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Exploring eCommerce Options: WooCommerce vs. Shopify
Here at Mode Effect, we’re team WooCommerce, but we can’t deny that not every store is the best fit to start or continue their journey on any particular eCommerce platform. So it’s always good to be educated on any particular platform you are considering for your online store. So here is an overview of WooCommerce…
Read MoreHow to Use the Facebook Pixel for Conversion Tracking
What is the Facebook Pixel? The Facebook pixel is a piece of code that you place on your website. It is an analytical tool that collects data to help you measure the effectiveness of your Facebook advertising. More specifically, it is a tool that can assist your business in measuring, optimizing and building audiences for…
Read MoreEverything You Need to Know to Set-Up Google Ads Conversion Tracking on WooCommerce
Are you considering using Google Ads to bring more traffic to your store? This can be huge for your business! However, paid traffic and specifically learning how to use Google Ads can be an expensive and daunting task for a store owner. So it’s important to understand all you can know about Google Ads before…
Read MoreSummer of Woo: Wrap up of our May, June, & July WooCommerce Meetups
There’s been a lot of excitement in our WooCommerce Phoenix community over the past few months. It’s been great to see our community thrive and find it’s bearings. I always feel so proud to say I’m from WordPress Phoenix because of our deeply engaged community. ☺️ Three events have happened since we last checked in.…
Read MoreWPAZ WooCommerce Meetup: March/April Wrap
We had some pretty awesome WooCommerce Meetups for March & April! March We had a brand new speaker present. Parker Mathewson, the founder of The Rite Sites, graced us with his expertise on The Problems and Opportunities of Migrating to WooCommerce. After his talk, Parker was accommodating in answering plenty of developer-related questions about migrating…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreWooCommerce 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…
Read MoreWooCommerce 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…
Read MoreWooCommerce 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…
Read MoreUsing 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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