Wordpress Training For Busy People

Announcing "Wordpress For Busy People" training!

This new training will show you how to use Wordpress step-by-step in an afternoon.  Learn how to navigate in Wordpress to quickly and easily manage your ideas, add themes, plugins and media rich content that will draw new customers and keep them coming back.

You Will Learn

We will cover the essentials of using WordPress including:

• How to navigate the Wordpress dashboard
• Creating Posts and Pages
• The difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com
• What’s new in WordPress 3.1
• Understanding Widgets, Plugins and Permalinks
• How to find amazing (and FREE) Wordpress themes
• How to write blog posts that drive traffic
• SEO and your WordPress website

Blogging has quickly become one of the easiest ways for a company to get the word out about their products and service.  Entire websites are being converted to Wordpress from outdated, difficult to use software.

Is This Right For Me?

This fast paced training is perfect for:

• Business owners new to Wordpress
• Employees who will be blogging for your company
• Website designers considering Wordpress for their next project

"Adria is an amazing educator, she seems to sense the pace that the class could handle without getting any of us too lost or too bored.  I came away with confidence that even I could master WordPress."

T Lee, T Lee Fine Designer Jewlery
WordPress Training For Busy People

Part 1 - Overview

• What the heck is Wordpress?
• Using Wordpress to power your website and blog
• Wordpress for business
• Getting started with Wordpress
• Domain names, hosting and design
• Difference between Wordpress.org and Wordpress.com
• Current version of Wordpress and it's history
• What's new in Wordpress 3.1

Part 2 - The Wordpress Tour

• The Wordpress Dashboard
• Settings
• Themes
• Posts
• Pages
• Plugins
• Managing your comments
• Managing users 

Part 3 - Making Wordpress Work For You

• Why Google loves Wordpress
• Understanding how SEO works
• Writing content that drives traffic
• Sharing your content on social networks
• The power of video and images
• How visitors experience a site
• Using Google Analytics to track traffic

"Before Adria’s Freshworkshops “WordPress for Busy” people, I fumbled through different WordPress features.  She gave a lot of information and ideas how to use tools to maximize the application. So now, I am much clearer about how to use WordPress more efficiently and feel much better trying out more advanced features."

Takeyah Young, Core Connections
WordPress Training For Busy People

Your Instructor

Adria Richards, technology trainer and consultant, helps business professionals learn essential web technologies through hands-on training. Adria has spoken at several blogging conferences on leveraging Wordpress, blogging and Google Analytics for business including Blogher, Wordcamp Atlanta, Wordcamp Boston and Wordcamp NYC. She will be presenting at Blogworld and Blogalicious this fall.

"I got a lot more out of this training than with most online classes I've experienced. Adria doesn't just guide you through the steps of creating a site, she tells you what the steps mean, so you feel more confident in the skills you take away from the class. She really is about empowering her students, not just setting up their sites for them."

Marni Ginther, Law firm blogger in Minneapolis
Build Your Own Wordpress Website

“It was exactly as advertised.  It showed me what WP was about; what it could do; and how to get started working with WP.  When it comes to FreshWorkshops… JUST DO IT!”

Brian Heitz, IT Generalist, Loves Park, IL
WordPress Training For Busy People