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GoodCarts at the Future of Ecommerce Global 2021

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GoodCarts CEO Steven Clift is honored to be one of 18 experts presenting at the Ecommerce Tech "Future of Ecommerce Global 2021" conference. This virtual conference takes place August 25 and 26, 2021 and you can catch Steven's fast paced

Celebrating 100 Inspiring Social Impact Stories With 100 GoodCarts Member Stores

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The GoodCarts shop-for-good network has grown 500% in the last year, here’s why FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Minneapolis, MN, August 17, 2021 – “I never set out to create a company. I set out to create a movement that would empower foodies

GoodCarts Featured by Social Venture Circle

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GoodCarts CEO, Steven Clift, shared the top 10 best resources for impact entrepreneurs and investors with our allies at Social Venture Circle. From a guide to ecommerce podcasts to help you grow your business to a whole suite of information

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Guest Blogs, In The News

Many small- to medium-sized impact retailers are looking for outside-of-the-box ways to get in front of like-minded consumers. Advertising has mixed effectiveness, but it also can be out of budget. So GoodCarts CEO Steven Clift shared some advice with our

Gen Z Entrepreneurs Meet the Next Generation of Impact Investors In an Online Event With GoodCarts

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Watch Now - Gen Z Retail Meetup Signup The most inspiring thing about leading GoodCarts is meeting the amazing founders of our member stores and hearing their origin stories. While our founders are of all ages, I find the twenty-somethings quite

GoodCarts Makes the 2020 Impact List

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GoodCarts is honored to have made the 2020 Impact List, compiled by Social Enterprise MSP and powered by The Bush Foundation. GoodCarts and other honorees will be highlighted during the Social Enterprise Impact Showcase on May 6, 2021 during a

GoodCarts Featured on CauseArtist’s “Disruptors for Good” Podcast

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When Grant Trahant, founder of CauseArtist, reaches out to interview you for the outstanding “Disrupters for Good” podcast, you say yes! GoodCarts CEO Steven Clift is thrilled to have been a guest on this episode that covers everything from his background

GoodCarts Offers Mission-Driven Retailers a Platform to Help Succeed and Grow

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Company Seeks to Build a “Shop for Good” Community and Attract 10,000 Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurs To Use Commerce to Create Change MINNEAPOLIS, December 14, 2020 – GoodCarts, a platform supporting social impact ecommerce brands, recently launched as a way to connect tens

Rewards For Conscious Consumers

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GoodCarts CEO Steven Clift was interviewed by OurGoodBrands about our mission. Here are some excerpts. What is GoodCarts? GoodCarts is a new way for ethical and sustainable brands to gain new customers online. It’s like a digital version of coupons on the

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A Network Of Socially Conscious Businesses

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GoodCarts CEO Steve Clift was featured in this Forbes article by Devin Thorpe: Ashoka Fellow Steve Clift leads a new social enterprise to link sustainable and social good companies at checkout. When customers check out from a member store, they see

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Trends, tactics and strategies for thriving in the impact economy.

Why Impact Investment is a Win-Win For Startups and Investors

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Impact investing is on the rise as an increasing number of sustainable brands bring products to market and investors want to do good with their money. But it can be tricky for consumer-facing startups to secure the funding they need

Greener Shipping for Your Ecommerce Business – How to Deliver Sustainably

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Does delivery and environmental impact have to be a package deal? There’s no getting away from the fact that ecommerce fulfillment is having a massive impact on the environment. Shockingly, nearly a third of local waste in the US comes from containers

Can You Grow Ecommerce Sales With YouTube?

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YouTube & Ecommerce – time to press play? It’s an exciting time to be in ecommerce. With the rise of omnichannel, we’ve never had more opportunity or choice for getting our brands out there “in the wild.” But with this choice comes

FORGET SOMETHING? How Ecommerce Stores Can Reduce Shopping Cart Abandonment

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Hey, did you forget something? Let’s examine cart abandonment... Cart abandonment – the term alone sounds somewhat dramatic and melancholy! Occurring when a store visitor adds items to their shopping cart but fails to follow through to conversion, cart abandonment is

10 Best Books on How to Sell for Good

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Here are our top picks for books about sustainable shopping Have you noticed? Consumers are making demands for sustainable and ethical goods and businesses are answering their calls. The world of commerce is shifting in response to rallying cries for transparency and

Meet the Interns at GoodCarts

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As summer started approaching, Team GoodCarts discussed with the team at the Impact Hub MSP how the talents of some student interns could help GoodCarts expand our social media presence, better understand our member stores and recruit new member stores

Should You Use Pinterest to Grow Your Ecommerce Store?

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As an ecommerce brand, should you pin your hopes on Pinterest? Social media platforms have evolved from being promotional tools to bonafide and highly profitable sales channels. Facebook, Instagram and increasingly, TikTok, tend to be the first names on merchants’ lips.

Turn One-Time Buyers into Loyal, Repeat Customers in 6 Simple Steps

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Your business depends on your existing customers. Turn one-time buyers into lifelong customers and your most loyal fans It’s easy to focus on attracting new customers, but repeat customers spend more and they market your business for you through recommendations to

Ecommerce Discounting: Strategies for Purpose-Driven Retail Brands

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Everyone loves a deal… Right? Discounting is a practice we see brands leveraging day in and day out – but how can you be sure you’re optimizing your discount strategy? And where do ethical considerations come into play? It’s important for retailers of

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What We Learned: A Conversation Between Gen Z Entrepreneurs and Next Gen Impact Investors

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On May 5, 2021, I had the pleasure of moderating a discussion between Gen Z entrepreneurs and next generation impact investors. From origin stories and overcoming challenges to the future of the impact economy, we covered a lot of ground. We

Spot the Difference: Cause Marketing vs Greenwashing and PR Stunts

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When good marketing departments go bad... There’s no missing the fact that “mission-led’ marketing is having something of a moment. More and more brands are positioning themselves firmly in the sustainable, ethical camp in how they present their values and ethos

Listen and Learn: 11 Amazing Ecommerce Podcasts to Grow Your Business

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Finding valuable and trustworthy information about the ecommerce world can be difficult. The online shopping landscape is constantly changing and evolving, which makes it hard to keep up with the latest industry trends for sustainable businesses. Sometimes it feels like

Top 15 Blogs and Niche News Sources Popular with Conscious Consumers

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How serious are you about your impact on the planet—and the people who support your way of life? Your answer lies in your willingness to stay informed, and the sources from which you get your information. We’ve gathered our favorite sustainable

The Importance of Community Within Sustainable Ecommerce

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What is it they say about safety in numbers? And birds of a feather? When it comes to sustainable ecommerce, when we work together, we are exponentially greater than the sum of our parts. Seeking out community within the space of

The GoodCarts Index - By the Numbers

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This month’s sustainable retail stats - in homage to Harper’s Index! Values Driven Consumerism In Numbers Consumers willing to change their shopping habits to reduce environmental impact: 57% (Source) Consumers who think companies should only earn a profit if they also deliver a positive

The Cookie Crumbles: Emerging Alternatives for Retargeting With the Loss of Third-Party Cookies

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Third-party cookies are on their way out. Get up to speed with what this means for your business, retargeting campaigns and more... When it comes to online advertising, it’s the end of the world as we know it. Are we feeling

5 Foolproof Ways to Drive Free Traffic to Your Shopify Store

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Driving traffic to your Shopify store doesn’t have to cost the earth. Here is a collection of ways you can boost brand visibility for free. Getting traffic to your store is crucial if you want to increase your revenue and grow

5 Inspiring Eco-Friendly Packaging Alternatives For Your Ecommerce Business

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A Small Business Guide to Sustainable Packaging: 5 Items You Can Swap Out With Ease As an ecommerce business starting out, it can be difficult to know where to begin in calculating your environmental impact. Search for Sustainability Leads to New Opportunities

How D2C Brands Embrace Sustainability, We Love Thingtesting

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Growing a successful e-commerce brand requires adhering to the increasing demands for transparency amongst Gen Z and Millennial consumers. Today’s socially conscious consumer base desires a window into the supply chains of the companies they purchase from. This includes knowing where

How Affiliate Marketing Works to Boost Your Organic Reach

Ethical Marketing, Insights

Want to get more eyeballs on your products? Affiliate marketing is a great way to increase your reach and build brand trust. Word-of-mouth is still one of the most effective marketing channels, and tapping into the audience of an already-trusted influencer

12 Shopify Apps Ecommerce Stores Must Have in 2021

Ethical Marketing, Insights

Add these Shopify Plugins to your Ecommerce Store The Shopify App Store contains thousands of plugins called "apps" to support you with the most critical aspects of growing your on-line store including: marketing, customer service, content creation, search engine optimization, social

13 Shopify Apps to Boost Sales and Your Impact Mission

Ethical Marketing, Insights

This post is an example of our GoodGuide series of in-depth guides to impact retail and ethical ecommerce. Download the PDF version or get all of them by visiting our GoodGuides page. Introduction You’re a passionate ecommerce retailer, running a vibrant,

6 Successful Tips on How to Grow Your Shopify Store

Community Based Marketing, Ethical Marketing, Insights, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Media

You’ve put your sweat, tears, and money into creating an online store that’s representative of your values and passions. Now it’s time to grow that store. And you’re unsure where to begin. With over 1 million Shopify stores currently conducting business

These 8 Tips Will Take Your Product Descriptions From “Meh” to Magnetic

Community Based Marketing, Ethical Marketing, Insights, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Media

Product descriptions help shoppers “feel” a product they can’t touch — here’s how to leverage them to the fullest. There’s one big downside to online shopping: the inability to see a product in-person. So when customers can’t touch your product, your product

10 Impact Entrepreneurs in Business to Watch in 2021

Insights, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Media

It doesn’t take a market analyst to know that in 2020, the way we exchange goods and services radically and rapidly shifted. Just like everyone else, we’re catching up with what that means for social and environmental impact and e-commerce. Whether

Vote With Your Dollars: Supporting Social Impact Through Ecommerce

Community Based Marketing, Ethical Marketing, Insights

Sustainable shopping is our future — but where to start? Ethical brand marketplaces and directories make it easy to find purpose-driven online stores. Money makes the world go round, and being selective about our online shopping can influence the kind of

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The Ins & Outs of Ethical Ecommerce

Community Based Marketing, Ethical Marketing, Insights

How to manage the details of impact retail to serve your greater vision How can impact retailers afford to incorporate global supply chains, sustainable packaging, and corporate social responsibility in ways that help their businesses grow while reflecting their ethical standards? The

The GoodCarts Guide: 13 Shopify Apps To Boost Sales and Your Impact Mission

Community Based Marketing, Ethical Marketing, Insights

Shopify Apps to Boost Sales of Your Online Store Chances are, if you’re exploring GoodCarts, you’re familiar with the vast resources within the Shopify app store as well. Easy to install, Shopify apps can grow your sales at little to no

Drive ROI and Community With GoodCarts’ New Shopify App

Community Based Marketing, Insights, Introduce Goodcarts as a solution

GoodCarts’ new Shopify app lets mission-driven brands create coupons to nurture community and drive sustainable growth. Growth is paramount for e-commerce businesses, but growing sustainably is a priority for mission-driven brands. This shift towards a sustainable future is particularly important when

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