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Build your online profile with Tristan Bancks

Thursday evening classes
Thursday evenings (once a week) for five weeks
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Fee: $395 (includes GST)

Next available course:
Dates for 2011 to be confirmed.

‘Every [writer] should have some sort of Googlable
web presence so that when someone sees your work
or hears about you they have a way to contact you.’
- Nathan Bransford, Literary Agent

What you will learn from this course

If you want to build your profile without spending a fortune, this course will show you how to do that authentically and make the most of online opportunities. You don’t have to be a technical wizard, you just need an interest in the web.

If you are not connecting with your audience online, you are missing out on valuable opportunities. The same goes for connecting with publishers, agents or the key influencers in your industry.

While this course is primarily focused on writers, it will also benefit other creative artists who want to take advantage of the online world.

This course will give you:

An understanding of how you can use the web to connect with readers, publishers, agents, librarians, booksellers and others in a way that feels authentic to you.
Confidence in your ability to use various web platforms.
Handouts that take you, step-by-step, through the process of setting up and using several key web platforms.
Knowledge to create a simple online video to promote your work.
Workshopped ideas for expanding your current work into cross-platform projects, such as using video, audio and interactive web tools to bring your stories to life.
A fast-paced, information-packed overview of the web’s possibilities for you.
Lots of inspiration to help you break through procrastination and get active.

What prior knowledge do I need?

You need a curiosity about the web and an interest in creating an online presence for yourself as a writer/creative person.
You can be at any stage of your writing career.
You don’t have to know how you would like to use the web. The 'how' will develop throughout the course.
It might be helpful to have a look at some of your favourite writers online and see how they are using the web to connect with people.

‘Writers who don't wish to connect with their
readers will, in time, find that they're not being
published as often as the ones who do.’
- Sophie Hamley, Literary Agent,
Cameron-Creswell Management

By the end of this 5-week course you will have…

Registered your own domain name.
Set up your Twitter account and started connecting with people.
Created a Facebook fan page and actually have some fans!
Established a blog and / or Youtube channel.
Made and uploaded an online video.
Discovered tools for increasing your Googlability.
Expanded your experience and understanding of multi-platform projects.
Built your online profile.

You will finish this course with tons of inspiration, ideas and a strong vision and forward-plan for growing your online world, as well as having a support network of like-minded people.

As author and Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson said: “Your brand isn’t what you say it is, it’s what Google says it is.”

Start building your online brand – today.

Click here for a course outline

What to bring

Your ideas and questions! You are also encouraged to bring your laptop and dongle (if you have one). We will provide free wireless access so that you can start creating your online presence immediately. Your laptop is not essential but it will be handy if you want get started straight away, with Tristan as your guide.

Who presents this course?

Tristan Bancks has been actively building and experimenting with his online presence as a writer over several years. His willingness to engage with the web has been integral to his success in getting published in Australia and the United States.

Tristan has a background as an actor and television presenter in Australia and the UK. His short films have won a number of awards and have screened widely at festivals and on TV. Tristan has written several books for kids and teens, including the Mac Slater, Coolhunter series (Random House Australia, Simon & Schuster US), and his illustrated series, Nit Boy, about everybody's favourite mini-beasts. Nit Boy is currently being developed for television. Tristan's Young Adult novel, it's yr life, was co-written via email between Byron Bay and L.A. with actress and author, Tempany Deckert.

Tristan is currently writing two new children’s books to be released in 2011. His drive is to tell inspiring, fast-moving stories for young people. www.tristanbancks.com

This writing course is usually held at the Sydney Writers' Centre in our professional harbourside training rooms.

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Course dates and fees

Thursday evening classes
Thursday evenings (once a week) for five weeks
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Fee: $395 (includes GST)

Next available course:
Dates for 2011 to be confirmed.

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Rave reviews about Build Your Online Profile with Tristan Bancks: "I loved the collaborative nature and the structure of the course. I also really liked Tristan's use of his own work in explaining concepts and his willingness to learn from the participants as well. Learning from his experiences was very beneficial. I feel I have developed a good strategy around creating an online profile with a clarity of the direction I want to go in." - Maraya Bell "The presenter was friendly, thorough, interested in each student, and he encouraged the group to share ideas." - Ian McLean

Rave reviews about Build Your Online Profile with Tristan Bancks:

"I loved the collaborative nature and the structure of the course. I also really liked Tristan's use of his own work in explaining concepts and his willingness to learn from the participants as well. Learning from his experiences was very beneficial. I feel I have developed a good strategy around creating an online profile with a clarity of the direction I want to go in."
- Maraya Bell

"The presenter was friendly, thorough, interested in each student, and he encouraged the group to share ideas."
- Ian McLean

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