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Featured Workshop – Owning Your Own Website

Amanda — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:30:23 +0000

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.

This is a course for people who know nothing about owning a website but wish to know everything.

This is a course for people who know nothing about owning a website but wish to know everything.

What you will learn:

Common types of website

Guide to hosting your website

Guide to domain names

What are IP addresses & domain name servers?

Uploading and accessing your website

Email and your website

Primer on search engine optimisation

Website technologies explained

The future of the WWW – HTML 5.0 revealed

Common website mistakes

Where & When:

We are running this one day workshop on:

Thursday 20th May at The Maudlins House Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare

and

Friday 4th June 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.

Featured Workshop – E-Commerce & Selling Online

Amanda — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:30:02 +0000

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.

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.

Featured Workshop – Creating A Social Media Campaign

Amanda — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:30:40 +0000

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

This weeks featured workshop is ‘Blogging For Business’

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:

The perfect compliment to the Social Media for Business course. This workshop will take you through the four step process for creating a social media campaign. Aiming to help you increase; traffic to your website, brand awareness and ultimately customers and profit.

This workshop focuses on all forms of social media demonstrating how to leverage them to promote your business.

Case studies and examples of good social media strategies.

How to monitor your brand and your industry online.

How to plan a social media campaign.

How to implement your strategy.

How to measure your results.

Reviewing your campaign.

Top tips to remember when planning a campaign.

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

Featured Workshop – Blogging For Business

Amanda — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:30:25 +0000

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

This week it 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:

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.

This is ideal for small businesses who want to be hands-on about their online marketing and web presence.

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

Featured Workshop – Social Media For Business

Amanda — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:30:30 +0000

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

A new project – your input required:

Amanda — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:30:37 +0000

Spiderworking.com is teaming up with Kro IT solutions to offer a series of ‘Work The Web’ workshops.

The workshops are designed to help website owners make the most of their online presence. We are still in the planning stages and if you are based in Ireland we would love your input so that we can tailor the courses specifically to your needs.

If you have a few minutes please complete our simple survey by clicking here.

Feel free to pass the link onto any other business owners you know in Ireland.

Watch this space for more details on the workshops.