Business 101:
Hands-On WordPress Clinic
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Let’s create a customized self-hosted wordpress blog you can use either for business or personal photography journeys. You will learn how to take your own site from the plain + boring to fun + unique – from how to choose a web host and domain name to customized styling unique to your colors + branding to the power of plugins + SEO and much much more. Finally get a site that YOU can be proud of rather than a cookie-cutter template that you see time and time again!
course fee:
$300/person for full participation
maximum registrants:
Registration is limited to 30 participants.
what we cover:
- Hosting
- Domain Names
- WordPress Installation
- Current Branding Evaluation
- Basic Customizations of your site
- Statcounter Google Analytics Installation
- Advanced Customizations
- Plugins Recommendations
- Basic SEO
- Watermarks Use
- Machform Embedding Customization
- Creating Galleries Content Splash Pages
- Contact Form Installation/Customization
- Tags vs Categories
- Keywords, Description Titles
- Blog Migration (from blogger.com, typepad or move blog from different URL or another folder on your site)
- Social Networking Integration
what you get:
- weekly lessons and assignments
- detailed, personalized guidance and critique from the instructor each week.
- supplementary videos to accompany the lessons
- opportunities for peer interaction and critique
- .psd files to use on your blog
- actions to enhance your web design
what you need: All participants must either currently have or will be able to purchase a domain name, hosting + self-hosted wordpress blog and the Prophoto template, within the first week of the course. You must have access to the internet and Photoshop.
course instructor: Courtney Keim is an on-location natural light wedding + portrait photographer based in the Southern New Jersey/Philadelphia areas. A self-proclaimed computer geek, she believes that your internet presence + marketing strategies are an integral part of your photography journey. You can further view her work at www.courtneykeim.com.
