate, seasonal and small enough to actually maintain.

May 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbooks

A video calendar a small team can actually keep

Ambitious video plans die in week three. What a sustainable production rhythm looks like for a store without a content team.

May 10, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbooks

One shoot, six places: repurposing without diluting

The same footage can work on a product page, a collection, an email and a feed — if you shoot for it. What transfers, what does not.

May 7, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbooks

When video doesn’t work — and it’s not the video

Before making better video, rule out the six things that stop good video working. Most stores find their problem on this list.

May 4, 2026 · 2 min read
Playbooks

Video reviews: the most persuasive thing you don’t have

A thirty-second customer video outsells any copy you can write. Why stores have none, and how to get the first ten without a budget.

May 1, 2026 · 2 min read