GetVirtual: How to Launch Your Online Business

Instructor: Nada Miljkovic

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Tell a business story, create a personal brand and identify marketing channels.
Write a Business Proposal that includes scope of work and schedule of tasks.
Design a customer-ready website.

Skills you'll gain

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Assessments

4 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

The GetVirtual (GV) online training series teaches future entrepreneurs how to launch their first online business by providing step-by-step guidance for launching a website, building a logo and understanding the basics of online social media marketing. Course participants will gain access to GV's project management templates designed to support basic business transactions from initial client intake to invoicing. Through a sequence of activities, videos and readings, GetVirtual lessons build business IQ as well as the entrepreneurial and leadership mindsets essential to small business owners. Learners will leave the course with a customer ready website, logo and a treasure trove of customizable business templates designed to forge a successful, professional relationship with new customers.

This module is designed to teach you about your own mindset in relation to your business goals.

What's included

6 videos9 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt

6 videos Total 31 minutes

🎥 Welcome to GetVirtual 2 minutes
🎥 Entrepreneur Mindset 5 minutes
🎥 Strength-based Leadership 6 minutes
🎥 Defining your Leadership Style 5 minutes
🎥 Business Model Canvas Basics 7 minutes
🎥 YOUR Business Model Canvas 6 minutes

9 readings Total 125 minutes

The Big Picture of our Course 10 minutes
🌈 How does this Course work? 10 minutes
🌈 Who are We? 5 minutes
🌈 Self Exploration Overview 10 minutes
🌈Discover your Personal Brand 10 minutes
🌈 Check List: My Greatest Strengths 10 minutes
🌈 Categorizing your Super Powers 30 minutes
🌈 Introducing the Business Model Canvas 10 minutes
✅ Get it! Business Model Canvas Document 30 minutes

3 assignments Total 90 minutes

✅ Self-Check Envisioning your Values 30 minutes
✅ Revealing your Super Powers 30 minutes
✅ Self-Check Leadership Style 30 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Dream Business 10 minutes

How do you tell the story to the right audience at the right time?

What's included

2 videos9 readings1 assignment1 peer review

2 videos Total 6 minutes

🎥 Social Media Overview 3 minutes
🎥 Social Media Research 3 minutes

9 readings Total 130 minutes

🌈Define Site Goals 10 minutes
🌈Drafting the Website Layout 10 minutes
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Creating a Digital Me 30 minutes
🌈Basic Site Building 10 minutes
🌈About Me: A First Step Toward Developing Your Brand 10 minutes
🌈Expanding your About Me with SEO 10 minutes
🌈Optimizing your Site for Mobile 10 minutes
✅ Create your Logo in Three minutes 10 minutes
🌈 Social Media Marketing Research 30 minutes

1 assignment Total 20 minutes

✅ Reflecting on Your Website Design Journey 20 minutes

1 peer review Total 30 minutes

✅ Get feedback on your About Me page 30 minutes

Let's talk about the GetVirtual Project Management process, business structures and key terms that help you communicate your business to clients and /or potential investors. All of this business talk goes hand-in-hand with effective communication strategies so you will learn lots of practical tips in this module. Get out your notebooks and let's go! 😁

What's included

5 videos4 readings1 discussion prompt

5 videos Total 52 minutes

🎥 Get Virtual Workflow 7 minutes
🎥 How to be Professional 9 minutes
🎥 Key Terms Talk 16 minutes
🎥 How to Communicate 7 minutes
🎥 My Business Acumen Talk 13 minutes

4 readings Total 100 minutes

✅ Get it! GetVirtual Process Documents 30 minutes
🌈Professional Conduct and Project Expectations 10 minutes
🌈Build your Business Vocabulary Here 30 minutes
🧐 Corporate Types: What type of business works for you? 30 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Sharing is caring... 10 minutes

Managing a project takes more time on pre-planning and communication than you might think!

What's included

3 videos3 readings2 peer reviews

3 videos Total 19 minutes

🎥 Project Proposal and Timeline 10 minutes
🎥 Getting Paid and Scope Creep 7 minutes
🎥 GV Wrap Up 2 minutes

3 readings Total 50 minutes

✅ Get it! The Intake and Diagnostic Interview Scripts 10 minutes
✅ A Business Proposal Just for You! 30 minutes
💰Invoicing and Closing Out 10 minutes

2 peer reviews Total 120 minutes

Website Business Proposal (You are the client!) 60 minutes
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Add Website URL Here for Peer Feedback 60 minutes

Instructor

Nada Miljkovic

University of California, Santa Cruz

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