Magenticians News Weekly #039: Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals, Meet Magento World & Simone Zuurveld’s Interview And Much More.

Magenticians
November 25, 2016

We’ll be fast because we know you all have to grab great deals and steals online this Friday.

Well, we have our own post telling you about all the nice offers available inside the Magento world. Magestore has cut prices, Aheadworks is trying to leave everyone behind with their discounts, and Cloudways has an amazing coupon that slashes prices for the next 3 months. Don’t wait. Start your saving spree now.

If you are still reading, then you must check this article about Magento Analytics. In the article, Allora Heiberger explains why it is necessary to map your ambitions and goals with analysis tools.

If you use a video, you’ll convert better. This is fast becoming a fact in the online retail industry. This week, Muneeb taught us how to put YouTube videos inside product pages of a store built on Magento 2. If you work on this angle, you can see your conversions rise in no time.

Now that Magento 2 is maturing, you may need a follow up to this great tutorial Justin wrote about extending RESTful Web API to suit your ecommerce needs. Here’s the new tutorial to reflect the changes in Magento 2 and help you extend your REST API.

This week, Ksenia Dobreva sat down with the King of Community, Guido Jansen to talk about Meet Magento World, the flagship event of Meet Magento happening in July 2017. He shares why he thinks this year’s conference will be different from the previous editions.

Last but not the least, Simone Zuurveld gave a nice interview to Fayyaz Khattak on Cloudways blog. In the interview, Simone talked about her work at Bold Commerce, the way she sees Magento development, and how ecommerce will look in the near future. The interview is a must read!

I am done here. See you in the shops somewhere.