Articles by Alina Bragina

Alina has been the lead writer at Amasty since 2017. Her passion is helping people in all aspects of online commerce and digital marketing through customer-problem-based articles. She started in the days when Magento 2.0 was in development and Magento itself was without the prefix "an Adobe company". Alina's articles have been mentioned in Magento Community Digests and Magento Tech Digests. To contact Alina for media or other inquiries, visit her LinkedIn page.
micro and macro environmental factors

The Impact of Micro and Macro Environment Factors on Business

When we think of business, we often associate it with its shareholders. Like individuals, businesses exist in an environment and form connections. Some connections directly influence the business, while others, though indirect, are still important. There are a few cases where business founders relied solely on instinct, disregarding environmental factors. Successful entrepreneurs, however, are always mindful of both micro- and macro-environmental factors that impact their success. Next, we’ll present a simplified list of these factors, which we hope you’ll find useful.

January 11, 2024
Skippable video vs. Bumper ads on YouTube

Skippable video vs. Bumper ads. Which one to choose for promoting your sale on YouTube?

Bumper ads give better reach. You can get 2x more impressions and unique users. That's the result we got last year. But don't jump to conclusions. We asked our in-house PPC expert, Vera Ryabinina, which format of advertising to choose.

October 12, 2022
Is ecommerce back to normal in 2022

E-commerce is back to “normal”

This year will be the first time in its long history that the e-commerce market will see negative revenue growth — a 2.5% drop versus the 10% growth predicted for 2022 a year ago. Are figures below expectations “normal” and is there something to be done about this? Let's try to get this straight.

October 7, 2022
updates to amasty extensions this august

Fresh updates to Amasty extensions – August 2022

We choose quality over quantity and this helps us focus on more priority improvements for your Amasty extensions. Last month, the biggest updates went to Improved layered Navigation and Hyvä-ready extensions, the rest of the modules got minor yet no less important enhancements. See for yourself.

September 1, 2022
Amasty Partnership with Hyva

Amasty Partners with Hyvä

Amasty and Hyvä announce an official partnership that will allow our customers to get the most out of Amasty extensions and Hyvä Themes used together.

August 30, 2022
new features to amasty extensions july

Fresh Updates to Amasty Extensions – July 2022

With the upcoming end of support for Magento version 2.3.x and release of a new Magento 2.4.5, our team has been busy working on technical updates for our extensions. The biggest news here is that as of this month, all technical updates, including compatibility with the latest Magento versions and bug fixes are provided free of charge as part of the original license agreement.

August 1, 2022
13 Examples of User-Generated Content You Can Use Right Now to Acquire More Customers

13 Examples of User-Generated Content You Can Use Right Now to Acquire More Customers

Consumer-generated content can help you spread a word about your brand and products, convert more users into customers, and the sweetest part — give you all this at reduced costs for user acquisition. We've compiled examples of user-generated content so that you could look through the options and pick the ones that work for you.

July 29, 2022
updates to amasty product subscriptions

Important Update to Amasty License Agreement & Product Subscriptions [July 2022]

Adobe urges all customers to upgrade to version 2.4.x to avoid possible security threats and compatibility issues. To ensure that our customers are able to comply with Adobe recommendations, we would like to announce that all technical updates (compatibility with the latest Magento versions and bugfixes) will be provided free of charge as part of the original license agreement.

July 21, 2022
how to ask customers for reviews

How to Ask Customers for Reviews? [Email Templates Inside]

Customer reviews are the most powerful social proof in online commerce. Products with 1-10 reviews have 52% higher conversions than those without reviews. Should you ask your "silent advocates" to leave reviews? When to ask? How to ask? Answers to these questions along with ready-to-use templates are waiting for you inside.

July 14, 2022
Amasty PaaS hosted by JetRails

Fully-Maintained Site on Magento in 2 Days — New Amasty PaaS Hosted by JetRails

Amasty and JetRails announce a partnership that will allow you to get a fully-maintained store on Magento 2 super fast and at a fraction of the cost of a traditional Magento 2 website. The perfect combo of Amasty’s expertise in providing services and extensions for Magento and the hosting gurus at JetRails that will free you from infrastructure challenges.

July 13, 2022
new updates to amasty extensions june

Fresh Updates to Amasty Extensions – June 2022

We believe that it is always more important to listen to your customers, understand their needs and meet their expectations than scoring the number of new features. But this month we succeeded in both. See for yourself.

July 1, 2022
monthly updates may amasty

Fresh Updates to Amasty Extensions – May 2022

All progress depends on ongoing development. Keeping this in mind and aiming for continuous delivery of product quality, every day, we work on releasing improvements for Amasty extensions. Here's a brief sum-up of May's updates.

June 1, 2022

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