A thousand women around the world will be getting help building their own Wordpress websites as part of the new
One K in 1 Day initiative, a completely free event which takes place Sept. 9 and is organized by UK-based
Startup Training School. Here in Philadelphia,
AWeber will host a local, extended version of the program, with help from website designer Lisa Snyder of
Silver Hoop Edge.
"Startup Training School is a customer of ours," says Liz Cies, Public Relations Specialist for AWeber and event organizer. "We do email marketing software for small business." In addition to hosting the Philly meetup, AWeber is giving 250 free accounts to the first 500 people who register.
Women interested in participating need to register in up to two places:
once for the international live webcast, which happens from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and
once for the in-person event, which runs from 10:30 to 2:00 at AWeber's Huntingdon Valley offices.
The point, says Cies, is to assist women in establishing an online presence for business or personal use. "The big focus is to help women learn to market themselves online," says Cies.There will be Wordpress experts on hand, and registrants will receive a checklist of to do items prior to the event, such as purchasing a domain and finding a web host.
Other local One K in 1 Day meetups are scheduled to take place in Eilat, Israel and Austin, Texas. Organizers say building one's own website does not need to take lots of time or money, and women with children can participate completely online, in the comfort of their own homes.
Startup Training School, founded by Lea and Jonathan Woodward, hosts monthly online sessions to teach all facets of web based marketing and content creation. By the way, AWeber promises that there will be confections on hand.
Source: Liz Cies, AWeber
Writer: Sue Spolan