Want to build a website to help market your business?

Here is a way that's helping business owners learn to build a good website fast!

The idea of a website waved the key to internet business adventures in front of you. Now, frustratedly pulling your hair, glaring at the millions of options and choices, not knowing where to start, you're wondering if you should just throw it in and slump on the sidelines as competitors whiz by...

My name is Lerynne Verster and I understand exactly discouraged you're feeling at the moment. How can I say that? Simple: I wasn't always a website expert. Nine years ago, when my husband and I first started, I also sat confounded in front of all this potential and despaired of ever learning to use it properly.

I remember wishing for some kind of a website manual, a “how to website” tutorial, a friendly website expert who'd let me look over their shoulder for a bit to see what to do...

I couldn't find anything like that and so I spent thousands of hours of trial and error, figuring it all out the hard way. You see, a website is an incredibly powerful and logical tool – once you know what all the pieces are and how they fit together. But without some guidance it can be a confusing process.

Once I had found and tested the best systems available and puzzled it all out though, it was a breeze to use my qualifications and experience in education and training to create easy  website tutorials to teach our clients how to use their website content management system without them going through the headaches I had.

You too, can be using a website like an old-hand in a few short hours.

All of our website training materials and courses have been designed from an actual user point of view. You don't need any programming or HTML or techie know-how to learn how to use the website content management system we use. If you can send an e-mail and type a simple document in Word, you'll be able to use the system and build your own website.

All our training – from beginners' website videos to more complete website courses (like this one in which you build your website with an expert website trainer) – is in plain, ordinary English. No geek speak or techie talk to bewilder and confound you. Just what you need to know, explained in a way you can understand.

So what exactly does your website training for beginners cover? Let's take a look...

1. Getting started with your website In this first section of the webinar workshop we cover: What are the basic website ingredients and how do they fit together to make an appealing and tasty website? How to choose a design template and where to find one. How to get your info into your website in a logical and orderly way – and why it's important. How to format your info so that it's easy to read and follow for your visitors. How to spice up your content and get your message across with images. How to add Docs that folks can download Image tips and tricks Tips for search engine optimization

2. Displaying your content on your website

In the second section of the webinar workshop we cover:

• Different ways to display your content on your website – and what works best for different types of site.
• How to create a logical menu structure that makes it easy for your visitors to find info on your site.
• Search engine optimization tips - steps to include when setting up your menus.
• How to manage the display of info on the Front Page / Home page on your website
• Search engine optimization tips for your Front Page.

3. Getting your website found and contacted In the third section of the webinar workshop we cover: How to create contact forms for your website. Tips on what should always be included in your contact details so that you don't look like a scam artist. How to get your contact form to appear on your website. Search engine optimizing your website: What are the search engines looking for? Things you can do on your website to help the search engines rank you better Other factors the search engines look at when ranking your website - and what to do about them.

Duration:

This is a one day workshop consisting of two sessions:

• 09h30 to 12h30 and
• 14h00 to 17h00.
  • There will be 10 minute breaks during both the morning and afternoon sessions.

This is perfect if you're in a tearing hurry to get your website up and running!

There are also 2 additional Support Sessions (after the workshop) to handle any specific questions you may have.

Date:

Our next training sessions are on Tuesday, 27th September 2011 and Saturday, 1st October 2011.

Venue:

This training session will take place via webinar – a virtual classroom. The venue is your pc screen - in the convenience of your office or at home. You'll be able to see the trainer's screen and follow exactly what they're doing, step-by-step, as they do it. You'll be able to ask questions and have the trainer take a look at what you're doing on your particular website.

Requirements:

• A stable broadband internet connection. (Dial-up is not suitable.)
• A headset to listen to the audio. And a microphone if you want to be able to speak and ask questions.
• An open mind and positive attitude – with those two you can learn just about anything! :)

Class size:

To ensure individual attention, classes are limited to around 10 people.

What's included:

• A pre-installed website content management system ready for you to practice on
• Your own website domain name and 3 e-mail addresses,
• 3 default templates and
• 6 months hosting (DIY package)
• You can keep this website after the training (and after your 6 months included hosting) by continuing to host it with us or you can move it to a host of your choice.
• You can implement what you learn on your own website as we go along.
• Full access to the backend (admin end - where you control what goes on your site) of your website.
• An Info Pack checklist to help you get the correct info for your website together before you start.
• A Search Engine Optimisation Cheat Sheet to help you make your website search engine friendly.
• Free admission to 2 follow-up question-and-answer sessions.

Cost:

R2 450.00 per person

You want to be on this course if...

• You're a business owner needing a website but are new to website building and don't have weeks and months to learn how to do this. You want to cut down your learning curve so your website can be running as soon as possible.
• You've just been put in charge of getting a website for your company and don't know where to start.
• You're on the marketing, communications, public relations or similar team in your company and you've been put in charge of running the company website.
• You want a website you can update and manage yourself.
• Your website must also have a good menu system, flexible content display options, a contact form and have some search engine optimization (so that they can find your site and rank it). 

When you've completed the Website Whiz training you'll know...

• What the basic website elements are and how to fit them together to create a working website.  This means that you'll be able to manage as many other websites as you want to in future.
• You'll be able to add pages, info and images to your website. You'll know how to make your images web friendly and you'll also know what the pitfalls are and how to avoid them.
• How to change the design and / or layout of your website without starting from scratch.
• Which info you should have on your site to make it relevant for people looking for what you have to offer. A handy Website Info Pack checklist will help you keep your focus on the information your visitors find important and interesting.
• How to arrange and organize your info so that visitors find what they're looking for easily and quickly. This makes it easier for people to do business with you.
• What to do to keep your website regularly up-to-date and useful – even when you're pressed for time. By keeping your website fresh, you give people a reason to come back to you.
• Which way is best to display the info on your website and how to make your info visually appealing to your visitors. This is important because people read info on screen differently to the way they read info in print.
• How to structure your website to grow with your business right from the start. So you'll be able to focus on the important things - like marketing and running your business – instead of having to rebuild your website every time you want it to do something extra.
• What to do to make your website search engine friendly and how to optimize it. Not only that, but you'll have your own handy cheat sheet to follow to make sure you're covering all your bases on any other websites you work on in the future.
• Search engine optimization can cost a fortune if you have it done for you – especially if you don't know what it's all about. Knowing what to do yourself means that you can either do it yourself or you can save a bundle by telling a search engine optimisation company exactly what you want done. (And you'll then be in a better position to judge for yourself how well it's working.)
• How to create contact forms on your website. You'll also know how to avoid having your contact page look dodgy and turning visitors away.

What makes our training different from anyone else's?

Well, for starters, I'm not a programmer! I'm a marketer. What does that mean to you? It means that I'm not going to blast you with an avalanche of high-tech programming mumbo-jumbo that does little more than confuse the daylights out of you. 

I'll teach you to use your website from a real user's point of view. You don't need to become a nerdy web developer to manage a website. What you need to know is how to use it to get your message out to your clients and prospects so that your business can grow. And that's the kind of training you'll get from us.

The content management system we'll use for your website is called Joomla. (There are no licence fees to use this system as it is one of the world's top 3 Open Source website systems.) I've personally been using Joomla since it started (in fact, I started on it's predecessor, Mambo). It's our system of choice for any websites in our own business and it's the content management system we use for all our client websites too.  (You can read how we came to choose Joomla over Drupal or any other system here.)

Over the years we've successfully trained many people, lots of them absolute beginners and internet newbies, how to use Joomla. We use it in our own business every day and everything we'll show you, we've tried and tested on our own sites first, so we can be sure it works and works well.

What's more, both my husband and I have formal post-graduate degrees in education and years of experience teaching a vast range of student levels. We know how to structure new info in a way that makes it as easy as possible to remember and how to explain things so that you'll understand them.

In short, with us you'll get website training based on a double strength foundation: practical website and business knowledge, tried and polished over time, as well as informed and seasoned teaching and training experience. It's a pretty potent combination!

Your investment in your skills and business future is R1 750.00 per person for the full Website Whiz course.

Now it's time to choose...

You can book your seat right now and learn how to zoom your website and business into the future on the information highway.

OR

You can click away and continue to bash your head on your desk while your competitors harness the power of the internet and leave you in their dust.

This is what it all comes down to:  take it on or pack it in. The choice is yours.

If you're ready to get started on your website training journey,

Still here? Still not sure?

Tell you what, put the risk on us with our 100% Money back guarantee.

If, after doing the full Website Whiz course, you honestly feel that you still can't update and edit your own Joomla website at all, we'll give you your money back. It's that simple. And we're that confident that we can help you!

There’s just one small catch to this offer...

It’s a small matter, and very reasonable. But it may affect your decision. You see, this course is not for everyone. If you are afraid to try something new because you're scared of making mistakes, or if you're going to be come into this with a cynical “I can't do this attitude”, then this probably isn't going to work for you.

The Website Whiz course isn't just a load of theory, you'll actually need to try out and experiment with some of the options. That means you'll probably make some mistakes along the way. Mistakes can be fixed but if the idea of making them in the first place bothers you, then you're going to battle with this course.

If learning by doing and having fun at the same time is something you're up for, then here's what you need to do right now:

Remember, with the Website Whiz course...

You can start your website tutorial course without any prior knowledge of building websites. Step by easy step, you'll create your website and watch it take shape – while delighting in the fact that you'll be able to use these new skills again and again.

You'll finish the course with a website which you have built yourself and you'll be able to update it and edit it in future. You'll be able to use it to market your business and make connections with new clients.

So, are you going to quit and shuffle away or do you tackle this beast and get cracking with easy step-by-step website training?

See you in class!

Kind regards

Lerynne Verster

Expert website trainer

PS: All our webinar workshops will be recorded and you'll be able to download the recordings to watch as often as you want to. Think of it as having refresher classes available on demand ;)