How to Build Your Own Value Driven Website FAQ
Q. What style of site will we be building?
At the end of the day you will have a brochure-style business website. It will include
• Ten pages of text, with the ability to add more
• Contact page with a contact form
• FAQ page
• Events calendar
• News room
• Portal including blogs, forums, articles and wiki
We will be using pre-designed themes for the look and feel of the site. A designer will be available during the web building workshop time to help with some simple theme customizations.
For a demo of the features your site will have visit:
http://www.leveltendesign.com/_demo/essentials
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username: admin
password:admin
Q. What if I am an organization other than a business, such as a non-profit or association. Will this course help me?
The style of site we will be building in this course is ideal for many types of organizations including non-profits and associations.
Q. What if I need features beyond those covered in the one day course?
The goal of this course is to streamline site building around the needs that are common to most business websites. The site we will build is based on a very robust and expandable content management framework called Drupal. This course is an introduction and as such will not cover advanced features and customization. However, LevelTen does offer additional training, consulting and web development services. Additionally, there are hundreds of thousands of Drupal users worldwide. Many of these can help with advice or are available for hire.
Q. What costs are there beyond the cost of the training to complete the site?
There are no extra costs to LevelTen. You will need site hosting and a domain name via a provider of your choosing. There are a few third party upgrades we recommend that have small costs but these are optional. On the low end you would need to spend about $110 / yr on hosting and domain name registration. If you follow all the course recommendations, hosting and domain would be $250 / yr and a more professional theme and premium directory listings would cost a one-time fee of $265 to $365.
Sample costs:
• Hosting: $100 to $240 per year
• Domain name: $10 per year
• Professional website theme: around $65
• Premium directory submissions: $200 to $300 for 8 directories
Q. How well and how quickly will my site rank in the search engines?
This will depend on many factors, in particular how much online competition there is for your keywords and your domain name’s history. In most industries there are a small percentage of websites actively investing in search optimization while the majority of sites have little site optimization. In competitive industries top ranked websites are investing thousands of dollars each month to achieve those rankings. Against these competitors, it is highly unlikely you will be able to out rank them without a similar reoccurring investment in advanced search engine optimization.
Our goal for this project is to build your site to out rank the majority of sites that are not actively optimizing their sites.
The history of your website domain also plays a significant role in how well you will rank and how long it will take. If you have owned your domain for a several years, have many quality links from third party sites to your site (backlinks) and your domain has no search engine penalties; you should start to rank above the majority of non optimized sites within a couple of months. If your domain is new or your existing site has few backlinks, it may take six months or more to see significant rankings.
While each website’s results will vary, by following all the recommended best practices of this course and barring any pre-existing black marks on your domain, most sites should out rank 90% of non-search optimized competition within three to nine months.
Q. Is seating limited?
Yes! The Build Your Own ROI Driven Website course is limited to 12 seats.
Q. Is there anything I should do prior to the workshop to prepare?
Please purchase your URL and set up hosting before coming to the class.
Q. What are your refund guidelines?
We try to be as flexible as we can: Sixty (60) days prior to the event you plan to attend, you may request a full refund. Thirty (30) days prior to the event you plan to attend, you may request a 50% refund. Within thirty (30) days of an event, there are no refunds available. You can transfer your registration to another LevelTen Workshop or you can transfer your registration to another individual to go in your stead.
Q. Is lunch included in the price of the workshop?
Lunch is on your own at one of the many local eateries in the area.
