Friday 17 May 2013

My First Functional Website Project.

A few months back i suggested to a friend who's more like the brother the need for him to put his electrical engineering,solar power installation and air conditioner servicing business on the internet.He agreed and asked if i was capable of setting it up and i responded yes.

Back then i had just began familiarizing myself with blogging platforms Blogger and WordPress.I  wasn't much of an HTML or CSS expert either.These two languages are the basics of web development and i had just started learning them and was making headway.

Then late last month we had a final discussion about the website and i set out to come up with something.Based on resources available in terms of budget and my level of expertise i chose Google's Africa Get Your Business Online free hosting platform.

With Africa Get Your Business Online,i had at my disposal the platform and tools  needed to set up a basic yet functional website with access to a dashboard for analytics,monitoring traffic sources among others.

I was really excited working on this especially as i saw my HTML codes come alive when i published my work.I didn't use CSS in this project though.

Aside from the website,i've been tasked with the responsibility of managing his online presence and drive business growth through social media.Wow!How exciting.

The website is live now and i'm coming up with strategies on how to use social media to generate more clients and improve overall performance,growth and increase revenue in the long run.

I'm beginning to learn a lot already and it's about to get even more fun and exciting