November 2, 2021 — Learn more about evaluating your options for email subscription forms.

This talk covers:
– Mailchimp forms
– third party forms for Mailchimp
– Gravity forms
– Mailmunch
– Speaker
– Elementor popups and forms

September 29, 2020 — This talk covers the details of configuration and troubleshooting for email with contact forms, order forms and e-commerce communication.

May 11, 2019 — Building eCommerce websites for your clients is a good niche for any WordPress Developer. But once the site is built, the goal is for sales. Setting up eCommerce Email Marketing can not only add value to your offering, but help your client get more sales.

In this talk, we will break down three key types of email subscribers: interested, engaged and lapsed. More importantly, will open up the dialog with the attendees so they get actionable tips to bring to their clients Monday morning.

Feel free to ask how eCommerce can be optimized with welcome emails, product promotions, abandoned cart sequences, transactional emails, page triggers, upsells, email coupons, birthday specials, re-engagement campaigns, and newsletters. You will want to bring your real-world questions and a notepad for this session for sure.

December 5, 2018 — While email is inexpensive and has a high ROI, it is also the most insecure marketing channel. Learn the best practices to send email securely that will help you protect your customer’s data, your data, your reputation, and ensure more of your emails get read by the right people at the right time.

In this session, you’ll learn what customer data is safe to send via email, how to tell email clients (like gmail) that you are who you say you are, the basics of segmentation and automation, and be able to apply those things immediately in your email marketing efforts.

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November 11, 2017 — Need to keep track of emails sent from your WordPress site? If so Brandon gives an introduction to using Postmark to track all transactional emails from WordPress.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJgNn6P7FQ

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September 30, 2016 — From the make.wordpress.org pages. Just some updates on what is happening in the Make Community.

Episode 1 features news from the Polyglots and Plugin Teams.

July 22, 2016 — You might have a newsletter signup box sitting on your website, or maybe just a nagging feeling that you should send out a newsletter to your customers — but you’re afraid your efforts might be wasted. Learn some quick tips about email marketing and get the confidence to push Send! I’ll talk about what makes email marketing an amazing tool for business, and you’ll get tips for structuring your email marketing program to be useful for your customers instead of “just another newsletter” cluttering their inbox.

Take aways:

– Why email is relevant to you and your customers.
– How to best take advantage of email.
– Tips for improving your email list, layout, and sending habits.

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October 2, 2015 — Getting the right people to your site is hard enough. And making a sale to first time visitors is nearly impossible. So you need a way to build a relationship with your visitors and keep them coming back to your site until they are ready to buy from you.
You Need Email Marketing! Warren’s talk will cover:
– Selecting an email provider.
– Quick start guide to setting up your account and creating your first list.
– Creating your email template.
– Integrating your list with your site (collecting subscribers).
– Communicating with your list.
– Measuring, monitoring and improving your engagement.
– Case studies – what works and what doesn’t.
– Taking it further – segmentation and funnels.

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June 14, 2014 — Think email is old school? Think again!
Brain Casel gives a great talk on to use email along with or instead of social media to promote your blog and your site.

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December 3, 2010