I think that having a series shorter 2 classes would probably work out better in the long run.
It's difficult for many people to get time away from work to attend things like this, and 4 days might as well be a week, you know? If you were to offer something like introduction to CSS, intermediate CSS and Advanced CSS as three separate classes you might have better luck. > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandra Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:08 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Clas Dilemma, opinions requested > > > So I need some advice and who better to ask then you? > > As some of you know, I do CSS training on the side, this year I decided to > try to go it alone (without partnering with a company here > locally). I gave > a class fairly successfully early in the year and managed to come across a > fairly good deal which would enable me to hold a class in New York City > about 6 weeks from now. > > I opened the class for registration during CFUNITED, mentioned it > at all my > talks, spoke with a number of people who promised to get the word > out. (If > anybody got anything from Adobe User Groups regarding it, please let me > know). I promoted it on sites that would allow me to, promoted it on my > site) and sent email both to people who had asked to be notified about my > classes, those who signed up on my site as well as announcements to every > technical user group (minus Adobe ones since they hopefully had > already been > covered) that I could find in the New York Metro Area. > > At this point, I'm pretty much convinced that I need to cancel > this class. I > don't have enough people to cover the expenses I would have to put on the > class (room rental, travel expenses, + what I would make from my > regular job > since I take time without pay when I do the classes). > > My question doesn't really have much to do with this current class (except > that I need to whine a bit), but more so for future classes. Do I need to > restructure and instead of offering a full on 4 day hands on > course, go down > to a 2 day lecture (less money per student, but I can add more > students in). > Of course in my estimation, the people taking the 2 day lecture > don't get as > much out of it as they do in the hands on. What other steps can I take in > marketing? Basically, what am I doing wrong? > > > Any and all opinions? > > > Sandra Clark > ============================== > http://www.shayna.com > Training in Cascading Style Sheets and Accessibility > > CSS HANDS ON > New York City, October 10-13, 2006. > http://www.shayna.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=training.syllabus_display&id=1 > > > Read an interview regarding my CSS Hands on Class at > http://www.shayna.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.display_entry&id=140 > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214560 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
