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CERTIFICATE WordPress

$495

with U Got Class LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 3, 2023 , runs for 12 weeks

This is distinctly online.

WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS) for website and blog design.   During the first week, you will learn or refresh your knowledge of all the initial steps and the required elements for having a website. Then find out how to build a simple WordPress website or blog. Topics include an introduction to CMS, WordPress installation and setup, page and content creation, administration, themes (selection, purchase, installation, and setup), working with widgets and plugins, and more.   Finally, acquire advanced knowledge about WordPress options and features. You will learn how to modify WordPress web pages by hand-coding, learn about simple yet effective search engine optimization (SEO) techniques that improve your website ranking, and much more.    After successfully completing the WordPress Certificate you will know how to build a WordPress website or blog, customize your WordPress site by hand-coding HTML, CSS, and PHP, know necessary regular WordPress maintenance, create WordPress website backup, and know how to apply SEO techniques in WordPress. 

For full details, see: https://www.yougotclass.org/Index.cfm/Sanford

SCAEcertificate

Entrepreneur Boot Camp

$195

with U Got Class LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 3, 2023
2 additional sessions through Jun 5, 2023

Starting a business is something that all of us have thought about at one time or another.  Everyone wants to be their own boss.  Yet statistics show that most businesses fail within the first five years. This course provides insight into the characteristics, knowledge and skills needed to become a successful entrepreneur.At the end of this course, you will be able to identify the abilities required of successful entrepreneurs and how to acquire them, develop goals to help establish your business, develop an outline for your plan, and take home techniques to successfully manage your new business. 

For full details, see:  https://yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

SCAECertificate

 

Entrepreneurial Marketing

$195

with U Got Class LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 3, 2023
2 additional sessions through Jun 5, 2023

To succeed in today's marketplace, entrepreneurs must know how to effectively market their product or service. This course offers you a step by step approach to attract and keep customers, all within a realistic budget. With an emphasis on customer-driven marketing decisions, you will learn how to build a strong brand, analyze which tactics to use, and implement your marketing plan. Whether you are starting a business or growing an existing one, you will take away practical marketing tips and tools that you can use to improve your marketing efforts.

For full details, see:  https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

SCAECertificate

Financial Analysis & Planning for Non-Financial Managers

$195

with U Got Class LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 3, 2023
2 additional sessions through Jun 5, 2023

This class is distinctly online.

Take the mystery out of money matters.  Throughout this course, financial information that drives your organization, as seen on the business's reports, will be assessed and analyzed.  Understanding this information will help you make smart decisions for budgeting, setting goals, and assessing performance within your own area of influence.

For full details, see:  https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

SCAEcertificate

Introduction to Game Design

$245

with U Got Class LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 3, 2023
2 additional sessions through Jun 5, 2023

This is distinctly online.

Games are increasingly recognized as a tool that can serve many business purposes beyond entertainment. This course provides a general introduction to what goes into the design and development of both video and analog games, with a particular focus on the use of games outside of consumer entertainment. By completing this course, you can take the first steps into understanding game design and how it can be applied in your field.

Forfull details, see:  https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

SCAEcertificate

Introduction to Web Design

$245

with U Got Class LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 3, 2023 , runs for 4 weeks
2 additional sessions through Sep 5, 2023

This is distinctly only. 

Learn HTML and CSS. The No prior knowledge of HTML or web design is required. Plan and design effective web pages. Learn to enhance web pages with the use of page layout techniques, text formatting, graphics, and images.

for full details, see: https://www.yougotclass/index.cfm/Sanford

 

SCAEcertificate

The Basics of Bookkeeping

$195

with U Got Class LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 3, 2023
2 additional sessions through Jun 5, 2023

How do you keep track of the day-to-day financial transactions of a business?  Whether you are looking to advance in your career, or you’re an entrepreneur, (or maybe you are a part of a family business), this course will help you if you are looking to understand the numbers.  The Basics of Bookkeeping course will help you understand, and know how to record, every penny that comes into your business and every penny that goes out of your business.  This course shows you how to create a chart of accounts that meet your needs.   All of the money you spend, and all of the money you earn, have a place to go.  How do your record them?  What are debits and credits?  What do the numbers mean?  How do I label accounts?  Even if you outsource your bookkeeping needs, you should still have a basic understand of what happens with the money earned and the money spent.  No one should be blind to his or her finances!  In this course you will learn where the numbers go, and why!  You will learn the bookkeeping terminology as well as what it means to keep track of the numbers.  At the end of the cycle, what do the numbers mean?  The Basics of Bookkeeping will show you how to keep track of the numbers and why!

The Business Plan

$195

with U Got Class LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 3, 2023
3 additional sessions through Jun 5, 2023

Whether starting a business or growing the one you have, a business plan serves as a roadmap and can help secure needed funding.  In this course, you evaluate the many aspects and potential hurdles of the business and  build the Business Plan, one step at a time. This practical, hands-on approach encourages you to immerse yourself in the vision and planning aspects of your business.  Focusing on the most critical components of the Business Plan enables you to uncover hidden risks and assess the business from a marketing, management, and financial vantage point.  

 For full details, see:   https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

SCAECertificate

 





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