The Jetpack plugin for WordPress has many very useful features. One of those is social sharing where a visitor to your page or post may share to Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Pinterest and so on. Selecting whether to show the social media sharing icons on media, pages or posts is simple. By default the sharing buttons […]
Archives for September 2015
What to do about Mailchimp Omnivore Warning
There are quite a few different warnings you may receive when importing subscribers into a list. Mailchimp is (correctly) very careful about complying with various anti-spam laws and ensuring that their customers only send emails to people that have agreed to receive email newsletters. Getting omnivore warnings and need help? Get help! Below is one […]
WooCommerce for WordPress training in Sydney
We’re excited that our next WooCommerce training course has been scheduled. The class will be held in North Sydney on 30th October 2015. WooCommerce ecommerce training will teach you how to sell online. Learn how to install and use WooCommerce in a small class. In this course we’ll cover how to install and configure the WooCommerce ecommerce […]
Mailchimp ‘never been sent to through our system’ error
A client alerted me to the Mailchimp Omnivore error message below. Upon importing subscribers into the list the error wasn’t shown. Only when the client went to confirm and send their campaign did the message show (and the client was prevented from sending the emails). This error is near impossible for anyone but Mailchimp to […]
The 4 Best Giveaway Services
Email marketing works! Getting subscribers to sign-up for our marketing campaigns isn’t always easy. Fortunately a very effective means of gaining new subscribers is simple to implement and not prohibitively expensive. If you have something of value to give away such as a place on your next course, a free night at your B&B, a treatment […]
Learn to use Mailchimp
Great news; we’ve scheduled another Mailchimp class in Sydney. Learn how to use Mailchimp in four hours. Even if you’ve never used Mailchimp you’ll leave the class being confident and full of ideas of how Mailchimp can further your marketing. The training will be held on the 16th October 2015 in North Sydney from 0900 […]
Easily send email to subscribers that aren’t in any Mailchimp groups
A client had an interesting Mailchimp question; how could she send a campaign email to all subscribers that weren’t in any groups? Fortunately this is easy to achieve by using segments. Here are the instructions. To send a campaign to all subscribers that aren’t in any groups: From the Mailchimp Dashboard go to Lists. Click […]