WooCommerce WPAZ Meetup: January/February Wrap
After skipping December because almost our entire team was out of town due to WordCamp US, we came in strong for 2019 with two successful meetups! The first being January 2nd! I was concerned that it’d be too soon into the new year as it was only day 2 but I was pleasantly surprised! It…
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How to Set Up a New WooCommerce Store
This post was originally posted at WooCommerce.com as a 5-part boot camp series for store owners considering using WooCommerce. If you are starting from scratch, head to WooCommerce.com/start to get a basic site in place. If you already have a self-hosted WordPress site or a WordPress.com site with a Business plan, head to the Plugins section of your…
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WooCommerce WPAZ Meetup: November Wrap
Last month we hosted our final WooCommerce Meetup of the 2018 year. Scott DeLuzio and Kevin Marshall ended the year with two excellent talks. Scott’s talk was on Setting up a Recurring Billing Business. You can view his slides here. Kevin brought down the house with his talk on How to Setup the 5 Most…
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WooCommerce WPAZ Meetup: October Wrap
Three WooCommerce Meetups in and we’re not stopping! Last Wednesday we held our third WooCommerce Meetup right in the Warehouse District of Downtown Phoenix. I have to give a quick shout out to our wonderful venue, Galvanize. Not only is it one of the best co-working spaces I’ve ever been a part of, but it’s…
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WooCommerce WPAZ Meetup: September Wrap
Our September WooCommerce Meetup is in the books! On September 5th we hosted our 2nd WordPress AZ WooCommerce Meetup! The night was full with lots of networking, food, two presentations, and an after-meetup meetup! 😜 Ray Flores took us back to some WooCommerce fundamentals on the topic of Customizing WooCommerce & Extending Plugins. Here are…
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WooCommerce WPAZ Meetup: August Wrap
WooCommerce Meetup #1: Successful! This has been months in the making but we finally launched! Last week we held our first dedicated WooCommerce Meetup right here in Phoenix. Long have we flirted with the idea of a WooCommerce-centric meetup. I mean like, for a couple of years. Of course, we weren’t sure what the response…
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Using WooCommerce for Wholesale eCommerce Sites
E-commerce has been incredibly successful for retail or business to consumer (B2C) sales. Online holiday shopping continued to grow last year, hitting an all-time high of $108 billion according to CNBC, nearly 15% higher than 2016 statistics. Outside the holidays, more people than ever continue to shop online for everything from clothing to groceries. Forty-three…
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Email Automation for WooCommerce
We spend too much time as store owners using multiple tools with our marketing efforts — jumping from one platform to another. So slow down. Focus and figure out the source of your time-suck and let your website automation do the work for you. Do any of these tasks sound familiar – and have…
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Re-Platforming to WooCommerce
Here at Mode Effect, we get a lot of inquiries from eCommerce site owners who have outgrown the one-size-fits-all platform they entered early in their online commerce ventures. These folks have often outgrown their first platform and want their websites to help them compete more effectively in the virtual marketplace. They want to offer…
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