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Website Owners Manual is out on friday! Free Consultancy Clinic to celebrate

Posted in News on: Monday, November 16, 2009 by Paul Boag

Friday the 20th November sees the launch of the Website Owners Manual. I am more excited than a hyperactive two year old. To celebrate the publication of my first (and last) ever book, I am going to give away free consultancy clinics to all comers.

I could pretend to be all cool and matter of fact about the launch of the Website Owners Manual. However, that would be a lie. I am stupidly excited and I want to run down the street shouting about the fact that I have written a .

Of course, were I to do so I think I would probably get strange looks so I have decided on a more reserved approach.

To celebrate the launch of the this Friday, I will be holding an open from 3PM-5.30PM (UK time).

The format will be as follows:

  • I will post a link here to the chat room on Friday
  • You login to the chat room via twitter
  • If you have a mic or webcam you can request a consultancy clinic
  • If you do not (or do not wish to participate) you can watch as other people have their sites reviewed
  • Those chosen for a clinic will post their website address to the room and we will discuss it with you on camera.

We will get through as many websites as possible so hopefully everybody will get a turn.

The idea is that we apply the principles included in the Website Owners Manual to help you improve your website.

More information on the Website Owners Manual

More information on Consultancy Clinics

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  • Phil Ricketts says:
    16/11/2009 at 9:08 pm

    Nooooo! Clashing with wedding plannings! I might sneak to the toilet and watch on my iphone for a bit…

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  • Kevin Dees says:
    16/11/2009 at 9:34 pm

    I know this doesn’t really add to the post but I have to say Congrats!

    Hope to get your book soon…

    If your not sold out, I plan to get one for all of my clients once their projects are over. I’ll be sending it to them in the mail :D

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  • James Murphy says:
    17/11/2009 at 3:41 pm

    Paul,

    I’m a fan of Boagworld’s podcasts for nearly a year now!

    I’ll be requesting a copy of your book definitely in an effort to improve usability and popularity of the sites I run.

    Being in a niché such as “chess blogs” in my instance is very difficult due to it’s lack of popularity but fortunately the competition really aren’t that great so hopefully there’s room for me!

    Congrats again on your book.

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  • Zeak says:
    18/11/2009 at 11:33 am

    Hi Paul,

    will you be shipping internationally, I am from Vanuatu and very much would like to buy a copie.

    zeak

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  • Evi Abeler says:
    19/11/2009 at 5:19 am

    What a coincidence -I was just telling my developer about your clinic and how we should definately book a session with you guys. We are in the middle of rethinking http://www.rmanyc.org the website of an Himalayan Art Museum in NYC. and would love some feedback. So, see you on the chat room on Friday (if I can figure out when it will be in NY time)…. and CONGRATS on your book! Cheers, Evi

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  • graystatic says:
    20/11/2009 at 8:06 am

    Is there any chance you can record it, I would love to watch it, but it’s doubtful I’ll get a chance to watch it live. Even just an audio recording would be nice. And congratulations on the book!

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Boagworld is produced by the web design agency Headscape founded by Marcus, Paul and Chris Scott. Headscape also has a number of other talented guys who blog. Check them out.

  • Craig Rowe is one of our amazing developers and writes some superb posts on everything from .net to AIR apps.

  • Ed Merritt is a Headscape designer who's blog contains examples of his work and a number of free Wordpress themes.

  • Dave McDermid is a Headscape developer who has an excellent blog. He blogs on everything from AJAX to security.

  • Rob Borley is one of our project managers and blogs regularly on client and project management issues.

  • Leigh Howells is our multimedia design guru (whatever one of those is). He blogs on a mixture of design and music.

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