Get a Better Job With a Professional Online Portfolio & Blog
What you'll learn
- Build your personal brand website to show your work online and promote yourself offline and beyond social media.
- Build a portfolio website with examples of the amazing work you've done.
- Document and develop ideas on your blog to improve your skills and improve your expertise in your field.
- Increase your exposure to employers and clients with a website that will impress.
Requirements
- If you can create a LinkedIn or Facebook profile, you can take this course.
- Basic graphic editing skills which can be done with a free tool like Canva.
- You will need one application (Filezilla).
Description
If you're a freelancer, contractor, consultant, job seeker, or employed but open to job opportunities this course is a must to build your visibility.
You should take this course and create a professional website right now to:
Achieve career security in a world where job security no longer exists.
Skip gatekeepers, talk directly to the hiring manager every time.
Get a personalized domain & website to show off on your LinkedIn profile, resume/CV, email signature, and more!
Be found by recruiters, there's nothing more satisfying than being headhunted.
Have a loyal reader of your blog hire you for your dream job.
Make hidden job opportunities appear and be seeked out for these opportunities.
Have examples of your work to show, so you qualify for higher paying work.
Get a back-stage tour of how to achieve the success I did.
The outcome of this course has increased my salary by $15000 USD per year and I've achieved my dream of working from home.
After completing this course you'll be able to:
Create a website for professional success or a business.
Achieve financial freedom.
Open doors to previously unreachable opportunities.
Tap into the hidden job market by networking and easily building trust.
I'll share with you the website I built over the past 5 years so you can achieve it in less than a day.
Course Overview
I cover the following:
Custom domains and website hosting.
Install WordPress and make it unique to you.
Plugins to make your website irresistible.
Create great content to achieve your goals.
Maintain your website and secure it.
Evolving your website with your career.
I use the following tools:
GoDaddy Hosting ($42 USD)
WordPress (Free)
WPZoom StartingUp Theme ($75 USD) some parts of the course are specific to WPZoom themes
Professional website that gets you work (priceless)
Who this course is for:
- Professionals who freelance, contract, consult, are seeking a job, and are employed but always open to new job opportunities.
- This course is focused on helping you build a better personal brand online with a portfolio website.
- Those willing to invest in their career future. Approximately $100-$120 USD the first year and $90-$110 USD following years.
Instructor
I've been working with technology and the internet since 1994 when I got my first computer. Recently I've been building WordPress websites and custom platforms with WordPress Multisite. I'm interested in everything technology and love working on IT projects and designing things on the computer.
I’m also a professional Instructional Designer in the corporate world who does everything from tutorial videos to in-dept courses on some pretty crazy topics. Every day I work outside my comfort zone to design better things that are easier to use for everyone.