Creating a Web Site for Small Business

Create an Online Presence workshop at Linn Benton Community College

1-day workshop for artists, musicians, and small businesses

February 20, 2010
9:00am to 4:00pm
Room BC-246
, Benton Center, Corvallis, Oregon
$105

To reserve a seat, dial 541-917-4929 for LBCC’s Small Business Development Center.

Corvallis artist, businesswoman, and educator, Pam Van Londen, will assist small business owners in setting up a freely hosted web site in just a few hours.

Agenda

  • Overview: what is a web presence and how can you have a successful one?
  • Demonstration: how to plan ahead.
  • Demonstration: how to keep inventory to streamline the process.
  • 15 minute break
  • 1 hour lunch break (on your own)
  • Build a site: Create a web site and add your biography and photos, documents, or movie links (using a free online service).
  • 15 minute break
  • Demonstration: 10 free options for promoting your new web site

Follow-up

  • One free consultation via email (must happen within 2 weeks of the workshop).
  • If enough students are interested, I’ll schedule a half-day catch up class for $30.

Student requirements

  1. Comfort with basic computer skills. Please review this list to help assess your comfort level.
  2. Access to web mail (bring username, password, and link to your online mail site).
  3. Comfort with using a USB stick drive (also known as a thumb drive).
  4. Bring in at least 4 digital photos, music files, and/or documents on a USB stick drive.