eCommerce Store Checklist to Start the Year
We’re more than half-way into the first month of the year and I still have to make a list of goals (resolutions) for the year. I typically also create a checklist of things I want to do in the year....
Prepare your Social Profiles for Holidays and New Year’s
As holiday purchases come to a close over the next week, you can continue the conversation with your customers over social media. One of the things you can do to let customers know that you’re active on social media is...
8 Tips to Improve your WordPress Store Security
Cyber security and hacking have become a common part of today’s conversations. The media is often abuzz with hacking incidents around the world. It is important to remember that cyber security doesn’t just affect big organizations and countries, but also...
Some Takeaways from WordCamp US 2016
The WordCamp US 2016 conference was held in Philadelphia over the past weekend. I had the opportunity to attend the conference and learn from a diverse list of talks. Below are some of the interesting takeaways that are relevant for...
Increase Customer Lifetime Value with Subscriptions
One of the challenges of growing an online store is to get repeat customers. Repeat customers are 25 times less expensive than new customers when it comes to acquisition. Offering subscription products is a growing trend that helps overcome this...
Add FAQs to Your WooCommerce Store
Part of a well-crafted sales copy is to answer any objections that customers may have. However, the copy probably won’t be able to address all the questions customers have about your products and the operational side of your business. In...
Better SEO for Stores on WordPress
Like many things on your eCommerce store, SEO is something that constantly requires time and effort to improve. Many factors go into increasing the search ranking for your store for relevant keywords. In my previous post about SEO, I covered...
Manage Accounting for eCommerce Stores on WordPress
As your eCommerce store grows, one of the things that grows with it is the administrative work around bookkeeping and accounting. These two are not interchangeable, as accounting for eCommerce stores encompasses a broader set of things. Bookkeeping refers to...
Helpful Tips to Improve Your Store Blog
Unique, relevant, and quality content is the key to marketing on different channels. Your store blog is an important tool that can help you organize and house this content. This can include text posts, videos, podcasts, etc. We’ve written about...
Harnessing WordPress, WooCommerce, and Email Marketing to sell more products (& the best free tools to get started)
This is a guest post from Alex Denning. Alex is a WordPress freelancer, blogger, and marketer. Check out his weekly blog, or learn how to manage almost everything about your WordPress site at MasterWP. Effective email marketing is the one...
Getting a Detailed Look at Your Customers: Users Insights Review
As giant retailers like Amazon or established brands like Macy’s have grown to dominate eCommerce sales, small retailers can have a tough time determining how to carve out a unique selling proposition in the eCommerce arena. For many independent merchants,...
10 Tips to Optimize Checkout for Improving Conversions
Recently, we looked at a cart abandonment recovery email which is sent when users leave a store with items in the cart and without completing checkout. Cart abandonment affects roughly 70% of all all online orders. You can reduce this...