WEBSITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Our expert panel will guide you through the process of developing your own website from getting started and evaluating the types of website you need, to the why, what, how and who of planning and effectively communicating your value proposition, what to take into consideration before you start and how to ensure that it delivers what you need for your business.
● Meg Fenn, Creative Designer - Meg helps people to be creative and to stay creative in order to problem solve and innovate. She creates and delivers marketing projects from strategy through to marketing, web design and SEO implementation. She is also a community engagement leader, mentor and works with a few select organisations on long term, permanent contracts
● Katie Lacy and Oli Witcomb, Let’s Get Coffee, business focused developers who help people get the most from their website. They bring ideas to the table with a business and realistic approach with profit margins and ROI’s in mind.
The session is hosted on the Remo event platform by Joanne Yates who heads up the Freedom Works Member Accelerator Support Service which encourages collaboration within the Freedom Works co-working community and external partners. Freedom Works currently has co-working spaces in Hove, Worthing, Gatwick and Chichester and offers flexible, professional coworking solutions to SMEs, freelancers and solo workers.
WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR?
This workshop is ideal for small business owners and micro businesses who sell from a physical location or within a specific geographical area and who don’t currently have a website but want one, who have a website that is not working for them or who want to be able to sell online via their website.
SESSION CONTENT
● Getting started
● Planning
● Content & CTAs
● Domain names
● Hosting
● DIY options vs self-hosted such as Shopify
● Visibility
● Audience Q&A
SESSION TAKEAWAYS
● Learn how to get a website project started
● Understand that planning is an essential part of the process and what to include
● Tips and tools for creating website content
● Understand the language of website design - i.e. domain names, hosting etc
● Tools for creating your own website
● Understand how to choose a website designer and brief them
● How to make your website visible to your audience
● Jargon buster
REMO
If you are unfamiliar with using the Remo platform…….don’t worry - this is new to us all! Joanne will provide you with all of the information that you need to navigate the platform. When you first arrive you will be virtually seated on a table with other participants. Please switch your camera and microphone on and introduce yourself. While you wait, you may want to complete your profile…...click on the top right hand corner and you can update your details and add a picture.
