I’m listed by Mailchimp as an Expert. This means that my Mailchimp clients get three months free subscription from Mailchimp (as part of the Mailchimp Expert Discount Program). Who can get 3 months Mailchimp free? This awesome incentive is maintained by Mailchimp and the free three months is available to paying clients of Experts listed by […]
Archives for 2015
Easy setup CloudFlare SSL with WordPress
I’ve used CloudFlare for years and highly recommend it for improved webpage load speed (great for SEO), reduced host server load and, best of all, the awesome security it provides. The free CloudFlare plan is adequate for most small websites and this plan offers outstanding speed optimization and security. WordPress, CloudFlare and Flexible SSL With the […]
How to delete a Mailchimp Segment and Subscribers
An attendee to one of my Mailchimp classes asked the question is there a way we can permanently delete a “segment” and its subscribers from the list? NOTE: It’s now possible in Mailchimp, since GDPR, to delete unsubscribed and cleaned contacts. Read more. It’s simple enough to perform these actions. The steps involve first deleting […]
Fix Google Calendar showing wrong times
If you view multiple calendars in your Google Calendar (also called Gmail Calendar), you may have a problem whereby the time of events from a shared calendar are wrong. This is really frustrating but fortunately really simple to resolve. The reason that this problem occurs is that your calendar timezone setting may be incorrect. Follow […]
Fix the WordPress 4.4 SSL Error
I’ve spent countless hours over the past few days trying to resolve the following error message: Error sending SMS: SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain. Microsoft Edge browser, Firefox and Chrome all show that the website is using a valid SSL certificate but, alas, some WordPress plugins just don’t like the valid […]
Mailchimp smashes email sending record
I was interested to see just how many email marketing messages are being sent this holiday season (U.S. Thanksgiving week specifically which includes big shopping days such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday). Last Friday 1.2 billion emails were sent through Mailchimp and 375 million emails were sent through Constant Contact this past Monday […]
How to mark a WooCommerce product as out of stock
It really is quite amazing how popular WooCommerce eCommerce for WordPress is. There are several really good eCommerce services (such as Shopify) but WooCommerce offers a great alternative if you love WordPress and want to host your own online store. I’ve worked on WooCommerce websites since it was first introduced and it has become a […]
Mailchimp to Hotmail and Gmail problem
Someone contacted me from my listing on the Mailchimp Experts Directory with an interesting question. In short, the Mailchimp user has over 100,000 subscribers and has been sending his email marketing to subscribers for over 18 months. What he has noticed is that during this year, open and click rates of campaigns sent to Gmail and […]
Mailchimp Training Classes
We are getting excellent feedback from our Learn to use Mailchimp classes. People are finding the four hour face-to-face training very beneficial in learning the best way to use email marketing to meet their needs. We’ve had people from Government, charities, startups, small businesses and all other types of organizations attend. In 2016 we’ll be […]
How to save a large file to a USB stick
Providing Mailchimp and WordPress services means that often clients need to send me images. Of course the simplest is to use Dropbox, Google Drive or similar however many of my clients prefer to save the images (or video) to a USB drive then give me the drive. With large files (e.g. over 4GB in size), […]