The Best Tools for Creating a WordPress Product Company | EP 261

The Best Tools for Creating a WordPress Product Company

1. Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) 01:32
   • This software was made for uses like creating a WordPress product company.
   • It has all the features that you’ll need.
   • EDD has a free version, but you’ll want to get the premium version.
2. Help Scout 02:37
   • Support is very important for a product business.
   • This tool makes it easy to manage your support requests and turn customer questions into FAQ’s for your website.
3. AffiliateWP 03:28
   • This program works seamlessly with EDD.
   • It allows you to create your own affiliate program. Your loyal customers can use this to promote your products.
4. Jilt/Ahoy! 04:10
   • These marketing plugins help with abandon cart, exit intent, and other marketing features.
5. MailChimp/GetResponse 05:41
   • These tools are fantastic for email marketing.
   • Having a powerful email marketing strategy is so important for creating a WordPress product company.
   • It’s the difference between selling one time products and growing a base of loyal customers.
6. PixelYourSite Pro 06:53
   • This tool works with Facebook to manage your pixel.
   • It’s easy to set up a tracking pixel for your website.
   • What’s nice about using this software is that it will integrate with your ecommerce software.
   • This means that if someone comes to your site through a Facebook ad and makes a purchase, Facebook will be able to track that conversion. This will give you more data for making future ad decisions.
7. MonsterInsights Pro 08:35
   • This is an analytics software that integrates with Google Analytics.
   • It works well for e-commerce and gives you more insight into your sales data.
8. OneSignal 09:37
   • This is a push notification software.
   • Every time you publish new content for your WordPress product company, OneSignal can send a notification to your subscribers.
9. ThirstyAffiliates Pro 11:09
   • This software works in conjunction with affiliate marketing.
   • It allows you to cloak your links, so you don’t have a huge long link with an obvious affiliate link in it.
   • The pro version will automatically insert your affiliate links for you.
10. Yoast SEO 12:32
    • This software isn’t just for e-commerce, but it’s important because you need to keep SEO in mind to rank your products.
11. GitHub/Bitbucket 13:21
    • These tools are very useful for version control, especially if you have multiple developers working on the same code.

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