Name of your website?silicon beach training - Business and Computer Training
Your name?
heather buckley
Your Location (city, etc)
brighton
Please give us a short summary of your website?
Silicon Beach Training is an established training provider offering scheduled training courses, in-company and bespoke training. Courses include IT training, Design training and Business and Management training courses throughout the world.
Our clients are as diverse as our training courses ranging from Public Sector, large organisations such as Disney, Virgin and Amex, small to medium sized businesses and individuals. Buckingham Palace, The Royal Mint and the Cabinet Office are all clients of Silicon Beach Training. See what our clients say about out our courses.
Our Six Sigma programme has become hugely popular across all industries. Six Sigma Greenbelt training and Six sigma Blackbelt training are offered as scheduled training courses in Brighton. Our APMG accredited Prince2 training courses including Prince2 Foundation training and Prince2 Practitioner training courses are also offered as scheduled courses as well as on an in-company basis. ISEB accredited Systems Development training and Business Analysis training courses are popular, Business Analysis Essentials training courses are the most frequently run Business Analysis courses in Brighton. These ISEB accredited lead to an examination allowing delegates to gain an ISEB Systems Development Diploma or an ISEB Business Analysis Diploma.
For those who do not need to go down the Prince2 route we run a successful scheduled Project Management training course that can be combined with Microsoft MS Project training.
Our Web Design Week is our most popular web and internet course. A cost effective way to learn web design. This training course incorporates Dreamweaver training, Photoshop for the Web training and a Web Design training day that will cover the basics of good design.
Beginners Photoshop Training and Advanced Photoshop training are provided to cover all aspects of Adobe Photoshop from the basics to preparing finished artwork for print. We also run regular Adobe Acrobat training courses for those who need to understand the power of Adobe Acrobat.
Our vast range of Business and Management training courses can benefit employees from senior management to front line employees. Leadership training courses run regularly in Brighton, Management Skills for New Managers can give New managers the confidence and skills they need to tackle a new position. Assertiveness and Confidence Building Training, Time Management training and Stress Management Training are very potent personal development training courses.
Train the Trainer Courses help individuals and organisations learn many of the skills needed for good in-house training
What inspired you to launch your own website?
It is the only way to market today.
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
I launced this website in 2000, when I esablished the business
How did you decide on a name for your website?
At the time we were offering IT training and Brighton is like Silicon Valley by the sea.
What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?
Quality control we offer excellent training courses. Brighton is a great area to be in, we are close to the the train station, the beach and the north laines area of brighton.
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
To keep going until retirement
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
The early days were full on, but now i have more time for family and photography
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
I wouldn't
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Yes
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
Trainers putting their prices up, equipment going wrong.
What has been your biggest challenge?
The credit crunch - now
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
The web
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
i was a web designer before starting the business so no real surprises
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
eight years, will keep it up until we sell the business
What is your website address?
silicon beach training - Business and Computer Training
