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WooCommerce vs Easy Digital Downloads: How to pick?
Both WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads turn WordPress into a powerful eCommerce application. How do you know when to choose which? Some people will tell you that the simple answer is to always go with WooCommerce since: It's really popular It's has massive market share (37%) It does it all But I don't think that...
Are you using WordPress for coaching?
If you're using WordPress to run a coaching program of any kind, I want to know about you. What do you mean coach? A lot of coaches, trainers, and others putting content online (or creating courses) often need two different dynamics on their sites: Content that all their students can/should watch (like video content) Content...
How do you find the best WordPress slider?
How do you find the best WordPress slider? Compare 20 of them. In 2013 I reviewed slider plugins for performance. It's been a long time since I circled back because, after all, these are sliders and I'm not that much of a fan. But that doesn't mean clients don't ask about them. So I decided to...
The trick to managing people smarter than yourself
Do you know I have a younger brother? I grew up the older brother in my family. My younger brother was only 15 months younger because there had been a strong chance I wouldn't make it at birth and the doctors told my folks that if they wanted a healthy (and normal) child, they should...
Three Zippy Courses features I wish they would add
Have you been thinking about building an online course? I write a decent amount of articles on online course creation simply because more and more, it's the core questions I get on Clarity. It seems like every day people are looking to start an online business looking to share their insights-which I think is great.
Load Testing WooCommerce Sites
In a webinar I was on recently, I talked about load testing WooCommerce sites. Yesterday I was asked if I had written about it and so, today, I can say that I have. What is load testing? Load testing means you create a false demand of traffic on your site in advance of (potential) real...
What are product onramps?
Eighteen months ago I discovered this plugin that was a page builder for WordPress-from a long list of solutions I'd tried. I was writing a comparison post in October of 2014 and frankly, I'd never heard of Beaver Builder. A month later, I was sitting in the offices of GoDaddy talking with one of their...
Getting the order right on building new online courses
Are you getting ready to build new online courses? An academy of sorts? If so, there's an order that you need to get right. When I answer calls on Clarity, normally what I hear from people is that they're using this order: Build the site and solve all the infrastructure issues Build the content Start...
Have you embraced the full power of storytelling?
There's power in your story The other day I was interviewed by my friend Carrie Dils on her OfficeHoursFM Podcast. We talked all about the power of storytelling-in business. I'm hoping it was practical and useful, as I didn't spend a ton of time on theory and structure. Check out the interview. Critical takeaways:...
Installment plan support is needed in WordPress
If you're running a membership site or online course using WordPress, you've likely noticed that installment plan support is kind of missing... What are Installment Plans? If you've ever wanted to buy something that cost more than you could afford, you've likely interacted with or been offered a payment plan. It's a plan that lets...
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