Each week we are featuring one of the Work The Web workshops here on our blog.

This weeks featured workshop is ‘Owning Your Own Website’

Who is this workshop for?

This is not a course for nerds or technophiles – it is a course for the common or garden business person who wants to understand and appreciate the technology behind one of their greatest sales tools – their website.

Each week we are featuring one of the Work The Web workshops here on our blog.

This weeks featured workshop is ‘E-Commerce & Selling Online’

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop helps participants understand what e-commerce is, the benefits of using the Internet to sell products and services and how to implement e-commerce. This workshop is for both existing online retailers and those who are in the planning stage.

What you will learn:

• What is e-commerce?

• How it works

• How it could benefit you

• What could you sell online and to whom?

• What type of e-commerce is right for you?

• How might e-commerce change your business?

• Setting up e-commerce on your website

• Setting up the facility with your bank

• Security and reliability issues

• What price to charge for products

• Pricing models

• Payment methods

• Fulfillment and distribution

• Purchasing policies

• How to let users select items to purchase (the shopping cart options)

• How to promote your e-commerce facility

• Maintaining the e-commerce facility

• Google analytics and e-commerce

• Case studies

Where & When:

We are running this one day workshop on:

Friday 14th May at Jury’s Inn, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1

and

Thursday 3rd June at The Maudlins House Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare

A limited number of Early Bird tickets are available for €95

Full price tickets cost €145

Payment Details

If you wish to pay by Visa or Mastercard please simple pay online when booking your tickets. If you wish to pay by Laser or if you prefer to pay by Visa/Mastercard over the phone please call 091 399 939 and tell the receptionist that you wish to pay by credit card. To pay by cheque or EFT please contact Ruairi on 091 399 939 for details.

Each week we are featuring one of the Work The Web workshops here on our blog.

This weeks featured workshop is ‘Blogging For Business’

Who is this workshop for?

Small to medium sized business owners who own a website but feel that they are not maximising it to it’s full potential. Paricipants should already have a basic knowledge of Social Media.

What you will learn:

Where & When:

We are running this one day workshop on:

Thursday 13th May at The Maudlins House Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare

and

Friday 28th May at at Jury’s Inn, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1

A limited number of Early Bird tickets are available for €95

Full price tickets cost €145

Payment Details

If you wish to pay by Visa or Mastercard please simple pay online when booking your tickets. If you wish to pay by Laser or if you prefer to pay by Visa/Mastercard over the phone please call 091 399 939 and tell the receptionist that you wish to pay by credit card. To pay by cheque or EFT please contact Ruairi on 091 399 939 for details.

Each week we are featuring one of the Work The Web workshops here on our blog.

This weeks featured workshop is ‘Blogging For Business’

Who is this workshop for?

Small to medium sized business owners who own a website but feel that they are not maximising it to it’s full potential.

What you will learn:

If you would like to start a blog for business but aren’t sure where to start, we can show you how to do it from the ground up. We will show you everything you need to know in order to set up a blog easily and quickly and to maximise both SEO and branding potential.

• Choosing hosting and domain name

• WordPress vs Blogger

• Creating your blog online

• Configuring basic blog settings

• Changing the look of your blog

• Creating your first post

• Formatting and editing posts

• Using hyperlinks

• Embedding video and images

• Managing comments

• Tags, Keywords, and SEO

• Case studies – Blogs that work

• Setting a blogging schedule

• Different types of blogs

• Targeting your market

• What to write

• Goals and calls to action

Where & When:

We are running this one day workshop on:

Friday 7th May at at Jury’s Inn, Dublin 1

and

Thursday 27th May at The Maudlins House Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare

A limited number of Early Bird tickets are available for €95

Full price tickets cost €145

Payment Details

If you wish to pay by Visa or Mastercard please simple pay online when booking your tickets. If you wish to pay by Laser or if you prefer to pay by Visa/Mastercard over the phone please call 091 399 939 and tell the receptionist that you wish to pay by credit card. To pay by cheque or EFT please contact Ruairi on 091 399 939 for details.

Each week we are going to feature one of the Work The Web workshops here on our blog.

The first one is ‘Social Media For Business’

Who is this workshop for?

Small to medium sized business owners who own a website but feel that they are not maximising it to it’s full potential.

This workshop will provide you with the skills required to market your brand online and increase traffic to your website using social media.

This is a complete introduction to Social Media for business focusing on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and YouTube.

What you will learn:

• Case studies on the different ways businesses are using social media.
• How to set up pages, groups, and events.
• How to populate your pages.
• How to attract fans and followers.
• Key strategies for each network.
• How to syndicate your blog or RSS feed across each network.
• Top tips to remember about each network.

Where & When

We are running this one day workshop on:

Thursday 6th May at The Maudlins House Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare

and

Friday 21st May at Jury’s Inn, Dublin 1

A limited number of Early Bird tickets are available for €95

Full price tickets cost €145

Payment Details

If you wish to pay by Visa or Mastercard please simple pay online when booking your tickets. If you wish to pay by Laser or if you prefer to pay by Visa/Mastercard over the phone please call 091 399 939 and tell the receptionist that you wish to pay by credit card. To pay by cheque or EFT please contact Ruairi on 091 399 939 for details.

Thanks to everyone who completed our Work The Web survey, your responses have helped us create a set of workshops which we believe will help you unleash the power of your website.

Today sees the launch of our new website: www.worktheweb.eu .  We have designed five, one day workshops covering everything from Social Media to E-commerce running at two locations: Dublin and Naas. The workshops will give you the knowledge you require to really start making the most of your website.

There are a limited number of ‘Early Bird’ tickets available for €95 per workshop.  Full price tickets are €145.

Book Now

Click the links below to find out more and book your place today:

Social Media for Business – Dublin / Naas

Creating a Social Media Campaign – Dublin / Naas

Blogging for Business – Dublin / Naas

E-Commerce and Selling Online – Dublin / Naas

Owning Your Own Website – Dublin / Naas

You can purchase your tickets online with Paypal

or

Call Kro IT Solutions:  091 399 939 To pay by credit card, Laser or cheque.

For more information contact Spiderworking.com: 01 442 9410

We’re delighted to announce our first seminar on Social Media for Business in Caithness, in the Highlands of Scotland.

The Half day seminar will be held at The Portland Arms Hotel, Lybster. Details below:

Learn how to use social media to improve the visability of your brand online, to increase traffic to your website and to market your business.

Social Media For Business will teach you the basics of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, showing you case studies and marketing strategies.

You will learn how to attract followers and fans to each network, how to populate each of your pages and how to integrate social media into your marketing strategies.

Event takes place on 20th January 2009 between 9am and 1pm

Tickets are £25 per person and can be booked in advance here:

Why the Highlands?

We are running this event in conjunction with Crofting Supplies, who we initially connected with on, Twitter.  More proof that Social Media works!

Location:

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