Learn digital skills for free with Google’s Digital Garage

The Digital Garage is a non-profit nationwide program from Google delivering free digital skills training via an online learning platform. This platform provides individuals with a tailored training plan to learn digital skills, completely for free. Individuals who complete the full learning course online will receive a certificate endorsed by Google and the IAB Europe.

What can the Digital Garage do for you?

There are free tutorials from Google on everything from your website to online marketing and beyond. Create a learning plan that’s right for you, watch video tutorials from everyday experts, test what you’ve learned along the way and track your progress. You can choose the topics you want to learn, or complete the whole online course for a certification from Google and IAB Europe.

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Get a great online presence for just £1

For just £1, a business or charity can get a basic website, their own .uk domain name, a professional email address and ad listings, a package usually worth £321.

This offer comes from Nominet, the .uk domain name registry for the UK, and its delivery partner Scoot. There are plenty of ways that your online presence could be improved by taking up their offer, which is valid until 31st December 2016.

Why get my business online?

If you run one of the estimated 1.85 million SMEs without a website, you are not benefiting from all of the advantages that going digital brings. Around 85% of consumers now search online before buying a product or service, while Nominet’s research shows that, for example, a tradesperson with a website would get an average of 21 extra sales leads a year just by being online, creating an average £16,500 extra revenue per year.

What will I get by taking up this offer?

You will get a one-page website that, perhaps for the first time, gives your customers the chance to find your business online, a .uk domain name, a business email address matching your .uk domain name, inclusion on more than 100 online directories and help with registering your domain name.

Get online today for just £1 >

Utilise your business listing on the Buckinghamshire Business First website

As a member of Buckinghamshire Business First, your business has a profile on our website. This is a useful one-page overview of your business that allows you to promote testimonials, videos, awards, events, offers, photos and contracts all in one place. This profile can help with your search engine ranking and is searchable on the Buckinghamshire Business First member directory, so remember to edit your profile to you satisfaction as you never know when your next potential customer will find your listing.

Get involved with the second annual Buckinghamshire Digital Summit

Find out more information on exhibiting at the 2016 Buckinghamshire Digital Summit, which will build on the excellent inaugural event last year.