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Partner Dashboard New Blog Post Shopify's Web Design and Development Blog in Review: The Top 10 Articles of 2018 With just over a week left in 2018, we're looking back at what a ride this year has been on Shopify's Web Design and Development Blog. You've shown us what topics *resonate most with you, our readers, and which articles have helped you build stronger businesses as Shopify Partners*. So here they are—the top 10 posts of the year. Thank you for reading, and onwards to 2019.   Read more   Introducing Shopify Partner Perks Access exclusive deals on the tools you need to accelerate your business   Learn more   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 1150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

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Partner Dashboard New Blog Post How to Create Fast, Impressive Proposals That Sell Writing proposals is a necessary evil for selling digital services. But even when we win projects, our proposals often fail us. Fortunately, there is a better way. In this post we look at how to create a proposal, the vast proposal design tools available, and how you can win clients through using the psychology of choice.   Read more   Introducing Shopify Partner Perks Access exclusive deals on the tools you need to accelerate your business   Learn more   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 1150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

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Partner Dashboard New Blog Post What's New: Year in Review 2018 In the past year, we've accomplished a great deal together and watched our platform evolve in myriad ways. From top releases to features and updates, as well as our most exciting partner events, we've rounded up some of the biggest moments from the past year. Read on for What's New at Shopify: 2018 in Review.   Read more   Introducing Shopify Partner Perks Access exclusive deals on the tools you need to accelerate your business   Learn more   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 1150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

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Partner Dashboard New Blog Post The 15 Web Design Books of 2018 You Can't Afford to Miss We spend a ridiculous amount of our time glued to screens, but there's nothing quite like holding a physical book in your hands. This year's top web design books feature all the hot topics in our industry. From cutting-edge CSS techniques to business and time management tips—there's something for everyone.   Read more   Introducing Shopify Partner Perks Access exclusive deals on the tools you need to accelerate your business   Learn more   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 1150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

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Partner Dashboard New Blog Post Understanding DesignOps and Their Role in Design Teams As the importance of good design only increases, companies are becoming more aware of the importance of having a streamlined design process. Enter DesignOps, a new role intended to help organize and maximize the value of the design process. In this article, we look at what this role really means, and how to tell if it's time to add a DesignOps team to your organization.   Read more   Introducing Shopify Partner Perks Access exclusive deals on the tools you need to accelerate your business   Learn more   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 1150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

2018 Recap - Celebrating another successful year!

A summary of the great achievements we have cultivated together this year.

Partner Dashboard What we’ve done in 2018 Wohoo! Another succesful year. Here is a recap of the great things we’ve been able to accomplish because of partners like you. A year of connections all around the world This has been a special year of connections: Meetups Our partners hosted 189 Shopify meetups in 2018, almost twice as many as last year, and launched meetups in nine new cities. If you're interested in hosting a meetup in your city in 2019, contact Caitlin at meetups@shopify.com to learn more. Pursuit We hosted Pursuit, previously known as A Day with Shopify,in Bangalore, Berlin, London, Melbourne, and New York City. Over 900 partners came together from 25+ different countries in the pursuit of collaboration, progress, and powerful takeaways. Read 8 Actionable Tips for Running an Agency and Getting More Business for a round-up on some learnings from the NYC event. Unite Sold out in record time— three months before the event and was hosted in Toronto, Canada. Partners like you gathered to celebrate shared accomplishments, forge new connections, and ignite the future of commerce technology. Check out this recap from four partners about how they stumbled on the unexpected at Unite. If you missed the event, you can watch all the keynotes here. Save the date for 2019, Unite will be hosted on June 18-20, in Toronto. We built some cool stuff The new Shopify App Store Inspired by the commitment our partners show to merchants, we built a better designed, more intelligent App Store— to make it easier for merchants to discover and use apps to support their success. This is another example of how we are building the future of commerce together.   Check out the new app store   New Admin API in GraphQL In an effort to optimize our partners' workflows, we’ve made building apps faster and easier. Now with the new GraphQL Admin API, partners have the full power to orchestrate complex merchant tasks with simplicity and efficiency. With less code to write, less room for errors, and built-in documentation, building an app with GraphQL is simpler and easier than with previous REST APIs. Build Better Apps Faster with the New Admin API in GraphQL. Shopify Partner Perks We think that you should focus on doing what you love. Launched in April, Shopify Partner Perks offers some of the best in class tools aimed at taking the chaos out of business management. Now you can spend less time managing day to day tasks and more time growing your business.   Access Partner Perks   Shopify Partner Academy When you grow so does your business. Enter Shopify Partner Academy—a collection of courses, study guides, and exams built to help you and your team develop critical commerce skills. Haven't started a course yet? Get started today.   Start my courses today   Partners continued to shine Singapore's Jumpstart Commerce is Taking Over the World Xavier Lee, CEO of Jumpstart Commerce, started his first business at the tender age of 18. Today, he and his partner Jeanette Lau are Shopify Experts at the helm of Jumpstart Commerce, a design and development agency with offices in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Jakarta, and Bangkok. Along the way, they've learned valuable lessons about scaling, growth, and entrepreneurship. They sat down with us to tell their story.   Read their story   How Mohamed Ali Aguel Became an Ecommerce Education Superstar "Back home in Tunisia, it's hustle life," says Mohamed. "You have to hustle to make it." Today, Mohamed is a successful digital marketer and instructor. He owns multiple online stores, advises North American, European, and Middle Eastern digital marketing companies, and educates thousands through his Facebook community, Momentum Marketing Tribe.   Read his story   Your biggest 2018 win We like it best when you share Tag us @shopifypartners and use #2018Hacked to share your best moment or accomplishment in 2018 with us.

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Partner Dashboard New Blog Post 10 Sustainable Holiday Gifts For Designers and Developers in 2018 With the saintly austerity that January's resolutions bring, it's understandable that we like to go a little wild during the holidays. This year, let's challenge ourselves to give gifts with real staying power. Here's a list of ten thoughtful and lasting unisex presents that will delight the designers and developers in your life every day, as they use and appreciate them again and again.   Read more   Introducing Shopify Partner Perks Access exclusive deals on the tools you need to accelerate your business   Learn more   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 1150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

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Partner Dashboard New Blog Post How to Overcome Choice Paralysis to Improve Conversion If you ask most people whether they like having a choice, the answer will be yes. Too many choices, however, quickly overwhelm users and cause your conversion rate to plummet. In this article, we cover how to encourage fast decision making through a concise and intuitive user journey.   Read more   Introducing Shopify Partner Perks Access exclusive deals on the tools you need to accelerate your business   Learn more   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 1150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

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Partner Dashboard New Blog Post Using Humor in Design: Why, When, and How People don't just use products; they experience them. Every time we interact with a particular product, we put emotions into that experience. In this article, we'll see why humor is an incredible tool for emotional connection, and what techniques designers can use to create that connection with their users.   Read more   Introducing Shopify Partner Perks Access exclusive deals on the tools you need to accelerate your business   Learn more   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 1150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4