Silicon Beach Training Resources

Tips for Better Contact Forms

Guest Author — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:30:36 +0000

If you are using your website to sell a service then you want to make it as easy as possible for potential clients to contact you. Our SEO and PPC courses will help you get visitors onto your site but you then need to turn them into customers. The easier it is for your clients to get [...]

10 Time Management Tips for Managers

Andy Trainer — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:30:55 +0000

Managers often have the heaviest workload in the department, especially when their management responsibilities are as well as another job role. Because the demands of being a manager can ebb and flow, it’s especially important for managers to be aware of how they manage their time. In particular, those who’ve recently been promoted to management [...]

Google Penguin Algorithm Update: Recover Your Rankings

Craig Charley — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:30:21 +0000

If you’ve been keeping track of Google’s latest updates you will be aware that around two weeks ago (April 24th 2012) they rolled out the latest algorithm update: Google Penguin. Follow that link for more information on the update but in brief it was designed to crack down on webspam. It was originally called ‘Google [...]

5 Top Tips for HTML Emails

Aaron Charlie — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:30:07 +0000

HTML Emails are one of the most powerful marketing tools at a business’s disposal. Our HTML Emails course is designed to save you time and the cost of paying someone else to do something you can easily do in-house. Effective use of HTML in marketing emails ensures the attention of the reader – and brings them [...]

PRINCE2 Project Management Team Structure

Andy Trainer — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:06:39 +0000

As taught on our PRINCE2 Training course, PRINCE2 is a methodology that can be tailored to any project. Therefore it is necessary for there to be a project management structure that can also be tailored to any project. Using this structure allows us to identify who does what on a project without knowing anything about [...]

Creating Accessible PDFs with Adobe InDesign

Aaron Charlie — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:46:05 +0000

One of the great things about PDFs is that they work with assistive technology like screen readers to allow people with disabilities to access your documents. Those with blindness, low vision or limited mobility do not always have the same access to the web that general users take for granted. Using Adobe InDesign CS5.5 you [...]

Four Reasons Projects Fail

Liza Baron — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:30:38 +0000

Effective project management is not as straightforward as many people think: project management training such as a PRINCE2 training course can teach you the skills you need for success. No matter the scale of your project, there are many things to remember to get right – and also traps to watch out for that might cause [...]

The Future of Project Management

Andy Trainer — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:30:01 +0000

New technology develops at an alarming rate. Business gets more competitive by the day; demands for speed and quality require new thinking and revised processes. Here we list some current trends and challenges for project managers. Today’s project managers need to update their processes in line with business, customer and stakeholder expectations. Collaboration is a [...]