Business Website Solutions – Go Online!

We are just done presenting a ‘Business Website Solutions’ seminar that’s hosted by SCORE HOUSTON. The seminar is on ‘Web Design & Website Solutions’. It was a great feeling to present to such an enthusiastic and interactive audience. The seminar was attended by about 50 to 60 small business owners around Houston, The Woodlands, Tomball, Kingwood, Spring areas. Here are the Presentation details:

Introduction

In a world of online dominance, it has become highly important that the businesses take drastic measures to build a strong, bolder and effective online presence. The Websites are still the landing pages and are the first tool for marketing your business. Check out different solutions that are available in the market to directly implement for your business model and online needs. The information is more for educational purposes and could be used when evaluating different options for solutions. For further customization and more information please contact me.

Topics covered

• Top 5 reasons why you need a Website
• Website in 5 steps
• Online Buzz
• Static Website
• Content Management Solutions (CMS) (Joomla, CMS Made Easy, Drupal, WordPress, TextPattern)
• Blog (WordPress)
• E-Commerce Solutions (Online Store) (ZenCart, PrestaShop, Magento, Joomla, WordPress)
• E-Learning System (Moodle)
• Have you spread the word out?
• Let there be a website

Audience’s response

• Very good intro material; good explanation of what is going on and why its important
• The concept of integrating social media into website to increase web presence
• Very useful whether just starting or established business. Presenter was engaging and I will check out his business when I am ready to move from research to implementation
• Navigating thru Fb and actually seeing Siva’s page
• Overview; where to start and why
• Social media stats; importance of branding; give them more than static content
• New vocabulary; optimization