116: Make Your Shopify Store Faster For Customer Experience And Conversions

Show Notes

Your Business Is A Journey. Invest In Yourself Today.

Being an entrepreneur is a life of learning, implementing, and iterating. All it would take is a new idea, a strategy, a Shopify app, or a marketing platform to be the next thing you need to improve efficiencies, drive more revenue, and build lifetime customer loyalty for your Shopify brand.

A 1-second decrease in load speed can increase conversions by 1% – 7%. The case studies prove it!

My guest in today’s episode is Joe Lannen the Founder and CTO from Speedboostr. They offer ecommerce optimization services which typically start with a Shopify brand doing a desktop and mobile speed test with their Shopify Analyzer web solution. This performance analysis tool identifies issues and gives recommendations on how to fix them. You can DIY their recommendations or get their team under the hood and make the necessary optimizations on your Shopify store.

Let's jump in and learn more from this fully accredited and notable Shopify Partner.

What You Will Learn Today

• How to check your Shopify store's health and get optimization recommendations.
• Why Google has indicated that site speed is one of the signals used by its algorithm to rank pages.
• Key business strategies around Performance Optimization, Conversion Rate Optimization, and Business Optimization.

Links And Resources Mentioned

• SpeedBoostr
• SpeedBoostr Shopify Analyzer
• SpeedBoostr Complete Guide To Faster Load Speed - Updated!
• ROI Calculator - Estimate your potential revenue change from a performance boost
• Theme Scientist A/B Tester - 20% off by mentioning eCommerce Fastlane
• Free Shopify Performance Analysis - Complete this form for free recommendations

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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 dig into Shopify apps, digital marketing, retention tactics, AI tools, and the operational stuff that actually reduces overwhelm—while building customer loyalty that lasts.

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 guests across 430+ episodes who've been exactly where you are.

This isn't content for content's sake. It's what you'd get sitting at a mastermind table with someone who's built, scaled, and exited—and helped hundreds of others do the same.

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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