[JOURNEY] WooCommerce + IG!
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Security Tester
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As for now just with IG yes. Not yet busy with other methods but will definitely have to if I want to succeed
Billy Batts
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Thank you for the kind words.
Not a magician like Merlin
just a bit more experience, you will be doing this in no time too
Security Tester
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Just 1. Not looking to be spammy and earn quick money, trying to build a reputable shop / brand here.
Security Tester
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Security Tester
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WooCommerce has more functionalities, more customization possibilities, is free, and has lots of free plugins. Shopify is for people with some money to make some quick money, WooCommerce is for people with a little less money (let's say the budget of a 16 year old
) and for longer term projects. On top of that, building a WooCommerce store teaches you way more than building a Shopify store does.
hellosarah
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- Jan 4, 2018
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WooCommerce has more functionalities, more customization possibilities, is free, and has lots of free plugins. Shopify is for people with some money to make some quick money, WooCommerce is for people with a little less money (let's say the budget of a 16 year old
WooCommerce has been good to me (only new to this site, been in eCommerce & IM for years)
Best of luck!
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Good Luck. Keep Updating.
How many products you have posted?
How many products you have posted?
Security Tester
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That's good to hear! Any tips?
Thanks, will do a big update tomorrow! I believe there will be around 18 products as of right now.
A local service, robohost.nl
Thanks mate!
hellosarah
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Depends on the niche, maybe nothing good since you have some experience
Since you want to grow something stable and long term, I’ll add my general admin & management best practices.
I’ve worked with established small businesses (several older ones), mostly brick or small warehouse, anywhere from 10 to over 1,000. Mostly ~50-200 not including variations. Oh and a start up here and there.
- automate site backups
- templates and spreadsheets are my best friends
- outline bookkeeping & taxes so you’re not surprised (same with expenses and deductions)
- same w/ international shipping
- keep plugins up to date (at some point, you’ll want to monitor in case of downtime - dm me for elaboration)
- build your FAQ or knowledge base early and amend as needed (personable replies are great but typing the same thing 30 times is a pain - Gmail has canned responses you can edit)
- use Yoast or similar & optimized image/description for social sharing
- if there’s not tooooo much local competition, grab some inventory & use geotargeting
— especially helpful for authentic photos, maybe videos, giveaway etc.
— plan for holiday promotions (even super fake ones like International *applicable topic* Day)
- utilize social listening
- know your products, know the weaknesses & competition
— sister products, superior products
I know some things and get creative with my dayjob’s social/outreach but I’m certainly not an internet marketing wizard. I’ll defer to others to correct me/provide constructive criticisms, chime in etc.
Anything you’re particularly stuck on?
RZ13
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- Aug 28, 2017
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Depends on the niche, maybe nothing good since you have some experience
Since you want to grow something stable and long term, I’ll add my general admin & management best practices.
I’ve worked with established small businesses (several older ones), mostly brick or small warehouse, anywhere from 10 to over 1,000. Mostly ~50-200 not including variations. Oh and a start up here and there.
- automate site backups
- templates and spreadsheets are my best friends
- outline bookkeeping & taxes so you’re not surprised (same with expenses and deductions)
- same w/ international shipping
- keep plugins up to date (at some point, you’ll want to monitor in case of downtime - dm me for elaboration)
- build your FAQ or knowledge base early and amend as needed (personable replies are great but typing the same thing 30 times is a pain - Gmail has canned responses you can edit)
- use Yoast or similar & optimized image/description for social sharing
- if there’s not tooooo much local competition, grab some inventory & use geotargeting
— especially helpful for authentic photos, maybe videos, giveaway etc.
— plan for holiday promotions (even super fake ones like International *applicable topic* Day)
- utilize social listening
- know your products, know the weaknesses & competition
— sister products, superior products
I know some things and get creative with my dayjob’s social/outreach but I’m certainly not an internet marketing wizard. I’ll defer to others to correct me/provide constructive criticisms, chime in etc.
Anything you’re particularly stuck on?
Very good tips indeed! Work in a structured way, make sure you keep track of everything - what's working and what's not and try to analyze to optimize the best practices - and like hellosarah is saying, keep the financial side of your business up to date, I see too many people panicking at the last moment when they have to report monthly/quarterly/annually to the friends of the Belastingdienst, because they did not keep their numbers up-to-date.
Security Tester
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Thanks for the list! Already doing most of them, but I'm especially interested in your tips for geotargeting as I have indeed grabbed some inventory.Depends on the niche, maybe nothing good since you have some experience
Since you want to grow something stable and long term, I’ll add my general admin & management best practices.
I’ve worked with established small businesses (several older ones), mostly brick or small warehouse, anywhere from 10 to over 1,000. Mostly ~50-200 not including variations. Oh and a start up here and there.
- automate site backups
- templates and spreadsheets are my best friends
- outline bookkeeping & taxes so you’re not surprised (same with expenses and deductions)
- same w/ international shipping
- keep plugins up to date (at some point, you’ll want to monitor in case of downtime - dm me for elaboration)
- build your FAQ or knowledge base early and amend as needed (personable replies are great but typing the same thing 30 times is a pain - Gmail has canned responses you can edit)
- use Yoast or similar & optimized image/description for social sharing
- if there’s not tooooo much local competition, grab some inventory & use geotargeting
— especially helpful for authentic photos, maybe videos, giveaway etc.
— plan for holiday promotions (even super fake ones like International *applicable topic* Day)
- utilize social listening
- know your products, know the weaknesses & competition
— sister products, superior products
I know some things and get creative with my dayjob’s social/outreach but I’m certainly not an internet marketing wizard. I’ll defer to others to correct me/provide constructive criticisms, chime in etc.
Anything you’re particularly stuck on?
Thank you! Due to sickness and a laptop that decided to quit on me it has been a while but now that my inventory arrived I'm extra motivated to work on the site! I am working on the next update
wormatne
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- Oct 4, 2017
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so, that means you are 26y old now? =) We all done something like that in our 16so funny reading this after this "instagram loop" issue
16 yrs old thats impressive. I was playing world of warcraft 24/7 when i was 16.
gj Security Tester, keep going, stay hungry