Web Site Design and Promotion

Web Site Promotion Internet Marketing
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Web Site Promotion

How can small businesses best take advantage of the Internet? Learn top web strategies and online promotions for your business or for your clients.

This intense six-week course will demonstrate how small business can successfully harness the Internet. You'll gain knowledge for cutting through the clutter with practical, high-impact promotional solutions -- such as search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click advertising (PPC), linking campaigns, email marketing, blogs, online publicity, and affiliate strategies. Using online research, case studies, class exercises, and professional feedback you'll learn how to develop a web strategy for your business or for your clients.

Ideally this research and planning is done prior to launching a web site. However, if you already have a web site that is not performing well, this course provides fresh concepts for online success.
Outline
Week 1: Introduction to Web Site Promotion and Search Engines
  • Planning your web site
  • SEO - search engine optimization
  • The submission and inclusion process
Week 2: Developing an Internet Advertising Plan
  • Conducting a link campaign
  • Planning your ad campaign
  • Pricing models for advertising
  • The ad creative and effective targeting
Week 3: Popular Forms of Online Advertising and Promotion
  • Banners, sponsorships, and social network advertising
  • Pay-per-click advertising
  • Landing pages
Week 4: Laws of Attraction, Analytics and ROI
  • Great content writing
  • Consumer generated media
  • Blogs and wikis
  • Measuring your results and ROI
Week 5: Effective Business Communications and Publicity
  • Email, spam and sig files
  • Press and news releases
  • Enewsletters, eMail lists, article syndication
Week 6: Creating Synergy with Online and Offline Marketing
  • Partnering, co-marketing strategies and affiliate programs
  • Effective offline marketing strategies
  • Pulling it all together - course recap
Prerequisites
This course requires a general familiarity of the Internet, with 1 year of experience on the Web recommended. While not required, students who have had courses in web technologies or programming related to web page design will find it useful.
Requirements
Internet access is required. You should also have a good amount of time to assimilate the material brought out in class, to do some online research, and to develop your web site's own marketing strategy.
Class Books
Course Price
  • Member Price: $100.00 US
  • Non-Member Price: $200.00 US
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Additional Information:
This online course is limited to 100 participants. Your place in the course is confirmed by your payment. Introductory courses are intended for students with no experience in the subject matter and are seeking beginner level training.

Refund Policy: Please read our "Terms and Refund Policy" before registering for this course.

Additional Cost: Book and software migh be required for the course. Read the Requirements and Book section for more information. Course fee does not include the book and software cost .

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How eClasses Work:The classroom environment is based on Lundeen & Associates Web Crossing technology, a threaded messaging system. Instructors post lectures, reading selections, and hands-on assignments once a week in the online classroom. Students can discuss the assignments with the instructor and amongst themselves in the classroom area. This format has no set meeting time, which allows students to attend class at a time most convenient to them, yet still provides logically organized communication between class participants. Students can apply for the completion certificate after finishing the class. Web Study certificate is also available. Click on the Certificates link on the top navigation bar for more information.

 

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  • Member Price: $100.00 US
  • Non-Member Price: $200.00 US
  • Course Duration: 6 weeks
  • CEUs: 3.0
  • Web Course No: B321
  • Course Instructor: Cindy McMahen
  • Co-Instructor/TA: Karyn Zoldan
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Before you register for this class, please read carefully the Outline, Prerequisites, Requirements, Books, and Refund Policy sections.

Instructor: Cindy McMahen
Cindy McMahen Cindy McMahen has been the principal of an interactive agency since 1997. She's responsible for the many activities related to client's search marketing programs, including the task of coordinating of a team of designers, programmers, copywriters and others involved. She's offered courses in Internet promotion and SEO over four years to hundreds of individuals. Currently she's an instructor with online Internet marketing courses in Web Site Promotion and Search Engine Optimization.

Testimonials:
'The course was helpful and provided me with additional insight and resources with which to better promote my site(s). The instructor and TA were timely insightful and made the class enjoyable as well as useful. I am looking forward to doing some more classes in the coming year.' -- Ben Gordon

'This class really helped me learn a lot about web site promotion. I didn't know that there was so much involved in promoting a website. This class just touched on everything that there is to know. I'd like to take some classes that delved deeper into the subjects.' -- Melissa Wheat


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