Websites 101: The Necessary Basics
If you are starting a new business you need a website so the world can know about you and what you have to offer. My mission is to teach people how to build websites, without any coding. Websites which look good and are efficient, easy to maintain and update and most of all reflect who they are.
I have been building websites for more than 20 years. I started because I needed a website for myself and did not want to use a typical website designer. I did not want to spend a ton of money but also because I wanted to be able to do updates right away and not be dependent on somebody else. I spent hours learning and making all kind of mistakes! But I have loved every minute of it. Since then I have built websites for myself and for other people. I wish I had had some guidance when I started so I could have done it faster, with less mistakes and less costs.
I decided to teach a class after helping some friends build their own and hearing horror stories about bad hosts, web designers who disappear leaving a site unattended and still having control of the client’s site. I would like to share what I learned during the hundred hours I have learned and researched.
My goal is that after the class you will have the information and a lot of tools needed to make an educated decision about how you want to build a good looking website that can be maintained easily. What you will learn will also be useful if you decide to hire a website designer: you will save time, money and headaches. To be efficient a website does not have to be complicated. I am hoping that along the way you will have fun learning.
The class will be on Zoom and you will have access to the recording of the class.
During this class you will learn:
- How to avoid beginner or half beginner mistakes.
- Verbiage/meaning of terms used about websites.
- What to prepare and work on before you build your site.
- Pictures; Do and don’t , formats, orientation and more.
- Various platforms where you can build your website .
- Comparison, pro and cons, and why it matters.
- How to pick a good host and why it is important.
- To blog or not to blog? What does a blog do for you and what it does not.
- What to do once you build your website to have people visiting your site and no, the “build it and they will come” does not work for websites.
- And more…
You will receive a handout + useful check list forms + a list of resources and some extra material.
BONUS: Q& A : 1 hour session about 1 week after the class (date to be decided during the class as democratically as possible :-))
Date
Saturday January 18: 12PM to 4:30PM (EST) with a 30 minutes break in the middle of the session.
Investment
Websites 101 Full Price: $ 247.00
Returning students (refresh your knowledge and learn new information): $50.