Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2009-05-09 19:05:47 - Graham Ellis
It's when delegates start asking me how old the picture of me in the back of the training notes is that I realise I should update my picture from time to time - not that people choose the person to teach their PHP course based on a photo of the tutor.
The picture on the right is me, taken on 27th April 2009, in our back garden. I haven't changed much since then, although some of the blossom on the tree may have blown away. And I'm still good to train you in Lua.
You may spot a bit of advertising / networking going on in this post. I think that blatant might be the word you're looking for!. So I'll add in a link to our Java courses, including Apache Tomcat deployment for good measure ;-).
Seriously, though, people don't walk up the street in Melksham, see hotel, and think "I'll just pop in there and ask if they do a Perl Course" and so much of our sales and marketing has to be done by networking. The majority of our business comes through recommendations (which is great - we provide an ongoing informal free support service to our customers so that they are helped, and we are not forgotten), with a significant minority reaching us though web searches and thinking "that could be what I'm looking for" ... then getting in touch.
Networking has moved on, and so much of it is moving across to the social networking sites ... and business networking sites too. Please have a look at any of the following that you're on ... and let's network. If you're a newcomer who has just found me via a search, email me too (graham@wellho.net) so that I can know to expect your invite.
It's when delegates start asking me how old the picture of me in the back of the training notes is that I realise I should update my picture from time to time - not that people choose the person to teach their PHP course based on a photo of the tutor.