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Ian Rhodes

Optimiser. Sharing 25 years of ecommerce expertise making best use of data, technology & the human touch.

If You're Serious About SEO, You've Got to Stop Treating It Like a Playground

Sep 15, 2025

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6 min read

If You're Serious About SEO, You've Got to Stop Treating It Like a Playground

this is the conversation that's happening in most boardrooms...

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
How Search Strategy Evolves Into Your Dominant Growth Strategy

Sep 14, 2025

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5 min read

How Search Strategy Evolves Into Your Dominant Growth Strategy

Beyond Rankings: How Search Strategy Transforms Into Systematic Market Dominance

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Alia Introduce Smart Testing: AI-Powered A/B Testing For Your Popups

Sep 4, 2025

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8 min read

Alia Introduce Smart Testing: AI-Powered A/B Testing For Your Popups

Can you drive subscriber growth on autopilot?

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
The Startup Paradox: Why AI's Promise Creates Marketing's Greatest Challenge

Sep 3, 2025

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8 min read

The Startup Paradox: Why AI's Promise Creates Marketing's Greatest Challenge

does it still make sense to have separate functions like engineering, product or marketing?

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
What's Seth Godins perspective on AI in the world of the marketer?

Sep 1, 2025

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7 min read

What's Seth Godins perspective on AI in the world of the marketer?

Does today's marketer work with, alongside or for the machine?

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
The Recruitment Mirror: What Marketers Can Learn from AI's Takeover of Hiring

Aug 31, 2025

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8 min read

The Recruitment Mirror: What Marketers Can Learn from AI's Takeover of Hiring

and how will this impact your role as a marketer?

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Managing the Marketing Machine: Lessons from AI Startups for Today's In-House Marketers

Aug 28, 2025

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6 min read

Managing the Marketing Machine: Lessons from AI Startups for Today's In-House Marketers

Learn from the methodologies of top AI startups that are reaching $1M in annualised revenue in a median of just 11.5 months

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
The Old-School Partnership Strategy That Ecommerce Startups Overlook

Aug 21, 2025

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8 min read

The Old-School Partnership Strategy That Ecommerce Startups Overlook

I'm talking relationship building with the authorities in your space...

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
In-house or agency? Who are the engineers of your Ecommerce Growth Machine?

Aug 20, 2025

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6 min read

In-house or agency? Who are the engineers of your Ecommerce Growth Machine?

Why ownership may be the choice for your ecommerce brand long-term

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Why I'm Getting Back Into Using LittleData.io

Aug 19, 2025

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9 min read

Why I'm Getting Back Into Using LittleData.io

The Attribution Solution We've All Been Waiting For

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Why I'm Recommending Otterly.ai as an essential data insight tool for your GEO Strategy

Aug 17, 2025

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10 min read

Why I'm Recommending Otterly.ai as an essential data insight tool for your GEO Strategy

Want to know how your store is performing on LLMs? Want to know how to perfect better?

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Why I'm Done With Points-Based Loyalty Programs (And Maybe You Should Be Too?)

Aug 14, 2025

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8 min read

Why I'm Done With Points-Based Loyalty Programs (And Maybe You Should Be Too?)

A Reality Check from Someone Who's Been There, Done That and Seen the Numbers

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Is Commslayer Ready to Disrupt Gorgias's Stranglehold on Shopify Support?

Aug 13, 2025

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7 min read

Is Commslayer Ready to Disrupt Gorgias's Stranglehold on Shopify Support?

Karri means business...

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
You Really Need to Know Your Numbers

Aug 13, 2025

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4 min read

You Really Need to Know Your Numbers

The foundation that every great DTC brand is built upon... knowing their numbers

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
What Are You Actually Optimising For?

Aug 8, 2025

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4 min read

What Are You Actually Optimising For?

Before you tweak another ad campaign or A/B test another landing page

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Why do you need a Partnership-First growth strategy for your Ecommerce business?

Aug 7, 2025

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7 min read

Why do you need a Partnership-First growth strategy for your Ecommerce business?

and why it may be the only ecommerce growth strategy that truly compounds and scales.

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
How Affiliate Marketing Can Boost Your Brand’s Visibility in AI Tools Like ChatGPT

Aug 7, 2025

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4 min read

How Affiliate Marketing Can Boost Your Brand’s Visibility in AI Tools Like ChatGPT

The rules of discovery are changing

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Don't Default to Paying Affiliates Higher Commissions To Boost Interest

Aug 7, 2025

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10 min read

Don't Default to Paying Affiliates Higher Commissions To Boost Interest

This simple partner marketing strategy will trigger compounding affiliate performance

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Why Hire the Influencer When You Can Be the Influencer?

Aug 6, 2025

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6 min read

Why Hire the Influencer When You Can Be the Influencer?

Stop renting authority. Start building it.

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Content First: The Ecommerce Growth Strategy That Pays You Back

Aug 5, 2025

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7 min read

Content First: The Ecommerce Growth Strategy That Pays You Back

What if your growth strategy made you money instead of costing you money?

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
How Small Ecommerce Teams Can Win at Generative Search with AI Content

Jul 18, 2025

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7 min read

How Small Ecommerce Teams Can Win at Generative Search with AI Content

Why your expertise matters more than your budget when customers are asking AI assistants for shopping advice

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
The 6-Figure Test

Jul 17, 2025

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6 min read

The 6-Figure Test

Is Your Affiliate Programme Actually Worth a Content Creator's Time?

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Bought vs Earned: Your Two Paths to Ecommerce Growth

Jul 15, 2025

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5 min read

Bought vs Earned: Your Two Paths to Ecommerce Growth

...and why you need to have a hybrid ecommerce growth model in 2025

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Emotive Selling Part 2: The Psychology of Purchase Decisions

Jul 11, 2025

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7 min read

Emotive Selling Part 2: The Psychology of Purchase Decisions

Get to know your customer's real motivations

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
Emotive Selling Part 1: Why Vanilla Copy is Killing Your Conversions (and How to Fix It)

Jul 10, 2025

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7 min read

Emotive Selling Part 1: Why Vanilla Copy is Killing Your Conversions (and How to Fix It)

Ian Rhodes
Ian Rhodes
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