This is just an introduction to Commerce Notebook and the Commerce Notebook podcast.
The goal for this project is to cater to people that know and love eCommerce, so they can do what they do better and more informed.
Who's behind Commerce Notebook?
Commerce Notebook is brought to you by the same team that's behind Post Status -- a preeminent website geared specifically for WordPress professionals.
My name is Brian Krogsgard. I'm a writer, developer, eCommerce store owner, and entrepreneur. With this site, I'll share the stories of others in the trenches of eCommerce, as well as my own journeys.
Prior to running my own content-centric business, I was a developer and web consultant. My first eCommerce website build was in 2011. I have worked on -- in some capacity or another -- a few dozen eCommerce stores since.
Post Status launched on January 21st, 2013 -- four years to the day prior to Commerce Notebook. I cover eCommerce within the WordPress landscape on Post Status, and will continue to do so. But the eCommerce world is bigger than eCommerce with WordPress (though it's now a pretty big player!), and it's bigger than just platforms themselves. It's a whole world of platforms, marketing, strategy, operations, and more.
Post Status is a six-figure revenue generating membership eCommerce website with (inching towards) 1,000 paying members. The Post Status Club has become a go-to place for community, resources, and insights for WordPress professionals.
The goal for Commerce Notebook is to earn your trust as readers and friends in the eCommerce community.
The aim for this website is to stand out with relevant, practical information that covers the entire eCommerce landscape.
This site is a new endeavor, and will surely evolve over time. To start, I'll be posting both short form and and long form free articles, in addition to this podcast — which will feature conversations about eCommerce, and interviews with eCommerce professionals.
The best thing to do right now is to subscribe to the newsletter, and follow the site's Twitter account. I'll be pushing new content to each location, as it's put out.
Sidenote about the Twitter account: The site is actually @CommerceNerd on Twitter. Yeah, I know, it's pretty confusing. Twitter limits username length, so we could only get @CommerceNoteboo (no "k"!) and that was deeply frustrating in a very-first-world-problem kind of way. I embrace the nerdiness of a site like this, so went with @CommerceNerd.
I am extremely excited to launch this endeavor and to get started with dedicated coverage and stories about the growing eCommerce landscape. I hope you'll follow along with me.