One of my favorite podcasts is back! For those of you with stores making $250k+ per year, check out the eCommerce Fuel podcast and community.
New or Updated Plugins & Themes
- Easy Digital Downloads now offers a featured-packed Slack integration for EDD to let you automatically invite Slack members or get EDD store notifications.
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Atlantis Themes has released a free plugin to customize the Storefront theme for WooCommerce.
Tutorials & Reviews
Speaking of these Jilt reviews, did you know there’s now a free plan available? Get set up to start driving more sales before your holiday sales kick into gear!
- WP Mayor has an overview of how they recovered $10,000 using Jilt with Easy Digital Downloads.
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Speaking of Jilt reviews, Create and Code also has a detailed review of using Jilt to recover abandoned carts.
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WP Mayor has a guide to customizing WooCommerce thank you pages to drive repeat orders.
Marketing & Conversions
Time to prep for Black Friday / Cyber Monday! Lots of tips this week on optimizing your store for holiday sales.
- Boostrapping eCommerce has a guide to preparing a Cyber Monday strategy.
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Here are 8 holiday email campaigns to be inspired by this Black Friday from Shopify.
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The Shopify Plus blog has 5 trends you should prepare for during this Black Friday shopping season.
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Time to prep for shipping as well! Shopify has an ultimate shipping guide to ensure you’re ready for the uptick in shipped items this holiday season.
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Using emotional design can lead to higher conversions, and ConversionXL has some tips on leveraging emotion in your store design.
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What metrics should you focus on and optimize? ConversionXL has great tips on KPIs to measure and optimize this week as well.
