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A podcast for those who design, develop and run websites.

Boagworld is the blog of web strategist Paul Boag who lives in the heart of rural Dorset (hence the cows). He produces a weekly podcast with UX consultant Marcus Lillington on building and running websites. They also run the web design agency Headscape.

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216. Thanks for all the fish
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215. Web Directions
This week on Boagworld: Emerging trends at Web Direction @Media, playful web design and death to design by committee.
214. When to hire a web designer
This week on Boagworld: When to hire a web agency, user testing on disposable websites and a need for speed.
213. Getting all emotional
This week on Boagworld: Stephen Anderson on emotional design, I review the iPad and we talk fonts, flash and fotos.
212. More skills to learn
This week on Boagworld: 5 new skills every web designer needs to know and how to be inspired while maintaining focus.

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Happy customers through an improved checkout

Posted in Usability on the 12-07-2010 | 10 Comments

You would think that the checkout form would be simple. However often users abandon their purchase, because the checkout form fails to deliver.

Getting started with ecommerce

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Web strategy on the 08-04-2010 | 1 Comment

More from show 200: Drew and Rachel share their experiences of developing ecommerce websites.

Web Design News 02/03/10

Posted in Boagworld Bites, News on the 02-03-2010 | 9 Comments

This week: the search for inspiration, using CSS3, ecommerce tips and why the browser landscape in Europe is about to change.

197. Energise your ecommerce

Posted in Podcast on the 22-01-2010 | 7 Comments

This week on Boagworld: We examine ways to improve the conversion rate on your ecommerce site, review CSS Mastery 2nd Edition and take a look at Zen Coding.

8 ways we increased ecommerce sales by 10,000%

Posted in Design on the 29-11-2009 | 43 Comments

Discover how Headscape increased the sales of Wiltshire Farm Foods by 10,000% and how you can do the same for your site.

191. Ecommerce Lies

Posted in Podcast on the 09-11-2009 | 2 Comments

On this week’s show: Marcus explains how podcasting and blogging can support your business and Paul exposes the top ecommerce lies.

The biggest ecommerce lies and how to avoid them

Posted in Site content on the 06-11-2009 | 31 Comments

I am amazed at some of the advice I read about building successful ecommerce sites. I seriously wonder who writes this stuff! In this post I debunk 5 common myths.

187. Jedi Mind Tricks

Posted in Podcast on the 12-10-2009 | 11 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul looks at how to better communicate and we ask whether you should mask your email address to avoid spam.

178. Bad Blogging

Posted in Podcast on the 12-08-2009 | 1 Comment

On this week’s show: We look at the harsh truths of corporate blogging, ask how luxury products can be sold online and discuss whether it is the role of a web designer to challenge a client’s business model.

161. In or Out

Posted in Podcast on the 14-04-2009 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul announces Micro-Boagworld, we discuss the pros and cons of outsourcing web work and see what recommendation the Boagworld forum has to offer.

150. User Manipulation

Posted in Podcast on the 28-01-2009 | 6 Comments

On this week’s show: Liz Danzico talks about user research. Paul explains how to create an effective call to action and we discover how one button cost $300 million in sales

The stickiness of community

Posted in Marketing on the 29-11-2008 | 2 Comments

For many, the Holy Grail of a successful website is ‘stickiness’. How do I keep users coming back for more?

Successful communication

Posted in Site content on the 21-11-2008 | 3 Comments

We put a lot of time and attention into the content on our sites, but what about our other communications?

Using web stats for more

Posted in Site content on the 19-10-2008 | 2 Comments

We all use web stat tools like Google Analytics for tracking marketing campaigns. However, they can also be used to improve your site.

123. Plight

Posted in Podcast on the 25-06-2008 | 5 Comments

In this weeks show we review Textmate and the Top 5 Tips for Web Designers and we discuss the plight of in-house designers.

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Produced by Headscape

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.

Paul elsewhere

Paul just can't shut up. He publishes regular audioboos, speaks regularly and is addicted to twitter. He also has a personal blog where he shares random thoughts, inspirational articles and stuff he thinks is cool. See the latest below: