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Join us at our free website development and website design workshops held several times each month at Northwoods Software. We cover useful, relevant and current web topics.  Our free workshops have been attended by thousands in the Milwaukee area, businesses across Wisconsin, and throughout the Midwest.

 Social Media - Doing It Right - May 21

 

What works for one business may not work for another. Learn how to focus your time and resources on the media choices that will support your business goals at this learn workshop.   

Dates

Thursday, May 21, 2013

Schedule       

9:00 to 9:30 Check-in and Coffee Selection

9:30 to 10:30  Session Presentation, Q&A 

Location

Northwoods Software
4600 West Schroeder Drive
Brown Deer, WI 53223

Cost

Free

Presenter

Patrick Bieser

Patrick is the founder of Northwoods and a recognized local expert in the strategic use of websites, ecommerce, and usability.  He will couple his technical expertise with high energy and humor in what will be an enjoyable and provocative presentation.

Under Patrick's leadership, Northwoods has developed hundreds of corporate websites for clients such as Briggs & Stratton, Ellsworth Adhesives, Mercola.com, Children's Hospital, Snap-On Tool, Ziegler Co, City of Milwaukee, and American International Group (AIG).

Or register by phone by calling Mary at 414-434-8215.

 Google Analytics-An Introduction - May 21

 

Google Analytics is a powerful website tracking tool that helps measure your online marketing and website effectiveness. Google Analytics provides valuable data on website traffic, keywords, most visited pages, trends and more to assist in your marketing and communications planning.

In this introductory session, you’ll learn the basics of Google Analytics.  We will highlight of some of the main areas in an easy-to-understand format.  This session is designed for GA neophytes.

Using real-life examples, we’ll show you how to use GA tools to evaluate:

  • Where your website visitors are coming from
  • How many users are visiting your site more than once
  • How your visitors are finding your site
  • How long your users are staying and what pages they’re visiting
  • How to use your website and analytics to increase visits and conversions

Key Takeaways

  • Basic understanding of how GA works and what it tells you
  • Setting up a dashboard to display the features that are most important to your organization
  • Understanding if your website is working for you
  • Analysis basics to inform marketing plans
  • Knowledge of the most popular Google Analytics reporting, tracking and analysis tools

Who should attend:

  • Anybody interested in improving their knowledge of how visitors interact with their website

 

Dates

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Schedule       

11:00 to 11:30 Check-in and Lunch Selection

11:30 to 12:30  Session Presentation, Q&A 

Location

Northwoods Software
4600 West Schroeder Drive
Brown Deer, WI 53223

lunch option

A variety of Jimmy John's subs, chips, and beverages for just $5 at the door. Or, bring your own lunch and learn for free.

Presenter

Fred Pike

               

Or register by phone by calling Mary at 414-434-8215.

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Coming Soon:Emerging Trends in Website Design-Jun 13

 

Huge fonts...long pages...we’ve compiled the top 25 newest design trends, and scrutinized them with our team of usability experts. We’ll let you in on the 15 trends that work and the many that don’t during this fast-paced tour of 2013 website design trends.

Date

   Thursday, June 13, 2013  *New Location

Schedule       

             8:15 to 8:30 Check-in and coffee selection

             8:30 to 10:00  Session Presentation, Q&A 

 

Presenter

             Patrick Bieser

New Location

              Ozaukee Washington Land Trust
              200 Wisconsin Street
              West Bend, WI 53095

 

Or register by phone by calling Mary at 414-434-8215.

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Location

Northwoods Software and Web Design is located at 4600 W. Schroeder Drive, Brown Deer, WI 53223 • Link to Google Map


 

About Northwoods Software and Web Design

Northwoods presents workshops free of sales pitches. You want to learn.  We want to earn your business. The best way to accomplish both is to offer useful information you will value. 

Like what we teach? Then call and ask us to introduce our products and services.

Still not sure? Ask any of the 3,000 people who have attended one of our workshops in the past five years.

Northwoods Software and Web Design is the developer of Titan Content Management System (CMS) which offers powerful, yet user friendly, web authoring and editing for non-technical users. Our Titan CMS blends high functionality with superior usability and ease-of-use.

Upcoming

Social Media - Doing It Right

Learn how to focus your time and resources on the media choices that will support your business goals at this learn workshop. May 21 (morning)

Google Analytics An Introduction

Learn about Google Analytics at this learn workshop. May 21 (afternoon)

Emerging Trends in Website Design

Fast-paced tour of 2013 website design trends. Jun 13 *New Location: Ozaukee Washington Land Trust, 200 Wisconsin Street. West Bend, WI 53095

Planning Your Website Redesign

Join us for this learning event. We will arm you with insights and inspiration to create a web strategy that will satisfy visitors and increase conversions. *Schaumburg, IL Location. Jun 19

Planning Your Website Redesign

Our strategy team will engage seminar attendees to discuss existing strategies, examine current web sites and provide high-level answers to common web site related questions. Jun 20 *New Location: SEWRPC W239 N1812 Rockwood Dr. Waukesha, WI 53187

Better Websites in 10 Minutes

Review ten audience member's websites content, information architecture and graphic design. Jun 25

Writing for the Web

Common sense approach to creating a usable and content rich website. Jun 27

ABC's of SEO

Learn about the ABC's of SEO at this learn workshop. July 9

Successful Manufacturing Websites

Join us at this free learning event and find out how to maximize your online potential. Jul 11

Better Non-Profit Websites

Join us on a fast paced tour of successful web sites with the presentation Better Non-Profit Websites, Jul 16

Writing For The Web

Join us for this interactive workshop and get answers on how to write for the web and avoid common content mistakes that will improve SEO, usability, and much more. *Schaumburg, IL Location. Jul 17

Titan CMS Overview

Titan CMS is a full featured yet flexible and intuitive content management system. We will show you how Titan CMS can help you. Jul 23

Enhanced SEO in 10 Minutes

10 proven techniques for improving traffic to websites from search engines Jul 30

TESTIMONIALS

"Just a quick note of thanks for helping me increase my downloads by 25%!  I made changes to my landing page based on what I learned at your recent  workshop and my downloads improved from 7,000 a month to over 8,700 a month in less than 30 days.  Thanks!"

Charles Rathmann

B.Sc. l Marketing Communications Analyst l Marketing

"I’ve been extremely pleased with our selection of Northwoods to provide the software development and maintenance for our website!
We continue to get rave reviews about the website and numerous hits as well.  Entrepreneurs are using the site for assistance in growing their business."  

Daniel J. Steininger
BizStarts Milwaukee Board Member

 

Miss a Session?

See our list of past Northwoods Workshops and Seminars to download session materials or view selected videos.

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Questions about a Learn @ Lunch or Workshop? Send an email or give us a call at 414.434.8215

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