WooCommerce is among the most widely used plugins in WordPress to enable eCommerce on a site. Since WooCommerce has filters, actions, and hooks, that means making site changes using code snippets is easy. Code snippets can easily be added on any connected child site using the MainWP Code Snippets extension. For example, if you do…
Let’s face it, newsletters are great. They are a wonderful way to provide interesting content to subscribers on your child sites, spread the word on deals, and effectively message users. Email newsletters still work and are well worth taking the time to create and send. Use the server where your child sites are hosted for…
Earlier this year, I was gassed. I was totally in survival mode, just barely getting things completed and not taking on any new work. If you don’t know what gassed means, I am talking about being tired, exhausted. I talked to my doctor, and we decided I may need a new CPAP machine. I have…
WooCommerce allows customers to leave reviews on products, but the method used for storing those reviews is still comments, so those product reviews are stored in the comments and commentmeta database tables. There is a recent plugin which fixes product reviews, by sending reminder emails using the Action Scheduler, storing product views in their custom…
Social proof is powerful. We all know that, but how powerful? Well, if it is used right, it can increase conversions. Conversion optimization expert, Talia Wolf says, Over the past 7 years I’ve ran thousands of A/B test and have seen time and time again that social proof is one of the most important elements…
Creating a welcome email sequence is one of the best things you can do for your email marketing. When you welcome a visitor into your home, what do you do? You may offer to put up their coat, offer a beverage, and show off your home. Basically, this is what you are doing with a…
Varnish is a fast server-side web application accelerator. A number of Managed WordPress and other hosts already have Varnish installed and make it easy to enable on your child sites. In this example, we are going to show how easy it is using Cloudways for enabling Varnish on your child site (which is using WooCommerce),…
Creatives are often a product of inspiration. I mean, when is the last time you saw a cool website and became “inspired” to create something like that. We all have that. A few years ago, the family of legendary R&B singer, Marvin Gaye, sued Pharrell Williams and Robert Thicke for copyright infringement for their hit…
Have you ever gone into work and thought, “Man, I’m tired?” Fast forward two hours, and you’re slumped over your desk, head in your hands, dreary-eyed, and drowsy? Why? Because you told yourself you’re tired. In the military, soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines are taught one concept: mind over matter. The phrase was first coined…
When is the last time you got seven or eight hours of sleep? Do you work too many hours? Work-life balance is a problem among entrepreneurs and the results have consequences. Jory MacKay writes, According to a Harvard Business School survey, 94% of service professionals put in 50+ hours a week. And while some people claim long hours…
