eCommerce Fastlane: Shopify Growth Strategies—Where AI Efficiency Meets Human Connection

Today I’m chatting with Dave Atchison, the Co-Founder, and CEO of New Engen a Shopify Plus Agency Partner that exclusively focuses on new customer acquisition.New Engen is uniquely positioning itself in the Shopify ecosystem to help brands drive new visitors to a site either through a done for you Agency model or now with their public release, in-house, purpose built marketing technology solution.What You Will Learn Today…The traffic challenges that many Shopify store owners have and the solution.The realities of doing business online in 2019.Smart strategies to diversify how you can build awareness and consideration for your brand.How marketing technology is the only way to win. without it your just being average at best.Listener Only PromotionAs a listener of today’s show, New Engen has been so kind as to offer a FREE AUDIT of any of your digital ad campaigns! Sign up for a digital marketing audit of Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or other channels, and have a Performance Marketing Expert assess your paid media program. If you need expert advice around launching new ad campaigns, expanding to new digital channels, refreshing creative and copy, customer targeting and segmentation, New Engen can help.This offer is available to the first 20 companies that sign up. Minimum advertising spend criteria may apply in order to reveal meaningful data.Head on over to the New Engen contact page here and select eCommerce Fastlane Podcast in the “how did you hear about us” section and you’ll be taken care of. Minimum advertising spend criteria may apply in order to reveal meaningful data.Thank You For ListeningI really appreciate you choosing to listen to the show and for supporting the podcast. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.I would also be so grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show in iTunes. They’re extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and I read each and everyone personally!Finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or Spotify. All it would take is a new idea, Shopify app, or marketing tactic to be the next thing you need to drive more revenue and lifetime loyalty for your Shopify store. I don’t want you to miss any episodes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes

Today I’m chatting with Dave Atchison, the Co-Founder, and CEO of New Engen a Shopify Plus Agency Partner that exclusively focuses on new customer acquisition.


New Engen is uniquely positioning itself in the Shopify ecosystem to help brands drive new visitors to a site either through a done for you Agency model or now with their public release, in-house, purpose built marketing technology solution.


What You Will Learn Today…


  • The traffic challenges that many Shopify store owners have and the solution.
  • The realities of doing business online in 2019.
  • Smart strategies to diversify how you can build awareness and consideration for your brand.
  • How marketing technology is the only way to win. without it your just being average at best.


Listener Only Promotion


As a listener of today’s show, New Engen has been so kind as to offer a FREE AUDIT of any of your digital ad campaigns! Sign up for a digital marketing audit of Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or other channels, and have a Performance Marketing Expert assess your paid media program. If you need expert advice around launching new ad campaigns, expanding to new digital channels, refreshing creative and copy, customer targeting and segmentation, New Engen can help.


This offer is available to the first 20 companies that sign up. Minimum advertising spend criteria may apply in order to reveal meaningful data.


Head on over to the New Engen contact page here and select eCommerce Fastlane Podcast in the “how did you hear about us” section and you’ll be taken care of. Minimum advertising spend criteria may apply in order to reveal meaningful data.


Thank You For Listening


I really appreciate you choosing to listen to the show and for supporting the podcast. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.


I would also be so grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show in iTunes. They’re extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and I read each and everyone personally!


Finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunesStitcher, or Spotify. All it would take is a new idea, Shopify app, or marketing tactic to be the next thing you need to drive more revenue and lifetime loyalty for your Shopify store.


I don’t want you to miss any episodes!



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is eCommerce Fastlane: Shopify Growth Strategies—Where AI Efficiency Meets Human Connection?

Running a Shopify store? You already know success isn't about finding the right app—it's about knowing which strategies actually work at your specific stage of growth.

I'm Steve Hutt, and I've lived every level of the ecommerce journey. From eBay Power Seller shipping products from my garage, to co-founding and scaling VisionPros.com (an optical DTC startup) through to a successful exit, then spending 6+ years as a Shopify Merchant Success Manager helping 100+ brands from startup to enterprise scale, including working with teams at Tentree, Dr. Squatch, Bulletproof Coffee, Salt & Straw Ice Cream, MUD/WTR, Bokksu, and many more.

Here's what makes this podcast different: I've been on both sides of the table.

6+ years working inside Shopify gave me access to what's coming before most merchants know it exists. Building, scaling, and successfully exiting my own ecommerce businesses taught me what actually works when your money and reputation are on the line. That combination of insider access plus real operator experience gives you a perspective you won't find anywhere else.

Since 2018, eCommerce Fastlane has delivered over 430 episodes and more than 2 million downloads to ambitious Shopify founders and marketers. Every week, I chat with operators, developers, and experts who share what's actually moving the needle right now—not theory, but patterns I've seen work consistently across dozens of brands at multiple stages.

Whether you're launching your first store or scaling past seven figures, every episode gives you stage-aware strategies you can implement this week. We cover Shopify apps and best practices, digital marketing and retention tactics, AI and automation tools, as well as operations and logistics that reduce overwhelm while building lasting customer loyalty.

You'll learn how to leverage emerging tech without losing what makes your brand unique. You'll also hear real founder stories, including lessons from my own journey building and exiting a DTC brand, plus insights from 430+ industry leaders who've been exactly where you are.

This isn't content for content's sake. It's the insight you'd get sitting at a mastermind table with someone who's succeeded at every level, helped hundreds of others do the same, and has the pattern recognition to show you what actually works at your current stage.

Ready to grow smarter, not just faster? Join thousands of founders and marketers in the eCommerce Fastlane community through our podcast, newsletter, blog, and forthcoming book "Thriving with Shopify."

Steve Hutt
DTC Founder | Podcast Host

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