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WooCommerce

WooCommerce

28% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.

Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business – WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and scale securely as you grow. Plus your content will be forever yours and customizable down to the finest button color.

Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com.

Jetpack

Jetpack

Transform how you work with your WordPress sites and rest easy knowing they’re always firing on all cylinders. Jetpack connects your site to the global services, community, and support provided by WordPress.com so you can focus on the stuff that matters.

Jetpack automatically shields your site from the unwanted attention of spammers, hackers, and malware, while real-time sync and backup means you don’t have to worry about data loss. Straightforward traffic-building tools help you attract the attention of readers and search engines. Pages and videos are delivered at high speed from a global, ad-free content delivery network.

With Jetpack’s Affiliate program you can earn 20% for every sale of Jetpack to your customers and clients. And with unlimited referrals, the sky’s the limit! Refer as many clients and contacts as you can, and get paid for every sale you generate.

Make your site work for you. Get your Jetpack today at Jetpack.com

Bluehost

Bluehost

Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.

Liquid Web

Liquid Web

For over 20 years, Liquid Web has been delivering products, services and support designed specifically for mission-critical sites, stores and applications. Known for our high-performance services and exceptional customer support, we own and manage our own core data centers and provide a diverse range of fully managed hosting offerings, including Managed WordPress, and Managed WooCommerce Hosting. Our recent acquisition of iThemes continues to evolve our service offerings to meet the ever-changing needs of our web-reliant, professional customers.

Liquid Web has a dedicated team of WordPress professionals who have been actively involved in the community for years. Beyond contributing code to the WordPress project, they’ve also been speaking at WordCamps, participating in WordPress-related groups and meetups, and creating open-sourced plugins that are used by WordPress users around the globe.

As an industry leader in customer loyalty, we’re known for our secure, reliable, fast, hassle-free hosting, backed by the Most Helpful Humans in Hosting™ (24x7x365 by phone, chat or ticket). At Liquid Web, we power content, commerce and potential for SMB entrepreneurs and the designers, developers and digital agencies who create for them. Everything we do is about being that partner you can trust.

For more information, please visit www.liquidweb.com,, or subscribe to our Blog at www.liquidweb.com/blog.

3.7 Designs

3.7 Designs

3.7 DESIGNS is a strategic design agency focusing on turning great ideas into great design. Equipped with a unique design framework and methodology, we provide emotionally engaging design, usable websites and powerful functionality through the WordPress Platform.

We’re headquartered in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor, right above a brewery no less! (We only sample beers after hours… well, usually…) We’ve worked with clients across the United States and even a few worldwide. We’ve released our own products, lead local meetups, been mentioned in several books, held conferences, and even hosted a podcast or two.

A2 Hosting

A2 Hosting

Since 2003, A2 Hosting has specialized in Linux-based, developer friendly hosting services. We cater to the WordPress community by offering scalable hosting accounts, which run on robust servers, at an affordable cost. As part of our commitment to the WordPress community, we sponsor a great number of WordCamps and WordPress MeetUps around the globe. 

We recently reaffirmed our commitment to the WordPress community in 2018 by releasing our Managed WordPress hosting solution. This service was built with the needs and wants of the WordPress community in mind; providing you with an enhanced WordPress environment that cultivates both creativity and prosperity. We offer all the tools needed to successfully run a scalable, fast, and secure WordPress site out of the box.


Check out all we have to offer at A2 Hosting!

JTV

JTV

JTV is Jackson TV. Founded in 2000, JTV is South Central Michigan’s number one source for community news, information, and entertainment.

Reaching over 80,000 households via three cable systems, JTV produces and airs a daily, local 2-hour talk show, 8 weekly lifestyle, entertainment, events and business programs and a weekly high school sports magazine show.

As the “World Leader in Local High School Sports Television”, JTV produces and airs over 190 high school sporting events annually.

JTV is the nation’s only 100% local television station and locally owned. All content is produced in-house, with a completely local and positive focus.

With more than 30 international awards for production excellence and content, JTV’s programming is engaging, popular and high-quality.

The JTV website is Jackson County’s most visited website with news, videos, full programs on demand, photo galleries, event calendar and complete community coverage.

JTV is also a full-service modern media company, offering video production, web design, and marketing/advertising solutions.

Partner

GoDaddy

GoDaddy

GoDaddy Pro offers a robust suite of free tools to web developers & designers to help them save time managing all their clients and sites. With GoDaddy Pro, you can easily shop for your client, monitor their sites, and manage all their WordPress websites from one place. Exclusive time-saving tools let you update WordPress core, plugins and themes with one click, as well as automate WordPress backups, cloning and migrations. Get real-time performance, security and uptime monitoring across all your websites. Additionally, your free membership includes advanced 24/7 technical support.

When you pair GoDaddy Pro with GoDaddy hosting products, the benefits are even greater.

Check out the Free Tools

GreenGeeks

GreenGeeks

GreenGeeks is an independently owned and operated hosting provider.

Our specially engineered platform offers WordPress users web hosting that is designed for the fastest, most secure and scalable hosting available in multiple data centers. Our WordPress hosting makes deploying and managing WordPress websites easy with automatic 1-click install, managed updates, real-time security protection, SSD RAID-10 storage arrays, PowerCacher and expert 24/7 support to make for the best web hosting experience.

Since our launch in 2008, GreenGeeks has been the industry’s leading eco-friendly web hosting provider putting back 3 times the power we consume into the grid in the form of renewable energy. We are based out of Los Angeles, California with a global workforce that provides a better web hosting experience to customers from over 150 countries.

GreenGeeks is actively engaged within the WordPress community and is a proud sponsor to various WordCamps around the world.

HubSpot

HubSpot

HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) is a leading growth platform. Since 2006, HubSpot has been on a mission to make the world more inbound. Today, over 56,500 customers in more than 100 countries use HubSpot’s award-winning software, services, and support to transform the way they attract, engage, and delight customers. Comprised of Marketing Hub, Sales Hub, Service Hub, and a powerful free CRM, HubSpot gives companies the tools they need to Grow Better. Learn more about HubSpot for WordPress.

LearnDash

LearnDash

LearnDash is taking cutting edge elearning methodology and infusing it into WordPress. More than just a plugin, we provide practical and experience driven guidance for individuals and organizations interested in setting up online courses.

LearnDash is an ideal solution for the following: Educational Institutions, Non-Profits, Developers, and CEU Training Organizations

Learn more at https://www.learndash.com/

Innovative Interactions

Innovative Interactions

Innovative Interactions brings customized interactive touchscreen technology, digital signage and streaming video wall to small business owners, event venues and individuals. With the push for technology to be engaging to customers, businesses need to collect data. Touchscreen interaction can do this for you so that you can see what your customers like or do not like. Having those metrics allows a business to create the necessary actions needed for growth.

Private clients can engage their guests with photo booths, games and other touchscreen interactions that will enhance the experience during the moment. We are local and available, creative with any event and media, and have years of experience. Whether you are an operating business that has content, or a new business that needs content creation and ideas, we can create that media and apply it with touchscreen technology, digital signage or even a video wall, (symmetrical or asymmetric). We have resources to fit almost any need.

Contributor

DreamHost

DreamHost

Since 1997 DreamHost has helped individuals, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and developers worldwide bring their dreams to life on the Internet. A leader in Managed WordPress hosting, over 400,000 customers trust DreamHost to be their online home. Supporting the open source community with dedicated resources and a passionate team, DreamHost believes in the power of the Open Web and the people that make it happen. Learn more at DreamHost.com.

Real Big Marketing

Real Big Marketing

Real Big Marketing is a full-service marketing firm based in Jackson, Michigan.

While we definitely build awesome websites, we also help guide our clients through the challenges of developing recognizable brands and effective marketing strategies.

We use WordPress to solve complex problems. From beautiful site designs to interesting data integrations and plugin development, RBM is the regional leader Mid-Michigan businesses turn to when things get complicated.

Supporter

Surelutions

Surelutions

Surelutions is a website design consulting company in Chelsea, Michigan. We specialize in helping nonprofits and mission-based organizations plan, design, and support their website to connect with their community and increase their impact.


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