WooConf Day 1: Top Takeaways

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1. WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL #WOOCONF DAY 1 WooConf Day 1: Top Takeaways

2. “WooCommerce is now democratizing selling - you can sell anything

   online.” - Matt Mullenweg @photomatt WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

3. “The conversion rate for Amazon Prime subscribers is 75%. The

   reason they’re successful is the process.” - Peep Laja @peeplaja WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

4. “All shopping carts suck di erently, the key is finding

   the right least suckage factor.” - Steven Sashen @invisibleshoe WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

5. “The basic requirements on a subscription basis fulfilled on a

   subscription basis.” - Brent Shepherd @thenbrent WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

6. “I cater to a professional audience, yet HALF the transactions

   are with PayPal. It lowers the barrier to entry for people utilizing my site. ” - Brian Krogsgard @Krogsgard WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

7. “What people need to get is not IF Facebook works

   for your audience - but HOW. How to do it e ectively and a ordably.” - Miracle Wanzo @miraclewanzo WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

8. “Our metric for scaling is add-to-cards-per-minute. On Cyber Monday, we

   got 2,000 add-to-carts-per-minute.” - Chris Lema @chrislema WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

9. “Your payment experience should match your store experience - WooCommerce

   is beautiful, so your payment process should match.” - Mark Hagan of @HeartlandHPY WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

10. “There are 12K tax jurisdictions in the US and more

    than 35K tax rates.” - Ellen Wixted of @avalara WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

11. “Social media and content is about connecting to your audience

    is a meaningful way.” - Dustin W. Stout @DustinWStout WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

12. “It’s a 2-step approach: identify your best customers and focus

    on growing them.” - Drew Sanocki @drewsanocki on finding your whales WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

13. “Make a list of the projects that are costing you

    energy, and then consider why you’re spending time on them. Could it have been a lie?” - David de Boer @davdebcom WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

14. “Step 1 of debugging: be calm.” - Andrew Wikel @slash1andy

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15. “"Your audience is the truth, and you're the sleuth." Like

    Carmen San Diego.” - Chase Reeves @chase_reeves WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

16. “70,000 The number of times a coupon can be used

    before things break.” - Patrick Garman @pmgarman WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

17. “Security is not static - it’s an environment that always

    changes, a combination of people, process & technology” - Tony Perez @perezbox WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

18. “More people are using mobile but mobile eCommerce conversion is

    low, 25% that of the desktop.” - Patrick Rauland @bftrick WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

19. “Lasting innovation comes from a journey, not just a single

    idea.” - Kenn Kelly @KennKelly WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

20. We want to be treated online as well as we’re

    treated in person - like we’re known, that genuine, personal relationship.” - Heather Brunner @heatherjbrunner WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

21. “Performance means money - the faster the search, the better.”

    - Zohar Gilad @zohargilad WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL

22. “You can be in your house watching TV and then

    the lights go on and o , like ‘ah I just made money!’ Pretty fun.” - Bryce Adams @bryceadams WOOCONF LEARN.DEVELOP.SELL