HostGator Mastermind / Quick Start / Strategy Workshop

Part 1: Monday, February 1
Part 2: Wednesday, February 3
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (both days) Pacific Time
Bonus Q&A session: Saturday, February 6
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM) Pacific Time

That’s three sessions totaling 4 hours of training and strategy!

(Can’t attend live? Don’t worry – sessions will be recorded for your later access and review).

I have some good news for you about your Web hosting account with HostGator.

This is an important, time-sensitive message so please take a few moments and read this message in its entirety. And I have an offer you can’t refuse (if you’re as smart as I think you are.

I have discovered that some of my clients and students are unnecessarily paying for outside Internet or Web services that are already included in their HostGator account.

That doesn’t make any sense to me in today’s economy. Some are not using the free features that can help them save time, increase the number of viewers and leads to their site, and improve their search engine ranking. They don’t realize that they might be able to say, “Good bye”, to their Webmaster or at least reduce the time and costs associated with them. Apparently, they are unaware of the scope of the features included in the low cost of their HostGator account.

One of the reasons that I use HostGator for my Web sites and blogs and recommend the company to our clients and students is that it is an incredible deal. Your HostGator account has many features included so you can avoid many 3^rd party costs for other services. And in this economy, I know many are trying to reduce costs without affecting productivity or results. And in ANY economy, why spend more than you have to or to duplicate services?

I have put together a special, discounted “QuickStart/Mastermind” Workshop for my HostGator clients to teach you how YOU can take total control of your Web presence through your HostGator account. I will teach you how to use the HostGator Control Panel (cPanel) and to access the many features improve your Web presence and increase your search engine ranking. Put yourself in a position to get more leads and better service your clients. All at no additional cost over your existing HostGator account!

I’ll teach you how (the mechanics, step-by-step) and strategy to ‘work’ your site and make it more productive for your business… and for you personally. And in simple, plain English! You’ll be surprised how easy it is and how little time it takes to do this.

Believe me, I wouldn’t be recommending this to you if you needed to be a ‘techie’ to do this. I’ve made my living in part for the past 30 years helping those folks who are technophobic or techno-challenged – usually because they didn’t have computer training when they were in school. Like me. I graduated college well-before the first PC was marketed so I know the feeling.

Here’s what I’ve put together for you in this workshop:

• Two LIVE 90-minute sessions (with course outline/manual)
• PLUS one 1-hour LIVE bonus Q&A follow up session
• That’s three sessions totaling 4 hours of training and strategy.

Plus, you don’t need to worry if you miss one or more of the sessions as all three sessions will be recorded and available with instructions for you to download for your own personal review or as a reference for future in-house staff training. (You may not reproduce or sell this content to others.)

This course will be offered to future HostGator clients for $199, but I am offering this to my existing HostGator clients for only $119. HOWEVER, if you sign up during the VIP Earlybird period, you pay only $49! Act NOW, because the special Earlybird Discount Deadline will NOT be extended.

This workshop topics will include:

• Brief Internet/Web 101 Primer/Review – some basics that fill in the holes of what you know. (So many folks are missing some pieces that have stunted their learning.)
• How to login to your cPanel
• How to use Fantastico Deluxe to install included features
• How to install a WordPress blog
• How to setup your e-mail accounts and e-mail strategy
• How to configure e-mail software to access your accounts
• How to setup SPAM Assassin to fight SPAM
  
• How to use Webmail
• How to create AutoResponders
• How to host multiple, distinct and independent, web sites on your single HostGator account.
• Setting up an add-on domain
• Parking a domain
• Creating a sub-domain
• How to password protect areas of your web sites
• How to use upload files to your Web site
• Viewing your disk space usage
• Accessing your website statistics via Webalizer
• And More…

You may still wish to keep and pay for other outside services if you are happy with them, but I think it’s a shame to be paying extra for something you already have but just didn’t know it was available or how to use it. The good news is that I am offering you a solution to all of this!

Sign Up Now!

Part 1: Monday, February 1
Part 2: Wednesday, February 3
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (both days) Pacific Time
Bonus Q&A session: Saturday, February 6
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM) Pacific Time

That’s three sessions totaling 4 hours of training and strategy!

Sign Up Now!

• Two LIVE 90-minute webinars
• Plus one 1-hour LIVE Q&A follow-up session
• Workbook included
• TOTAL OF 4 HOURS TRAINING & STRATEGY!
• Tuition – $119
• Earlybird VIP: only $49 (until Friday, Jan 29, price goes to $119 on Jan 30!)

Learn to create and control your own professional, search engine-friendly Web site without the need for an expensive Webmaster!

In this training series you’ll learn step-by-step who to plan, organize and get online with your own WordPress Website/Blog. You will build and be working with your own WordPress Web site during this course.

Summary:

• 10 weekly one-hour training Webinars
• ‘Homework’/Accountability projects to monitor progress
• Live Q&A Follow-up Sessions
• Weekly Mastermind Group sessions for 6 months!
• Includes a professional WordPress theme!*
• All for only $595

Build a powerful Web presence to promote your business, association, school or just for your own personal passion. Your training coach will help you determine what.

Curriculum – WordPress Website Creation Workshop: A 10-Module Online Webinar training series with 6-months of weekly follow-up sessions to keep you on track!

In this course you’ll create your own search engine-friendly website that you can easily manage and update without the need or cost of a webmaster. During the course you’ll create and work on your own LIVE WordPress site. You will learn how to create a blog or a website that is easy to update, great for the search engines, and does NOT require webmaster skills. Each student will build and grow their site and progress will be monitored through assigned projects and review.

Instructor: Mark Burrell, Tech Trainer and Business Coach

The Workshop will begin Wednesday, February 10th and continue for the next 9 Wednesdays (10 sessions). The Mastermind Group sessions will provide recommendations on content for your blog to make sure you are building relevant content to grow your online community.

Each week during the workshop, students will received specific assignments to help enhance & grow their blog. Instructor will send e-mail message to students each week with assignments, tips and strategies to help bolster the learning process and guide students efforts.

Why? – To create and update search-engine friendly websites yourself without having to rely on a busy and expensive webmaster.

When? – A. It starts Wednesday, February 10th and runs for 10 weeks. Go to http://burrellgroup.com/wordpress-website-creation-workshop/ schedule for the full schedule. Mastermind Group session will start one week after that and continue for 6 months.

Where? – Right from your computer! From the comfort of your home or office, you listen on the phone or computer and watch online. We meet Wednesdays via Webinar (90 min). Plus online mini videos, online study guides (PDF), an interactive student area to mastermind with fellow students, plus a WordPress Website installed for you so you can get started learning WordPress immediately.

How? – Register for the course before February 5 to receive the special early-bird price. Space is limited so register as soon as possible.

How much? – Tuition: $599 (On sale until February 5 for only $299)
(note to receive free custom template theme you must register for a HostGator hosting account for one year – only $96)

• Blogging (and Benefits to Real Estate Agent) Defined
• Blogging Myths To Which You Must Not Succumb
• Why You Should Blog
• How Your Blog Can Be Better Than Your Competition
• How to Grow It
• How to Monetize It
• How to Fit it In to Your Schedule
• The Mistake of Doing Nothing

Class Time: 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Tuition: $39 (save $20 by using coupon by Early Bird deadline.)

How to get more from your technology investment today…

Tips you can put to use immediately:

• Microsoft Office tips (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Speed up Microsoft Windows: Vista & XP Tips
• Tips to Speed up your PC (extend the useful life)
• E-mail Do’s and Don’ts
• PC Maintenance
• Free Stuff You can Use (Web Content, Software, etc)
• Speed up your PC (prolong it’s useful life)
• Web Site Strategy Tips
• Digital Camera Selection and Use
• Tips to Save Money on Technology Purchases

Class Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Class time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Tuition: $39 (Earlybird discount – Save $20 if you register by Wed, June 23.)

Mark’s Lunch & Learn sessions are live training webinars offered during the lunch hour (12:00 PM Pacific Time). Each one-hour session is a training or presentation session designed to educate and inspire.

Grab your lunch (or snack) and sit at your computer and watch the presentation and listen through your computer speakers. (Or you can call and listen via telephone if desired.) Join Mark online every Thursday at 12:00 noon Pacific Time for 60 minutes (including Q&A).

You’ll learn the latest and most innovative tips and techniques for using your technology to increase your productivity – and have fun, too! You’ll get the latest updates and important news about hardware and software and Internet/Web technologies