Web Design Classes - Websites for Business Owners
Does your business have a website? Have you ever thought about developing your own website? This course could be for you!
Websites for Business Owners
Plan, cost, create, market and maintain an online presence
During 10 1½ hour training sessions you will learn how to plan, build and maintain a website / web presence. You will learn where the Internet has come from, where it is today and what may lie ahead. You will hand code your first webpage using nothing more than notepad (something many of today’s web designers can’t do). We will look at the tools available to help you design and build your website.
We will discuss how to write good relevant content for your website, optimising it for the search engines while keeping it relevant and engaging to the customer.
You will learn how to:-
- Buy domain names
- Find reliable, cheap hosting packages and once live
- Market and maintain the site
- Setup PayPal accounts
- Sell items and services within 10 minutes
- Receive money via PayPal, Visa and MasterCard
- Harness the power of social networking with Facebook, Linked In and Twitter
- We will discuss the Website v Facebook question
- Send out regular newsletters to your clients
- How to harvest emails
- Handle un-subscribes
Table of Contents
- Internet Overview
- HTML – Building your first webpage
- Hosting and domain names
- Tools of the trade
- Writing good content
- Search Engine Optimisation
- Social Media
- Blogs, wordpress
- Ecommerce
- Newsletters and emails
There will be plenty of scope within the course to cover topics requested by delegates.
Your Trainer
Jonathan Lomax first worked with 'the web' in '1995' as an in house trainer with Unilever Plc at their head office in London. Training staff on the use of Netscape version 2, led to training users on NetObjects Team Fusion for maintaining intranet sites.
Jonathan spent 8 years with Unilever working on web related projects in Ireland, the UK, France and Holland. With 16 years experience working for clients such as Unilever, BT, Universal Music and many large training companies in the UK, Jonathan is well placed to deliver a course which will empower a business owner to manage their online presence.
Jonathan currently runs Format.ie with his wife Lisa. They build websites for a variety of clients in Ireland and the UK. Jonathan also teaches for FAS in Sligo.
Commences: Thursday, 6th October 2011
Time: 3.30pm - 5pm
Duration: 10 1½ hour modules spread over a 10 or 5 week period.
Cost: €15 per module (€150)
Trainer: Jonathan Lomax
Prior Knowledge Required: Ability to use a mouse and keyboard in a MS Windows or Mac operating system. No previous Internet knowledge is required or assumed.
Laptops: Supplied by County Sligo VEC
There are only 10 places available on this course, so if you are intersted, please contact The Benwiskin Centre on 071 9176721 or send us an email as soon as possible
