Before we begin, if you’re really new to the website, here are some great videos to review before attending Workshop Session #1. These were created by Common Craft – http://www.commoncraft.com
WORLD WIDE WEB IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Get a general overall explanation of the world wide web so you get a good sense of how it works and then you’ll have a much better understanding for how you can use it in your business.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZoMbBzqxyc
WEB SEARCH STRATEGIES
Learn the basics of search to better understand SEO or search engine optimization strategies.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8aYoVpdz8o
BLOG, BLOG, BLOG
Understanding how blogs work will help you figure out what your website is doing with your blog entries should you decide to turn your website into a website blog.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
SOCIAL NETWORKING MAKES YOUR NETWORK MORE USEFUL
Social networking opens up our connections. We can find and ask for introductions we may not have known could have existed for us. It’s great for finding jobs as well as asking for an introduction to a prospect.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING HELPS PEOPLE SHARE VALUABLE INFORMATION
We’ll learn about social bookmarking and make it easy to do too! Working as a group, you can create links to interesting sites. Review this video before the appropriate session so that you’ll understand.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeBmvDpVbWc
RSS – WHAT IS IT?
RSS is an online information bureau service that gets placed in your email or web email.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU
TWITTER TO SHARE MINI-BITES OF INFORMATION
Not as much writing as blogs or emails, twitter is a great way to share snippets of information and quickly plus link to key blogs or pages which you believe are valuable and relevant to this brief thought.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o
TWITTER SEARCH
Find topics and conversations. Participate in conversations to find like minded individuals.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGbLWQYJ6iM
What we do here at Create a Website Workshops is use the WordPress.org system so that you can use the same easy to use system for a website, blog or website / blog combo. That way, it can be located at your domain name such as www.mydomain.com and have that professional business brand. Also, we’ll show you ways to promote your WordPress website, extend it so that it can get even better results and more visitor traffic.
Social Media ROI: Socialnomics
Want to know what Social Media can do for your business? Get on board now. Learn how to get the most out of all your online initiatives.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmfs3z8esI
It’s so easy to do, you’ll want to do more than one after you’ve completed the workshop!