Promoting Your Web Site for Free, CMP986
Learn effective web promotion techniques you can add to your web site for free - to increase search engine "hits" and "top 20" rankings, and bring more traffic to your site. Learn about the effective use of META tags, file and page names, understanding and exploiting search engine formulas (algorithms), and other important web site promotion tools. Learn how to design a successful "targeted marketing" web advertising program through Google and / or other major search engines that help generate small business results on various ad budgets. You will learn how to develop a successful web-based ad campaign, and how to use search engine research formulas and ad programs to your advantage.
Prerequisites: Professional Web design course recommended, but not required.
Technology update: Please bring a Flash Drive/Memory Stick 512MB or larger to class which will enable you to save your class work.
Classroom hours: 6
Course Objectives:
- Construct and modify their web sites to incorporate web promotion and search "optimization" feature
- Apply the techniques to take advantage of Web / Internet "search return" formulas.
- Research Internet Service Providers and select a provider to host a web site.
- Develop a web marketing campaign on Google and other search engines to reach your targeted or regional markets on a limited budget.