Anyone can learn to how to get their business online effectively
If you can use a word processor you can build an effective business web presence. You don’t actually need to know HTML, CSS, PHP, XML or any of the rest of the alphabet soup that makes developing a website seem difficult. We’ll lead you step by step through the process from start to finish. By the time you’re finished you’ll have used your new skills to make your own business website.
A site that can grow with you
You’ll make a website that can grow as large as your business needs it to. You’ll learn how to get your message out to the thousands of people every day looking for your products or services. You’ll learn the tools to publish your story, to sell your products online, to tell your community that you’re open for business.
Harness the world’s leading web software
How is it possible to create a compelling effective web presence without knowing HTML? We’ll teach you how to use the extremely powerful web application called WordPress to make your own business website. WordPress is the leading open source (free) software for developing and maintaining a website. According to Wikipedia it is currently used by 62.8 million websites in the United States. Properly installed and configured WordPress will handle all of the mechanics for you and leave you to develop and manage the content.
Instruction tailored to small business
We offer step by step videos on how to setup, configure and customize your website. There are currently over 200 video tutorials covering all aspects of building your site. We assume that your are starting from scratch and begining at zero.
- How to select a domain name
- How to set up your hosting account
- How to set up email with that host
- How to install and configure FTP software
- How to syncronize your site with your local files
Once the mechanics are finished we’ll show you how to configure and customize your site
- How to use themes to customize the appearance of your site
- How to add a home page, products or services pages, and contact page
- How to prepare graphics for use on your site
- How to change the colors and fonts of your site to achieve a truly custom look.
- And much more.
Take a look at our Video Tutorials section to see all that we offer.
Personal help when you need it
Membership in this site also includes a “Members Only” forum. In that forum we answer questions and discuss issues on any subject related to creating an effective small business web presence. It’s a lively and active forum with several questions and answers posted every day. In fact we often take the opportunity to answer questions with a video. You’re not left alone to interpret what is taught. We’re here to help you understand every step along the way.
Learning in the classroom
We also offer small classes with an experienced presenter who’s been a small business owner for most of the last 25 years. We understand first hand the needs of small businesses and we’ve tailored our instruction specifically to the development of small business websites. During the class you’ll have a computer in front of you and as you follow along you’ll be actually creating your site.
We want small businesses to succeed and we intend to do our best to help you do so.
