Creating Successful Web Site Course Nov. 8 at TAMIU

Learn to harness the power of the Internet to improve and expand your business. Get the confidence you need to take your company to the next level with a professional Web site with a course offered by Texas A&M International University A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business’ Division of International Business and Technology Studies.

“Creating Your Own Successful Web Site: Trips and Traps for Small and Medium Businesses” is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 8 from 8 a.m. – 5p.m. in Anthony J. and Georgia A. Pellegrino Hall (PH), room 211.

Interested persons should register soon; seating is limited. Registration forms are available by calling Cindy Martínez, program coordinator, at 326.2486 or e-mailing cindy@tamiu.edu

Registration will also be held Saturday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 a.m. in PH 211.

Course fee is $250 per participant and $200 for TAMIU employees, students and alumni.

This non-credit certificate course is geared toward anyone interested in improving communication with clients, co-workers or even family using the power of the Internet.

No prior knowledge of code is needed. Participants will be shown how to acquire the necessary resources to establish a commanding and beneficial presence on the World Wide Web.

Main topics covered include: hands-on HTML practice; how to plan and organize a Web site; how to host your site at little or no cost; develop and understand the brand; make your site stand out; how to direct traffic to your site and more.

Course instructor, Hugo Luís García, is a full-time MIS instructor at the Sanchez School of Business.

For more information, please contact Martínez at 326.2486, e-mail cindy@tamiu.edu or visit offices in PH 304.

University office hours are 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday.

Journalists who need additional information or help with media requests and interviews should contact the Office of Public Relations, Marketing and Information Services at prmis@tamiu.edu