Web Design Course at AWDSF

Why We're the Intelligent Choice For Learning Web Design:
We teach what all of the other schools leave out.

The Academy of Web Design SF has launched its computer based training program, specially designed to give you all the benefits of an in-classroom experience for less than one-quarter of the normal price.

Quality is our first priority. Our computer based training is specially designed teach the things other schools leave out! Visit our site for details about our web design course.

How does it work? You watch the video on your screen, and pause to follow along in real time. You work at your own pace, or follow our specially designed structure.

Our computer based web design course has a special Phone an Instructor option that allows you to ask all the questions you want, just like an in-person class. We also offer many other extras to facilitate your learning.

Our web design course is designed to take anyone from ground zero, and teach them everything they need to know about building and marketing professional custom web sites, and running their own successful web site or web design business. Our prices are lower, our program is better, and our courses are created by the best teacher in the Bay Area.

When you learn web design, just learning HTML is not enough. Most professional courses teach you to operate a few programs, and then send you on your way. Of course, we do teach the most current professional programs, but in our special at-home web design course we also teach:

Web-Specific Design Principles and Advanced Research: Using our methods, you don't have to be an artist to design beautiful sites. A computer can be a great help with artistry. However you do have to be able to recognize when something looks good, and you have to be willing to follow our custom design research methods.

Client Acquisition and Pricing Strategies: We'll teach you how to develop a professional portfolio and how to use it to get work. You'll learn no-pressure ways to find, approach, and get clients. We'll take you through the "client meeting" process so you can easily show perspective clients how the web site you'll build will be a valuable moneymaking tool for their business. You'll learn how to price jobs and how to show clients the profitable value in a professionally built web site. If you approach it correctly, a professional web site is actually an easy sell because businesses already want one. You'll be more valueble in the corporate world because you'll be able to do more than just design. Did you know that an ad in the Chronicle is $400 a square inch, and you have to run it 13 times?!! For less money, a professionally built web site can indefinitely draw targeted customers!

Search Engine Placement and Marketing: You can have the most beautiful web site in the world, but if no one can find it, it doesn't do anyone any good. The Academy's web design course will teach you the secrets of successful Search Engine Placement. Most web designers have no clue about how Search Engine Placement really works, but it'll be one of your biggest assets. Who doesn't want their site to rank high?

Project Management: Web sites are big projects. If you don't know how to step-by-step your way through the building process you'll waste time, energy, and may become totally overwhelmed! Web construction is something you can do in your spare time, if you know how to plan using cutting edge project managment software!

Design Psychology: During your web design course, you'll learn research-proven psychology behind building professional good-looking and easy to use web interfaces that sell. You'll also learn all about tools that allow you to deconstruct and analyze other professional sites so you can learn from the masters instead of fumbling on your own.

Most businesses today feel pressure to have a professional looking web site, which means that they either need a new one built from scratch, or they need their old amateurish web site rebuilt to give a professional impression. Because of this "web pressure" there's lots of work out there for an independent designer, if you know where and how to look. Some business owners even utilize our program because it's much less expensive to learn to build and market your own site than it is to hire a real professional to do it for you!

READ SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE ACADEMY OF WEB DESIGN, SAN FRANCISCO:

All Levels Welcome
Low price: Less than one-quarter of normal in-class pricing. You'll make your tuition back by working just one contract job!
Optional "Phone-a-Teacher", for when you want to ask questions: Students that opt for the "Phone-a-Teacher" option get unlimited phone questions, advice and feedback, for 14 weeks. No other course offers anything like this.
Top Ranked Teacher: The most important part of any classroom is the teacher. At the Academy of Web Design, courses are exclusively created by David Lieberman, the top ranked teacher by two major San Francisco computer schools.
Small Class Size: 10 students MAX, individual approach, serious individual attention.
We Teach What All the Other Schools Leave Out: Search Engine Positioning, Contract Work, Business Issues, finding clients, and much more!


CLASSES INCLUDED IN THE WEB DESIGN COURSE:
* Internet Education, Essential Information About the Web
* HTML
* Design Concepts
* Search Engine Ranking
* Design Research, learning how to build beautiful & effective sites
* Dreamweaver by Macromedia
* Advanced Dreamweaver
* PhotoShop by Adobe
* Advanced PhotoShop
* Project Management
* Fireworks by Macromedia
* Advanced Fireworks by Macromedia
* Flash by Macromedia
* Advanced Flash
* Sound Effects and Music: Record, Create, and Stream
* Database Integration Issues
* Internet Commerce
* Employment and Client Acquisition


COURSES ARE AVAILABLE NOW!
CALL 415.307.8619 FOR QUESTIONS
or visit our web design course site at http://www.AWDsf.com