Brief Summary
This course equips entrepreneurs and small biz owners with the know-how to create and run a WordPress website. It dives into understanding why having a site matters and walks you through essential tools and practices to get started, even if you're a total newbie.
Key Points
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Focus on the WHY of using WordPress, not just the HOW
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Build a professional-looking website without coding skills
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Learn to use WordPress plugins and themes
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Understand content management and SEO basics
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Get tips for website maintenance and security
Learning Outcomes
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Build a functional WordPress website from scratch
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Master the use of plugins and themes to enhance your site
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Manage and create content effectively
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Improve your site's visibility through basic SEO knowledge
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Handle common WordPress issues and ensure website security
About This Course
Introduction to WordPress for Entrepreneurs, or Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)
Learn the necessary steps to get your new website (using WordPress) up and running! While the majority of courses focus on the HOW, my course focuses on the WHY to explain to an entrepreneur why they should be doing it, not how. I'm an experienced WordPress instructor working with small business owners, solving their needs to communicate via a WordPress website.
WordPress is one of the most popular blogging tools on the web, making it easy for anybody to post their business ideas, pictures, and multimedia. It can also help to get new business by adding contact form, a shopping cart or an ecommerce free plugin. This class covers how a new website owner get their website up and started quickly while understanding the right way to install, administer, customize and market their website. Each lecture will give explanations, illustrations, resources, and practical scenarios.
Other Topics we will cover:
Foundations of a WordPress-based website
Basics of the WordPress User Interface
Finding and Using WordPress Plugins
Working with WordPress Themes
WordPress Content Management
Creating and Managing Content
WordPress based Sites
WordPress Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Managing Multimedia with WordPress
WordPress Site Maintenance
WordPress Security
Troubleshooting Common WordPress Problems
WordPress for Mobile: iOS and Android Devices.
Have you built your WordPress web site but cannot get any traffic? Does it look amateurish, and your goal is to make it look like a million bucks? In this course, you will learn how anyone can build a professional business or entrepreneurial website with WordPress without a single line of code or HTML knowledge. This course is perfect for the beginner.Â
Learn all the steps to build a starter WordPress website on a budget! From Domains, web hosting to themes and plugins.
From making the basic pages, contact forms and menus. All included.
Evaluate and install a theme [both free and paid]
Mark A. B.
As a future user of WordPress, I found that the content in this course really laid out the foundation of where to begin. Very Informative and worth the purchase.