MEDIA & PRESS
Discover the exciting developments and initiatives that our team has been engaged in recently.
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
SOPHISTICATED CLOUD Award winner for BEST WEBSITE DESIGNER IN BASINGSTOKE DEANE
“Sophisticated Cloud Limited is a reputable web design company, Boasting over two decades of experience in online marketing. They recognise the pivotal role a website plays in shaping the destiny of a business. That's why their core focus revolves around crafting budget-friendly websites that not only possess aesthetic appeal but also seamlessly cater to your specific target audience. In essence, they are dedicated to constructing a website that becomes a robust asset for your business, driving growth and revenue.”
SME UK Enterprise Awards 2024
SOPHISTICATED CLOUD LIMITED is thrilled to announce that has been awarded one of the 2024 winners of the SME UK Enterprise Awards. What a fantastic achievement for our business!
GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Claudia Tinnirello, CEO of Sophisticated Cloud Limited, has been honoured as the SME CEO of the Year 2024. This prestigious award recognizes her exceptional leadership in rapidly transforming Sophisticated Cloud Limited into a thriving international business.
SOPHISTICATED CLOUD winner of MarTech Award for Web Design Company of the Year 2024 - Hampshire
SOPHISTICATED CLOUD Ltd has proudly won another award for Web Design Company of the Year 2024 - Hampshire by MarTech Awards, Innovation in business.
Claudia Tinnirello at SOPHISTICATED CLOUD LIMITED is Winner of CEO of the Year 2023
Claudia has won an award for SME CEO of the Year 2023 for growing SOPHISTICATED CLOUD LIMITED to a successful international company in a very short period of time.
Unchain Your Authentic Soul book by Claudia Tinnirello
No. 1 Amazon Bestseller book in United Kingdom, United States and Canada.
Real Women turning their deepest pain and fears into Superpowers.
Kizzi’s Successful Women in Business book by Claudia Tinnirello
An inspiring, thought provoking insight into the stories behind a selected group of successful business women. The book showcases outstanding business women while offering powerful and practical advice on how to succeed in your business.
Through perseverance, determination and a refusal to accept second best, the women featured in this book have overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become an inspiration to countless women across the world.
Unchain Your Inner Strength magazine
The online magazine for female entrepreneurs. Claudia Tinnirello, SquareSpace web designer and Bestselling Author, in her article talks about how the Sophisticated Cloud brand was born and the reasons why pink and black are the essential colours of her branding.
How a lost sock inspired branding and ambition for a new business
Inspiration for creating a new branding can be found in the strangest places. When best-selling author, CEO and founder of the web design company Sophisticated Cloud, Claudia Tinnirello, wanted to design her company branding she knew exactly what colours to choose.
Squarespace and WordPress: Which One Is Best To Build Your Website?
Claudia Tinnirello as Guest Blogger at HoneyBee MARKETING
In this article Claudia shares the pros and cons of using Squarespace vs Wordpress and the differences between the two web design platforms.
How To Be…Learning From The Experts
HOPE: HOW DO WE STAY HOPEFUL?
When it comes to mental health, hope is an incredibly powerful tool. In a beautiful quote, American poet Emily Dickinson says: “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words — And never stops at all.” So when times are tough, how do we hold on to hope?
Flipboard publication
LOST SOCK INSPIRED NEW BRAND IDENTITY
When best-selling author, CEO and founder of the web design company Sophisticated Cloud, Claudia Tinnirello, wanted to design her company branding she knew exactly what colours to choose. How a lost sock inspired a brand identity.
Unchain Your Inner Strength magazine
The online magazine for female entrepreneurs. Claudia Tinnirello, SquareSpace web designer and Bestselling Author, in her article talks about DREAMS, and how BEING AN OUTSIDER SHOULD NEVER STOP YOU FROM FULFILLING YOUR DREAMS. (p11)
The Successful Founder magazine
International Women’s Day - Inspirational Female Founders Spotlight: Claudia Tinnirello.
Brand You magazine
Claudia Tinnirello shares the story and anecdotes behind the creation of Sophisticated Cloud brand name, colours and emotions. Read our story on page 25.
Unchain Your Inner Strength magazine
A business magazine for real women, by real women. Female entrepreneurs worldwide, from different backgrounds, niches of expertise, and businesses, sharing their most valuable tips, tools, and strategies to help women build successful sustainable businesses.
PODCASTS & PUBLIC SPEAKING
The ONLE Show
"You can only build relationships when you meet in person" - episode 08
James West, co-founder of ONLE, is joined by co-host Kierney Frampton and Claudia Tinnirello to discuss how the world changed when it no longer became essential to meet people before being in business with them. You can also learn about Claudia's journey as a non-English speaker to becoming the proud owner of a very successful website building company.
Action Hampshire
Retaining your workforce & elevation your marketing - 21 September 2023
Keynote speaker Claudia Tinnirello explains how to rethink the purpose of your website, how to measure its effectiveness and simple tweaks you can make to improve your online shop window.
Primary School Career Fair
What an amazing time we had at St Mark's Primary School Career Fair in Basingstoke on 23rd and 24th February 2023 teaching the children about what a website is, what people use it for and how to design one.
The children (from Year 1 to Year 6) were all very enthusiastic and excited to design their very own web pages on a piece of paper.
I hope we managed to inspired these children to become the next generation of web designers.
The ONLE Expert Talk
James West, co-founder of ONLE and Claudia Tinnirello, CEO & founder of SOPHISTICATED CLOUD LIMITED discuss website bounce rates - and how to reduce them to make your website more attractive.
Is your website working hard for you and your business? FSB Talk on 22nd July 2022
Claudia Tinnirello, SquareSpace Web Designer expert and CEO & Founder of SOPHISTICATED CLOUD LTD explains how to rethink the purpose of your website, how to measure its effectiveness and simple tweaks you can make to improve your online shop window.
‘Need an online presence to x10 your business?’ - interview with Kizzi’s Friday Game Changers
Claudia is the CEO and founder of Sophisticated Cloud. A company that works with small businesses that want to build amazing one of a kind responsive websites, that are SEO optimised and compatible on all screens and devices.
Public Speaking at Toastmasters International
As well as helping you share your voice online, we can also help you embrace public speaking - an essential skill to help grow your business.
You will learn how to present with confidence and techniques for controlling your nerves.
‘How To Control Your Nevers When Public Speaking’ presentation at St. Michael’s Hospice Basingstoke
Claudia Tinnirello presented a funny and engaging Christmas edition of her famous ‘How To Control Your Nerves When Public Speaking’ talk, giving the Fundraising Team at St. Michael’s Hospice in Basingstoke lots of useful insights and tips on how to manage stress when facing a crowd.
“We loved it Claudia, thank you so much for the session. I personally really suffer from nerves before a big presentation or meeting, and the tips you gave really helped me to think differently.”
“It was so lovely to meet you, thank you for an enjoyable and useful session!”
“Thank you Claudia! Certainly picked up some good tips.”
‘Career Talks’ for Spotlight UK’s Job Centre Program
Claudia Tinnirello regularly helps the local charity Spotlight UK by spending time speaking with teenagers and young adults about her story, how she started her business and how she keeps on pushing it forward, with the aim to encourage them to pursue their dreams.
“Thank you so much for your time today Claudia, the three lads were very inspired by you. We are trying to get across to them that you can do anything if you put your mind to it and you certainly put that across. Thank you again!”
Inspirational Interviews - Learning from Leaders podcast
A series of inspirational interviews that spread positivity & hope in the world. Women’s Day Special interview.
What did it take for Claudia to move from a small town in Sicily to England and what was the childhood trauma she had to go through.
Unchain Your Inner Strength podcast
How to make the most out of your website, with Claudia Tinnirello, CEO and Founder of Sophisticated Cloud.
Life Coaching on the Move podcast
Claudia Tinnirello shares her inspiring story of leaving her home and moving to a foreign country alone at just 23 years of age. How she overcame her self-doubts, fear, language and skill set barriers and turned her life and confidence around. An inspirational story and one that will motivate us all to take more risks and stop holding ourselves back.
Inspirational Interviews - Learning from Leaders podcast
How it felt from being laid off four times from her corporate roles to then become the founder & CEO of her own company. Claudia Tinnirello shares her journey and story in this podcast.
Inspirational Interviews - Learning from Leaders podcast
While being an entrepreneur, Claudia got an opportunity to write down her journey in form of a book - 'Unchain Your Authentic Soul'. This is a collaboration of 12 women across different nations where they talk about their stories. It was a dream come true for Claudia as she wanted to put her story across to inspire others.
Resilience Unravelled with Dr Russell Thackeray - the QED OD podcast
From Sicily to the UK. How to overcome judgment and build confidence.
Claudia Tinnirello is originally from Sicily but has lived in England since 2005. Not being an English native speaker, Claudia understands the struggles of overcoming judgement and the fear of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. She has however discovered ways of becoming a better and confident public speaker by sharing her voice in many different ways including being the current President of the Toastmasters International Basingstoke Speakers Club.
Following her fourth redundancy she decided to set up her own web design business, Sophisticated Cloud Limited and her mission now is to help people be heard and seen by having a robust online presence and embracing public speaking. In this podcast:
Claudia talks about why she decided to leave Sicily
How she become a better and more confident public speaker
How she used the difficulties she faced to become stronger.