Neil Matthews Talks WordPress
Neil Matthews, WordPress Consultant talks about all things WordPress
I'm tinkering with an idea for 2024 that I'm calling the Loosely Coupled Agency, let me tell you a little more about it.
Read this blog post to learn more .
https://neilmatthews.com/the-loosely-coupled-agency/
I'm tinkering with an idea for 2024 that I'm calling the Loosely Coupled Agency, let me tell you a little more about it.
Read this blog post to learn more .
The Loosely Coupled Agency The Loosely Coupled Agency - a new way to build an agency in 2024 with a collaboration of freelancers rather than a full time agency
Here's a video tutorial for all the WordPress people out there, how to enable debugging.
If you need to track down what is causing issues on your site this tutorial will help.
https://neilmatthews.com/how-to-enable-debugging-on-your-wordpress-site/
How To Enable Debugging On Your WordPress Site How To Enable Debugging On Your WordPress Site, a tutorial on how to enable debugging via wp-config on your site.
It's that time of the year again, my semi regular post on the plugins available to decorate your WordPress site and make it all festive.
https://neilmatthews.com/themeytale-of-new-york/
Themeytale Of New York The Themeytale Of New York: It's that time of year again, did you know you can decorate your site for Christmas with these plugins.
The popular opinion out there for freelancers is that you need to niche.
Be more specific, create a very focused offer, target your marketing to your niche. I’m going against this perceived wisdom I’m De-Niching.
I'm De-Niching The popular opinion out there for freelancers is that you need to niche. I'm going against this perceived wisdom I'm De-Niching.
Just has an "Oh F@ck!" moment this week when I realised one of my most important marketing automations was not running.
I was digging around my marketing funnel when I realised one of the most important parts was switched off!
Here's my post mortem of this screw up.
Audit your Automations: realising your marketing efforts are not running Audit Your Automations - that realisation you get when your automations are not running is terrible, your thought your funnel was automated.
Let's face it WordPress search is not that great, I like to use a plugin called Relevanssi on my client's sites, here's a video review of the plugin
Improving WordPress Search With Relevanssi Improving WordPress Search With Relevanssi - let's face it the native WordPress search has a lot to be desired, check out Relevansi.
I've been using AI and Chat GPT on a number of projects recently.
I've written a blog post about my thoughts on using AI as a digital assistant and the mindset we should have.
If we embrace AI correctly it will help us to do our jobs IF we train ourselves in the correct skills.
Check out my thoughts here:
My Thoughts On Using AI As A Digital VA My Thoughts On Using AI As A Digital VA, I think we should embrace AI and put it to work as a virtual assistant.
How I'm using Chat GPT to create content for my blog.
I admit it, I’m using AI to create blog post content, there you go what you gonna do about it.
BUT, I’m using Chat GPT to create content in a very strategic way, let me tell you more…
How I'm Using Chat GPT To Create Content For My Blog. How I'm Using Chat GPT To Create Content For My Blog. The strategies I'm using to create content at scale and turn it into unique content.
Should you show prices on your WooCommerce store including or excluding sales tax (read VAT for my UK readers)?
It depends!
If you are a B2C I think you should show prices including tax to avoid any surprises at checkout and possible cart abandonment.
If you are B2B where the company can recover VAT/Sales Tax I would show prices EX. VAT Tax
There is also an argument to show prices inc & ex tax.
So no real answer to my original question, but here's a video to show you how to configure all three views on a WooCommerce store.
Should I Show WooCommerce Prices Inc or Ex TAX? Should I Show WooCommerce Prices Inc or Ex TAX? In this video post I'll show you how to do both and bow to add a code snippet to show both.
If you want to integrate your WooCommerce store with an external service like your finance system, your CRM (Customer relationship managment) or a mobile app, then you probably want to use the WooCommerce REST API.
Here's a quick video post to introduce you to the WooCommerce REST API
https://neilmatthews.com/introduction-to-the-woocommerce-rest-api/
INTRODUCTION TO THE woOCOMMERCE REST api An introduction to the WooCommerce REST API, Get an understanding of how you can integrate WooCommerce data with other services.
So I spent $2,000 on YouTube ads, here's what I got for my money
So I Spent $2,000 on youtube ads, here what I got for my money. So I Spent $2,000 on youtube ads, here's what I got for my money, the numbers will truly startle you :)
In this video post I show you how to use the WooCommerce review system as social proof. I'll show you how to activate review, restrict them to ONLY people who have purchased the product. I'll also show you a way to automate collecting review of your products.
https://neilmatthews.com/woocommerce-social-proof/
WooCommerce social proof WooCommerce social proof, learn how we can use the WooCommerce review system asw social proof for our customers.
In my latest video post I talk about how to debug your payment gateway.
If your customers are complaining they cannot checkout here's a video tutorial to show you how to debug the problem.
https://neilmatthews.com/how-to-debug-woocommerce-payment-gateways/
How To Debug WooCommerce Payment Gateways How To Debug WooCommerce Payment Gateways, in this video tutorial I will show you now to debug payment gateways,
https://neilmatthews.com/adventures-in-ai-can-you-get-chat-gpt-to-answer-questions-on-your-sites-data-only/
I've been continuing my deep dive into integrating WordPress sites with chat GPT AI, in todays posts I talk about the topic of fronting the information on your site with chat GPT to provide customer service.
Adventures In AI: Can you Get Chat GPT To Answer Questions On Your Sites Data Only? Can you Get Chat GPT To Answer Questions On Your Sites Data Only? My adventures in the world of AI and Chat GPT are continuing at a pace, it’s a fascinating space. I was thinking to myself, “Can I make Chat GPT answer questions based upon data that comes from my site only”. I don’t...
How I'm using AI to generate custom lead magnets at scale, check out my latest blog post.
Using AI to Create Custom Lead Magnets At Scale Using AI to Create Custom Lead Magnets At Scale, in this blog post learn how I have implemented a custom Chat GPT solution for lead gen.
In this blog post / video tutorial I'll show you how to add video to your wordpress image gallery https://wooace.com/how-to-add-videos-to-your-woocommerce-product-gallery/
How To Add Videos To your WooCommerce Product Gallery: Video Tutorial - Woo Ace How To Add Videos To your WooCommerce Product Gallery - a video tutorial on adding videos into your WooCommerce product image gallery
If you have ever wanted to add an order bump to your WooCommerce store, I've created a step by step video tutorial to show you how.
https://wooace.com/woocommerce-order-bump/
An order bump is a small related offer at checkout to increase your average cart value, those small increments really do stack up over time, check out the video.
A video tutorial on how to change the text on your add to cart button
How to Change "Add to Cart" to "Buy Now" in WooCommerce - Woo Ace WooCommerce add to cart text - In this video I will show you how to change the add to cart text using a plugin
In my latest WooCommerce tutorial I will show you how to add custom fields to your checkout
https://wooace.com/how-to-add-custom-fields-to-the-woocommmerce-checkout/
How To Add Custom fields to the woocommmerce checkout How To Add Custom fields to the woocommmerce checkout - in this video tutorial I'll show you how to add a customer ref number to the checkout.
If you have ever wanted to edit the emails WooCommerce sends out when you get an order or when you update an order status, I've got a tutorial for you, I'll show you plugins you can use to drag and drop edit your emails and preview those custom emails
https://neilmatthews.com/how-to-edit-woocommerce-emails/
How To Edit Woocommerce Emails In this tutorial I will show you how to edit the look and feel of the emails WooCommerce sends out during the sales process. Here are links to the plugins I used in this tutorial. YayMail – WooCommerce Email Customizer Preview E-mails for WooCommerce Wrap Up – How To Edit Woocommerce Emails I...
If you run a single product WooCommerce store, there are a couple of fixes you can put in place to reduce checkout friction and improve sales, check out my latest video tutorial
https://neilmatthews.com/best-practices-for-single-product-woocommerce-sites/
Best Practices For Single Product WooCommerce Sites Best Practices For Single Product WooCommerce Sites, in this tutorial I will show you techniques to improves sales of single product sites.
Understanding WooCommerce order status, what they are and how they help to organise your WooCommerce orders
https://neilmatthews.com/understanding-woocommerce-order-status/
Understanding WooCommerce Order Status Understanding WooCommerce order status, what they are and how they help you to keep your order queue in well, order!
Here's my latest WooCommerce tut, How To Debug Your WooCommerce shipping.
https://neilmatthews.com/how-to-debug-woocommerce-shipping/
How To Debug WooCommerce Shipping How To Debug WooCommerce Shipping, in this video tutorial I will take you through a routine to show which shipping method a user will get.
I'm opening registration for my live work shop on how to automatically recover abandoned carts in woocommerce, follow this link to learn more
https://neilmatthews.com/product/woocommerce-abandoned-cart-recovery/
WooCommerce Abandoned Cart Recovery (May 25 2022) - Neil Matthews When a customer has added product to their cart Abandoned carts happen for a number of reasons, in this live event you will learn how to automatically recover those carts to increase your bottom line.
In this weeks WooCommerce tutorial I'll show you how to use upsells and cross sells to increase your average cart value and increase your bottom line.
https://neilmatthews.com/understanding-woocommerce-upsells-and-cross-sells/
Understanding WooCommerce Upsells and Cross Sells Understanding WooCommerce upsells and cross sells to increase your average cart value. Learn how to use up and cross sells on your store.
Checkout my latest tutorial where I show store owners how to reduce checkout friction by removing as many checkout fields as possible
https://neilmatthews.com/woocommerce-how-to-remove-unwanted-checkout-fields/
WooCommerce How To Remove Unwanted Checkout Fields In this video I will show you how to remove unwanted checkout fields from your WooCommerce store to reduce checkout friction. Video Code Snippet Here is the code snippet I used in the video, edit the fields you wish to remove. function nm_remove_checkout_fields( $fields ) { unset($fields['billing'][...
More about the business of offering WordPress care plans with my latest video, clients love exception reports
https://neilmatthews.com/wordpress-care-plans-client-love-exception-reports/
WordPress Care Plans: Client Love Exception Reports WordPress Care Plans; why clients love exception reports, learn more about this and the business of wordpress.