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How I Built an Online Learning Site with WooCommerce

How I Built an Online Learning Site with WooCommerce

WooCommerce is an incredibly popular eCommerce solution, especially in the WordPress space. Even when there may be a built-in EC solution (like with LearnDash), you may still want to use WooCommerce. In this talk, I will take you through the requirements, decision making, and steps I took to build WP in One Month, an online learning websites built on top of WooCommerce and LearnDash. I will tell you why I chose to use WooCommerce with LearnDash and how I integrated the two.

Joe Casabona

August 19, 2017
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  1. How I Built an Online Learning Site with WooCommerce Joe

    Casabona wp1mo.in/wclvpa-hibi @jcasabona
  2. @jcasabona How Did You Built That? • How did you

    come up with the idea? • What kind of research did you do? • How did you build it? • What are your plans for the future?
  3. @jcasabona • Original Idea: Live, in-person classes. • I used

    to teach in a classroom, but knew I was moving. • Pivot 1: Webinars • Building an audience for in-person classes is near impossible outside big cities. Webinars teach people specific things! • Pivot 2: Online Courses
  4. @jcasabona • In the beginning, not much • “I think

    it’s a good idea, and it doesn’t really exist.” • Feedback from customers (and non-customers helped) • The pivot to online courses was a result of research • Lots of conversations, reading, seeing writing on the wall
  5. @jcasabona • I started with WooCommerce and Sensei • …Sensei

    is…not very good. • I switched over to LearnDash, and I’m super happy! • I still use WooCommerce for the shop, since I don’t just sell courses • Memberships were going to be LD —> Woo —> PMPro • Decided to use Skyverge Memberships instead
  6. @jcasabona Other Tools • Follow Up Emails • AffiliateWP •

    Mailchimp for WordPress • Beaver Builder + Beaver Themer • DW Q/A Forum • Metorik • Gravity Forms
  7. @jcasabona Creating Courses • Hardware • Sterling Audio Condenser Mic

    • Focusrite Scarlet Solo • Software • Screenflow • Vimeo Pro
  8. @jcasabona • First and foremost, more courses! • Beaver Builder

    Master Class, and more “site specific” courses • Memberships • Better ways to connect with students to improve engagement • Video Captions • More Automation
  9. @jcasabona –Ed Catmull “It’s folly to think you can avoid

    change, no matter how much you might want to. But also, to my mind, you shouldn’t want to. There is no growth or success without change.”