Meetup Notes February 15, 2017

From Scott Hack:

This month I’ll be discussing running a business with WordPress. We’ll talk about contact forms, shopping carts, membership sites, newsletter sign ups, etc. Essentially once you have a site and the site has traffic. What do you do next?

Contact Forms

• Gravity Forms ($39/year +)
• Ninja Forms (Free + Addons)
• Contact Form 7 (free, with a Wapuu plugin in place of donations)
• Jetpack Contact Form (free)

Shopping Carts

• WooCommerce (free + paid Extensions)
• Easy Digital Downloads (free + paid Extensions)
• Shopify (free plugin + Shopify account)

Membership Sites

• Restrict Content Pro ($49/year +)
• MemberPress ($99/year)
• WooCommerce Memberships ($149/year)
• s2Member (freemium)

Newsletter Signups

• Mailchimp (free plugin + Mailchimp account)
  • Gravity Forms Mailchimp Integration
  • Ninja Forms Mailchimp Integration
  • Easy Digital Downloads Mailchimp Integration
  • Restrict Content Pro Mailchimp Integration
  • Contact Form 7 Mailchimp Integration
  • WooCommerce Mailchimp Integration
• AWeber (free plugin + AWeber account)
• Constant Contact (free plugin + Constant Contact account)

Business Workflows

• Gravity Flow (requires Gravity Forms + $97/yr)