WPToronto East: Social Media Advertising

This month the WPToronto East crew got together to discuss social media advertising. Facebook was (unsurprisingly) a big focus of the conversation, though we did touch on Pinterest and LinkedIn as well. Here’s a look at what we discussed. Next month we’ll be talking about using WordPress to build landing pages, the destination of the … Read more

WordPress Toronto – North Edition #16

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Agenda and Notes on meetup.com Intros We had a new person join our group – welcome Monica! We talked about content marketing — the benefits and viewpoints. Our roundtable was a useful introduction but also tested some assumptions we all have about good and great content. Business Discussion: Lynda.com WordPress Course Walkthrough We walked through … Read more

WordPress Toronto – North Edition #15

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Notes on meetup.com – Livestream archived on Facebook (you must login and be a member of WPToronto on Facebook to view). Topic: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) background and fundamentals By: Erez Elias SEO has figured prominently into many businesses decisions as they go online. Companies spend a large amount of budget to have their website ranked … Read more

WordPress News Headlines: March 8, 2017

In years gone by we’d send out an email via Meetup.com with a roundup of recent WordPress news headlines worth checking out. We’re rebooting that series on the blog. Headlines below! This week in the news: We’ve got a WordPress security release; improvements for WordPress.com and Jetpack users; Clef shuts down; Ninja Forms adds Recurly; … Read more

Let’s Talk SEO, Structured Data & Backlinks

The WPToronto East and WPToronto TO-DOers groups came together last weekend for a couple of lightning talks and a hands-on workshop about SEO. Andy McIlwain presented a lightning talk on the current state of SEO; Robin Macrae presented on adding structured data to improve your site’s appearance in search results; and David Michaels presented on … Read more

WordPress Toronto – North Edition #14

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Notes on meetup.com Paid Memberships Pro Continuing on past month’s WooCommerce discussion and demo, we will review Paid Memberships Pro — check out the test site at wpto.newpath.consulting — if you want access to admin to play around, let me know (alex@newpathconsulting.com).

WordPress Toronto – North Edition #13

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Notes on meetup.com eCommerce for Businesses A vendor-neutral review of several membership and ecommerce plugins Cart66 Exchange MemberPress Restrict Content Pro WooCommerce + Memberships + Subscriptions  <- reviewed this one Paid Memberships Pro <-next month Review Shopify Great meetup to kick off 2017. We had some regulars come out which was nice to see. We are … Read more